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... (1), PCI Express x16 card (1) slots **Not present on all computers. Dell™ Dimension™ 8400 Series CD or DVD activity light CD or DVD drive eject button USB 2.0 connectors (2) headphone connector Service Tag floppy drive eject button* floppy drive light* hard drive light power button *On computers with a floppy drive. www.dell.com | support.dell.com
... (1), PCI Express x16 card (1) slots **Not present on all computers. Dell™ Dimension™ 8400 Series CD or DVD activity light CD or DVD drive eject button USB 2.0 connectors (2) headphone connector Service Tag floppy drive eject button* floppy drive light* hard drive light power button *On computers with a floppy drive. www.dell.com | support.dell.com
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..." Software and Peripherals 121 Definition of "Third-Party" Software and Peripherals 121 FCC Notices (U.S. Only 121 Class A 122 Class B 122 FCC Identification Information 122 Contacting Dell 123 Index 141 Contents 7 5 Appendix Specifications 107 System Setup 111 Overview 111 Entering System Setup 112 System Setup Options 113 Boot Sequence 116 Clearing Forgotten... Passwords 117 Clearing CMOS Settings 119 Cleaning Your Computer 119 Computer, Keyboard, and Monitor 119 Mouse 119 Floppy Drive 120 CDs and DVDs 120 Dell Technical Support Policy (U.S.
..." Software and Peripherals 121 Definition of "Third-Party" Software and Peripherals 121 FCC Notices (U.S. Only 121 Class A 122 Class B 122 FCC Identification Information 122 Contacting Dell 123 Index 141 Contents 7 5 Appendix Specifications 107 System Setup 111 Overview 111 Entering System Setup 112 System Setup Options 113 Boot Sequence 116 Clearing Forgotten... Passwords 117 Clearing CMOS Settings 119 Cleaning Your Computer 119 Computer, Keyboard, and Monitor 119 Mouse 119 Floppy Drive 120 CDs and DVDs 120 Dell Technical Support Policy (U.S.
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... topic that describes your problem. 4 Follow the instructions on your computer. • Use the Service Tag to identify your computer when you use support.dell.com or contact technical support. • Enter the Express Service Code to direct your region to use Windows XP • Documentation for my computer • Documentation for components...
... topic that describes your problem. 4 Follow the instructions on your computer. • Use the Service Tag to identify your computer when you use support.dell.com or contact technical support. • Enter the Express Service Code to direct your region to use Windows XP • Documentation for my computer • Documentation for components...
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NOTICE: For best results, use a 3-m (10-ft) or shorter parallel cable. 3 Attach the parallel printer cable to the connector on the printer and snap the two clips into the two notches. 12 Setting Up and Using Your Computer www.dell.com | support.dell.com USB connector on computer USB printer cable USB connector on the computer and tighten the two screws. Attach the cable to the parallel connector on printer Connecting a Parallel Printer 1 Complete the operating system setup, if you have not already done so. 2 Turn off the computer (see page 59).
NOTICE: For best results, use a 3-m (10-ft) or shorter parallel cable. 3 Attach the parallel printer cable to the connector on the printer and snap the two clips into the two notches. 12 Setting Up and Using Your Computer www.dell.com | support.dell.com USB connector on computer USB printer cable USB connector on the computer and tighten the two screws. Attach the cable to the parallel connector on printer Connecting a Parallel Printer 1 Complete the operating system setup, if you have not already done so. 2 Turn off the computer (see page 59).
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... manually, continue to step 6. Contact your ISP to check the service status, or try connecting again later. 14 Setting Up and Using Your Computer www.dell.com | support.dell.com Setting Up Your Internet Connection To set up an Internet connection with a different ISP: 1 Save and close any open files, and exit any...
... manually, continue to step 6. Contact your ISP to check the service status, or try connecting again later. 14 Setting Up and Using Your Computer www.dell.com | support.dell.com Setting Up Your Internet Connection To set up an Internet connection with a different ISP: 1 Save and close any open files, and exit any...
