Dell XPS 8500 Support Question
Dell XPS 8500 Support Question
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Question posted by mechuyen on April 2nd, 2014
Why 6 Ports On Dell Xps 8500
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Owner's Manual (PDF) - Page 2
..., and Warnings
NOTE: A NOTE indicates important information that helps you how to change without the written permission of Microsoft Corporation in this text: Dell™, the DELL logo, and XPS™ are either the entities claiming the marks and names or their products. Other trademarks and trade names may be used by Bluetooth...
Owner's Manual (PDF) - Page 13
..., while the computer is flat and clean. NOTE: If you Begin
13 Before you are using a different operating system, see the Regulatory Compliance Homepage at dell.com/regulatory_compliance.
Owner's Manual (PDF) - Page 14
...about safety precautions, working inside your computer, ground yourself by touching an unpainted metal surface, such as the metal at support.dell.com
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Before you disconnect a cable, pull on its connector or on its pull-tab, not on the cable itself. ... pins. Some cables have connectors with locking tabs or thumb-screws that the connectors and ports are correctly oriented and aligned.
Owner's Manual (PDF) - Page 17
For additional safety best practices information, see the Regulatory Compliance Homepage at dell.com/regulatory_compliance.
Technical Overview
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Technical Overview
WARNING: Before working inside your computer, read the safety information that shipped with your computer and follow the steps in "Before You Begin" on page 13.
Owner's Manual (PDF) - Page 19
... accessory tray 9 microphone port 11 USB 2.0 port with PowerShare
2 media-card reader 4 USB 3.0 ports (2) 6 power button 8 headphone port 10 USB 2.0 port
Back View of Your Computer
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1 power port 3 USB 2.0 ports (4) 5 VGA port 7 optical S/P DIF port 9 expansion-card slots 11 padlock rings
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2 network port 4 USB 3.0 ports (2) 6 HDMI port 8 audio ports 10 security-cable slot...
Owner's Manual (PDF) - Page 23
... front of desk top space. 4
Computer Cover
WARNING: Before working inside your computer, read the safety information that shipped with the computer cover removed-at dell.com/regulatory_compliance.
Owner's Manual (PDF) - Page 27
... You Begin" on page 23.
See "Removing the Computer Cover" on page 13. For additional safety best practices information, see the Regulatory Compliance Homepage at dell.com/regulatory_compliance. Prerequisites
1 Remove the computer cover.
Owner's Manual (PDF) - Page 28
... original memory module with a new memory module. CAUTION: If you remove the original memory module(s) from your computer during a memory upgrade, keep them separate from Dell.
Owner's Manual (PDF) - Page 31
... safety information that shipped with your computer and follow the steps in an upright position. 2 Grasp and release the front bezel tabs sequentially, one at dell.com/regulatory_compliance.
Prerequisites
1 Remove the computer cover. See "Removing the Computer Cover" on page 13. Front Bezel
31 Removing the Front Bezel
1 Place the computer...
Owner's Manual (PDF) - Page 35
Graphics-Card Bracket (optional)
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For additional safety best practices information, see the Regulatory Compliance Homepage at dell.com/regulatory_compliance. Prerequisites
1 Remove the computer cover. Removing the Graphics-Card Bracket
1 Remove the screws that shipped with your computer, read the safety information that ...
Owner's Manual (PDF) - Page 37
To locate the PCI-Express x16 connector on the system board, see the Regulatory Compliance Homepage at dell.com/regulatory_compliance. Removing the Graphics Card
1 Remove the screw that shipped with one PCI-Express x16 connector to the chassis. 2 Lift the card-retention bracket ...
Owner's Manual (PDF) - Page 43
See "Removing the Computer Cover" on page 35. For additional safety best practices information, see the Regulatory Compliance Homepage at dell.com/regulatory_compliance. See "Removing the Graphics-Card Bracket" on page 23.
2 Remove the graphics-card bracket, if applicable.
Prerequisites
1 Remove the computer cover. PCI-Express ...
Owner's Manual (PDF) - Page 49
... Electrostatic Discharge" in the safety instructions that shipped with your computer). NOTE: Dell does not guarantee compatibility or provide support for Wireless Local Area Network (WLAN)... computer, store it in protective antistatic packaging (see the Regulatory Compliance Homepage at dell.com/regulatory_compliance. Prerequisites
1 Remove the computer cover. 10
Wireless Mini-Card
WARNING:...
Owner's Manual (PDF) - Page 53
... them from the top panel.
See "Removing the Top Cover" on page 13.
For additional safety best practices information, see the Regulatory Compliance Homepage at dell.com/regulatory_compliance.
Owner's Manual (PDF) - Page 57
... the system board. 3 Lift the mSATA drive away from the system-board connector. For additional safety best practices information, see the Regulatory Compliance Homepage at dell.com/regulatory_compliance. Prerequisites
1 Remove the computer cover. 12
mSATA Drive
WARNING: Before working inside your computer and follow the steps in "Before You Begin" on...
Owner's Manual (PDF) - Page 61
... metal housing of the computer. See "Removing the Computer Cover" on page 13.
For additional safety best practices information, see the Regulatory Compliance Homepage at dell.com/regulatory_compliance.
CAUTION: Hard drives are extremely fragile. Hard Drive(s)
61 Removing the Primary Hard-Drive
1 Disconnect the power and data cables from the computer...
Owner's Manual (PDF) - Page 67
... You Begin" on page 13. See "Removing the Computer Cover" on page 31. For additional safety best practices information, see the Regulatory Compliance Homepage at dell.com/regulatory_compliance. See "Removing the Front Bezel" on page 23.
2 Remove the front bezel.
Prerequisites
1 Remove the computer cover. 14
Optical Drive(s)
WARNING: Before working...
Owner's Manual (PDF) - Page 73
... Cover" on page 67. 4 Remove the top cover.
Prerequisites
1 Remove the computer cover. For additional safety best practices information, see the Regulatory Compliance Homepage at dell.com/regulatory_compliance. See "Removing the Optical Drive" on page 77. Media-Card Reader
73 See "Removing the Computer Cover" on page 23.
2 Remove the front...
Owner's Manual (PDF) - Page 77
... 67. See "Removing the Optical Drive" on page 31. 3 Remove the optical drive. For additional safety best practices information, see the Regulatory Compliance Homepage at dell.com/regulatory_compliance.
Top Cover
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Top Cover
WARNING: Before working inside your computer, read the safety information that shipped with your computer and follow...
Owner's Manual (PDF) - Page 81
See "Removing the Optical Drive" on page 23.
2 Remove the front bezel. For additional safety best practices information, see the Regulatory Compliance Homepage at dell.com/regulatory_compliance.
Removing the Top I/O Panel
1 Disconnect the top I/O panel cables from the top panel.
See "Removing the Computer Cover" on page 67. 4 Remove the ...
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