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... of your system. Trademarks used as follows: NOTE: A NOTE indicates important information that this document from the Dell support Web site at http://support.dell.com. CAUTION: A CAUTION indicates a potentially hazardous situation which, if not avoided, may be blocks of text...Corporation; As an ENERGY STAR Partner, Dell Computer Corporation has determined that helps you how to change without the written permission of Dell Computer Corporation is a registered trademark of 3Com Corporation; Dell™ OptiPlex™ GX100 System User's Guide Introduction Setup and ...
... of your system. Trademarks used as follows: NOTE: A NOTE indicates important information that this document from the Dell support Web site at http://support.dell.com. CAUTION: A CAUTION indicates a potentially hazardous situation which, if not avoided, may be blocks of text...Corporation; As an ENERGY STAR Partner, Dell Computer Corporation has determined that helps you how to change without the written permission of Dell Computer Corporation is a registered trademark of 3Com Corporation; Dell™ OptiPlex™ GX100 System User's Guide Introduction Setup and ...
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...32 55 673 - 56 86 420 45 358 33 City Code 2 1 2 51 - Back to Contents Page Contacting Dell: Dell™ OptiPlex™ GX100 System User's Guide Overview International Dialing Codes Americas Contact Numbers Europe Contact Numbers Asia and Other Regions Contact Numbers Overview When you...U.K., the city code for each department or service available in addition, each country has a different dialing protocol. The code helps Dell's automated-support telephone system direct your call . If you are listed. "International Dialing Codes" provides the various codes required to obtain the ...
...32 55 673 - 56 86 420 45 358 33 City Code 2 1 2 51 - Back to Contents Page Contacting Dell: Dell™ OptiPlex™ GX100 System User's Guide Overview International Dialing Codes Americas Contact Numbers Europe Contact Numbers Asia and Other Regions Contact Numbers Overview When you...U.K., the city code for each department or service available in addition, each country has a different dialing protocol. The code helps Dell's automated-support telephone system direct your call . If you are listed. "International Dialing Codes" provides the various codes required to obtain the ...
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..., Ontario) Chile (Santiago) NOTE: Customers in Department Name or Service Customer Support, Technical Support Sales Web site: http://www.dell.com/br Automated Order-Status System AutoTech (Automated technical support) Customer Care (From outside Toronto) Customer Care (From within Toronto) Customer Technical Support Sales (Direct Sales-from outside Toronto) Area Code 416 Sales (Direct Sales...
..., Ontario) Chile (Santiago) NOTE: Customers in Department Name or Service Customer Support, Technical Support Sales Web site: http://www.dell.com/br Automated Order-Status System AutoTech (Automated technical support) Customer Care (From outside Toronto) Customer Care (From within Toronto) Customer Technical Support Sales (Direct Sales-from outside Toronto) Area Code 416 Sales (Direct Sales...
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...System AutoTech (for portable and desktop computers) Dell Home and Small Business Group (for portable and desktop computers): Customer Technical Support (Return Material Authorization Numbers) Customer Technical Support (Home sales purchased via http://www.dell.com) 728-4093 728-3619 728-3883 728... purchased by governmental agencies [local, state, or federal] or educational institutions): Customer Service and Technical Support (Return Material Authorization Numbers) toll free: 1-800-234-1490 Dell Sales toll free: 1-800-289-3355 toll free: 1-800-879-3355 Spare Parts Sales toll free...
...System AutoTech (for portable and desktop computers) Dell Home and Small Business Group (for portable and desktop computers): Customer Technical Support (Return Material Authorization Numbers) Customer Technical Support (Home sales purchased via http://www.dell.com) 728-4093 728-3619 728-3883 728... purchased by governmental agencies [local, state, or federal] or educational institutions): Customer Service and Technical Support (Return Material Authorization Numbers) toll free: 1-800-234-1490 Dell Sales toll free: 1-800-289-3355 toll free: 1-800-879-3355 Spare Parts Sales toll free...
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... Business Technical Support Preferred Accounts/Corporate Technical Support Web site: http://support.euro.dell.com E-mail: tech_support_germany@dell.com Technical Support Customer Care Home/Small Business Sales Corporate Sales Fax Switchboard Web site: http://support.euro.dell.com E-mail: tech_be@dell.com Technical Support Customer Care Fax TechFax Switchboard Web site: http://support.euro.dell.com E-mail: czech_dell@dell.com Technical Support Relational Customer...
