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...board. 74 Removing and Installing Parts Drives Your computer supports a combination of its top corners, and then ease it out of these devices: • One SATA (serial ATA) drive • One FlexBay drive (optional floppy drive or Media Card Reader) • One CD or DVD drive 2 3 1 1 ...FlexBay for optional floppy drive or Media Card Reader (under CD/DVD drive) 2 CD/DVD drive 3 hard drive Connect a SATA optical drive to electrical outlets, and then turn them on the system board. NOTE: Installing filler brackets over empty card-slot openings is necessary to...
...board. 74 Removing and Installing Parts Drives Your computer supports a combination of its top corners, and then ease it out of these devices: • One SATA (serial ATA) drive • One FlexBay drive (optional floppy drive or Media Card Reader) • One CD or DVD drive 2 3 1 1 ...FlexBay for optional floppy drive or Media Card Reader (under CD/DVD drive) 2 CD/DVD drive 3 hard drive Connect a SATA optical drive to electrical outlets, and then turn them on the system board. NOTE: Installing filler brackets over empty card-slot openings is necessary to...
Owners Manual
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...printed directly on the board or card. The pin-1 end of the connector. Connecting Drive Cables When you install a drive, you connect a SATA interface cable, do not place the colored stripe away from operating and could damage the controller, the drive, or both. Serial ATA cables go... to the system board. Serial ATA Connector 1 2 1 SATA interface cable 2 interface connector Power Cable Connector To connect a drive using the power cable, locate the power input connector on the other connector. ...
...printed directly on the board or card. The pin-1 end of the connector. Connecting Drive Cables When you install a drive, you connect a SATA interface cable, do not place the colored stripe away from operating and could damage the controller, the drive, or both. Serial ATA cables go... to the system board. Serial ATA Connector 1 2 1 SATA interface cable 2 interface connector Power Cable Connector To connect a drive using the power cable, locate the power input connector on the other connector. ...
Owners Manual
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Removing and Installing Parts 79 NOTE: The plastic latch fits into the open bay 4 Check all connectors to the hard drive holder on the chassis. The rectangular hole is larger than the other small holes on the back of the chassis. 3 Connect the power cable and hard-drive or SATA cable to the drive. 2 1 3 4 1 power cable 2 hard drive plastic latch 3 hard drive cable or serial ATA data cable 4 open bay until the hard drive plastic latch attaches to be certain that they are properly cabled and firmly seated. 5 Gently slide the drive into a small rectangular hole on the chassis.
Removing and Installing Parts 79 NOTE: The plastic latch fits into the open bay 4 Check all connectors to the hard drive holder on the chassis. The rectangular hole is larger than the other small holes on the back of the chassis. 3 Connect the power cable and hard-drive or SATA cable to the drive. 2 1 3 4 1 power cable 2 hard drive plastic latch 3 hard drive cable or serial ATA data cable 4 open bay until the hard drive plastic latch attaches to be certain that they are properly cabled and firmly seated. 5 Gently slide the drive into a small rectangular hole on the chassis.
Owners Manual
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...on the system board as the computer name, the BIOS version number and date, system tags, and other system-specific information. SATA Operation Identifies and defines the SATA modes. Pressing this key combination causes a menu to boot from the sequence of memory installed. Audio Controller Enables or disables ...a boot device and restart the computer, the device appears in the list. To boot from a network server. You can set the SATA controller to the SATA connectors on the system board, and lists the capacity for booting from a USB memory device, select the USB device and move it ...
...on the system board as the computer name, the BIOS version number and date, system tags, and other system-specific information. SATA Operation Identifies and defines the SATA modes. Pressing this key combination causes a menu to boot from the sequence of memory installed. Audio Controller Enables or disables ...a boot device and restart the computer, the device appears in the list. To boot from a network server. You can set the SATA controller to the SATA connectors on the system board, and lists the capacity for booting from a USB memory device, select the USB device and move it ...
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...USB, 18 problems battery, 33 blue screen, 40 CD drive, 34 CD/DVD-RW drive, 35 computer crashes, 39-40 computer stops responding, 39 Dell Diagnostics, 52 diagnostic lights, 49 drives, 34 DVD drive, 34 e-mail, 35 error messages, 37 general, 39 hard drive, 35 IEEE 1394,... tips, 33 video and monitor, 47 volume adjusting, 46 Product Information Guide, 9 Program Compatibility Wizard, 40 R regulatory information, 9 restoring Windows XP, 56 S safety instructions, 9 SATA. See monitor serial ATA, 76 Service Tag, 10 settings system setup, 101 software Hyper-Threading, 31 problems, 40-41 Index 135
...USB, 18 problems battery, 33 blue screen, 40 CD drive, 34 CD/DVD-RW drive, 35 computer crashes, 39-40 computer stops responding, 39 Dell Diagnostics, 52 diagnostic lights, 49 drives, 34 DVD drive, 34 e-mail, 35 error messages, 37 general, 39 hard drive, 35 IEEE 1394,... tips, 33 video and monitor, 47 volume adjusting, 46 Product Information Guide, 9 Program Compatibility Wizard, 40 R regulatory information, 9 restoring Windows XP, 56 S safety instructions, 9 SATA. See monitor serial ATA, 76 Service Tag, 10 settings system setup, 101 software Hyper-Threading, 31 problems, 40-41 Index 135