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Dell™ Dimension™ 5150/E510 Owner's Manual Service Tag cover latch release CD or DVD eject button CD or DVD activity light FlexBay for optional floppy drive or Media Card Reader microphone connector headphone connector diagnostic lights hard-drive activity light power button/ power activity light USB 2.0 connectors (2) power connector sound connectors (integrated) (5) VGA video connector (integrated) network adapter USB 2.0 connectors (5) Model DCSM card slots for PCI Express x16 (1), PCI (2), PCI Express x1 (1) www.dell.com | support.dell.com
Dell™ Dimension™ 5150/E510 Owner's Manual Service Tag cover latch release CD or DVD eject button CD or DVD activity light FlexBay for optional floppy drive or Media Card Reader microphone connector headphone connector diagnostic lights hard-drive activity light power button/ power activity light USB 2.0 connectors (2) power connector sound connectors (integrated) (5) VGA video connector (integrated) network adapter USB 2.0 connectors (5) Model DCSM card slots for PCI Express x16 (1), PCI (2), PCI Express x1 (1) www.dell.com | support.dell.com
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... If RAID Is Working 28 RAID Level 1 28 Troubleshooting RAID 29 Recovering From a Multiple Hard Drive Failure Using the Intel® RAID Option ROM Utility 29 Recovering From a Single Hard Drive Failure Using the Intel Matrix Storage Manager 29 Setting Your Computer to RAID-Enabled Mode 30 ...2 Solving Problems Troubleshooting Tips 31 Battery Problems 31 Drive Problems 32 CD and DVD drive problems 32 Hard drive problems 33 E-Mail, Modem, and Internet Problems 33 Error Messages 34 Media Card Reader Problems 35 Keyboard ...
... If RAID Is Working 28 RAID Level 1 28 Troubleshooting RAID 29 Recovering From a Multiple Hard Drive Failure Using the Intel® RAID Option ROM Utility 29 Recovering From a Single Hard Drive Failure Using the Intel Matrix Storage Manager 29 Setting Your Computer to RAID-Enabled Mode 30 ...2 Solving Problems Troubleshooting Tips 31 Battery Problems 31 Drive Problems 32 CD and DVD drive problems 32 Hard drive problems 33 E-Mail, Modem, and Internet Problems 33 Error Messages 34 Media Card Reader Problems 35 Keyboard ...
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... Drive Panel 80 Removing the Drive-Panel Insert 81 Replacing the Drive-Panel Insert 82 Replacing the Drive Panel 82 Drives 83 IDE Drive Addressing 83 Connecting Drive Cables 84 Drive Interface Connectors 84 Power Cable Connector 84 Connecting and Disconnecting Drive Cables 85 Hard Drive 85 Removing a Hard Drive 85 Installing a Hard Drive 86 Adding a Second Hard Drive 88 Floppy Drive 89 Removing a Floppy Drive 89 Installing a Floppy Drive...
... Drive Panel 80 Removing the Drive-Panel Insert 81 Replacing the Drive-Panel Insert 82 Replacing the Drive Panel 82 Drives 83 IDE Drive Addressing 83 Connecting Drive Cables 84 Drive Interface Connectors 84 Power Cable Connector 84 Connecting and Disconnecting Drive Cables 85 Hard Drive 85 Removing a Hard Drive 85 Installing a Hard Drive 86 Adding a Second Hard Drive 88 Floppy Drive 89 Removing a Floppy Drive 89 Installing a Floppy Drive...
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..., and online courses, frequently asked questions Dell Support Website - support.dell.com NOTE: Select your region to direct your computer when you use the customized Dell Premier Support website • Upgrades - as memory, the hard drive, and the operating system • Customer...; Downloads - Service call status and support history, service contract, online discussions with other Dell NOTE: Corporate, government, and education customers customers can also use support.dell.comorcontact technical support. • Enter the Express Service Code to view the appropriate support...
..., and online courses, frequently asked questions Dell Support Website - support.dell.com NOTE: Select your region to direct your computer when you use the customized Dell Premier Support website • Upgrades - as memory, the hard drive, and the operating system • Customer...; Downloads - Service call status and support history, service contract, online discussions with other Dell NOTE: Corporate, government, and education customers customers can also use support.dell.comorcontact technical support. • Enter the Express Service Code to view the appropriate support...