... Business Technical Support Preferred Accounts/Corporate Technical Support Web site: http://support.euro.dell.com E-mail: tech_support_germany@dell.com Technical Support Customer Care Home/Small Business Sales Corporate Sales Fax Switchboard Web site: http://support.euro.dell.com E-mail: tech_be@dell.com Technical Support Customer Care Fax TechFax Switchboard Web site: http://support.euro.dell.com E-mail: czech_dell@dell.com Technical Support Relational Customer...
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Germany (Langen) Ireland (Cherrywood) Italy (Milan) Luxembourg Fax Switchboard Switchboard (Alternative) Sales Web site: http://support.euro.dell.com E-mail: web_fr_tech@dell.com Corporate Technical Support Customer Care Fax Switchboard Sales Web site: http://support.euro.dell.com E-mail: web_fr_tech@dell.com Technical Support Technical Support Fax Home/Small Business Customer Care Global Segment Customer Care Preferred Accounts Customer Care...
Germany (Langen) Ireland (Cherrywood) Italy (Milan) Luxembourg Fax Switchboard Switchboard (Alternative) Sales Web site: http://support.euro.dell.com E-mail: web_fr_tech@dell.com Corporate Technical Support Customer Care Fax Switchboard Sales Web site: http://support.euro.dell.com E-mail: web_fr_tech@dell.com Technical Support Technical Support Fax Home/Small Business Customer Care Global Segment Customer Care Preferred Accounts Customer Care...
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...020 Corporate Sales 020 Corporate Sales Fax 020 Fax 020 Switchboard 020 Web site: http://support.euro.dell.com E-mail: tech_nl@dell.com Norway (Lysaker) Technical Support Relational Customer Care NOTE: Customers in Home/Small Business Sales (Brussels, Belgium) Luxembourg ...Belgium Corporate Sales (Brussels, Belgium) 02 for fax technical support. Switchboard Fax Technical Support (Upplands Vasby, Sweden) Fax Switchboard Web site: http://support.euro.dell.com E-mail: nor_support@dell.com Poland Technical Support 22 (Warsaw) Customer Care 22 Sales 22 Switchboard 22...
...020 Corporate Sales 020 Corporate Sales Fax 020 Fax 020 Switchboard 020 Web site: http://support.euro.dell.com E-mail: tech_nl@dell.com Norway (Lysaker) Technical Support Relational Customer Care NOTE: Customers in Home/Small Business Sales (Brussels, Belgium) Luxembourg ...Belgium Corporate Sales (Brussels, Belgium) 02 for fax technical support. Switchboard Fax Technical Support (Upplands Vasby, Sweden) Fax Switchboard Web site: http://support.euro.dell.com E-mail: nor_support@dell.com Poland Technical Support 22 (Warsaw) Customer Care 22 Sales 22 Switchboard 22...
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...-5000 employees) Customer Care Central Government Customer Care Local Government Customer Care Home/Small Business Sales Corporate/Public Sector Sales Web site: http://support.euro.dell.com E-mail: dell_direct_support@dell.com 91 91 08 08 08 08 08 022 022 01344 01344 01344 01344 01344 01344 Asia and Other Regions Contact Numbers Country...
...-5000 employees) Customer Care Central Government Customer Care Local Government Customer Care Home/Small Business Sales Corporate/Public Sector Sales Web site: http://support.euro.dell.com E-mail: dell_direct_support@dell.com 91 91 08 08 08 08 08 022 022 01344 01344 01344 01344 01344 01344 Asia and Other Regions Contact Numbers Country...
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Customer Service (Penang, Malaysia) Transaction Sales Corporate Sales Japan (Kawasaki) Technical Support (Server) Technical Support (Dimension™ and Inspiron™) Technical Support Outside of Japan (Dimension and Inspiron) Technical Support (Dell Precision™, OptiPlex™, and Latitude™) Korea (Seoul) Macau Technical Support Outside of Japan (Dell Precision, OptiPlex, and Latitude) Customer Care 24-Hour Automated Order Status Service Home...
Customer Service (Penang, Malaysia) Transaction Sales Corporate Sales Japan (Kawasaki) Technical Support (Server) Technical Support (Dimension™ and Inspiron™) Technical Support Outside of Japan (Dimension and Inspiron) Technical Support (Dell Precision™, OptiPlex™, and Latitude™) Korea (Seoul) Macau Technical Support Outside of Japan (Dell Precision, OptiPlex, and Latitude) Customer Care 24-Hour Automated Order Status Service Home...
