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J2936bk0.book Page 1 Tuesday, September 2, 2003 3:06 PM
Dell™ Dimension™ 4600 Series
Service Tag
CD or DVD
CD or DVD drive
headphone
activity light
connector
CD or DVD eject button
CD or DVD
volume
control dial
floppy drive light*
floppy drive eject button*
power light
hard-drive activity light
power button
USB 2.0 connectors (2) headphone connector
*On computers with an optional floppy drive.
power connector
voltage selection switch
parallel connector
serial connector
diagnostic lights (4
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J2936bk0.book Page 2 Tuesday, September 2, 2003 3:06 PM 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. Abbreviations and Acronyms For a complete list of abbreviations and acronyms, see the Tell Me How help f
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J2936bk0.book Page 3 Tuesday, September 2, 2003 3:06 PM Contents CAUTION: Safety Instructions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 SAFETY: General . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 SAFETY: When Using Your Computer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 SAFETY: When Working Inside Your Computer . . . . . . . . . 11 SAFETY: Protecting Against Electrostatic Discharge . . . . . . 12 SAFETY: Ergonomic Computing Habits . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 SAFETY: Battery Disposal . . . . . . .
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J2936bk0.book Page 4 Tuesday, September 2, 2003 3:06 PM Hyper-Threading . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26 Booting to a USB Device . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 Turning Off Your Computer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 2 Solving Problems Finding Solutions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 Finding Help Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32 Battery Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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J2936bk0.book Page 5 Tuesday, September 2, 2003 3:06 PM Mouse Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42 Network Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44 Power Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44 Printer Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46 Scanner Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47 Sound and Speaker Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48 No sound from speak
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J2936bk0.book Page 6 Tuesday, September 2, 2003 3:06 PM ® ® Reinstalling Microsoft Windows XP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66 Before You Reinstall . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66 Reinstalling Windows XP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66 Reinstalling Drivers and Software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68 4 Adding Parts Front and Back View of the Computer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70 Front View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70 Back View . . .
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J2936bk0.book Page 7 Tuesday, September 2, 2003 3:06 PM 5 Appendix Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102 Standard Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106 Viewing Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107 System Setup Program Screens . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107 Boot Sequence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108 Clearing Forgotten Passwords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109 Replacing the
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J2936bk0.book Page 8 Tuesday, September 2, 2003 3:06 PM 8 Contents
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J2936bk0.book Page 9 Tuesday, September 2, 2003 3:06 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. SAFETY: 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 gr
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J2936bk0.book Page 10 Tuesday, September 2, 2003 3:06 PM SAFETY: 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 bac
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J2936bk0.book Page 11 Tuesday, September 2, 2003 3:06 PM SAFETY: 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 board, wait 5 seconds aft
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J2936bk0.book Page 12 Tuesday, September 2, 2003 3:06 PM SAFETY: Protecting Against Electrostatic Discharge Static electricity can harm delicate components inside your computer. To prevent static damage, discharge static electricity from your body before you touch any of your computer’s electronic components, such as the microprocessor. You can do so by touching an unpainted metal surface on the computer chassis. As you continue to work inside the computer, periodically touch an unpainted m
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J2936bk0.book Page 13 Tuesday, September 2, 2003 3:06 PM Finding Information for Your Computer What are you looking for? Find It Here • A diagnostic program for my ResourceCD computer Documentation and drivers are already • Drivers for my computer installed on your computer when it is shipped • My computer documentation from Dell. You can use the CD to reinstall • My device documentation drivers (see page 62), run the Dell Diagnostics (see page 58), or access your documentation. Readme
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J2936bk0.book Page 14 Tuesday, September 2, 2003 3:06 PM What are you looking for? Find It Here • How to set up my computer Setup Diagram • Tips on using Windows Tell Me How Help File • How to clean my computer 1 Click the Start button and click Help and Support. • How to use my mouse and 2 Click User and system guides and click User’s guides. keyboard 3 Click Tell Me How. • Express Service Code and Service Tag Express Service Code and Product Key Label ® ® • Microsoft Windows License Label T
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J2936bk0.book Page 15 Tuesday, September 2, 2003 3:06 PM What are you looking for? Find It Here • How to use Windows XP Windows XP Help and Support Center • Documentation for my computer 1 Click the Start button and click Help and Support. • Documentation for devices 2 Type a word or phrase that describes your problem and click the arrow (such as a modem) icon. 3 Click the topic that describes your problem. 4 Follow the instructions on the screen. • How to reinstall my operating system Opera
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J2936bk0.book Page 16 Tuesday, September 2, 2003 3:06 PM 16 Finding Information for Your Computer www.dell.com | support.dell.com
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J2936bk0.book Page 17 Tuesday, September 2, 2003 3:06 PM SECTION 1 Setting Up and Using Your Computer Setting Up a Printer Transferring Information to a New Computer Setting Up a Home and Office Network Connecting to the Internet Copying CDs and DVDs Hyper-Threading Booting to a USB Device Turning Off Your Computer
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J2936bk0.book Page 18 Tuesday, September 2, 2003 3:06 PM Setting Up a Printer NOTICE: Complete the operating system setup before you connect a printer to the computer. See the documentation that came with the printer for setup information, including how to: • Obtain and install updated drivers. • Connect the printer to the computer. • Load paper and install the toner or ink cartridge. • Contact the printer manufacturer for technical assistance. Printer Cable Your printer connects to your com
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J2936bk0.book Page 19 Tuesday, September 2, 2003 3:06 PM 3 Attach the parallel printer cable to the parallel connector on the computer and tighten the two screws. Attach the cable to the connector on the printer and snap the two clips into the two notches. parallel connector on computer connector on printer screws (2) clips (2) parallel printer cable notches (2) 4 Turn on the printer and then turn on the computer. If the Add New Hardware Wizard window appears, click Cancel. 5 Install the
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J2936bk0.book Page 20 Tuesday, September 2, 2003 3:06 PM 3 Attach the USB printer cable to the USB connectors on the computer and the printer. The USB connectors fit only one way. USB connector on computer USB connector on printer USB printer cable Transferring Information to a New Computer ® ® The Microsoft Windows XP operating system provides a Files and Settings Transfer wizard to move data from the source computer to the new computer. You can move data such as: • E-mails • Toolbar s