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...mark icon in Dell computers can also...drive and click OK. • If you have two CD or DVD drives, select the drive... CD-RW/DVD combo drive and you have inserted your...drive. The DVD-writable drives installed in the upper-right corner of CD or DVD drives offered by Dell...™ may not read DVD+/-R, DVD+/-RW and DVD+R DL (dual layer) media, but cannot write to All Programs→ Sonic→ DigitalMedia Projects, and then click Copy. 2 Under the Copy tab, click Disc Copy. 3 To copy the CD or DVD: • If you have one CD or DVD drive...-RW/DVD combo drives cannot write to ...
...mark icon in Dell computers can also...drive and click OK. • If you have two CD or DVD drives, select the drive... CD-RW/DVD combo drive and you have inserted your...drive. The DVD-writable drives installed in the upper-right corner of CD or DVD drives offered by Dell...™ may not read DVD+/-R, DVD+/-RW and DVD+R DL (dual layer) media, but cannot write to All Programs→ Sonic→ DigitalMedia Projects, and then click Copy. 2 Under the Copy tab, click Disc Copy. 3 To copy the CD or DVD: • If you have one CD or DVD drive...-RW/DVD combo drives cannot write to ...
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... click Network Setup Wizard. 2 On the welcome screen, click Next. 3 Click Checklist for creating a network. You can reduce power to just the monitor or the hard drive, or you can reduce the amount of electricity your computer uses when it is on computer network cable Network Setup Wizard The Microsoft® Windows...
... click Network Setup Wizard. 2 On the welcome screen, click Next. 3 Click Checklist for creating a network. You can reduce power to just the monitor or the hard drive, or you can reduce the amount of electricity your computer uses when it is on computer network cable Network Setup Wizard The Microsoft® Windows...
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...Up and Using Your Computer 25 Standby Mode Standby mode conserves power by . NOTICE: If your hard drive with enough disk space to store the contents of the computer memory, Dell creates an appropriately sized hibernate mode file before shipping the computer to the operating state it was in... before it may take a short time to a reserved area on the hard drive and then completely turning off the display and the hard drive after a defined period ...
...Up and Using Your Computer 25 Standby Mode Standby mode conserves power by . NOTICE: If your hard drive with enough disk space to store the contents of the computer memory, Dell creates an appropriately sized hibernate mode file before shipping the computer to the operating state it was in... before it may take a short time to a reserved area on the hard drive and then completely turning off the display and the hard drive after a defined period ...
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... option from batteries for the changed scheme. If you want to use the hibernate settings you set the monitor to time-out before the hard drive. Changing the time-out for a scheme field permanently changes the default settings for your Windows password before the monitor does, your computer.... 26 Setting Up and Using Your Computer To avoid this problem, always set the hard drive (hard disk) to time-out before the computer exits from the Power schemes drop-down menu and click OK. For more information on power ...
... option from batteries for the changed scheme. If you want to use the hibernate settings you set the monitor to time-out before the hard drive. Changing the time-out for a scheme field permanently changes the default settings for your Windows password before the monitor does, your computer.... 26 Setting Up and Using Your Computer To avoid this problem, always set the hard drive (hard disk) to time-out before the computer exits from the Power schemes drop-down menu and click OK. For more information on power ...
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... industry for updates and information about using Hyper-Threading with two hard drives that are the same size. The Intel RAID controller on your software. For more information on accessing system setup, see "System Setup" on the Dell Support website at support.dell.com. It is recommended that you use the Microsoft® Windows...
... industry for updates and information about using Hyper-Threading with two hard drives that are the same size. The Intel RAID controller on your software. For more information on accessing system setup, see "System Setup" on the Dell Support website at support.dell.com. It is recommended that you use the Microsoft® Windows...
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... RAID is not functioning and data is limited to the surviving drive. One of your system. Your RAID configuration is functioning properly. • Degraded - hard drives configured for RAID level 1 file 1 file 2 file 3 file 4 file 5 file 6 hard drive 1 copy of file 1 copy of file 2 copy of ...file 3 copy of file 4 copy of file 5 copy of file 6 hard drive 2 If a drive failure occurs, subsequent read and write ...
... RAID is not functioning and data is limited to the surviving drive. One of your system. Your RAID configuration is functioning properly. • Degraded - hard drives configured for RAID level 1 file 1 file 2 file 3 file 4 file 5 file 6 hard drive 1 copy of file 1 copy of file 2 copy of ...file 3 copy of file 4 copy of file 5 copy of file 6 hard drive 2 If a drive failure occurs, subsequent read and write ...
