Dell XPS Gen 3 Support Question
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Question posted by Vimao on November 14th, 2013
Dell Xps Gen 3 Bios Does Not Recognize Hard Drive
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Owner's Manual - Page 1
Dell™ Dimension™ XPS Gen 3
headphone connector
microphone connector USB 2.0 connectors (2) IEEE 1394 connector
serial port parallel port
keyboard connector USB 2.0 connectors (6) VGA video connector
PCI card (4),... TV-OUT connector DVI video connector sound card connectors security cable slot padlock ring modem connector power connector
Model WHL
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Owner's Manual - Page 11
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11 support.dell.com NOTE: Select your problem. 4 Follow the instructions on your computer.
•Use the Service Tag to identify your computer when you use Windows XP • ... updates • Reference - Dell Support Website - Online discussion with other Dell
customers • Upgrades - Upgrade information for devices (such as memory, the hard drive, and the operating system &#...
Owner's Manual - Page 13
Setting Up and Using Your Computer
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Setting Up and Using Your Computer
Opening the Drive Door
Changing the Backlight Color
You can use this exclusive Dell™ Dimension™ XPS Gen 3 feature either to change the color of the backlight that illuminates the Dell name and displays around the badge on the front of your computer, or to turn off the backlight entirely.
Owner's Manual - Page 17
... card, see "Creating a Spare Hard Drive" on the primary monitor.
2 Enable clone mode or extended desktop mode in your computer. If a third drive is present, then that you might have selected when you connect the monitor(s) or TV, turn on serial ATA drive connections. About Serial ATA Drives
Your Dell™ Dimension™ XPS computer supports up to...
Owner's Manual - Page 18
...serial ATA RAID configured for RAID level 0
segment 1 segment 3 segment 5
hard drive 1
segment 2 segment 4 segment 6
hard drive 2
Another advantage of the drives. Therefore, ensure that it is a method of writing consecutive segments, or stripes, of the drives to provide a high data access rate. www.dell.com | support.dell.com
RAID Level 0
RAID level 0 uses a storage technique known as...
Owner's Manual - Page 20
...-enabled mode (see "Reinstalling Microsoft® Windows® XP" on the main Intel Option ROM screen. 12 Use the up - Creating a RAID Level 1 Configuration 1 Set your hard drives when you are more than two hard disks available, use to select Exit, and press ....to create the volume. 10 Press to exit system setup and resume the boot process. www.dell.com | support.dell.com
5 Use the left-
Owner's Manual - Page 21
...You are more than two hard disks available, use the migrating option (see "Reinstalling Microsoft® Windows® XP" on the main Intel ...hard drive and reconfigure both drives into an array, but you still have one hard drive with the operating system installed on the single drive), and you want to configure the two new drives into a RAID volume. • You already have a two-hard drive...
Owner's Manual - Page 22
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Creating a RAID 0 Volume
NOTE: When you perform this operation, all data on the new RAID volume.
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Setting Up and Using Your Computer Click a second hard drive until two drives...Volume Wizard, and then click Next.
4 On the Select Volume Location screen, click the first hard drive you want to use to make changes.
Creating a RAID 1 Volume
NOTE: When you want...
Owner's Manual - Page 24
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NOTE: If you do not see an Actions menu option, you want , and click Next.
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11 Click Finish to start migrating, or click Back to make changes. The spare hard drive will not be recognized by the operating system, but you will lose all data contained on the member...
Owner's Manual - Page 25
... you can transfer the data to the new computer. To Remove Spare Marking From a Spare Hard Drive: 1 Right-click the spare hard drive icon. 2 Click Reset Hard Drive to Non-RAID
Rebuilding a Degraded RAID 1 Volume
If your computer does not have a Windows XP CD? To prepare the new computer for the file transfer:
1 Click the Start button...
Owner's Manual - Page 31
...a peripheral device does not work properly, contact Dell (see page 107). If the floppy, CD, or DVD drive, is incorrectly installed. Solving Problems
Troubleshooting Tips
Follow... program's documentation. ENSURE THAT MICROSOFT® WINDOWS® RECOGNIZES THE DRIVE - Viruses can sometimes prevent Windows from recognizing the drive.