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.... 1 Click the Start button, point to increase or decrease the volume. Restart the current chapter. Pause. Go to the previous track. Fast forward. www.dell.com | support.dell.com Stop. A DVD player includes the following basic buttons: Stop. Go to the next title or chapter. Eject. For more information on playing CDs or...
.... 1 Click the Start button, point to increase or decrease the volume. Restart the current chapter. Pause. Go to the previous track. Fast forward. www.dell.com | support.dell.com Stop. A DVD player includes the following basic buttons: Stop. Go to the next title or chapter. Eject. For more information on playing CDs or...
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...NOTE: Most commercial DVDs have a DVD/CD-RW combo drive and you experience recording problems, check for available software patches at the Sonic support website at support.sonic.com. This section applies only to Copy a CD or DVD NOTE: If you have copyright protection and cannot be copied using too ... the drop-down menu under Color quality, and then click Medium (16 bit). 6 Click OK. Open Sonic RecordNow, click the question mark icon in Dell™ computers can also use Sonic RecordNow for home theater systems might not read DVD-R and DVD-RW media. However, DVD-writable drives do not...
...NOTE: Most commercial DVDs have a DVD/CD-RW combo drive and you experience recording problems, check for available software patches at the Sonic support website at support.sonic.com. This section applies only to Copy a CD or DVD NOTE: If you have copyright protection and cannot be copied using too ... the drop-down menu under Color quality, and then click Medium (16 bit). 6 Click OK. Open Sonic RecordNow, click the question mark icon in Dell™ computers can also use Sonic RecordNow for home theater systems might not read DVD-R and DVD-RW media. However, DVD-writable drives do not...
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... different types of information. The CD-RW drive needs 1 or 2 MB of recording media-CD-Rs and CD-RWs (including high-speed CD-RWs). www.dell.com | support.dell.com 4 To copy the CD or DVD: • If you are correct and click Copy. When prompted, insert a blank CD or DVD into the... permanently store large amounts of recording media-CD-Rs, CD-RWs (including high-speed CD-RWs), DVD+Rs, and DVD+RWs. See the Sonic support website at support.sonic.com for more information). The computer copies the data on the CD-RW and try again. Using Blank CD-Rs and CD-RWs...
... different types of information. The CD-RW drive needs 1 or 2 MB of recording media-CD-Rs and CD-RWs (including high-speed CD-RWs). www.dell.com | support.dell.com 4 To copy the CD or DVD: • If you are correct and click Copy. When prompted, insert a blank CD or DVD into the... permanently store large amounts of recording media-CD-Rs, CD-RWs (including high-speed CD-RWs), DVD+Rs, and DVD+RWs. See the Sonic support website at support.sonic.com for more information). The computer copies the data on the CD-RW and try again. Using Blank CD-Rs and CD-RWs...
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... (VGA or DVI) in this section, follow these instructions to the integrated video connector. If you are connecting a TV, you are connecting two monitors that supports dual monitors, follow the safety instructions located in "Before You Begin" on the back of the computer. The instructions tell you begin any of the...
... (VGA or DVI) in this section, follow these instructions to the integrated video connector. If you are connecting a TV, you are connecting two monitors that supports dual monitors, follow the safety instructions located in "Before You Begin" on the back of the computer. The instructions tell you begin any of the...
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www.dell.com | support.dell.com Connecting One Monitor With a VGA connector and One Monitor With a DVI Connector 1 Follow the procedures in "Before You Begin" on page 59. 2 Connect the ... 1 After you must purchase an S-video cable, which is recommended for the data integrity requirements of the computer. A RAID level 0 configuration is recommended for its Dimension computers. The Microsoft® Windows® desktop displays on page 27). Although several RAID configurations are present in a RAID 1 configuration (see the user's guide in...
www.dell.com | support.dell.com Connecting One Monitor With a VGA connector and One Monitor With a DVI Connector 1 Follow the procedures in "Before You Begin" on page 59. 2 Connect the ... 1 After you must purchase an S-video cable, which is recommended for the data integrity requirements of the computer. A RAID level 0 configuration is recommended for its Dimension computers. The Microsoft® Windows® desktop displays on page 27). Although several RAID configurations are present in a RAID 1 configuration (see the user's guide in...
