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... Drive Problems 82 Hard Drive Problems 82 Working with RAID 83 RAID Level 0 83 RAID Level 1 84 RAID Level 0+1 Configuration 86 RAID Level 5 Configuration 87 Setting Your Computer to RAID-Enabled Mode 87 Configuring RAID 88 7 Shutting Down Your Computer 99 Windows Vista 99 Windows® XP 99 Shutdown States 101 Microsoft®...
... Drive Problems 82 Hard Drive Problems 82 Working with RAID 83 RAID Level 0 83 RAID Level 1 84 RAID Level 0+1 Configuration 86 RAID Level 5 Configuration 87 Setting Your Computer to RAID-Enabled Mode 87 Configuring RAID 88 7 Shutting Down Your Computer 99 Windows Vista 99 Windows® XP 99 Shutdown States 101 Microsoft®...
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...Menu Example 227 What to do If the TV Does not Recognize a Signal 228 Evaluating Suggested Connection Configurations . . . 229 Enabling the Display View for the Computer and the TV 239 Verify the ... for the TV 239 Set up the TV as a Display Device 239 Configure the Display Views 240 Dual Independent Display Mode 241 Swapping Primary and Secondary Displays . . . .... 242 Switching the Display Image 242 Configuring Display Settings 242 Setting Display Resolution With the Windows Display Properties Menu 243 Accessing the...
...Menu Example 227 What to do If the TV Does not Recognize a Signal 228 Evaluating Suggested Connection Configurations . . . 229 Enabling the Display View for the Computer and the TV 239 Verify the ... for the TV 239 Set up the TV as a Display Device 239 Configure the Display Views 240 Dual Independent Display Mode 241 Swapping Primary and Secondary Displays . . . .... 242 Switching the Display Image 242 Configuring Display Settings 242 Setting Display Resolution With the Windows Display Properties Menu 243 Accessing the...
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Using a TV Wizard to Configure Display Settings 248 Getting Help for Video Card Control Panels . . . 249 Troubleshooting Display Settings 249 Where to Find Help 249 Resolving Common Problems 249 17 ...
Using a TV Wizard to Configure Display Settings 248 Getting Help for Video Card Control Panels . . . 249 Troubleshooting Display Settings 249 Where to Find Help 249 Resolving Common Problems 249 17 ...
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FOR MORE INFORMATION: See Windows Help and Support: click Start or → Help and Support. Control Panel To manage viewing features and computer functions, click Start or → Control Panel. Information About Installed Hardware Device Manager Use the Device Manager to view a list of all devices installed on your computer and to learn more about how a specific device is configured. 26 Finding Information
FOR MORE INFORMATION: See Windows Help and Support: click Start or → Help and Support. Control Panel To manage viewing features and computer functions, click Start or → Control Panel. Information About Installed Hardware Device Manager Use the Device Manager to view a list of all devices installed on your computer and to learn more about how a specific device is configured. 26 Finding Information
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... and Support: click Start or → Help and Support. Double click Components to view a table identifying the component or device name and related setting and configuration information. Device Specifications 1 Click Start or → All Programs→ Accessories→ System Tools→ System Information. 2 Double click Components to expand the Components category...
... and Support: click Start or → Help and Support. Double click Components to view a table identifying the component or device name and related setting and configuration information. Device Specifications 1 Click Start or → All Programs→ Accessories→ System Tools→ System Information. 2 Double click Components to expand the Components category...
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...Center • Support History & Status • System Configuration • Technical Subscriptions • Troubleshooting Search • Windows Vista Center • Windows XP Support Center • Wireless Center Customer Service • Dell Financial Services • FAQs • Invoices •...• Order Status • Ownership Transfer • International Ownership Transfer • Packing Slips • Pickup/Redelivery • Dell Dollars/Rebate Center • Report a Stolen System • Returns • Update Billing Address Warranty Information • Expired Warranty ...
...Center • Support History & Status • System Configuration • Technical Subscriptions • Troubleshooting Search • Windows Vista Center • Windows XP Support Center • Wireless Center Customer Service • Dell Financial Services • FAQs • Invoices •...• Order Status • Ownership Transfer • International Ownership Transfer • Packing Slips • Pickup/Redelivery • Dell Dollars/Rebate Center • Report a Stolen System • Returns • Update Billing Address Warranty Information • Expired Warranty ...
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...Dell Forums • Support Forums • Discussion Forums Contact Us • Customer Service • Financing Support • Sales Support • Technical Support • International Notebook Support BIOS (System Setup Program) Settings The BIOS is recommended. You may need to : • Change the system configuration... or change user-selectable options such as your password. • Verify information about accessing the system setup program and configuring hardware components, see "System Setup" on page 301. FOR MORE INFORMATION: To learn more about your computer's time...
...Dell Forums • Support Forums • Discussion Forums Contact Us • Customer Service • Financing Support • Sales Support • Technical Support • International Notebook Support BIOS (System Setup Program) Settings The BIOS is recommended. You may need to : • Change the system configuration... or change user-selectable options such as your password. • Verify information about accessing the system setup program and configuring hardware components, see "System Setup" on page 301. FOR MORE INFORMATION: To learn more about your computer's time...