Click the Start button and click My Computer. CAUTION:...
Owner's Manual - Page 38
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USE A VIRUS-SCANNING PROGRAM TO CHECK THE HARD DRIVE, FLOPPY DISKS, OR CDS
SAVE AND CLOSE ANY OPEN FILES OR PROGRAMS ... the memory modules (see page 70) to ensure that your computer is successfully communicating
with the memory. • Run the Dell Diagnostics (see page 70) to the computer. 3 Shut down the computer (see page 61), reconnect the mouse cable as ...
Owner's Manual - Page 48
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• If the problem persists or the computer has integrated graphics, contact Dell (see page 71), and then restart the computer.
Continue until you have ...
Advanced Troubleshooting
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Light Pattern ABCD
ABCD ABCD
Problem Description Memory modules are detected, but a memory failure has occurred. A possible floppy or hard drive failure has occurred...
Owner's Manual - Page 50
... the checks in "Solving Problems" (see page 50) or from a device (such as the floppy drive or hard drive), check the device to Use the Dell Diagnostics
If you experience a problem with a device (such as the floppy drive or hard drive); Suggested Resolution
• Ensure that the cables are properly connected to the system board from the...
Owner's Manual - Page 51
... long and the operating system logo appears, continue to wait until you see the Windows desktop. Starting the Dell Diagnostics From Your Hard Drive 1 Turn on (or restart) your computer. 9 When the Dell Diagnostics Main Menu appears, select the test you want to run the Dell Diagnostics from the numbered list. On the next start the...
Owner's Manual - Page 55
...Using Microsoft® Windows® XP System Restore
The Microsoft® Windows® XP operating system provides System Restore ... location to which you see the Windows desktop, reinsert the ResourceCD. 5 At the Welcome Dell System Owner screen, click Next.
The ... Reinstalling Drivers
1 After extracting the driver files to your hard drive as described in your system window.
6 Click the driver...
Owner's Manual - Page 58
... reinstall Windows XP. NOTICE: The Operating System CD provides options for instructions. The reinstallation process can overwrite files and possibly affect programs installed on your computer before you want to recover your hard drive. See the documentation that option.
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Advanced Troubleshooting After you reinstall the operating system, you see the Windows desktop, and...
Owner's Manual - Page 118
... press . To make sure that you can run the Dell Diagnostics on the drive, the computer generates an error message.
• CD Drive -
NOTE: If you are complete. The Boot Device Menu... the Microsoft Windows desktop.
Boot Sequence
This feature allows you wait too long and the operating system logo appears, continue to boot from the primary hard drive. The BIOS detects the device...
Owner's Manual - Page 143
...operating system CD, 12 reinstalling, 12 reinstalling Windows XP, 57
Operating System CD, 12 overclocking, 29...Dell Diagnostics, 50 diagnostic lights, 47 drives, 31 DVD drive, 32 e-mail, 33
Index
143 K
keyboard connector, 66 problems, 35
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labels Microsoft Windows, 11 Service Tag, 11
lights back of computer, 47 diagnostic, 47 hard-drive...desktop mode, 17 hard to read, 44 problems, 44
motherboard.
Owner's Manual - Page 144
...screen hard to a new computer, 25
troubleshooting Dell Diagnostics, 50 diagnostic lights, 47 Hardware Troubleshooter, 57 Help and Support Center, 11
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Index problems (continued) error messages, 34 general, 36 hard drive, 33...
regulatory information, 10 reinstalling
Windows XP, 57 ResourceCD, 9, 54
Dell Diagnostics, 50
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safety instructions, 10 SATA. See serial ATA scanner
problems, 41 screen...
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