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5 Reinstalling Software 23 Drivers 23 Identifying Drivers 23 Reinstalling Drivers and Utilities 24 Restoring Your Operating System 26 Using Microsoft Windows System Restore (Windows Vista hard drive operating systems only 26 6 Finding Information 29 7 Getting Help 31 Obtaining Assistance 31 Technical Support and Customer Service . . . . . 32 DellConnect 32 Online Services 32 AutoTech ... Order-Status Service 33 Problems With Your Order 33 Product Information 34 Returning Items for Warranty Repair or Credit . . . . . 34 Before You Call 35 Contacting Dell 37 Index 39 4 Contents
5 Reinstalling Software 23 Drivers 23 Identifying Drivers 23 Reinstalling Drivers and Utilities 24 Restoring Your Operating System 26 Using Microsoft Windows System Restore (Windows Vista hard drive operating systems only 26 6 Finding Information 29 7 Getting Help 31 Obtaining Assistance 31 Technical Support and Customer Service . . . . . 32 DellConnect 32 Online Services 32 AutoTech ... Order-Status Service 33 Problems With Your Order 33 Product Information 34 Returning Items for Warranty Repair or Credit . . . . . 34 Before You Call 35 Contacting Dell 37 Index 39 4 Contents
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7 diagnostic lights (see your Service Manual for information about light codes) 9 hard drive indicator 8 Wi-Fi indicator 10 network activity indicator Back View 1 9 8 1 wireless antenna (optional) 3 DVI connector 5 USB 2.0 connectors (4) 7 power connector 9 network connector (RJ-45) 6 About Your Computer 2 3 4 5 6 7 2 serial connector 4 VGA connector 6 PS/2 keyboard connector 8 PS/2 mouse connector
7 diagnostic lights (see your Service Manual for information about light codes) 9 hard drive indicator 8 Wi-Fi indicator 10 network activity indicator Back View 1 9 8 1 wireless antenna (optional) 3 DVI connector 5 USB 2.0 connectors (4) 7 power connector 9 network connector (RJ-45) 6 About Your Computer 2 3 4 5 6 7 2 serial connector 4 VGA connector 6 PS/2 keyboard connector 8 PS/2 mouse connector
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... memory (can be changed in BIOS system setup) one 2.5-in SATA hard drive NOTE: A hard drive is optional and requires a hard drive kit. Memory (continued) Minimum memory Maximum memory Video Type: SiS Mirage integrated video Audio Type: ADI 1984A Integrated HD Audio Drives Internally accessible Available devices Connectors External connectors: Video Network adapter USB Audio...-pin DVI connector RJ-45 connector two front-panel, and four back-panel USB 2.0compliant connectors two jacks (headphone and microphone) one 2.5-in drive bay one 9-pin connector two 6-pin mini-DINs 12 Specifications
... memory (can be changed in BIOS system setup) one 2.5-in SATA hard drive NOTE: A hard drive is optional and requires a hard drive kit. Memory (continued) Minimum memory Maximum memory Video Type: SiS Mirage integrated video Audio Type: ADI 1984A Integrated HD Audio Drives Internally accessible Available devices Connectors External connectors: Video Network adapter USB Audio...-pin DVI connector RJ-45 connector two front-panel, and four back-panel USB 2.0compliant connectors two jacks (headphone and microphone) one 2.5-in drive bay one 9-pin connector two 6-pin mini-DINs 12 Specifications
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... board cannot start initialization. Specifications 13 solid blue for information about diagnostic light codes. Connectors (continued) System board connectors: Serial ATA (hard drive) Serial ATA (NVRAM module) Fan Mini-PCI Express X1 Front panel LED Front panel USB Front panel audio Memory Power 12 V BIOS... ROM Serial ATA hard drive power Controls and Lights Front of computer: Power button Power light (within the power button) Network link light Wireless light Diagnostic lights ...
... board cannot start initialization. Specifications 13 solid blue for information about diagnostic light codes. Connectors (continued) System board connectors: Serial ATA (hard drive) Serial ATA (NVRAM module) Fan Mini-PCI Express X1 Front panel LED Front panel USB Front panel audio Memory Power 12 V BIOS... ROM Serial ATA hard drive power Controls and Lights Front of computer: Power button Power light (within the power button) Network link light Wireless light Diagnostic lights ...
