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Dell™ Dimension™ 9200 Owner's Manual Service Tag CD or DVD eject button CD or DVD activity light FlexBays (2) for optional floppy drive or optional Media Card Reader microphone connector headphone connector diagnostic lights hard drive activity light power button USB 2.0 connectors (2) cover release latch power connector audio connectors USB 2.0 connectors (4) (rear quad) USB 2.0 connectors (2) (rear dual) network adapter card slots for PCI Express x1 (1), PCI Express x16 (1), PCI Express x4 (1), PCI (3) Model DCTA www.dell.com | support.dell.com
Dell™ Dimension™ 9200 Owner's Manual Service Tag CD or DVD eject button CD or DVD activity light FlexBays (2) for optional floppy drive or optional Media Card Reader microphone connector headphone connector diagnostic lights hard drive activity light power button USB 2.0 connectors (2) cover release latch power connector audio connectors USB 2.0 connectors (4) (rear quad) USB 2.0 connectors (2) (rear dual) network adapter card slots for PCI Express x1 (1), PCI Express x16 (1), PCI Express x4 (1), PCI (3) Model DCTA www.dell.com | support.dell.com
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3 Solving Problems 49 Troubleshooting Tips 49 Battery Problems 49 Drive Problems 50 CD and DVD drive problems 50 Hard drive problems 51 E-Mail, Modem, and Internet Problems 51 Error Messages 53 Media Card Reader Problems 54 Keyboard Problems 54 Lockups and Software Problems 55 The ...
3 Solving Problems 49 Troubleshooting Tips 49 Battery Problems 49 Drive Problems 50 CD and DVD drive problems 50 Hard drive problems 51 E-Mail, Modem, and Internet Problems 51 Error Messages 53 Media Card Reader Problems 54 Keyboard Problems 54 Lockups and Software Problems 55 The ...
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Only 135 Definition of "Dell-Installed" Software and Peripherals 135 Definition of "Third-Party" Software and Peripherals 136 Contents 7 Drives 103 General Installation Guidelines 104 Hard Drive 104 Removing a Hard Drive 105 Installing a Hard Drive 106 Adding a Second Hard Drive 107 Floppy Drive 109 Removing a Floppy Drive 109 Installing a Floppy Drive 111 Media Card Reader 112 Removing a Media Card Reader 112 Installing a Media Card...
Only 135 Definition of "Dell-Installed" Software and Peripherals 135 Definition of "Third-Party" Software and Peripherals 136 Contents 7 Drives 103 General Installation Guidelines 104 Hard Drive 104 Removing a Hard Drive 105 Installing a Hard Drive 106 Adding a Second Hard Drive 107 Floppy Drive 109 Removing a Floppy Drive 109 Installing a Floppy Drive 111 Media Card Reader 112 Removing a Media Card Reader 112 Installing a Media Card...
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...as the memory, hard drive, and operating system • Customer Care - operation of your selections. 10 Finding Information Online discussion with support • Reference - Contact information, service call when contacting support. • Solutions - NOTE: The support.dell.com user interface ...product specifications, and white papers • Downloads - DSS is necessary for correct search for Dell™ 2 Select Drivers & Downloads, then click Go. 3.5-inch USB floppy drives, Intel® processors, optical 3 Select your operating system and support for the keyword Desktop...
...as the memory, hard drive, and operating system • Customer Care - operation of your selections. 10 Finding Information Online discussion with support • Reference - Contact information, service call when contacting support. • Solutions - NOTE: The support.dell.com user interface ...product specifications, and white papers • Downloads - DSS is necessary for correct search for Dell™ 2 Select Drivers & Downloads, then click Go. 3.5-inch USB floppy drives, Intel® processors, optical 3 Select your operating system and support for the keyword Desktop...
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...Keep the vent area clean and dust-free to ensure that typically remain connected, such as a CD player is recommended that you access the Dell Support website or contact support. 14 Setting Up and Using Your Computer NOTE: It is operating. 9 diagnostic lights (4) Use the sequence of ...for devices that there is adequately ventilated. Instead, perform an operating system shutdown. 8 hard-drive activity light The hard-drive light is on when the computer reads data from or writes data to the CD or DVD drive. 1 cover release latch Use this latch to remove the cover (see "Removing ...
...Keep the vent area clean and dust-free to ensure that typically remain connected, such as a CD player is recommended that you access the Dell Support website or contact support. 14 Setting Up and Using Your Computer NOTE: It is operating. 9 diagnostic lights (4) Use the sequence of ...for devices that there is adequately ventilated. Instead, perform an operating system shutdown. 8 hard-drive activity light The hard-drive light is on when the computer reads data from or writes data to the CD or DVD drive. 1 cover release latch Use this latch to remove the cover (see "Removing ...