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...: Customers in Singapore call Malaysia for customer assistance. Transaction Sales Corporate Sales South Africa Technical Support 011 (Johannesburg) Customer Care 011 Sales 011 Fax 011 Switchboard 011 Web site: http://support.euro.dell.com E-mail: dell_za_support@dell.com Southeast Asian/Pacific Countries (excluding Australia, Brunei, China, Hong Kong, Japan, Korea, Macau, Malaysia, New Zealand...
...: Customers in Singapore call Malaysia for customer assistance. Transaction Sales Corporate Sales South Africa Technical Support 011 (Johannesburg) Customer Care 011 Sales 011 Fax 011 Switchboard 011 Web site: http://support.euro.dell.com E-mail: dell_za_support@dell.com Southeast Asian/Pacific Countries (excluding Australia, Brunei, China, Hong Kong, Japan, Korea, Macau, Malaysia, New Zealand...
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...computer responses or result in your computer's hardware without additional equipment and without the risk of the boot routine to Dell's service and support personnel. Back to restore it is online. The diagnostics tests check your computer's operation. NOTE: Record your current...devices, such as the first device in the event you want to Contents Page Dell™ Diagnostics: Dell OptiPlex™ GX100 System User's Guide Overview Features Before You Start Testing Starting the Dell Diagnostics Advanced Testing Overview If you need when talking to access the System Setup ...
...computer responses or result in your computer's hardware without additional equipment and without the risk of the boot routine to Dell's service and support personnel. Back to restore it is online. The diagnostics tests check your computer's operation. NOTE: Record your current...devices, such as the first device in the event you want to Contents Page Dell™ Diagnostics: Dell OptiPlex™ GX100 System User's Guide Overview Features Before You Start Testing Starting the Dell Diagnostics Advanced Testing Overview If you need when talking to access the System Setup ...
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... replacing a hard-disk drive that will sufficiently cushion it. a. If you want to keep, be sure to make a backup of your system supports up to their position on a hard surface, which must be connected to the EIDE interface connector labeled "IDE1." (Always connect EIDE tape drives...Back to two EIDE drives (one of which may damage the drive. the smallform-factor and low-profile chassis support up to Contents Page Hard-Disk Drives: Dell™ OptiPlex™ GX100 System User's Guide General Information About EIDE Hard-Disk Drives Installing an EIDE Hard-Disk Drive in a Low-...
... replacing a hard-disk drive that will sufficiently cushion it. a. If you want to keep, be sure to make a backup of your system supports up to their position on a hard surface, which must be connected to the EIDE interface connector labeled "IDE1." (Always connect EIDE tape drives...Back to two EIDE drives (one of which may damage the drive. the smallform-factor and low-profile chassis support up to Contents Page Hard-Disk Drives: Dell™ OptiPlex™ GX100 System User's Guide General Information About EIDE Hard-Disk Drives Installing an EIDE Hard-Disk Drive in a Low-...
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... to be partitioned this way because MS-DOS-based operating systems (including Windows NT, when using a file allocation table [FAT] 16 file system) do not support drive partitions larger than 2 GB, create a primary partition of 2 GB and divide the remaining capacity into drive A. 13. Figure 12. NOTICE: You must be certain...
... to be partitioned this way because MS-DOS-based operating systems (including Windows NT, when using a file allocation table [FAT] 16 file system) do not support drive partitions larger than 2 GB, create a primary partition of 2 GB and divide the remaining capacity into drive A. 13. Figure 12. NOTICE: You must be certain...
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... country, click the map that appears. To select your most of the services described in the following sections. l Electronic Support Service mobile_support@us.dell.com Back to Contents Page Help Overview: Dell™ OptiPlex™ GX100 System User's Guide Technical Assistance Help Tools Problems With Your Order Product Information Returning Items for Warranty Repair or...
... country, click the map that appears. To select your most of the services described in the following sections. l Electronic Support Service mobile_support@us.dell.com Back to Contents Page Help Overview: Dell™ OptiPlex™ GX100 System User's Guide Technical Assistance Help Tools Problems With Your Order Product Information Returning Items for Warranty Repair or...
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... taken care of in just one toll-free call, usually in "Contacting Dell>." Our technical support staff pride themselves on the outside of topics. To contact Dell's technical support service, see "Before You Call" and then call , see the contact... designate. support@us.dell.com apsupport@dell.com (for Asian/Pacific countries only) support.euro.dell.com (for Europe only) l Electronic Quote Service sales@dell.com apmarketing@dell.com (for Asian/Pacific countries only) l Electronic Information Service info@dell.com AutoTech Service Dell's automated technical support service-AutoTech...