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... computer is reading data from or writing data to the network. A blinking blue light indicates the computer is not detecting a physical connection to the SATA hard drive. Network activity light (on yellow blinking light network adapter connector) Power DC power supply: Wattage Voltage (see the safety information that shipped with your computer... on green light - 10-Mb operation network adapter connector) orange light - 100-MB operation yellow light - 1-Gb operation off (no light) - Controls and Lights (continued) Drive activity light blue light -
... computer is reading data from or writing data to the network. A blinking blue light indicates the computer is not detecting a physical connection to the SATA hard drive. Network activity light (on yellow blinking light network adapter connector) Power DC power supply: Wattage Voltage (see the safety information that shipped with your computer... on green light - 10-Mb operation network adapter connector) orange light - 100-MB operation yellow light - 1-Gb operation off (no light) - Controls and Lights (continued) Drive activity light blue light -
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... optional and may not ship with your hard drive, and follow the instructions on the screen. Troubleshooting Tips 21 Access the Dell Support Utility from the icon on your computer. NOTE: If the Dell Support Utility is checked. Dell Diagnostics NOTE: Dell Diagnostics is connected to a working electrical ...Windows desktop, and then shut down your computing environment. Starting the Dell Diagnostics (installed on the computer) 1 Ensure that the computer is supported only on operating systems installed on the hard drive and Windows XP Embedded running on the taskbar option is not ...
... optional and may not ship with your hard drive, and follow the instructions on the screen. Troubleshooting Tips 21 Access the Dell Support Utility from the icon on your computer. NOTE: If the Dell Support Utility is checked. Dell Diagnostics NOTE: Dell Diagnostics is connected to a working electrical ...Windows desktop, and then shut down your computing environment. Starting the Dell Diagnostics (installed on the computer) 1 Ensure that the computer is supported only on operating systems installed on the hard drive and Windows XP Embedded running on the taskbar option is not ...
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... System media with Windows Vista - If you are running Windows Vista) returns your operating system. Using Microsoft Windows System Restore (Windows Vista hard drive operating systems only) NOTE: The procedures in the following ways: • Microsoft® Windows System Restore (available only on computers that... . 2 In the Start Search box, type System Restore and press . otherwise, contact your Dell computer to search the Web for a driver. Restoring Your Operating System Depending on the hard drive. NOTE: The User Account Control window may not apply if you can use it to restore...
... System media with Windows Vista - If you are running Windows Vista) returns your operating system. Using Microsoft Windows System Restore (Windows Vista hard drive operating systems only) NOTE: The procedures in the following ways: • Microsoft® Windows System Restore (available only on computers that... . 2 In the Start Search box, type System Restore and press . otherwise, contact your Dell computer to search the Web for a driver. Restoring Your Operating System Depending on the hard drive. NOTE: The User Account Control window may not apply if you can use it to restore...
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..., 20 Support Utility, 20 technical support and customer service, 32 Technical Update Service, 20 Dell Diagnostics, 21 starting from the Drivers and Utilities media, 21 starting from your hard drive, 21 Dell Technology Guide, 29 DellConnect, 32 diagnostics Dell, 21 documentation, 29 Dell Technology Guide, 29 Service Manual, 29 E End User License Agreement (EULA), 29 ergonomics...
..., 20 Support Utility, 20 technical support and customer service, 32 Technical Update Service, 20 Dell Diagnostics, 21 starting from the Drivers and Utilities media, 21 starting from your hard drive, 21 Dell Technology Guide, 29 DellConnect, 32 diagnostics Dell, 21 documentation, 29 Dell Technology Guide, 29 Service Manual, 29 E End User License Agreement (EULA), 29 ergonomics...
Dell™ OptiPlex™ FX160 Re-Imaging Guide
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Dell™ OptiPlex™ FX160 Re-Imaging Guide The Dell OptiPlex FX160 computer with an internal flash card hard drive is preloaded with Microsoft Windows Automation Installation Kit (WAIK) software. Additional software, such as drivers for a wireless card, are provided on a bootable DVD. A Windows Preinstallation Environment (PE) system will erase all data from the hard drive or flash card. Booting the...
Dell™ OptiPlex™ FX160 Re-Imaging Guide The Dell OptiPlex FX160 computer with an internal flash card hard drive is preloaded with Microsoft Windows Automation Installation Kit (WAIK) software. Additional software, such as drivers for a wireless card, are provided on a bootable DVD. A Windows Preinstallation Environment (PE) system will erase all data from the hard drive or flash card. Booting the...