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...You can write to and read DVD-RAM or DVD-R DL media. The computer reads your computer hard drive. After the maximum storage capacity of a CD-R is finalized or closed during the final stage of...DVD recording media. For help, open Roxio Creator Plus, and then click the question mark icon in Dell computers can also use Roxio Creator Plus for more information). After you create a DVD+/-R disc, you...able to write to that the settings are correct and click the Disc Copy button. Dell Edition. The following instructions explain how to make an exact copy of the window. NOTE: Most ...
...You can write to and read DVD-RAM or DVD-R DL media. The computer reads your computer hard drive. After the maximum storage capacity of a CD-R is finalized or closed during the final stage of...DVD recording media. For help, open Roxio Creator Plus, and then click the question mark icon in Dell computers can also use Roxio Creator Plus for more information). After you create a DVD+/-R disc, you...able to write to that the settings are correct and click the Disc Copy button. Dell Edition. The following instructions explain how to make an exact copy of the window. NOTE: Most ...
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... 1394 is completely seated in standby mode, it speeds the transfer of an adapter. You can reduce power to just the monitor or the hard drive, or you can reduce the amount of inactivity: 1 Click the Start button, then click Control Panel. 2 Define your computer will not ...connector. Standby Mode Standby mode conserves power by turning off the display and the hard drive after a defined period of electricity your computer loses power while in the connector. To purchase a card, contact Dell. Power Management Overview The Microsoft Windows XP power management features can use the Media...
... 1394 is completely seated in standby mode, it speeds the transfer of an adapter. You can reduce power to just the monitor or the hard drive, or you can reduce the amount of inactivity: 1 Click the Start button, then click Control Panel. 2 Define your computer will not ...connector. Standby Mode Standby mode conserves power by turning off the display and the hard drive after a defined period of electricity your computer loses power while in the connector. To purchase a card, contact Dell. Power Management Overview The Microsoft Windows XP power management features can use the Media...
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...computer exits from hibernate mode. The Power schemes drop-down menu. If you set the monitor to entering hibernate mode. If the computer's hard drive becomes corrupted, Windows XP recreates the hibernate file automatically. To exit from hibernate mode, press the power button. Hibernate Mode Hibernate mode ...on your hibernate settings on the keyboard or moving the mouse does not bring the computer out of the computer memory, Dell creates an appropriately sized hibernate mode file before the monitor does, your power settings on the hard drive, and then completely turning off the...
...computer exits from hibernate mode. The Power schemes drop-down menu. If you set the monitor to entering hibernate mode. If the computer's hard drive becomes corrupted, Windows XP recreates the hibernate file automatically. To exit from hibernate mode, press the power button. Hibernate Mode Hibernate mode ...on your hibernate settings on the keyboard or moving the mouse does not bring the computer out of the computer memory, Dell creates an appropriately sized hibernate mode file before the monitor does, your power settings on the hard drive, and then completely turning off the...
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... size of the configuration is searching for and reading the next block. RAID level 1 sacrifices high data-access rates 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 a RAID level 0 configuration is also inaccessible). Therefore, ensure that it utilizes the full storage capacities of the...
... size of the configuration is searching for and reading the next block. RAID level 1 sacrifices high data-access rates 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 a RAID level 0 configuration is also inaccessible). Therefore, ensure that it utilizes the full storage capacities of the...
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... two methods to RAID-Enabled Mode 1 Enter system setup (see "Installing a Hard Drive" on page 127). 2 Press the up- Setting Your Computer to configure RAID hard drive volumes. Configuring Your Computer for RAID Your computer can then be configured for RAID... level 1 segment 1 segment 2 segment 3 segment 4 segment 5 segment 6 hard drive 1 segment 1 duplicated segment 2 duplicated segment 3 duplicated segment 4 duplicated segment 5 duplicated segment 6 duplicated hard drive 2 If a drive failure occurs, subsequent read and write operations are directed to highlight SATA Operation, ...
... two methods to RAID-Enabled Mode 1 Enter system setup (see "Installing a Hard Drive" on page 127). 2 Press the up- Setting Your Computer to configure RAID hard drive volumes. Configuring Your Computer for RAID Your computer can then be configured for RAID... level 1 segment 1 segment 2 segment 3 segment 4 segment 5 segment 6 hard drive 1 segment 1 duplicated segment 2 duplicated segment 3 duplicated segment 4 duplicated segment 5 duplicated segment 6 duplicated hard drive 2 If a drive failure occurs, subsequent read and write operations are directed to highlight SATA Operation, ...
