Dell OptiPlex 755 Support Question
Dell OptiPlex 755 Support Question
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Question posted by tigufaa on August 5th, 2013
How To Configure Optiplex 755 For Second Hard Drive
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Quick Reference
Guide - Page 8
...NOTE: Select your configuration. DSS is necessary for your computer and operating system and installs the updates appropriate for components, such as memory, the hard drive, and the operating ...and software updates
• Desktop System Software (DSS)- What Are You Looking For? Upgrade information for your region or business segment to System and Configuration Utilities→ Dell Notebook...
Quick Reference
Guide - Page 18
... sleep modes and pwoer-saving mode, see "Power Problems" in the User's Guide. This light flickers when the hard drive is configured as a wake device in a normal operating state.
• Blinking green -
8 power light
9 hard drive activity light
10 headphone connector
11 microphone connector
The power light illuminates and blinks or remains solid to attach...
Quick Reference
Guide - Page 28
...page 66.
7 hard drive activity light
This light flickers when the hard drive is being accessed....
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Quick Reference Guide Instead, perform an operating system shutdown.
See "Diagnostic Lights" on page 66 for more information about sleep modes and exiting from a power-saving mode, press the power button or use the keyboard or the mouse if it is configured...
Quick Reference
Guide - Page 49
... button or use the back USB connectors for devices that can help prevent your computer. The computer is configured as printers and keyboards. To ensure proper ventilation, do not turn on page 65 for more information about booting to attach a microphone. Install a D-module optical drive, second hard drive, or floppy drive in the User's Guide.
Quick Reference
Guide - Page 62
... computer. See
the documentation that no diagnostics utility partition has been found, run (see the Microsoft® Windows® desktop. Then shut down the computer. Start the Dell Diagnostics from either your hard drive or from your optional Drivers and Utilities CD.
If you wait too long and the operating system logo appears...
Quick Reference
Guide - Page 65
...on the system running If the Dell Diagnostics is required. On the desktop computer, a solid green light indicates a network connection. Press the ...configuration error exists.
incorrectly installed.
Blinking green The computer is identified (see "Diagnostic Lights" on the keyboard to
board may indicate a computer problem.
System Lights
Your power button light and hard drive...
Quick Reference
Guide - Page 77
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3 Select a keyboard layout and click Next. 4 To access the recovery options, log on the hard drive. 5 Click Yes when a confirmation message appears. there is available as a local administrator.
NOTE: ...as indicated by the increased value for PC Restore does not exist on your configuration, you must log on the hard drive.
6 Right-click Local Disk (C) in the User name field, then click ...
User's Guide - Page 12
... Matrix Storage Manager 299 Recovering From a Single Hard Drive Failure (RAID 1) Using the Intel Matrix Storage Manager 300 Migrating to a RAID Level 0 Configuration 301 Migrating to a RAID Level 1 Configuration 301
10 Battery
Replacing the Battery 303
11 Replacing the System Board
Removing the System Board: Mini Tower, Desktop, Small Form Factor, and Ultra Small Form...
User's Guide - Page 19
... and search for your computer
• Reference - for components, such as memory, the hard drive, and the operating system
• Customer Care -
What Are You Looking For? Contact information...the DSS utility. Computer documentation, details on your configuration.
• How to use Windows XP • How to personalize my desktop
Windows Help and Support
1 To access Windows Help ...
User's Guide - Page 24
... problem may exist (see "Diagnostic Lights" on page 339). See "Diagnostic Lights" on page 21 for a description of speakers. This light flickers when the hard drive is configured as joysticks or cameras, or for bootable USB devices (see your computer. See "Before You Begin" on page 347 for more information, see "Power Problems...
User's Guide - Page 29
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Mini Tower Computer it may not be present on mini tower, desktop and small form factor computers;
NOTICE: Be careful when opening the computer... on your computer from the system board.
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1 optical drive
4 optional chassis-intrusion switch
7 hard drive
2 disk drive 5 system board
3 power supply 6 heat sink assembly
Chassis Intrusion Switch
CAUTION: Before you begin...
User's Guide - Page 55
... connecting and disconnecting a cable without a pull tab, hold the cable by the black connector at each end. Instead, set the drive on a surface, such as a foam pad, that it is configured for the drive to the drive, do not set it .
Hard Drive
CAUTION: Before you begin any of the procedures in the Product Information Guide.
User's Guide - Page 88
...a riser is configured as a wake device in the Windows Device Manager.
The computer is in a normal operating state. • Blinking green -
Can contain an optional floppy drive, second hard drive, or optional ...88
Desktop Computer 5 power light
6 diagnostic lights 7 hard drive activity light 8 headphone connector 9 microphone connector 10 3.5-inch drive bay 11 5.25-inch drive bay
...
User's Guide - Page 146
... pad, that will sufficiently cushion it on a hard surface. Replacing a Second Hard Drive For information on RAID configuration, see "Removing the Computer Cover" on page 90). 4 Remove the optical drive (if your computer from the existing hard drive and install them on page 295. CAUTION: Before you begin any of the Desktop computer. 1 Check the documentation for your...
User's Guide - Page 280
...the current amount of memory or set the type of hard drive installed Before you use Password Status in "Assigning an ...Enter system setup (see the Microsoft® Windows® desktop. Deleting or Changing an Existing Administrator Password To change ...system setup as follows: • To change the system configuration information after you add, change an existing administrator password,...
User's Guide - Page 282
...not available from the sequence of these fields can be configured as SATA 0 through SATA 3 for RAID on the drive.
NOTE: These options appear as AHCI or ATA.
Onboard...This setting determines whether integrated drive errors are reported or not during computer start-up. SATA 0 through SATA 2 for the desktop, SATA 0 and SATA1 for the hard drives.
The computer attempts to the...
User's Guide - Page 295
... operating state it was in before entering hibernate mode.
When the computer exits hibernate mode, it returns to configure the power management settings on your computer has been configured with two hard drives that the larger drive does not contain unallocated (and therefore unusable) space.
The Intel® RAID controller on the keyboard or move...
User's Guide - Page 353
... is properly identified.
Starting the Dell Diagnostics From Your Hard Drive
NOTE: If your computer does not display a screen... keyboard. It is held down your computer's configuration information, and ensure that the device you want...drive A or drive C is resting on drive A or drive C. Enter system setup (see the Microsoft Windows desktop, and then shut down for technical...
User's Guide - Page 363
...Using Windows Device Driver Rollback" on your computer. For conventional hard drive configurations, the primary hard drive is the first drive detected by the computer.
The options can take five or more...programs that are considering reinstalling the Windows operating system to return your primary hard drive. Solving Problems
363 If Device Driver Rollback does not resolve the problem,...
User's Guide - Page 382
... clock on your screen's horizontal lines are recharged (sometimes also referred to install and configure hardware and software. real-time clock reset -
SATA - serial connector - A card... which your Windows desktop and double-click the icon, you shut down the computer. small computer system interface - A high-speed interface used to as hard drives, CD drives, printers, and ...
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