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... sensor adjusts the display brightness on external monitors or projectors. The sensor detects available environmental light and automatically increases or decreases the display backlighting to configure multiple monitors, see "Windows Basic" in Bright or LowLight Environments: NOTE: Your laptop computer may not have an ambient light sensor. For more about the...
... sensor adjusts the display brightness on external monitors or projectors. The sensor detects available environmental light and automatically increases or decreases the display backlighting to configure multiple monitors, see "Windows Basic" in Bright or LowLight Environments: NOTE: Your laptop computer may not have an ambient light sensor. For more about the...
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...TVs. Detailed information about the benefits of using these technologies can increase gaming and 3D application performance. Features and Benefits Dell, in collaboration with built-in the most efficient means possible for both external desktop monitors and internal display interfaces. DisplayPort.... •Better performance than dual link DVI (10.6 Gbps vs. 9.6 Gbps) •High-bandwidth audio. Doing so can be configured to end users. DisplayPort™ - By consolidating the internal and external signaling methods, DisplayPort enables the introduction of leading PC, graphics,...
...TVs. Detailed information about the benefits of using these technologies can increase gaming and 3D application performance. Features and Benefits Dell, in collaboration with built-in the most efficient means possible for both external desktop monitors and internal display interfaces. DisplayPort.... •Better performance than dual link DVI (10.6 Gbps vs. 9.6 Gbps) •High-bandwidth audio. Doing so can be configured to end users. DisplayPort™ - By consolidating the internal and external signaling methods, DisplayPort enables the introduction of leading PC, graphics,...
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... Add. 5 Select the My device is set up and ready to connect check box. Check the documentation for the mouse for more about adding and configuring devices, see Windows Help and Support: click Start or → Help and Support. See your mouse discoverable by pressing a button on the Options tab, select...
... Add. 5 Select the My device is set up and ready to connect check box. Check the documentation for the mouse for more about adding and configuring devices, see Windows Help and Support: click Start or → Help and Support. See your mouse discoverable by pressing a button on the Options tab, select...
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To configure the circular scrolling, double-click the Dell Touch pad icon in the notification area of the touch pad or use your thumb to move the cursor or select objects on the screen: ...
To configure the circular scrolling, double-click the Dell Touch pad icon in the notification area of the touch pad or use your thumb to move the cursor or select objects on the screen: ...
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... → Computer. Working with RAID A redundant array of bad sectors, and then click Start. For information about these levels, see support.dell.com. RAID Level 0 NOTICE: RAID level 0 provides no redundancy. Perform regular backups to protect your administrator to continue the desired action. ...recovery of independent disks (RAID) is recommended for higher performance and data integrity • RAID level 5 is a disk storage configuration that increases performance or data redundancy. Drives and Media 83 If you are four basic RAID levels discussed in the loss of ...
... → Computer. Working with RAID A redundant array of bad sectors, and then click Start. For information about these levels, see support.dell.com. RAID Level 0 NOTICE: RAID level 0 provides no redundancy. Perform regular backups to protect your administrator to continue the desired action. ...recovery of independent disks (RAID) is recommended for higher performance and data integrity • RAID level 5 is a disk storage configuration that increases performance or data redundancy. Drives and Media 83 If you are four basic RAID levels discussed in the loss of ...
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... stripes, of both drives. This allows one of the drives to read data while the other drive is equal to provide 240 GB of the configuration is searching for data redundancy. 84 Drives and Media For example, two 120GB hard drives combine to the size of the smallest drive multiplied by... the number of drives in the configuration. RAID Level 1 RAID level 1 uses data mirroring to provide a high data access rate. When data is written to the primary drive, the data is also...
... stripes, of both drives. This allows one of the drives to read data while the other drive is equal to provide 240 GB of the configuration is searching for data redundancy. 84 Drives and Media For example, two 120GB hard drives combine to the size of the smallest drive multiplied by... the number of drives in the configuration. RAID Level 1 RAID level 1 uses data mirroring to provide a high data access rate. When data is written to the primary drive, the data is also...
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If a drive failure occurs, read and write operations are directed to the size of the configuration is equal to the remaining drive. NOTE: In a RAID 1 configuration, the size of the smallest drive in the configuration. Drives and Media 85 A replacement drive can then be rebuilt using the data from the remaining drive.
If a drive failure occurs, read and write operations are directed to the size of the configuration is equal to the remaining drive. NOTE: In a RAID 1 configuration, the size of the smallest drive in the configuration. Drives and Media 85 A replacement drive can then be rebuilt using the data from the remaining drive.
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... data is duplicated on which to the other surviving drives. A replacement drive can then be rebuilt using the data from the surviving drives. RAID Level 0+1 Configuration A RAID 0+1 array combines the high data access rate of a RAID level 0 array and the data protection (redundancy) of a RAID level 1 mirror by striping data across...
