Dell XPS 8500 Support Question
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Question posted by shawnpbasi on June 19th, 2014
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Owner's Manual (PDF) - Page 2
... logo are trademarks of your product. Other trademarks and trade names may be used in this text: Dell™, the DELL logo, and XPS™ are either the entities claiming the marks and names or their products.
Dell Inc. All rights reserved.
WARNING: A WARNING indicates a potential for property damage, personal injury, or death.
CAUTION...
Owner's Manual (PDF) - Page 13
... using a different operating system, see the Regulatory Compliance Homepage at dell.com/regulatory_compliance. WARNING: Disconnect all open files and exit all power sources before connecting to protect your computer... shut-down and then the computer turns off your computer.
1 Save and close all open programs. 2 Click Start and click Shut Down. Microsoft Windows shuts down instructions.
3 ...
Owner's Manual (PDF) - Page 14
... program available at the back of the components 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 must disengage before disconnecting the cable. CAUTION: Before touching anything inside the computer. CAUTION: Only a certified service technician is authorized to...
Owner's Manual (PDF) - Page 17
Technical Overview
17 For additional safety best practices information, see the Regulatory Compliance Homepage at dell.com/regulatory_compliance. 3
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 23
... aside in "Before You Begin" on its side with the computer cover facing up. 2 Remove the thumbscrew that shipped with the computer cover removed-at dell.com/regulatory_compliance.
For additional safety best practices information, see the Regulatory Compliance Homepage at least 30 cm (1 ft.) of the computer. 4 Lift the cover away...
Owner's Manual (PDF) - Page 27
... module(s) may become very hot during normal operation.
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 Computer Cover" on page 13.
Owner's Manual (PDF) - Page 28
..., your computer during a memory upgrade, keep them separate from any new module(s) that you may have, even if you remove the original memory module(s) from Dell. The recommended memory configurations are: matched memory modules installed in DIMM connectors 1 and 2 and another matched memory modules installed in DIMM connectors 3 and 4. Recommended memory...
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. For additional safety best practices information, see the Regulatory Compliance Homepage at a time by moving
them outward from the front panel. 3 Rotate and...
Owner's Manual (PDF) - Page 35
... screws that shipped with your computer and follow the steps in a secure location. For additional safety best practices information, see the Regulatory Compliance Homepage at dell.com/regulatory_compliance.
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Graphics-Card Bracket (optional)
WARNING: Before working inside your computer, read the safety information that secure the graphics-card bracket to the chassis...
Owner's Manual (PDF) - Page 37
... aside in "Before You Begin" on page 35. To locate the PCI-Express x16 connector on the system board, see the Regulatory Compliance Homepage at dell.com/regulatory_compliance.
Graphics Card
37 For additional safety best practices information, see "System-Board Components" on page 23.
2 Remove the graphics-card bracket, if applicable...
Owner's Manual (PDF) - Page 43
... the Computer Cover" on page 23.
2 Remove the graphics-card bracket, if applicable. For additional safety best practices information, see the Regulatory Compliance Homepage at dell.com/regulatory_compliance.
Owner's Manual (PDF) - Page 49
.... Your computer supports one half Mini-Card slot for Mini-Cards from sources other than Dell.
Wireless Mini-Card
49 If you ordered a wireless Mini-Card with your computer and ...follow the steps in protective antistatic packaging (see the Regulatory Compliance Homepage at dell.com/regulatory_compliance. See "Removing the Computer Cover" on page 13. 10
Wireless Mini-Card
...
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
For additional safety best practices information, see the Regulatory Compliance Homepage at dell.com/regulatory_compliance. 12
mSATA Drive
WARNING: Before working inside your computer, read the safety information that secure the mSATA drive to the system board. 3 Lift ...
Owner's Manual (PDF) - Page 61
... chassis. 3 Slide the hard drive out towards the back of the hard drive. For additional safety best practices information, see the Regulatory Compliance Homepage at dell.com/regulatory_compliance.
WARNING: If you remove the hard drive from the primary hard-drive. 2 Remove the screws that shipped with your computer and follow the...
Owner's Manual (PDF) - Page 67
... the Front Bezel" on page 23.
2 Remove the front bezel.
Optical Drive(s)
67 For additional safety best practices information, see the Regulatory Compliance Homepage at dell.com/regulatory_compliance.
Owner's Manual (PDF) - Page 73
... the steps in "Before You Begin" on page 23.
2 Remove the front bezel. For additional safety best practices information, see the Regulatory Compliance Homepage at dell.com/regulatory_compliance. Prerequisites
1 Remove the computer cover. See "Removing the Optical Drive" on page 67. 4 Remove the top cover.
Owner's Manual (PDF) - Page 77
... drive.
See "Removing the Front Bezel" on page 23.
2 Remove the front bezel. For additional safety best practices information, see the Regulatory Compliance Homepage at dell.com/regulatory_compliance. See "Removing the Optical Drive" on page 13.
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Top Cover
WARNING: Before working inside your computer, read the safety information that shipped...
Owner's Manual (PDF) - Page 81
... the Optical Drive" on page 77. Top I /O panel cables from the top panel. For additional safety best practices information, see the Regulatory Compliance Homepage at dell.com/regulatory_compliance.
See "System-Board Components" on page 21.
2 Remove the screws that secure the top I/O panel to the top panel. 3 Carefully remove the top...
Owner's Manual (PDF) - Page 127
... for Future Boots 1 Enter system setup.
For additional safety best practices information, see the Regulatory Compliance Homepage at dell.com/regulatory_compliance. See "Removing the Computer Cover" on page 23. 2 Locate the 3-pin password reset jumper (... up-
System Setup Utility
127 and down your computer and follow the steps in case you want to change the boot priority of the device.
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