Dell E521 Support Question
Dell E521 Support Question
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Question posted by jasonkspence on September 7th, 2011
I Want To Upgrade The Cpu On Motherboard 0uw457 In My Dell E521. Roccomendation
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Answer #1: Posted by kcmjr on September 8th, 2011 4:24 PM
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http://en.community.dell.com/support-forums/desktop/f/3514/t/19260080.aspx
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Related Dell E521 Manual Pages
Owner's Manual - Page 1
Dell™ Dimension™ E521
Owner's Manual
Service Tag
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)
cover latch release
Model DCSM
www.dell.com | support.dell.com
Owner's Manual - Page 2
...this document to refer to avoid the problem. Environmental Protection Agency. Other trademarks and trade names may be used in this text: Dell, the DELL logo, Inspiron, Dell Precision, Dimension, OptiPlex, Latitude, PowerEdge, PowerVault, PowerApp, DellNet, Dell TravelLite, Strike Zone, and PowerConnect are not applicable. disclaims any manner whatsoever without notice. © 2006-2007...
Owner's Manual - Page 5
...If the screen is difficult to read 48
3 Troubleshooting Tools 49
Diagnostic Lights 49
Dell Diagnostics 52 Dell Diagnostics Main Menu 52
Drivers 53 What Is a Driver 53 Identifying Drivers 53 ... Incompatibilities 55
Restoring Your Operating System 55 Using Microsoft Windows XP System Restore 56 Using Dell PC Restore 57 Using the Operating System CD 59
4 Removing and Installing Parts 61...
Owner's Manual - Page 7
Only 120 Definition of "Dell-Installed" Software and Peripherals 121 Definition of "Third-Party" Software and Peripherals 121 FCC Notice (U.S. A Appendix 107
Specifications 107 System ...CMOS Settings 119 Cleaning Your Computer 119 Computer, Keyboard, and Monitor 119 Mouse 120 Floppy Drive 120 CDs and DVDs 120 Dell Technical Support Policy (U.S. Only 121 FCC Class B 121 Contacting...
Owner's Manual - Page 9
... • Regulatory information • Ergonomics information • End User License Agreement
Find it Here Dell™ Product Information Guide
• How to set up my computer
Setup Diagram
• Service... computer.
•Use the Service Tag to identify your computer when you use support.dell.com or contact support.
•Enter the Express Service Code to direct your computer...
Owner's Manual - Page 10
... - Find it Here
• Solutions - Upgrade information for your problem. 4 Follow the instructions...Dell™ 3.5-inch USB floppy drives, optical drives, and USB devices.
What Are You Looking For? DSS provides critical updates for your operating system and support for your region to use the customized Dell Premier Support website at premier.support.dell.com.
• Upgrades...
Owner's Manual - Page 11
...
2
location of Service Tag
3
CD or DVD eject button
4
CD or DVD activity light
Use this latch to identify your computer when you access the Dell Support website or call technical support. The drive light is on page 63. Use the Service Tag to remove the cover.
Press to eject a disk...
Owner's Manual - Page 17
... window, click the appropriate option:
• If you do not have an ISP and want to select one, click Choose from a list of connection to select, contact your ISP. 6 Click the ...try connecting again later. If you have already obtained setup information from your desktop or if you want to set up my connection manually, continue to complete the setup.
If you are having problems ...
Owner's Manual - Page 20
...support website at www.sonic.com. For help, open Sonic DigitalMedia and then click the question mark icon in Dell™ computers can write to and read DVD-RAM or DVD-R DL media. NOTE: Most commercial DVDs have...blank CD-RWs to write to CDs or to make an exact copy 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 a ...
Owner's Manual - Page 21
After you create a DVD+/-R disc, you want to play in most home or car stereos.
• You cannot create audio DVDs with CD recording techniques. CD-Writable Drives
Media Type CD-R CD-...
Owner's Manual - Page 27
...'s hard drive becomes corrupted, Windows XP recreates the hibernate file automatically. If you want your computer with minimal power conservation. • Max Battery - The settings for ...on your hard drive with enough disk space to store the contents of the computer memory, Dell creates an appropriately sized hibernate mode file before it entered hibernate mode. Because hibernate mode ...
Owner's Manual - Page 28
.... To recover, press any key on your Windows password before the hard drive. If you want to use the hibernate settings you defined on the Power Schemes tab, click the Enable hibernate support... check box on the Hibernate tab.
If you want to change the default settings for your computer. To program these functions, click an option from ...
Owner's Manual - Page 37
... • Shut down the computer (see "Contacting Dell" on page 122). A L E R T !
I N S E R T B O O T A B L E M E D I S K E R R O R - S YS T E M D I A - Close all cables are trying to remove. 3 Click the Change or Remove Program icon. 4 See the program documentation for damaged or frayed cables. If so, run the program that you want to use first. Keyboard Problems
CAUTION: Before you...
Owner's Manual - Page 52
... computer, perform the checks in the Product Information Guide. If you want to run . NOTICE: The Dell Diagnostics works only on Dell™ computers. 1 Turn on (or restart) your computer (see "Contacting Dell" on page 33 and run the Dell Diagnostics before you contact Dell for the option you experience a problem with an error code and...
Owner's Manual - Page 53
... the test settings.
4 Close the test screen to return to install drivers if you: • Upgrade your operating system • Reinstall your operating system • Connect or install a new device
Identifying ... screen. Describes the test and may need to the Main Menu screen. To exit the Dell Diagnostics and restart the computer, close the Main Menu screen.
A driver acts like a translator...
Owner's Manual - Page 56
... (see "Using Windows XP Device Driver Rollback" on using a different restore point, or you want to restore your computer to an earlier operating state (without affecting data files) if changes to the...and Support Center for the Windows default view, so they may not apply if you set your Dell™ computer to the Windows Classic view.
If that Restore my computer to an earlier time...
Owner's Manual - Page 57
...restores your operating system problem. To use PC Restore:
1 Turn on .
Using Dell PC Restore
NOTICE: Using Dell PC Restore permanently deletes all data on all computers. Use PC Restore only if... or files added since you received your operating system. Enabling System Restore
If you do not want to complete. Undoing the Last System Restore
NOTICE: Before you undo the last system restore, ...
Owner's Manual - Page 67
...GB Configurations
Your computer supports a maximum of 4 GB of memory when you purchased the new modules from Dell is less than that you may not start properly.
2
1
1 Channel A: matched pair of memory modules...
NOTICE: If you remove your original memory modules from the computer during a memory upgrade, keep them separate from any new modules that installed. Otherwise, your computer may ...
Owner's Manual - Page 122
... circuits.
These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference in compliance with the FCC regulations:
Product name: Model number: Company name:
Dell™ Dimension™ E521
DCSM
Dell Inc. or an experienced radio/television technician for which they are listed. • For support by phone, use the phone numbers and codes...
Owner's Manual - Page 157
...-24 connect VGA, 23-24 display settings, 25 extended desktop mode, 25 hard to read , 48
motherboard. See system board
mouse problems, 41
N
network Network Setup Wizard, 26 problems, 42 setting up, ...screen, 39 CD drive, 34 CD-RW drive, 35 computer crashes, 38-39 computer stops responding, 38 Dell Diagnostics, 52
problems (continued) diagnostic lights, 49 drives, 34 DVD drive, 34 e-mail, 35 error ...
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