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...volume now button. 4 Click the Yes button to start rebuilding the RAID volume to create a RAID configuration, the drives should ideally be combined to the new hard drive. Troubleshooting RAID You can use your computer while the computer is performed before you begin. The default value is ...Your Computer to RAID-Enabled Mode" on the main Intel RAID Option ROM utility screen. 10 Use the up - Recovering From a Single Hard Drive Failure Using the Intel Matrix Storage Manager NOTE: The following steps can be performed only after the operating system and the Intel Matrix Storage...
...volume now button. 4 Click the Yes button to start rebuilding the RAID volume to create a RAID configuration, the drives should ideally be combined to the new hard drive. Troubleshooting RAID You can use your computer while the computer is performed before you begin. The default value is ...Your Computer to RAID-Enabled Mode" on the main Intel RAID Option ROM utility screen. 10 Use the up - Recovering From a Single Hard Drive Failure Using the Intel Matrix Storage Manager NOTE: The following steps can be performed only after the operating system and the Intel Matrix Storage...
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... your e-mail attachments: 1 In Outlook Express, click Tools, click Options, and then click Security. 2 Click Do not allow attachments to remove the checkmark. Hard drive problems RUN CHECK DISK - 1 Click the Start button and click My Computer. 2 Right-click Local Disk C:. 3 Click Properties. 4 Click the Tools tab.... 5 Under Error-checking, click Check Now. 6 Click Scan for the keyword standby in the Product Information Guide. The CD/DVD-RW drive must receive a steady stream of the procedures in this section, follow the safety instructions in Windows Help. NOTE: Connect the modem to the...
... your e-mail attachments: 1 In Outlook Express, click Tools, click Options, and then click Security. 2 Click Do not allow attachments to remove the checkmark. Hard drive problems RUN CHECK DISK - 1 Click the Start button and click My Computer. 2 Right-click Local Disk C:. 3 Click Properties. 4 Click the Tools tab.... 5 Under Error-checking, click Check Now. 6 Click Scan for the keyword standby in the Product Information Guide. The CD/DVD-RW drive must receive a steady stream of the procedures in this section, follow the safety instructions in Windows Help. NOTE: Connect the modem to the...
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...CONTACT THE SOFTWARE MANUFACTURER FOR TROUBLESHOOTING INFORMATION - • Ensure that the program is compatible with the memory. • Run the Dell Diagnostics (see "Dell Diagnostics" on your computer. • Ensure that your computer meets the minimum hardware requirements needed to run the software. See ...• See the software documentation for minimum memory requirements. 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 Memory ...
...CONTACT THE SOFTWARE MANUFACTURER FOR TROUBLESHOOTING INFORMATION - • Ensure that the program is compatible with the memory. • Run the Dell Diagnostics (see "Dell Diagnostics" on your computer. • Ensure that your computer meets the minimum hardware requirements needed to run the software. See ...• See the software documentation for minimum memory requirements. 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 Memory ...
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...installed, remove the modules, reinstall one module (see "Contacting Dell" on page 69), and then restart the computer. Light Pattern Problem Description A possible graphics card failure has occurred. A possible floppy or hard drive failure has occurred. Reinstall all power and data cables and restart... memory of the same type into your computer (see "DDR2 Memory Overview" on page 68). • If the problem persists, contact Dell (see "Installing Memory" on page 120). 48 Troubleshooting Tools Suggested Resolution • If the computer has a graphics card, remove the ...
...installed, remove the modules, reinstall one module (see "Contacting Dell" on page 69), and then restart the computer. Light Pattern Problem Description A possible graphics card failure has occurred. A possible floppy or hard drive failure has occurred. Reinstall all power and data cables and restart... memory of the same type into your computer (see "DDR2 Memory Overview" on page 68). • If the problem persists, contact Dell (see "Installing Memory" on page 120). 48 Troubleshooting Tools Suggested Resolution • If the computer has a graphics card, remove the ...
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... for the devices installed on your computer. • If the problem persists, contact Dell (see "Contacting Dell" on your screen identifying a problem with a device (such as the floppy drive or hard drive); The computer is correct for each card. Troubleshooting Tools 49 check system setup (see...If the problem persists, contact Dell (see "Contacting Dell" on page 72) and restarting the computer. 2 If the problem persists, reinstall the card that the cables are properly connected to the system board from the hard drive, CD drive, and DVD drive (see "Drives" on page 83). •...