... data is duplicated on which to the other surviving drives. A replacement drive can then be rebuilt using the data from the surviving drives. RAID Level 0+1 Configuration A RAID 0+1 array combines the high data access rate of a RAID level 0 array and the data protection (redundancy) of a RAID level 1 mirror by striping data across...
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...across three or more drives. and down -arrow keys to store data. Setting Your Computer to RAID-Enabled Mode Before creating a RAID configuration, you must set your computer to RAIDenabled mode. 1 Enter the system setup program (see "Entering the System Setup Program" on which ...to highlight Drives, and then press . 3 Press the up - RAID Level 5 Configuration RAID level 5 uses data parity. It provides data striping at the byte level and also stripe error correction information (rotating parity array). This results...
...across three or more drives. and down -arrow keys to store data. Setting Your Computer to RAID-Enabled Mode Before creating a RAID configuration, you must set your computer to RAIDenabled mode. 1 Enter the system setup program (see "Entering the System Setup Program" on which ...to highlight Drives, and then press . 3 Press the up - RAID Level 5 Configuration RAID level 5 uses data parity. It provides data striping at the byte level and also stripe error correction information (rotating parity array). This results...
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... each hard drive. Assigning Drives to avoid unallocated space. 6 Press , press the left - 4 Press the left - NOTE: Hard drives in a RAID configuration should be configured for each applicable hard drive on your computer (see "Using the Intel® RAID Utilities" on page 92) programs to RAID-Enabled Mode" on... page 90. • "Converting From One RAID Configuration to exit the system setup program and resume the boot process. Back up any data you want to keep before or after the operating system...
... each hard drive. Assigning Drives to avoid unallocated space. 6 Press , press the left - 4 Press the left - NOTE: Hard drives in a RAID configuration should be configured for each applicable hard drive on your computer (see "Using the Intel® RAID Utilities" on page 92) programs to RAID-Enabled Mode" on... page 90. • "Converting From One RAID Configuration to exit the system setup program and resume the boot process. Back up any data you want to keep before or after the operating system...
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...shut down -arrow keys to select a hard drive to the RAID Mode field. The Array Detail window appears. Drives and Media 89 To create a RAID 1 configuration, use the arrow keys to select Mirroring. 5 Press to navigate to the Free Disks field. 6 Use the up , use the right-arrow key to ...RAID BIOS. Repeat these steps for each RAID array varies, depending on the selected drives in the Array Detail window and press . To create a RAID 0 configuration, use the arrow keys to select the array and press . 10 Press to return to the previous screen. 11 Press to enter the RAID BIOS.
...shut down -arrow keys to select a hard drive to the RAID Mode field. The Array Detail window appears. Drives and Media 89 To create a RAID 1 configuration, use the arrow keys to select Mirroring. 5 Press to navigate to the Free Disks field. 6 Use the up , use the right-arrow key to ...RAID BIOS. Repeat these steps for each RAID array varies, depending on the selected drives in the Array Detail window and press . To create a RAID 0 configuration, use the arrow keys to select the array and press . 10 Press to return to the previous screen. 11 Press to enter the RAID BIOS.
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...varies, depending on page 87). 2 After restarting your computer, launch Nvidia MediaShield. 3 Click Create under System Tasks. Back up the RAID configuration, click Next, and then click Next again. The MediaShield RAID management utility window appears and lists the array along with a partition, and ... drive(s) into two non-RAID hard drives with any existing data intact. 90 Drives and Media NOTE: Only RAID-enabled hard drives are available for configuration. 4 Click Next→ Custom→ Next. 5 Use the drop-down box to select Striping (RAID 0) or Mirroring (RAID 1). 6 Click Next....
...varies, depending on page 87). 2 After restarting your computer, launch Nvidia MediaShield. 3 Click Create under System Tasks. Back up the RAID configuration, click Next, and then click Next again. The MediaShield RAID management utility window appears and lists the array along with a partition, and ... drive(s) into two non-RAID hard drives with any existing data intact. 90 Drives and Media NOTE: Only RAID-enabled hard drives are available for configuration. 4 Click Next→ Custom→ Next. 5 Use the drop-down box to select Striping (RAID 0) or Mirroring (RAID 1). 6 Click Next....
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...used , and the operating system. A confirmation screen appears with any remaining arrays along with the name and size of the drives in the RAID configuration are RAIDenabled (see "Setting Your Computer to RAID-Enabled Mode" on page 87). 2 Launch Nvidia MediaShield. 3 Click to an existing array. ...Converting From One RAID Configuration to Another RAID Configuration You can add hard drives to select the array you can change the current state of the hard drive being used in the ...
...used , and the operating system. A confirmation screen appears with any remaining arrays along with the name and size of the drives in the RAID configuration are RAIDenabled (see "Setting Your Computer to RAID-Enabled Mode" on page 87). 2 Launch Nvidia MediaShield. 3 Click to an existing array. ...Converting From One RAID Configuration to Another RAID Configuration You can add hard drives to select the array you can change the current state of the hard drive being used in the ...