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Dell™ OptiPlex™ Systems
Setup and Quick
Reference Guide
Models DHS, DHP, and DHM
www.dell.com | support.dell.com
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0W825bk2.book Page 3 Monday, June 28, 2004 5:58 PM Contents About This Guide . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 Finding Information for Your Computer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 CAUTION: Safety Instructions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 General . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 When Using Your Computer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 When Working Inside Your Computer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 Getting Started/Setup .
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0W825bk2.book Page 4 Monday, June 28, 2004 5:58 PM Dell Software and Peripherals (Canada Only) . . . . . . . . . . 33 One-Year End-User Manufacturer Guarantee (Latin America and the Caribbean Only) . . . . . . . . . . . . 34 ® ® Intel Warranty Statement for Pentium and ® Celeron Processors Only (U.S. and Canada Only) . . . . . . . 36 4 Contents
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0W825bk2.book Page 5 Monday, June 28, 2004 5:58 PM About This Guide This document contains getting started/setup, solving problems, and safety, regulatory, and warranty information about your Dell™ OptiPlex™ computer. To obtain the latest versions of the documents on your hard drive, see the Dell Support website at support.dell.com. Regulatory model numbers appear throughout this document; their chassis type equivalents are shown below: Regulatory Model Numbers and Chassis Types DHS = smal
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0W825bk2.book Page 6 Monday, June 28, 2004 5:58 PM What Are You Looking For? Find it Here Express Service Code and Service Tag Express Service Code and Product Key Label ® ® Microsoft Windows License Label These labels are located on your computer. How to reinstall my operating system Operating System CD and Installation Guide After you reinstall your operating system using the Operating System Reinstallation CD, use the Drivers and Utilities CD to reinstall drivers for the devices t
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0W825bk2.book Page 7 Monday, June 28, 2004 5:58 PM What Are You Looking For? Find it Here Latest drivers for my computer Dell Support Website — support.dell.com Answers to technical service and support The Dell Support website provides several online tools, including: questions Solutions — Troubleshooting hints and tips, articles from Online discussions with other users and technicians, and online courses technical support Community Forum — Online discussion with other Dell D
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0W825bk2.book Page 8 Monday, June 28, 2004 5:58 PM CAUTION: Safety Instructions Use the following safety guidelines to help ensure your own personal safety and to help protect your computer and working environment from potential damage. General Do not attempt to service the computer yourself unless you are a trained service technician. Always follow installation instructions closely. To help prevent electric shock, plug the computer and device power cables into properly grounded electr
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0W825bk2.book Page 9 Monday, June 28, 2004 5:58 PM CAUTION: Safety Instructions (continued) To avoid shorting out your computer when disconnecting a network cable, first unplug the cable from the network adapter on the back of your computer, and then from the network jack. When reconnecting a network cable to your computer, first plug the cable into the network jack, and then into the network adapter. To help protect your computer from sudden, transient increases and decreases in elec
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0W825bk2.book Page 10 Monday, June 28, 2004 5:58 PM When Using Your Computer As you use your computer, observe the following safe-handling guidelines. CAUTION: Do not operate your computer with any cover(s) (including computer covers, bezels, filler brackets, front-panel inserts, and so on) removed. Your computer is equipped with one of the following: – A fixed-voltage power supply — Computers with a fixed-voltage power supply do not have a voltage selection switch on the back panel and
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0W825bk2.book Page 11 Monday, June 28, 2004 5:58 PM When Using Your Computer (continued) When Working Inside Your Computer Before you open the computer cover, perform the following steps in the sequence indicated. CAUTION: Do not attempt to service the computer yourself, except as explained in your online Dell documentation or in instructions otherwise provided to you by Dell. Always follow installation and service instructions closely. NOTICE: To help avoid possible damage to the system