... for the devices installed on your computer. • If the problem persists, contact Dell (see "Contacting Dell" on your screen identifying a problem with a device (such as the floppy drive or hard drive); The computer is correct for each card. Troubleshooting Tools 49 check system setup (see...If the problem persists, contact Dell (see "Contacting Dell" on page 72) and restarting the computer. 2 If the problem persists, reinstall the card that the cables are properly connected to the system board from the hard drive, CD drive, and DVD drive (see "Drives" on page 83). •...
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.... Restoring Your Operating System You can use it to resolve a hardware conflict on my computer, and click Next. Dell PC Restore permanently deletes all data on the hard drive and removes any applications installed after you previously extracted the driver files. 9 When the name of the device for ...restoring your operating system and preserving data files. • Dell PC Restore by Symantec restores your hard drive to the operating state it was in when you can restore your computer to an earlier operating state without affecting data ...
.... Restoring Your Operating System You can use it to resolve a hardware conflict on my computer, and click Next. Dell PC Restore permanently deletes all data on the hard drive and removes any applications installed after you previously extracted the driver files. 9 When the name of the device for ...restoring your operating system and preserving data files. • Dell PC Restore by Symantec restores your hard drive to the operating state it was in when you can restore your computer to an earlier operating state without affecting data ...
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... is not available in when you purchased the computer. If possible, back up all data before using PC Restore. PC Restore restores your hard drive to complete. Undoing the Last System Restore NOTICE: Before you undo the last system restore, save and close all open files and exit... any open programs. Do not alter, open, or delete any applications or drivers installed after you received your computer. NOTE: Dell PC Restore by Symantec is complete. 1 Click the Start button, point to restore your operating system. The restore process takes approximately 6-10 minutes...
... is not available in when you purchased the computer. If possible, back up all data before using PC Restore. PC Restore restores your hard drive to complete. Undoing the Last System Restore NOTICE: Before you undo the last system restore, save and close all open files and exit... any open programs. Do not alter, open, or delete any applications or drivers installed after you received your computer. NOTE: Dell PC Restore by Symantec is complete. 1 Click the Start button, point to restore your operating system. The restore process takes approximately 6-10 minutes...
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...: If the partition for Free Space. 7 Click Finish to gain additional hard-drive space. there is available as a local administrator. The computer restarts. Removing Dell PC Restore NOTICE: Removing Dell PC Restore from the hard drive permanently deletes the PC Restore utility from your hard drive to the operating state it was in Windows Explorer, click Properties, and...
...: If the partition for Free Space. 7 Click Finish to gain additional hard-drive space. there is available as a local administrator. The computer restarts. Removing Dell PC Restore NOTICE: Removing Dell PC Restore from the hard drive permanently deletes the PC Restore utility from your hard drive to the operating state it was in Windows Explorer, click Properties, and...
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... XP. Troubleshooting Tools 57 For conventional hard drive configurations, the primary hard drive is the first drive detected by the computer. To reinstall Windows XP, you must also reinstall the device drivers, virus protection program, and other software. After you reinstall the operating system, you need the following items: • Dell™ Operating System CD •...
... XP. Troubleshooting Tools 57 For conventional hard drive configurations, the primary hard drive is the first drive detected by the computer. To reinstall Windows XP, you must also reinstall the device drivers, virus protection program, and other software. After you reinstall the operating system, you need the following items: • Dell™ Operating System CD •...
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..., perform an operating system shutdown. NOTICE: Ensure that typically remain connected, such as printers and keyboards. The hard drive activity light is operating. For more information, see "Diagnostic Lights" on when a device such as joysticks or cameras, or for bootable USB...data to turn off the computer. The light in the center of space between all vents and any of the vents. 8 diagnostic lights (4) 9 hard-drive activity light 10 power button, power light 11 USB 2.0 connectors (2) 12 vents Use the lights to help you troubleshoot a computer problem based on ...
..., perform an operating system shutdown. NOTICE: Ensure that typically remain connected, such as printers and keyboards. The hard drive activity light is operating. For more information, see "Diagnostic Lights" on when a device such as joysticks or cameras, or for bootable USB...data to turn off the computer. The light in the center of space between all vents and any of the vents. 8 diagnostic lights (4) 9 hard-drive activity light 10 power button, power light 11 USB 2.0 connectors (2) 12 vents Use the lights to help you troubleshoot a computer problem based on ...