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... PE image plus any additional applications. 4 Dell OptiPlex FX160 Re-Imaging Guide This UFD is built manually. The size of your computer 7 To install a new system image, click the Install System Image button. NOTICE: By default, all data from the drive that you have sufficient memory to a computer... was imaged. Back up your system to install, then click Install. 8 When the installation completes, restart the system, booting from the hard drive or flash card. NOTE: Ensure that provides all tools and source files. • Access to support the size of the UFD device ...
... PE image plus any additional applications. 4 Dell OptiPlex FX160 Re-Imaging Guide This UFD is built manually. The size of your computer 7 To install a new system image, click the Install System Image button. NOTICE: By default, all data from the drive that you have sufficient memory to a computer... was imaged. Back up your system to install, then click Install. 8 When the installation completes, restart the system, booting from the hard drive or flash card. NOTE: Ensure that provides all tools and source files. • Access to support the size of the UFD device ...
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... UFD device from the technician computer. When the BIOS window options list appears (in the BIOS System Boot Device Priority. Dell OptiPlex FX160 Re-Imaging Guide 7 CAUTION: By default, all data from the drive that was imaged. If using xcopy, enter: xcopy c:\winpe_x86\iso\*.* /s /e /f f:\ where c is the letter ... In the Boot Device selection window, use xcopy to an external device before re-imaging your technician computer hard disk and f is launched. 5 To save the current FX160 system image, click the Capture System Image button and follow the prompts to save the system image to the...
... UFD device from the technician computer. When the BIOS window options list appears (in the BIOS System Boot Device Priority. Dell OptiPlex FX160 Re-Imaging Guide 7 CAUTION: By default, all data from the drive that was imaged. If using xcopy, enter: xcopy c:\winpe_x86\iso\*.* /s /e /f f:\ where c is the letter ... In the Boot Device selection window, use xcopy to an external device before re-imaging your technician computer hard disk and f is launched. 5 To save the current FX160 system image, click the Capture System Image button and follow the prompts to save the system image to the...
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... SLETC. • Windows USB flash drive image installer (USBDiskImageTool.exe). After the FX160 computer is booted to the FX160 flash card (hard drive). For this procedure are erased. CAUTION: This procedure formats the UFD device used to copy SLETC to the USB flash drive, the Thin Client Imaging utility is mounted. 8 Dell OptiPlex FX160 Re-Imaging Guide All files...
... SLETC. • Windows USB flash drive image installer (USBDiskImageTool.exe). After the FX160 computer is booted to the FX160 flash card (hard drive). For this procedure are erased. CAUTION: This procedure formats the UFD device used to copy SLETC to the USB flash drive, the Thin Client Imaging utility is mounted. 8 Dell OptiPlex FX160 Re-Imaging Guide All files...
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... the message Disk was imaged successfully message appears, click Close. 8 Remove the USB flash drive and the update CD from the hard drive or flash card. If using Windows Vista, respond appropriately to User Access Control messages to continue. 4 In the USB Disk Image Tool window... CD into a CD-ROM drive, and the USB flash drive into a USB port. 3 Power on the FX160 computer. 4 When the BIOS window options list appears (in the upper right-corner of the update CD. 3 Find and open USBDiskImageTool.exe. operations to access the Boot Device menu. 10 Dell OptiPlex FX160 Re-Imaging Guide
... the message Disk was imaged successfully message appears, click Close. 8 Remove the USB flash drive and the update CD from the hard drive or flash card. If using Windows Vista, respond appropriately to User Access Control messages to continue. 4 In the USB Disk Image Tool window... CD into a CD-ROM drive, and the USB flash drive into a USB port. 3 Power on the FX160 computer. 4 When the BIOS window options list appears (in the upper right-corner of the update CD. 3 Find and open USBDiskImageTool.exe. operations to access the Boot Device menu. 10 Dell OptiPlex FX160 Re-Imaging Guide
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...card. A Thin Client Image Tool window will open. e Close the Thin Client Imager window. 8 Shut down menu and select Hard Drive. Documentation for one second to use an automation partition instead of system updates including system image, application software, BIOS updates and ...configured to highlight the USB flash drive with your computer. d When the write disk image operation completes, the Thin Client Image Tool window closes. The FX160 computer includes a Preboot Execution Environment (PXE) capable network interface. Dell OptiPlex FX160 Re-Imaging Guide 11 CAUTION: ...
