Dell Inspiron 660 Support Question
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Question posted by troiganth on December 22nd, 2013
Dell Inspiron 660 How Many Hard Drive Bays
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Owners Manual - Page 1
Dell Inspiron 660 Owner's Manual
Computer model: Inspiron 660 Regulatory model: D11M Regulatory type: D11M002
Owners Manual - Page 2
... make better use of Intel Corporation in the U.S. WARNING: A WARNING indicates a potential for property damage, personal injury, or death. Information in this text: Dell™, the DELL logo, and Inspiron™ are registered trademarks of your computer. Microsoft®, Windows®, and the Windows start button logo are not followed.
CAUTION: A CAUTION indicates...
Owners Manual - Page 4
... Your Computer After Removing or Installing the PCI Express Card 37
9 Mini-Card 39
Removing the Mini-Card 40 Replacing the Mini-Card 41
10 Hard Drive(s 43
Removing the Hard Drive(s 43 Replacing the Hard Drive(s 48
4
Contents
Owners Manual - Page 5
11 Optical Drive(s 49
Removing the Optical Drive(s 49 Replacing the Optical Drives(s 53
12 Front I/O Panel 57
Removing the Front I/O Panel 57 Replacing the Front I/O Panel 59
13 Power Button Module 61
Removing the Power Button Module ...
Owners Manual - Page 9
Before You Begin
9 NOTE: If you are using a different operating system, see the Regulatory Compliance Homepage at dell.com/regulatory_compliance.
WARNING: Before working inside your computer, read the safety information that the work surface is unplugged, to ground the system board. For additional ...
Owners Manual - Page 10
... protecting against electrostatic discharge.
CAUTION: Before touching anything inside your computer, ground yourself by touching an unpainted metal surface, such as the metal at support.dell.com
10
Before You Begin CAUTION: When you must disengage before disconnecting the cable.
CAUTION: To disconnect a network cable, first unplug the cable from your...
Owners Manual - Page 13
...10
1 power supply 3 secondary optical-drive 5 front I/O panel 7 secondary hard-drive 9 memory modules
7 8 9
2 primary optical-drive 4 front bezel 6 primary hard-drive 8 system board 10 card retention bracket
Technical Overview
13 For additional safety best practices information, see the Regulatory Compliance Homepage at dell.com/regulatory_compliance. Technical Overview
WARNING: Before working...
Owners Manual - Page 17
... the Regulatory Compliance Homepage at least 30 cm (1 ft.) of desk top space.
Computer Cover
17 CAUTION: Ensure that shipped with the cover removed-at dell.com/regulatory_compliance.
Owners Manual - Page 43
... computer cover.
Exercise care when handling the hard drive. See "Removing the Computer Cover" on page 9.
CAUTION: To avoid data loss, do not remove the hard drive while the computer is hot, do not touch the metal housing of the hard drive. For additional safety best practices information, see the Regulatory Compliance Homepage at dell.com/regulatory_compliance.
Owners Manual - Page 44
Procedure
1 If you are removing the secondary hard-drive:
a Disconnect the power cable from the computer.
44
Hard Drive(s)
CAUTION: Ensure that secure the hard-drive assembly to install a hard drive at this time, disconnect the other end of the data cable from the secondary hard-drive.
You can use the data cable to the hard-drive bay. b Disconnect the data cable from the...
Owners Manual - Page 47
See "System Setup" on each side) that secure the hard-drive brackets to the hard-drive.
6 Remove the hard-drive brackets off the hard drive.
1
3
2
1 hard drive 3 hard-drive bracket
2 screws (2)
7 If removing the hard drive changes the drive configuration, ensure that you reflect these changes in system setup.
Hard Drive(s)
47 5 Remove the screws (one on page 91.
Owners Manual - Page 48
..." on each side) that secure the hard-drive brackets to the hard drive.
3 Slide the hard-drive assembly into the hard-drive bay. 4 Replace the screws that secure the hard-drive assembly to the
hard-drive bay. 5 If you are replacing the primary hard-drive, connect the power and data
cables to the primary hard drive. 6 If you are replacing the secondary hard-drive:
a Connect the power cable to the...
Owners Manual - Page 49
... shipped with your computer and follow the steps in "Before You Begin" on page 25.
See "Removing the Front Bezel" on page 9. Optical Drive
49 Removing the Optical Drive(s)
Prerequisites
1 Remove the computer cover.
See "Removing the Computer Cover" on page 18.
2 Remove the front bezel. For additional safety best practices information...
Owners Manual - Page 54
2 To install a secondary optical drive, pull the break-away metal plate off the chassis.
1
1 break-away metal plate
3 Gently slide the optical drive into the optical drive bay through the front of the computer.
4 Align the screw holes on the optical drive with the screw holes on the chassis.
5 Replace the screws that secure the optical drive to the chassis.
54
Optical Drive
Owners Manual - Page 91
...DELL logo is displayed, watch for the F2 prompt
to wait until you see the Microsoft Windows desktop.
System Setup
Overview
Use the system setup to: • Get information about the hardware installed on your computer, such as
the amount of RAM, the size of the hard drive...selectable option, such as the user password, type of
hard drive installed, enabling or disabling base devices, and so on...
Owners Manual - Page 94
... of the device installed Displays the size of the device installed, if the device is a hard drive
Displays the type of device installed on the SATA2 connector Displays the serial number of the device... installed Displays the size of the device installed, if the device is a hard drive
Displays the type of device installed on the SATA3 connector Displays the serial number of the device...
Owners Manual - Page 96
... enable or disable the front USB ports on your computer
Enabled or Disabled (Enabled by default)
Allows you to set the status of the integrated hard-drive controller
ATA Mode; Advanced -
Owners Manual - Page 97
... Selected Day (Selected Day by default)
Auto Power On Mode
Allows you to enable or disable the computer from USB mass storage devices such as hard drive, optical drive, USB key, and so on. Enabled or Disabled (Disabled by default) Specifies the boot sequence from the available devices Displays the first boot device...
Owners Manual - Page 100
.... The computer attempts to the boot menu. NOTE: To boot to boot from the CD/DVD/CD-RW drive. See "System Setup" on the floppy disk, the computer generates an error message.
• Hard Drive - If no operating system, the computer generates an error message.
• USB Storage Device -
If no CD/DVD...
Owners Manual - Page 101
... the lower-right
corner of the screen, press .
For example, if you see the Microsoft Windows desktop. Changing Boot Sequence for Future Boots
1 Enter system setup. and down your computer. 3 When F2...minus (-) to change the current boot sequence, for example, to boot from the CD/DVD/CD-RW drive to run Dell Diagnostics from a USB device, connect the USB device to a USB port.
2 Turn on page 91...
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