Dell OptiPlex GX240 Support Question
Dell OptiPlex GX240 Support Question
Find answers below for this question about Dell OptiPlex GX240.Need a Dell OptiPlex GX240 manual? We have 3 online manuals for this item!
Question posted by rtbil on August 18th, 2014
Can I Put A Secondary Hard Drive In Dell Optiplex Gx240 Desktop Directions
The person who posted this question about this Dell product did not include a detailed explanation. Please use the "Request More Information" button to the right if more details would help you to answer this question.
Current Answers
Answer #1: Posted by BusterDoogen on August 18th, 2014 12:04 PM
BusterDoogen
Member since:
October 30th, 2011 Points: 28,565,437
Member since:
October 30th, 2011 Points: 28,565,437
Go to page 83 for the procedure.
I hope this is helpful to you!
Please respond to my effort to provide you with the best possible solution by using the "Acceptable Solution" and/or the "Helpful" buttons when the answer has proven to be helpful. Please feel free to submit further info for your question, if a solution was not provided. I appreciate the opportunity to serve you!
Related Dell OptiPlex GX240 Manual Pages
User's Guide - Page 6
... Removing a CD, CD-RW, or DVD Drive 141 Installing a CD, CD-RW, or DVD Drive and Reattaching Cables 143
Battery 147 Replacing the Battery 148
4 Stand
Removing the Computer Stand 152 Attaching the Computer Stand 153
5 Technical Specifications
6 Solving Problems
Finding Solutions 164 Using the Dell OptiPlex ResourceCD 165 Power Problems 166 Video and...
User's Guide - Page 20
... documentation stored on your desktop or click the Start button and then select Help and Support to premiersupport.dell.com:
• Service call status
The Dell Premier Support website is customized for your computer and devices
Depending on your operating system, double-click the User's Guides icon on your hard drive.
product
This site may...
User's Guide - Page 42
...Management Protocol (SNMP) • Desktop Management Interface (DMI) • Common Information Model (CIM) The instrumentation available for your computer is Dell OpenManage Client instrumentation, which is ... management for systems equipped with common hard drive images and common help desk procedures.
www.dell.com | support.dell.com
LegacySelect Technology Control
LegacySelect technology ...
User's Guide - Page 50
... need to Enter Setup appears in the Dell Accessories folder. Before you use computer settings as follows:
• To set user-selectable options such as date and time, or system password
• To read the current amount of memory or set the type of hard drive installed
You can view the current settings...
User's Guide - Page 53
... the hard drive when the diagnostic tests are complete. If the computer does not find an operating system on your computer. Changing the Boot Sequence in system setup. This is not bootable, an error message will appear. NOTE: If you wait too long and the Windows logo appears, continue to run the Dell...
User's Guide - Page 58
... turns off the integrated floppy drive controller; this setting is set to ECP. www.dell.com | support.dell.com
DMA Channel: This option determines the direct memory access (DMA) channel ...or for a primary hard drive controller card installed in an expansion slot. IDE Drive Interface: enables or disables the computer's integrated device electronics (IDE) hard drive interface. If no ...
User's Guide - Page 60
... not reset after you perform these steps, enter system setup and reset the computer to its original Dell settings.
1 Restart your drive may not obtain optimum hard drive performance.
Press in system setup. Primary Master: IDE Disk Drive
Secondary Master: CD-ROM Reader
If it detects a device during the scan, it generates the following settings identify...
User's Guide - Page 108
... Installing Upgrades
1 CD/DVD drive 2 floppy drive 3 hard drive and one optional CD, CD-RW, or DVD drive.
• Small desktop: one optional CD, CD-RW, or DVD drive.
• Small mini-tower: two enhanced IDE hard drives; and two optional CD, CD-RW, or DVD drives. and one enhanced IDE hard drive; www.dell.com | support.dell.com
Internal Drives
This computer may support...
User's Guide - Page 118
www.dell.com | support.dell.com
Removing a Hard Drive
1 For the small form-factor computer, press in on the tabs on each side of the drive, slide the drive toward the I/O panel, and remove the drive from the computer.
Small Form-Factor Computer 1
2
1 notch in drive rail 2 tabs (2) 2 For the small desktop and small mini-tower computers, press in on...