...card. A Thin Client Image Tool window will open. e Close the Thin Client Imager window. 8 Shut down menu and select Hard Drive. Documentation for one second to use an automation partition instead of system updates including system image, application software, BIOS updates and ...configured to highlight the USB flash drive with your computer. d When the write disk image operation completes, the Thin Client Image Tool window closes. The FX160 computer includes a Preboot Execution Environment (PXE) capable network interface. Dell OptiPlex FX160 Re-Imaging Guide 11 CAUTION: ...
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...Applications b 单击 Thin Client Image (Thin Client 7 在 Thin Client Image (Thin Client a 找到 Target Hard Drive b Install Image c 在 Warning Erase and Install Image Thin Client Image Tool (Thin Client d Thin Client Image Tool (...e 关闭 Thin Client Image (Thin Client 8 9 USB 10 在 FX160 Altiris Deployment Server BIOS FX160 PXE PXE。 Altiris http://www.altiris.com/Support/Documentation.aspx 您的 FX160 Altiris Deployment Server。 22 Dell OptiPlex FX160
...Applications b 单击 Thin Client Image (Thin Client 7 在 Thin Client Image (Thin Client a 找到 Target Hard Drive b Install Image c 在 Warning Erase and Install Image Thin Client Image Tool (Thin Client d Thin Client Image Tool (...e 关闭 Thin Client Image (Thin Client 8 9 USB 10 在 FX160 Altiris Deployment Server BIOS FX160 PXE PXE。 Altiris http://www.altiris.com/Support/Documentation.aspx 您的 FX160 Altiris Deployment Server。 22 Dell OptiPlex FX160
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...;找 Target Hard Drive b 按住 Install Image c 按一下 Warning Erase and Install Image Thin Client Image Tool (Thin Client d Thin Client Image Tool (Thin Client e 關閉 Thin Client Imager 視窗。 8 9 USB 裝置。 10 安裝在 FX160 Altiris Deployment Server (Altiris BIOS FX160 PXE Dell PXE。...
...;找 Target Hard Drive b 按住 Install Image c 按一下 Warning Erase and Install Image Thin Client Image Tool (Thin Client d Thin Client Image Tool (Thin Client e 關閉 Thin Client Imager 視窗。 8 9 USB 裝置。 10 安裝在 FX160 Altiris Deployment Server (Altiris BIOS FX160 PXE Dell PXE。...
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3 FX160 4 BIOS F12> を 押して Boot Device 5 Boot Device SLETC USB Enter 6 SLETC Computer a More Applications b Thin Client Image(Thin Client 7 Thin Client Image(Thin Client ます。 a Target Hard Drive b Install Image 1 c Warning Erase and Install Image Thin Client Image Tool (Thin Client d Thin Client Image Tool (Thin Client e Thin Client Image(Thin Client 8 9 USB 10 Dell OptiPlex FX160 95
3 FX160 4 BIOS F12> を 押して Boot Device 5 Boot Device SLETC USB Enter 6 SLETC Computer a More Applications b Thin Client Image(Thin Client 7 Thin Client Image(Thin Client ます。 a Target Hard Drive b Install Image 1 c Warning Erase and Install Image Thin Client Image Tool (Thin Client d Thin Client Image Tool (Thin Client e Thin Client Image(Thin Client 8 9 USB 10 Dell OptiPlex FX160 95
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1 2 SLETC USB 3 FX160 4 BIOS F12 Boot Device 5 Boot Device SLETC USB Enter 6 SLETC Computer a More Applications b Thin Client Image(Thin Client 7 Thin Client Image(Thin Client a Target Hard Drive b Install Image 1 c Warning Erase and Install Image Thin Client Image Tool(Thin Client d Thin Client Image Tool(Thin Client e Thin Client Imager(Thin Client 8 9 USB 10 Dell OptiPlex FX160 107
1 2 SLETC USB 3 FX160 4 BIOS F12 Boot Device 5 Boot Device SLETC USB Enter 6 SLETC Computer a More Applications b Thin Client Image(Thin Client 7 Thin Client Image(Thin Client a Target Hard Drive b Install Image 1 c Warning Erase and Install Image Thin Client Image Tool(Thin Client d Thin Client Image Tool(Thin Client e Thin Client Imager(Thin Client 8 9 USB 10 Dell OptiPlex FX160 107