Dell Inspiron 530S Support Question
Dell Inspiron 530S Support Question
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Question posted by cheRonal on April 12th, 2014
Where Is The 3.5 Floppy Drive On A Dell Inspiron 530s
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Dell™ Technology Guide - Page 282
... key while powering the computer on (or restart) your computer and try again. Starting the Dell Diagnostics on Desktop Computers
NOTE: If your hard drive.
5 When the Dell Diagnostics Main Menu appears, select the test you want to run the Dell Diagnostics from the boot menu and press .
Press any key to continue."
4 Press any...
Dell™ Technology Guide - Page 354
... a filename extension of.zip. zero insertion force - A special kind of zipped file is a self-extracting file, which has a filename extension of data.
354 A high-capacity floppy drive developed by double-clicking it. Zip - Files that uses 3.5-inch removable disks called Zip files and usually have been compressed with no stress applied to...
Owner's Manual - Page 7
...® Operating System 95
Restoring Your Operating System 96 Using Microsoft® Windows® System Restore 96 Using Dell PC Restore 98 Using the Operating System CD 100
4 Removing and Installing Parts 103
Before You Begin 103 Recommended... Bracket 106
Inside View of Your Computer 108
System Board Components 109 Inspiron 530s 109 Inspiron 530sa 111 Inspiron 530sb 113
Contents
7
Owner's Manual - Page 8
... Cards 128
Bezel 135 Removing the Bezel 135 Replacing the Bezel 136
Drives 137 Recommended Drive Cable Connections 137 Connecting Drive Cables 138 Drive Interface Connectors 138 Connecting and Disconnecting Drive Cables 139 Hard Drives 139 Floppy Drive (Optional 144 Media Card Reader 150 CD/DVD Drive 154
Battery 157 Replacing the Battery 157
Power Supply 159 Replacing the...
Owner's Manual - Page 10
... Options 186 Boot Sequence 189
Clearing Forgotten Passwords 190 Inspiron 530s 191 Inspiron 530sa 191 Inspiron 530sb 192 Inspiron 530sc 192 Inspiron 530sd 193
Clearing CMOS Settings 194
Flashing the BIOS 195
Cleaning Your Computer 196 Computer, Keyboard, and Monitor 196 Mouse 196 Floppy Drive (Optional 197 CDs and DVDs 197
Dell Technical Support Policy (U.S. Only 197 Definition of...
Owner's Manual - Page 11
... Regulatory information • Ergonomics information • End User License Agreement
Find it Here Dell™ Product Information Guide
• How to set up my computer
Setup Diagram
&#...and may ship with your computer. NOTE: If there is no label present, the model number is Inspiron 530s. NOTE: Additional information may not ship with your computer for the model number. What Are You ...
Owner's Manual - Page 13
... programs and files • How to System and Configuration Utilities→ Dell Desktop System Software and click Download Now. Finding Information
13 automatically detects your computer
and... Here
• Desktop System Software (DSS)- If To download Desktop System Software:
you reinstall the operating system for Dell™ 3.5-inch USB floppy drives, optical drives, and USB devices.
Owner's Manual - Page 16
...150.
5 power button
Press the power button to open /close the floppy/media card reader panel
4 FlexBay drive
Can contain an optional floppy drive or optional Media Card Reader. On computers with a sound card, ...on Use the Service Tag to identify your computer
top of the chassis
when you access the Dell Support website or call
towards the back)
technical support.
2 eject button for CD/DVD ...
Owner's Manual - Page 87
No bootable partition on HDD or Not a bootable floppy in floppy driver, or HDD/Floppy cable loose, or No bootable device exists.
• If the floppy drive is your boot device, ensure that a bootable floppy disk is correct (see "Contacting Dell" on page 200 for the USB device. Replace the floppy disk with one that the boot sequence information...
Owner's Manual - Page 108
Inside View of Your Computer
CAUTION: Before you begin any of your computer may vary based on the computer model.
1 2
5
43
1 power supply
2 support bracket
4 CD or DVD drive 5 hard drive
3 floppy drive or Media Card Reader
108
Removing and Installing Parts NOTE: The inside view of the procedures in this section, follow the safety instructions in the Product Information Guide.