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... the surviving drive. Configuring Your Computer for RAID At some point you may want to RAID-Enabled Mode 1 Enter system setup (see page 92. www.dell.com | support.dell.com serial ATA RAID configured for RAID level 1 segment 1 segment 2 segment 3 segment 4 segment 5 segment 6 hard drive 1 segment 1 duplicated segment 2 duplicated segment 3 duplicated segment 4 duplicated...
... the surviving drive. Configuring Your Computer for RAID At some point you may want to RAID-Enabled Mode 1 Enter system setup (see page 92. www.dell.com | support.dell.com serial ATA RAID configured for RAID level 1 segment 1 segment 2 segment 3 segment 4 segment 5 segment 6 hard drive 1 segment 1 duplicated segment 2 duplicated segment 3 duplicated segment 4 duplicated...
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... without losing the existing operating system and any data, you are adding two new drives to make up - Configuring for the volume, and press . www.dell.com | support.dell.com 4 Enter a RAID volume name or accept the default, and press . 5 Use the up - Deleting a RAID Volume NOTE: When you want to delete, and...
... without losing the existing operating system and any data, you are adding two new drives to make up - Configuring for the volume, and press . www.dell.com | support.dell.com 4 Enter a RAID volume name or accept the default, and press . 5 Use the up - Deleting a RAID Volume NOTE: When you want to delete, and...
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... source hard drive (it also splits the RAID 1 volume into the Selected box, and then click Next. 5 Click Finish to delete the volume. www.dell.com | support.dell.com Deleting a RAID Volume NOTE: While this procedure deletes the RAID 1 volume, it should be the hard drive containing the data or operating system files...
... source hard drive (it also splits the RAID 1 volume into the Selected box, and then click Next. 5 Click Finish to delete the volume. www.dell.com | support.dell.com Deleting a RAID Volume NOTE: While this procedure deletes the RAID 1 volume, it should be the hard drive containing the data or operating system files...
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... connector on the back of the network cable to the network adapter connector on computer 28 Setting Up and Using Your Computer network cable www.dell.com | support.dell.com To Remove Spare Marking From a Spare Hard Drive: 1 Right-click the spare hard drive icon. 2 Click Reset Hard Drive to Non-RAID Rebuilding...
... connector on the back of the network cable to the network adapter connector on computer 28 Setting Up and Using Your Computer network cable www.dell.com | support.dell.com To Remove Spare Marking From a Spare Hard Drive: 1 Right-click the spare hard drive icon. 2 Click Reset Hard Drive to Non-RAID Rebuilding...
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... tab, Advanced tab, and Hibernate tab. If your computer with enough disk space to store the contents of the computer memory, Dell creates an appropriately sized hibernate mode file before it was in the Power Options Properties window. The computer may take a short time...each scheme appear in hibernate mode. If the computer's hard drive becomes corrupted, Windows XP recreates the hibernate file automatically. www.dell.com | support.dell.com Hibernate Mode Hibernate mode conserves power by copying system data to a reserved area on the hard drive and then completely turning...
... tab, Advanced tab, and Hibernate tab. If your computer with enough disk space to store the contents of the computer memory, Dell creates an appropriately sized hibernate mode file before it was in the Power Options Properties window. The computer may take a short time...each scheme appear in hibernate mode. If the computer's hard drive becomes corrupted, Windows XP recreates the hibernate file automatically. www.dell.com | support.dell.com Hibernate Mode Hibernate mode conserves power by copying system data to a reserved area on the hard drive and then completely turning...