User's Guide - Page 124
...System Board Components." 3 On the small desktop computer, if your computer has a hard-drive shroud, replace the shroud by inserting the two tabs on the hard drive (IDE1) connector and with the system ...dell.com | support.dell.com
Small Mini-Tower Computer
1
2
3
1 power cable 2 IDE cable 3 IDE1 connector 2 Check all connectors to the computer, you must match the colored stripe on the hard-drive...
User's Guide - Page 160
... accessible bays:
Small form-factor computer one bay for a 1-inch-high IDE hard drive
Small desktop computer
one bay for a 1-inch-high IDE hard drive
Small mini-tower computer two bays for a 1-inch high IDE hard drive
Ports
Externally accessible:
Serial (data terminal equipment two 9-pin connectors; 16550-compatible on the
[DTE])
back panel
Parallel
one 25...
User's Guide - Page 201
... booting,
System has
integrated drive
immediately back up your hard
drive [0/1] on the system board Run the System Board
2 failed
might be malfunctioning. Write fault
Write fault on selected drive
The operating system
See "Floppy Drive
cannot write to None.
Restore the data to
[primary/secondary The drive has returned a the replaced drive.
] EIDE controller is advisable...
User's Guide - Page 256
...XP features include: • An improved desktop and user interface • Files and ...Professional. You can use a single print command to files resident on the hard drive. For Windows XP, the Help and Support Center features expanded search capabilities,...better support for portable computers. www.dell.com | support.dell.com
Overview
Based on an enhanced version of help content.
4 Microsoft&#...
User's Guide - Page 278
... of transferring data faster than a single drive can be written to exchange data with the computer. A measurement of relative loudness of equipment that a modem or other serial device uses to multiple devices, usually hard drives, in one direction only. A slim circuit board containing RAM chips, as the hard drive, CD drive, and network adapter. Device Any piece...
User's Guide - Page 284
.... www.dell.com | support.dell.com
IDE Integrated Device Electronics. This is the American member of RAM are available for hard drives and CD drives. IPX/SPX Internetwork Packet eXchange (IPX)/Sequenced Packet eXchange (SPX).
See also TCP/IP. See also IP Address and TCP/IP. ANSI is a common interface used primarily for direct access. IP...
Service Manual - Page 10
... as explained in the Dell™ OptiPlex™ GX240 small form-factor, small desktop, and small mini-tower computers.
www.dell.com | support.dell.com
Getting Started
This section... and #2 Phillips-head screwdrivers • An 8-inch, #2 Phillips-head screwdriver Also, Dell recommends that the following caution for removing and replacing the components, assemblies, and subassemblies in...
Service Manual - Page 74
Small Desktop Computer
1 The hard drive may or may not have a plastic shroud cover. (Operating the computer without a hard-drive shroud does not affect its performance.) If your computer's hard drive does have a shroud, proceed to the drive. If your computer's hard drive does not have a shroud, remove it by pressing in drive rail 2 Tabs (2) 3 If the replacement drive does not have the...
Service Manual - Page 82
....dell.com
Small Mini-Tower Computer
Hard Drive Replacement 1
2
82 D r i v e s
3
1 Power cable 2 IDE data cable 3 IDE1 connector
3 On the small desktop computer, if your computer has a hard-drive shroud, replace the shroud by inserting the two tabs on the bottom into the holes in the computer and snapping the top into place. (Operating the computer without a hard-drive...
Setup and Quick Reference Guide - Page 7
... DHS = small desktop (SD) chassis DHP = small form-factor (SF) chassis DHM = small mini-tower (SMT) chassis
Finding Information and Assistance
Resources and Support Tools
Resource
Contents
Dell OptiPlex ResourceCD • Dell Diagnostics • Drivers • Utilities • Computer and device
documentation
Using the Resource
See the main menu on your hard drive, go to make...
Setup and Quick Reference Guide - Page 24
...computer to help you have a computer problem to boot from your computer. If you see the Windows desktop. then the Diagnostics Menu appears. 3 Select the appropriate diagnostic option for one time only. On ...and Quick Ref erence Gu ide NOTICE: If your hard drive fails, run the Dell Diagnostics from the CD:
1 Insert the Dell OptiPlex ResourceCD into the CD drive. 2 Turn on the screen.
Similar Questions
Video On How To Open Case On Dell Optiplex Gx240
(Posted by Emla1stu 10 years ago)
How Fast Is A Dell Optiplex Gx240 40 G Hard-drive 2.20 Cpu 512 Mgb Ram Speed
(Posted by leslsan 10 years ago)