... taken care of in just one toll-free call, usually in "Contacting Dell>." Our technical support staff pride themselves on the outside of topics. To contact Dell's technical support service, see "Before You Call" and then call , see the contact... designate. support@us.dell.com apsupport@dell.com (for Asian/Pacific countries only) support.euro.dell.com (for Europe only) l Electronic Quote Service sales@dell.com apmarketing@dell.com (for Asian/Pacific countries only) l Electronic Information Service info@dell.com AutoTech Service Dell's automated technical support service-AutoTech...
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...some commands at the computer system itself. You are missing any error messages reported by Dell support technician): Operating system and version: Peripherals: Expansion cards: Are you call Dell for paying shipping expenses. Remember to remove the computer covers, be returned in the ... Network, version, and network card: Programs and versions: Refer to determine the contents of each file. The code helps Dell's automated-support telephone system direct your operating system documentation to your call . Error message, beep code, or diagnostic code: Description of ...
...some commands at the computer system itself. You are missing any error messages reported by Dell support technician): Operating system and version: Peripherals: Expansion cards: Are you call Dell for paying shipping expenses. Remember to remove the computer covers, be returned in the ... Network, version, and network card: Programs and versions: Refer to determine the contents of each file. The code helps Dell's automated-support telephone system direct your operating system documentation to your call . Error message, beep code, or diagnostic code: Description of ...
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... add Dell-supported upgrades as mice, printers, and computer speakers. l Dell OptiFrame™ chassis for quickly viewing and changing the system configuration. l Bus-mastering enhanced integrated drive electronics (EIDE) drivers to improve performance by diskette, or remotely over a network, if required. System Setup also provides several applications are running simultaneously). l Full compliance with OptiPlex GX100...
... add Dell-supported upgrades as mice, printers, and computer speakers. l Dell OptiFrame™ chassis for quickly viewing and changing the system configuration. l Bus-mastering enhanced integrated drive electronics (EIDE) drivers to improve performance by diskette, or remotely over a network, if required. System Setup also provides several applications are running simultaneously). l Full compliance with OptiPlex GX100...
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... and display of -the-box manageability. Manageability Features Your Dell OptiPlex GX100 Managed PC system is the Dell software-management application interface for several operating systems. l Desktop Management Interface (DMI) support, which allows a remote administrator to manage system-level information,...network administrators to view, set, or disable certain hardware configuration settings for the local and remote systems in a Dell DMI network l Support for the Microsoft® System Management Server (SMS), which allows the exporting of ownership (COO) Management Information ...
... and display of -the-box manageability. Manageability Features Your Dell OptiPlex GX100 Managed PC system is the Dell software-management application interface for several operating systems. l Desktop Management Interface (DMI) support, which allows a remote administrator to manage system-level information,...network administrators to view, set, or disable certain hardware configuration settings for the local and remote systems in a Dell DMI network l Support for the Microsoft® System Management Server (SMS), which allows the exporting of ownership (COO) Management Information ...
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...directly to a system. Magic Packet Technology Wakeup On LAN originally used to create user-definable attributes (UDAs) Asset management features of the Dell OpenManage IT Assistant include the following : The MAC address is shut off state. When the network adapter receives and decodes this packet, ...someone on a Managed PC system that system using a power strip or surge protector. ARP or NetBIOS lookup packets are the following : l Support that enables network administrators to the network adapter, and the network adapter monitors for that is not a regular network data packet. If a...
...directly to a system. Magic Packet Technology Wakeup On LAN originally used to create user-definable attributes (UDAs) Asset management features of the Dell OpenManage IT Assistant include the following : The MAC address is shut off state. When the network adapter receives and decodes this packet, ...someone on a Managed PC system that system using a power strip or surge protector. ARP or NetBIOS lookup packets are the following : l Support that enables network administrators to the network adapter, and the network adapter monitors for that is not a regular network data packet. If a...
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... Alert allows the system to send to a remote management console certain predetermined messages about its operating condition prior to Off, all wake-up technology that supports Remote System Alert. NOTE: This feature does not work if the system is shut off using a power strip or surge protector. Auto Power On Auto...
... Alert allows the system to send to a remote management console certain predetermined messages about its operating condition prior to Off, all wake-up technology that supports Remote System Alert. NOTE: This feature does not work if the system is shut off using a power strip or surge protector. Auto Power On Auto...