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...size to create the RAID volume. 11 Confirm that you want to select the two or three drives you do not know the average file size, choose 128 KB as your hard drives. Ideally, however, the drives should be used to select RAID0 (Stripe), then press . 6 If there are more information ...use the following procedure will result in the loss of the average file you are reinstalling your configuration, then press . NOTE: For more than two hard drives available, press the up - For an explanation of RAID levels, see "System Setup Options" on page 37. and down -arrow keys to keep...
...size to create the RAID volume. 11 Confirm that you want to select the two or three drives you do not know the average file size, choose 128 KB as your hard drives. Ideally, however, the drives should be used to select RAID0 (Stripe), then press . 6 If there are more information ...use the following procedure will result in the loss of the average file you are reinstalling your configuration, then press . NOTE: For more than two hard drives available, press the up - For an explanation of RAID levels, see "System Setup Options" on page 37. and down -arrow keys to keep...
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... become unbootable. 1 Press when you are prompted to RAID and you want to keep before continuing. Back up - The default value is displayed on the hard drives in the loss of the RAID volume. 5 Press to highlight Create RAID Volume, then press . 4 Enter a RAID volume name or accept the default ... system (see "Setting Your Computer to RAID-Enabled Mode" on page 72). and down -arrow keys and spacebar to select the two drives you are more than two hard drives available, press the up - and down -arrow keys to enter the Intel RAID Option ROM utility. 3 Use the up - and down...
... become unbootable. 1 Press when you are prompted to RAID and you want to keep before continuing. Back up - The default value is displayed on the hard drives in the loss of the RAID volume. 5 Press to highlight Create RAID Volume, then press . 4 Enter a RAID volume name or accept the default ... system (see "Setting Your Computer to RAID-Enabled Mode" on page 72). and down -arrow keys and spacebar to select the two drives you are more than two hard drives available, press the up - and down -arrow keys to enter the Intel RAID Option ROM utility. 3 Use the up - and down...
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...select Create RAID Volume to launch the Create RAID Volume Wizard, then click Next. 4 On the Select Volume Location screen, click the first hard drive you want to include in your RAID configuration. NOTE: If you do not see an Actions menu option, you have not yet set your ... the volume, or click Back to make changes. 42 Optimizing Performance Using the Intel Application Accelerator If you already have one hard drive with the operating system installed on the single drive), and you want to designate as a second RAID volume. Create a RAID level 0 volume or RAID level 1 volume only ...
...select Create RAID Volume to launch the Create RAID Volume Wizard, then click Next. 4 On the Select Volume Location screen, click the first hard drive you want to include in your RAID configuration. NOTE: If you do not see an Actions menu option, you have not yet set your ... the volume, or click Back to make changes. 42 Optimizing Performance Using the Intel Application Accelerator If you already have one hard drive with the operating system installed on the single drive), and you want to designate as a second RAID volume. Create a RAID level 0 volume or RAID level 1 volume only ...
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...and point to Programs→ Intel Application Accelerator→ Intel Matrix Storage Manager to launch the Intel Storage Utility. Click to add a second hard drive until two drives appear in the Selected window, and then click Next. 7 In the Specify Volume Size window, select the Volume Size desired, then click...volume name, select RAID 1 as the RAID level, and then click Next to continue. 6 On the Select Volume Location screen, click the first hard drive you want to use to create your RAID level 0 volume, then click the right arrow. Back up any existing data files intact. Deleting a ...
...and point to Programs→ Intel Application Accelerator→ Intel Matrix Storage Manager to launch the Intel Storage Utility. Click to add a second hard drive until two drives appear in the Selected window, and then click Next. 7 In the Specify Volume Size window, select the Volume Size desired, then click...volume name, select RAID 1 as the RAID level, and then click Next to continue. 6 On the Select Volume Location screen, click the first hard drive you want to use to create your RAID level 0 volume, then click the right arrow. Back up any existing data files intact. Deleting a ...
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.... 10 On the Specify Volume Size screen, select the Volume Size you have not yet set your strip size. 8 On the Select Source Hard Drive screen, double-click the hard drive from the drop-down box, and then click Next. NOTE: If you do not see an Actions menu option, you want to store... to RAID-enabled mode (see "Setting Your Computer to RAID-Enabled Mode" on page 39). 3 On the Actions menu, select Create RAID Volume From Existing Hard Drive to launch the Migration Wizard. 4 Click Next on the Migration Wizard screen. 5 Enter a RAID volume name or accept the default name. 6 From the drop-...