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0W825bk2.book Page 12 Monday, June 28, 2004 5:58 PM Getting Started/Setup CAUTION: Before performing any of the procedures in this section, follow the safety instructions in the System Information Guide. NOTICE: If your computer has an expansion card installed (such as a network card), connect the appropriate cable to the card, not to the connector on the computer back panel. You must complete all steps to properly set up your computer. See the appropriate figures that follow the instru
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0W825bk2.book Page 13 Monday, June 28, 2004 5:58 PM 6 Verify that the voltage selection switch is set correctly for your location. Your computer is equipped with one of the following: A fixed-voltage power supply — Computers with a fixed-voltage power supply do not have a voltage selection switch on the back panel and operate at only one voltage (see the regulatory label on the outside of the computer for its operating voltage). An auto-sensing voltage circuit — Computers with an auto
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0W825bk2.book Page 14 Monday, June 28, 2004 5:58 PM Desktop Setup — Without Expansion Cards monitor keyboard mouse speakers network USB Desktop Setup — With Expansion Cards monitor flat-panel monitor LINE OUT speakers network NOTE: If your system has two video connectors, the integrated video connector is disabled and has a protective cap on it. Use the expansion card connector as shown in the illustration. For more information on setting up monitors with your specific graphics card, see
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0W825bk2.book Page 15 Monday, June 28, 2004 5:58 PM Mini-Tower Setup — Without Expansion Cards monitor keyboard mouse A B C D speakers network USB Mini-Tower Setup — With Expansion Card A B C D monitor flat-panel monitor speakers LINE OUT network Setup and Quick Reference Guide 15
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0W825bk2.book Page 16 Monday, June 28, 2004 5:58 PM NOTE: If your system has two video connectors, the integrated video connector is disabled and has a protective cap on it. Use the expansion card connector as shown in the illustration. For more information on setting up monitors with your specific graphics card, see "Monitor Connections" on page 16. Monitor Connections For dual monitor capable cards with a single connector Dual VGA Y Cable Adapter Dual DVI Y Cable Adapter DVI VGA VGA DVI
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0W825bk2.book Page 17 Monday, June 28, 2004 5:58 PM For dual-monitor capable cards with 1 DVI and 1 VGA connector Single DVI/Single VGA Dual VGA With VGA Adapter DVI VGA VGA VGA Use the appropriate connector when you connect to Use the VGA adapter when you want to connect to one or two monitors. two VGA monitors. For dual-monitor capable cards with 2 DVI connectors Dual DVI Dual DVI With One VGA Adapter Dual DVI With Two VGA Adapters DVI DVI DVI VGA VGA VGA Use the DVI connectors to
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0W825bk2.book Page 18 Monday, June 28, 2004 5:58 PM Completed Setup power A B C D Windows OS Professional OEM Nave Here Microsoft Windows XXXXXXXXXX Product Key XXXXX-XXX-XXX Product Key: XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXXX Microsoft Windows Product Key Windows OS Professional OEM Nave Here XXXXXXXXXX XXXXX-XXX-XXX Product Key: XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXXX Solving Problems Dell provides a number of tools to help you if your system does not perform as expected. For the latest troubleshooting infor
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0W825bk2.book Page 19 Monday, June 28, 2004 5:58 PM If computer problems occur that require help from Dell, write a detailed description of the error, beep codes, or diagnostics light patterns; record your Express Service Code and Service Tag Number below; and then contact Dell from the same location as your computer. See "Finding Information for Your Computer" on page 5 for an example of the express service code and service tag numbers. Express Service Code:___________________________ Ser
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0W825bk2.book Page 20 Monday, June 28, 2004 5:58 PM 3 Click OK to continue. To complete the installation, respond to the prompts offered by the installation program. 4 Click Next at the Welcome Dell System Owner screen. 5 Select the appropriate System Model, Operating System, Device Type, and Topic. Drivers for Your Computer To display a list of device drivers for your computer: 1 Click My Drivers in the Topic pull-down menu. The Drivers and Utilities CD scans your computer’s hardware and op