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... Up and Using Your Computer 31 For more information on power management options: 1 Click the Start button and click Help and Support. 2 In the Help and Support window, click Performance and maintenance. 3 In the Performance and maintenance window, click Conserving power on your computer to enable hibernate mode.... If you defined on the Power Schemes tab, click the Enable hibernate support check box on the keyboard or click the mouse. Changing the time-out for a scheme field permanently changes the default settings for ...
... Up and Using Your Computer 31 For more information on power management options: 1 Click the Start button and click Help and Support. 2 In the Help and Support window, click Performance and maintenance. 3 In the Performance and maintenance window, click Conserving power on your computer to enable hibernate mode.... If you defined on the Power Schemes tab, click the Enable hibernate support check box on the keyboard or click the mouse. Changing the time-out for a scheme field permanently changes the default settings for ...
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While many programs can enable or disable Hyper-Threading through system setup. For more information on the Dell Support website at support.dell.com. 32 Setting Up and Using Your Computer To determine if your software. For more information on Hyper-Threading, search the Knowledge Base on accessing... to take advantage of Hyper-Threading technology. Contact the software manufacturer for Hyper-Threading and may require an update from the software manufacturer. www.dell.com | support.dell.com (SP1) or later operating system because Windows XP is optimized to Processors.
While many programs can enable or disable Hyper-Threading through system setup. For more information on the Dell Support website at support.dell.com. 32 Setting Up and Using Your Computer To determine if your software. For more information on Hyper-Threading, search the Knowledge Base on accessing... to take advantage of Hyper-Threading technology. Contact the software manufacturer for Hyper-Threading and may require an update from the software manufacturer. www.dell.com | support.dell.com (SP1) or later operating system because Windows XP is optimized to Processors.
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... the installation procedures and ensure that the part is correctly installed. • If a peripheral device does not work properly, contact Dell (see the program's documentation. This message may help technical support personnel diagnose and fix the problem(s). • If an error message occurs in the Product Information Guide. Battery Problems CAUTION: There...
... the installation procedures and ensure that the part is correctly installed. • If a peripheral device does not work properly, contact Dell (see the program's documentation. This message may help technical support personnel diagnose and fix the problem(s). • If an error message occurs in the Product Information Guide. Battery Problems CAUTION: There...
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... possibility that the original one is defective. • Insert a bootable floppy disk and restart the computer. R U N T H E D E L L D I A G N O S T I C S - CHECK THE CABLE CONNECTIONS R U N T H E H A R D W A R E TR O U B L E S H O O T E R - See page 52. www.dell.com | support.dell.com Drive Problems CAUTION: Before you begin any boxes that are checked.
... possibility that the original one is defective. • Insert a bootable floppy disk and restart the computer. R U N T H E D E L L D I A G N O S T I C S - CHECK THE CABLE CONNECTIONS R U N T H E H A R D W A R E TR O U B L E S H O O T E R - See page 52. www.dell.com | support.dell.com Drive Problems CAUTION: Before you begin any boxes that are checked.
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... Offline has a checkmark next to it, click the checkmark to remove it to All Programs, and then click Modem Helper. E N S U R E T H A T Y O U A R E C O N N E C T E D T O T H E I C S - CHECK THE TELEPHONE JACK - R U N T H E M O D E M H E L P E R D I A G N O S T I N T E R N E T - www.dell.com | support.dell.com CHECK THE TELEPHONE LINE CONNECTION -
... Offline has a checkmark next to it, click the checkmark to remove it to All Programs, and then click Modem Helper. E N S U R E T H A T Y O U A R E C O N N E C T E D T O T H E I C S - CHECK THE TELEPHONE JACK - R U N T H E M O D E M H E L P E R D I A G N O S T I N T E R N E T - www.dell.com | support.dell.com CHECK THE TELEPHONE LINE CONNECTION -