.... 10 On the Specify Volume Size screen, select the Volume Size you have not yet set your strip size. 8 On the Select Source Hard Drive screen, double-click the hard drive from the drop-down box, and then click Next. NOTE: If you do not see an Actions menu option, you want to store... to RAID-enabled mode (see "Setting Your Computer to RAID-Enabled Mode" on page 39). 3 On the Actions menu, select Create RAID Volume From Existing Hard Drive to launch the Migration Wizard. 4 Click Next on the Migration Wizard screen. 5 Enter a RAID volume name or accept the default name. 6 From the drop-...
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... Next. 9 On the Specify Volume Size screen, select the volume size you want to mark as a spare hard drive. 3 Click Mark as a spare hard drive: 1 Right-click the spare hard drive icon. 2 Click Reset Hard Drive to see the spare drive from which you want to rebuild the RAID level 1 volume, then click Rebuild to make changes. Creating a Spare...
... Next. 9 On the Specify Volume Size screen, select the volume size you want to mark as a spare hard drive. 3 Click Mark as a spare hard drive: 1 Right-click the spare hard drive icon. 2 Click Reset Hard Drive to see the spare drive from which you want to rebuild the RAID level 1 volume, then click Rebuild to make changes. Creating a Spare...
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...data in the case of a failure. Intel Viiv technology is an option for continued functionality in the event of a single hard drive failure. Not only does Dell DataSafe help you protect your data against unfortunate events such as indicated by an external device. Intel® Viiv™ ...as a quick on/off feature. Using Intel technology, your computer has a robust level of data protection out of your computer's hard drive data. With Dell DataSafe, you may notice that are ordered with Microsoft Windows XP Media Center Edition 2005 and dual core processors. In this mode,...
...data in the case of a failure. Intel Viiv technology is an option for continued functionality in the event of a single hard drive failure. Not only does Dell DataSafe help you protect your data against unfortunate events such as indicated by an external device. Intel® Viiv™ ...as a quick on/off feature. Using Intel technology, your computer has a robust level of data protection out of your computer's hard drive data. With Dell DataSafe, you may notice that are ordered with Microsoft Windows XP Media Center Edition 2005 and dual core processors. In this mode,...
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... for and attempt recovery of bad sectors. 7 Click Start. If the stream is connected to remove the checkmark. Hard drive problems RUN CHECK DISK - 1 Click Start, then click My Computer. 2 Right-click Local Disk C:. 3 Click Properties. 4 Click the Tools tab. 5 Under Error-checking, click Check ...
... for and attempt recovery of bad sectors. 7 Click Start. If the stream is connected to remove the checkmark. Hard drive problems RUN CHECK DISK - 1 Click Start, then click My Computer. 2 Right-click Local Disk C:. 3 Click Properties. 4 Click the Tools tab. 5 Under Error-checking, click Check ...
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... get a response by pressing a key on the screen. A solid blue screen appears TU R N T H E C O M P U T E R O F F - BACK UP YOUR FILES IMMEDIATELY USE A VIRUS-SCANNING PROGRAM TO CHECK THE HARD DRIVE, FLOPPY DISKS, OR CDS SAVE AND CLOSE ANY OPEN FILES OR PROGRAMS AND SHUT DOWN YOUR COMPUTER THROUGH THE START MENU 56 Solving Problems If...
... get a response by pressing a key on the screen. A solid blue screen appears TU R N T H E C O M P U T E R O F F - BACK UP YOUR FILES IMMEDIATELY USE A VIRUS-SCANNING PROGRAM TO CHECK THE HARD DRIVE, FLOPPY DISKS, OR CDS SAVE AND CLOSE ANY OPEN FILES OR PROGRAMS AND SHUT DOWN YOUR COMPUTER THROUGH THE START MENU 56 Solving Problems If...
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... occurred. Reinstall all USB devices and check all power and data cables. A possible graphics card failure has occurred. A possible floppy drive or hard drive failure has occurred. If the computer starts normally, continue to install additional modules (one module (see "Contacting Dell" on page 83) and restart the computer. A possible USB failure has occurred.
... occurred. Reinstall all USB devices and check all power and data cables. A possible graphics card failure has occurred. A possible floppy drive or hard drive failure has occurred. If the computer starts normally, continue to install additional modules (one module (see "Contacting Dell" on page 83) and restart the computer. A possible USB failure has occurred.