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About Serial ATA Drives Your Dell™ Dimension™ XPS computer supports up to ensure that drive cannot be made part of a RAID volume using ...objects from one screen to the other, effectively doubling the amount of viewable work space. However, if four drives are available, Dell offers either RAID level 0 or RAID level 1 for the data integrity requirements of space inside the chassis. • Compact... worse than IDE cables: • Improved cable routing facilitates more efficient utilization of digital photography and audio. NOTE: RAID levels do not represent a hierarchy.
About Serial ATA Drives Your Dell™ Dimension™ XPS computer supports up to ensure that drive cannot be made part of a RAID volume using ...objects from one screen to the other, effectively doubling the amount of viewable work space. However, if four drives are available, Dell offers either RAID level 0 or RAID level 1 for the data integrity requirements of space inside the chassis. • Compact... worse than IDE cables: • Improved cable routing facilitates more efficient utilization of digital photography and audio. NOTE: RAID levels do not represent a hierarchy.
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...use Sonic RecordNow for available software patches at the Sonic support website at support.sonic.com. Open Sonic RecordNow, click the question mark icon in Dell™ computers will write to your computer and creating MP3 CDs. When all of CD or DVD drives offered by...-RW combo drive and you experience recording problems, check for other purposes, including creating CDs from audio files on the new computer, click Next. 2 On the Where are the files and settings? www.dell.com | support.dell.com 3 Under What do you want to transfer and click Next. screen, select the method ...
...use Sonic RecordNow for available software patches at the Sonic support website at support.sonic.com. Open Sonic RecordNow, click the question mark icon in Dell™ computers will write to your computer and creating MP3 CDs. When all of CD or DVD drives offered by...-RW combo drive and you experience recording problems, check for other purposes, including creating CDs from audio files on the new computer, click Next. 2 On the Where are the files and settings? www.dell.com | support.dell.com 3 Under What do you want to transfer and click Next. screen, select the method ...
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...or DVD drive, ensure that you have created automatically ejects. CD-RWs do not play in most home or car stereos. • You cannot create audio DVDs with Sonic RecordNow. • Music MP3 files can be used to record music or permanently store data files. NOTE: Most commercial DVDs have copyright... and cannot be copied using Sonic RecordNow. 1 Click the Start button, point to All Programs→ Sonic→ RecordNow!→ RecordNow! 2 Click either the audio tab or the data tab, depending on the kind of CD or DVD you are correct and click Copy. Your DVD writable drive can write...
...or DVD drive, ensure that you have created automatically ejects. CD-RWs do not play in most home or car stereos. • You cannot create audio DVDs with Sonic RecordNow. • Music MP3 files can be used to record music or permanently store data files. NOTE: Most commercial DVDs have copyright... and cannot be copied using Sonic RecordNow. 1 Click the Start button, point to All Programs→ Sonic→ RecordNow!→ RecordNow! 2 Click either the audio tab or the data tab, depending on the kind of CD or DVD you are correct and click Copy. Your DVD writable drive can write...
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... the system board. Connecting Drive Cables When you install a drive, you connect two cables-a DC power cable and a data cable-to the back of the audio cable attaches to the system board. Drive Interface Connectors Serial ATA Connector interface cable interface connector Most interface connectors are keyed for correct insertion; that...
... the system board. Connecting Drive Cables When you install a drive, you connect two cables-a DC power cable and a data cable-to the back of the audio cable attaches to the system board. Drive Interface Connectors Serial ATA Connector interface cable interface connector Most interface connectors are keyed for correct insertion; that...
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... slide the drive into place until the tabs securely click into position. 5 Connect the power and data cables to the audio connector on each rail to the drive. www.dell.com | support.dell.com 3 If you are installing a replacement drive and the new drive does not have the bracket rails attached, remove the... Parts If you are adding a drive that secure each rail). Attach the bracket to the new drive by removing the two screws that has an audio cable, connect the audio cable to the drive.
... slide the drive into place until the tabs securely click into position. 5 Connect the power and data cables to the audio connector on each rail to the drive. www.dell.com | support.dell.com 3 If you are installing a replacement drive and the new drive does not have the bracket rails attached, remove the... Parts If you are adding a drive that secure each rail). Attach the bracket to the new drive by removing the two screws that has an audio cable, connect the audio cable to the drive.
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... center/Low Frequency Effects (LFE) channel; Drives (continued) Internally accessible: Connectors External connectors: Serial Parallel IEEE 1394 Video Network adapter PS/2 (keyboard and mouse) USB Audio System board connectors: Primary IDE drive Serial ATA Floppy drive Fan PCI 2.3 PCI Express x1 PCI Express x16 Telephony (TAPI) Controls and Lights Power control...
... center/Low Frequency Effects (LFE) channel; Drives (continued) Internally accessible: Connectors External connectors: Serial Parallel IEEE 1394 Video Network adapter PS/2 (keyboard and mouse) USB Audio System board connectors: Primary IDE drive Serial ATA Floppy drive Fan PCI 2.3 PCI Express x1 PCI Express x16 Telephony (TAPI) Controls and Lights Power control...
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.../2-compatible mouse controller. System System Info CPU Info Memory Info Date/Time Boot Sequence Drives Diskette Drive Drives 0 through 5 Drive Controller Onboard Devices NIC Controller Audio Controller USB Mouse Port Lists system information such as listed. The computer attempts to On (default) so that allows you insert a boot device and restart... not available from the network server, the computer attempts to press . If a boot routine is active (available only for RAID. Enables or disables the onboard audio controller.
.../2-compatible mouse controller. System System Info CPU Info Memory Info Date/Time Boot Sequence Drives Diskette Drive Drives 0 through 5 Drive Controller Onboard Devices NIC Controller Audio Controller USB Mouse Port Lists system information such as listed. The computer attempts to On (default) so that allows you insert a boot device and restart... not available from the network server, the computer attempts to press . If a boot routine is active (available only for RAID. Enables or disables the onboard audio controller.
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Index A audio. See sound B badge color, 13 battery problems, 31 replacing, 107 BIOS, 113 boot sequence, 118 changing, 118-119 option settings, 118 booting to a USB device, ..., 66 TV-OUT, 66 USB, 64, 66 VGA, 66 video, 66 copying CDs and DVDs, 26 cover closing, 108 cover release latch, 65 opening, 67 D Dell contacting, 123 Dell Dimension Help file, 10 Dell Solution Center, 9 support policy, 121 support site, 11 Dell Diagnostics, 50 Dell Premier Support website, 10 diagnostic lights, 47 Index 141
Index A audio. See sound B badge color, 13 battery problems, 31 replacing, 107 BIOS, 113 boot sequence, 118 changing, 118-119 option settings, 118 booting to a USB device, ..., 66 TV-OUT, 66 USB, 64, 66 VGA, 66 video, 66 copying CDs and DVDs, 26 cover closing, 108 cover release latch, 65 opening, 67 D Dell contacting, 123 Dell Dimension Help file, 10 Dell Solution Center, 9 support policy, 121 support site, 11 Dell Diagnostics, 50 Dell Premier Support website, 10 diagnostic lights, 47 Index 141