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Dell™ Dimension™ XPS
headphone
connector
microphone
connector
USB 2.0
connectors (2)
IEEE 1394
connector
fans (2)
diagnostic lights
serial port
mouse connector
parallel port
cover latch release
keyboard connector
network adapter connector
USB 2.0
TV-OUT connector*
connectors (6)
DVI video connector
VGA video connector
sound card connectors
PCI card (4), PCI Express
x1 card (1), PCI Express
security cable slot
x16 card (1) slots
padlock ring
fans (2)
modem connector
power connector
*Not prese
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Notes, Notices, and Cautions NOTE: A NOTE indicates important information that helps you make better use of your computer. NOTICE: A NOTICE indicates either potential damage to hardware or loss of data and tells you how to avoid the problem. CAUTION: A CAUTION indicates a potential for property damage, personal injury, or death. ® ® If you purchased a Dell™ n Series computer, any references in this document to Microsoft Windows operating systems are not applicable. ____________________ Info
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Contents Finding Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 1 Setting Up and Using Your Computer Opening the Drive Door . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 Changing the Front-Panel Light Color . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 Connecting Two Monitors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 Connecting Two Monitors With VGA Connectors . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 Connecting One Monitor With a VGA connec
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Power Management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31 Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31 Standby Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31 Hibernate Mode. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31 Power Options Properties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32 2 Optimizing Performance Hyper-Threading . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Network Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45 Power Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46 Printer Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47 Scanner Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47 Sound and Speaker Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48 No sound from speakers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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5 Removing and Installing Parts Before You Begin. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67 Recommended Tools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67 Turning Off Your Computer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67 Before Working Inside Your Computer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68 Front and Back View of the Computer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69 Front View. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Processor. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103 Removing the Processor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103 Installing the Processor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106 Front Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108 Removing the Front Panel. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108 Replacing the Front Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109 Drive Door
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FCC Notices (U.S. Only) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129 Class A . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130 Class B . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130 FCC Identification Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131 Contacting Dell. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131 Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Finding Information What Are You Looking For? Find it Here How to access tutorials and other how to information Dell Solution Center How to get a copy of my invoice On your Windows desktop How to extend my warranty ® How to access Dell Support on my Microsoft ® Windows desktop (U.S. only) Additional documentation, tools, troubleshooting information, and links to online support resources A diagnostic program for my computer ResourceCD Drivers for my computer Documentation and dri
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What Are You Looking For? Find it Here Warranty information Dell™ Product Information Guide Safety instructions Regulatory information Ergonomics information End User License Agreement How to set up my computer Setup Diagram Service Tag and Express Service Code Service Tag and Microsoft Windows License Microsoft Windows License Label These labels are located on your computer. Use the Service Tag to identify your computer when you use support.dell.com or contact technical s
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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 questions NOTE: Select your region to view the appropriate support site. Online discussions with other users and technical support The Dell Support website provides several online tools, Documentation for my computer including: Solutions — Troubleshooting hints and tips, articles from technicians, and online courses Community — On
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12 Finding Information www.dell.com | support.dell.com
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Setting Up and Using Your Computer Opening the Drive Door Setting Up and Using Your Computer 13
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Changing the Front-Panel Light Color You can use this exclusive Dell™ Dimension™ XPS feature either to change the color of the front-panel light that illuminates the Dell name and displays around the badge on the front of your computer, or to turn off the front-panel light entirely. There are several color choices: Ruby Emerald Sapphire (default) Amber Amethyst Topaz Diamond front-panel light badge CAUTION: Before you begin any of the procedures in this section, follow the safety in
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7 Select the color you want, and press . 8 Press , and press Save and Exit to save the new front-panel light color setting. Connecting Two Monitors CAUTION: Before you begin any of the procedures in this section, follow the safety instructions located in the Product Information Guide. NOTE: If you are connecting two monitors that have VGA connectors, you must have the optional DVI adapter. If you are connecting two flat-panel monitors, at least one of them must have a VGA connect
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3 Connect the other monitor to the optional DVI adapter and connect the DVI adapter to the DVI (white) connector on the back of the computer. optional DVI adapter DVI (white) connector TV-OUT connector VGA (blue) connector Connecting One Monitor With a VGA connector and One Monitor With a DVI Connector 1 Follow the procedures in "Before You Begin" on page 67. 2 Connect the VGA connector on the monitor to the VGA (blue) connector on the back of the computer. 3 Connect the DVI connector on the o
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Changing the Display Settings 1 After you connect the monitor(s) or TV, turn on the computer. ® ® The Microsoft Windows desktop displays on the primary monitor. 2 Enable clone mode or extended desktop mode in the display settings. In clone mode, both monitors display the same image. In extended desktop mode, you can drag objects from one screen to the other, effectively doubling the amount of viewable work space. For information on changing the display settings for your graphics card, see t
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RAID Level 0 RAID level 0 uses a storage technique known as "data striping" to provide a high data access rate. Data striping is a method of writing consecutive segments, or stripes, of data sequentially across the physical drives to create a large virtual drive. Data striping allows one of the drives to read data while the other drive is searching for and reading the next block. serial ATA RAID configured for RAID level 0 segment 1 segment 2 segment 3 segment 4 segment 5 segment 6 hard dri
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serial ATA RAID configured for RAID level 1 segment 1 segment 1 duplicated segment 2 segment 2 duplicated segment 3 segment 3 duplicated segment 4 segment 4 duplicated segment 5 segment 5 duplicated segment 6 segment 6 duplicated hard drive 1 hard drive 2 If a drive failure occurs, subsequent read and write operations are directed to the surviving drive. A replacement drive can then be rebuilt using the data from the surviving drive. Also, because data is duplicated on both drives, two 120-G
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5 Use the left- and right-arrow keys to highlight Save/Exit, and press to exit system setup and resume the boot process. Configuring for RAID Using the Intel(R) Option ROM Utility NOTE: Although any size drives may be used to create a RAID configuration using the Intel Option ROM utility, ideally the drives should be of equal size. In a RAID level 0 configuration, the size of the array will be the size of the smallest disk multiplied by the number (two) of disks in the array. In a RA