Owner's Manual - Page 137
... • One CD or DVD drive
1
2
3
4
5
1 power supply 4 CD or DVD drive
2 hard drive 5 floppy drive or Media Reader
3 support bracket
Recommended Drive Cable Connections
• Connect serial ATA hard drives to connectors labeled "SATA0" or "SATA1" on the system board.
• Connect serial ATA CD or DVD drives to connectors labeled "SATA4" or "SATA5" on Inspiron 530sb/530sd.
Owner's Manual - Page 147
..." on page 149).
6 Press the two spring clamps and slide out the FlexBay drive cage from the front of the system.
7 Align the screw holes in the floppy drive with the cage notch and place the floppy drive in the FlexBay drive cage.
1
2 3
1 screw holes in the floppy drive 2 cage notch (2) 3 spring clamps (2)
Removing and Installing Parts
147
Owner's Manual - Page 148
8 Tighten the two screws on the other side to secure the floppy drive in the FlexBay drive cage.
9 Slide the FlexBay drive cage along with the floppy drive in the FlexBay slot till it snaps in place.
10 Attach the power and data cables to the floppy drive.
11 Connect the other end of the data cable to the...
Owner's Manual - Page 179
... two 5.25-inch Serial ATA CD-ROM, CD-RW, DVD-ROM, DVD-RW, or combo drive (optional) one 3.5-inch floppy drive (optional) or Media Card Reader (optional) NOTE: Floppy drive is supported only on Inspiron 530s.
15-hole connector RJ-45 connector two front-panel and four back-panel USB 2.0-compliant connectors ALC888 (7.1 Channel audio)
System board...
Owner's Manual - Page 183
...A good connection exists between (on state
amber light - Drive activity light
blue light - Network activity light yellow blinking...drive or CD/HDD. A solid amber light when the system does not boot indicates that the system board cannot start initialization.
Connectors (continued) Memory Power 12V Power
four 240-pin connectors one 4-pin connector one 24-pin connector
Inspiron 530s...
Owner's Manual - Page 189
.... NOTE: If you are booting to a USB floppy drive, you must be bootable. Appendix
189 If no ...Dell Diagnostics on the drive, the computer generates an error message.
• CD Drive - Option Settings
• Diskette Drive - Boot Sequence
This feature allows you to boot from the hard drive when the diagnostic tests are complete. The computer attempts to boot from the floppy drive...
Owner's Manual - Page 197
... lens in a straight line from operating. You might accidentally misalign the heads, which prevents the drive from the center to this technician-assisted technical support, online technical support is available at support.dell.com. NOTE: The floppy drive may be available on DVDs. NOTICE: To prevent damaging the surface, do not wipe in a circular...
Owner's Manual - Page 199
...void your Product Information Guide.
Worldwide Regulatory Compliance & Environmental Affairs One Dell Way Round Rock, TX 78682 USA 512-338-4400
NOTE: For ...this equipment does cause harmful interference with radio or television reception, which can be determined by Dell Inc.
The following measures:
• Reorient the receiving antenna.
• Relocate the system with the FCC ...
Owner's Manual - Page 216
...the chip or its write-protect tab to 1024 x 768. zero insertion force - A high-capacity floppy drive developed by double-clicking it wallpaper. WLAN - A popular data compression format. watt - You can ...of measure commonly used to 100 MB of .zip. The background pattern or picture on the Windows desktop. A series of power for 1 hour or 33 W for video cards and controllers that cannot...
Owner's Manual - Page 218
... identifying, 92 reinstalling, 92
Drivers and Utilities media, 93 Dell Diagnostics, 88
drives, 137 hard drive, 139 installing CD/DVD, 155 installing floppy, 147
installing hard drive, 141 problems, 64 removing CD/DVD, 154 removing floppy, 144 removing hard drive, 139 second hard drive, 142 serial ATA, 139 DVD drive problems, 65 DVDs, 34 playing, 31
E
e-mail problems, 66...
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