Dell OptiPlex Mini Tower System manual

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Informa tion in th is docume nt is subje ct to c ha nge withou t notic e .  1997 Dell Computer Corporation. All rights rese rved. Rep rodu ction in any mann e r wha tsoever wit hou t the wri tt en permissio n of Dell Co m put er Corpora ti on is strictl y for bidde n. Tradema rks us e d in this t ext : Dell , OptiPl ex , and the DE LL logo are r[...]

v Safety Instructions U se the followi ng safety guidel ines to help prot ect your comp uter sys tem from p otenti al damage an d to ensure yo ur own pers onal safet y . W hen Using Y our Co mputer System As you us e y our comput er s ys tem, o bserve the fo llo win g safety guidel i ne s: • T o hel p avoid damaging y our comp uter , be sure the [...]

vi • Set the monitor at a com fortable viewing distance (usually 510 to 610 milli meters [20 to 24 inches] from your e yes ) . • Make sure the monito r screen is at eye level or slightly lower wh en y ou are sitting in front o f the monitor . • Adjust the tilt of th e mon itor , its contrast and brigh t- ness s etti ngs, and the li ghtin g ar[...]

vii W hen Working Inside Your Computer Before you rem ove the comp uter cover , perfor m the fol - lowing steps in the sequence in dicated. 1. T urn off your computer and any peripherals. 2. Disconnect your computer and peripherals from their power sour ces. Also, disconnect any tele- phone or telecomm uni cation lines from the computer . Doing so [...]

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ix Preface A bout Th is Guide This guide is in tended for anyone who u ses a Dell Opti- Plex GXa mini tower co mputer system. It can be used by both first-time and experienced comp uter users who want to learn about the features and opera t ion of the systems or who want to upg rade their com puters. The chap ters and appendixes are summ arized as [...]

x O ther Documents Y ou May Need Besi d es thi s Refer en ce and Installatio n Guide , the foll owing docu ment at ion is inclu ded wit h you r syst em: • The Getting Star ted sheet provides step-by-step instructions for s ettin g up your compu ter sys tem . • The Window s- bas e d online System U ser ’ s Guide contai ns impor ta nt info rmat[...]

xi • Filenames and dir ectory names are presented in lowercase bold. Examples: autoexec.bat and c:window s • Syntax li nes cons ist of a com mand and all its possible param eters. Commands are displayed in lowercase bold; v ariable parameters (those fo r which you subs titute a value) are display e d in lowercase italics; consta nt p arameters[...]

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xiii Contents Chapter 1 Intr oduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-1 System Features. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-1 Using the Power Switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [...]

xiv Diskette First . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-7 Hard Disk Only . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-7 CD-ROM First . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-7 Device Li[...]

xv Starting the ICU. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-3 Accessing Help. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-3 Making Selections in th e ICU . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .[...]

xvi Removing an d Replacing the Ex pansion- Card Cage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-9 Removing th e Expansion-C ard Cage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-9 Replacing the Ex pansion- Card Cage. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-9 Rotating the Power Supply Away[...]

xvii Appendix A Technical Specif icat io ns . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-1 Appendix B ISA Configurati on Utili ty Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-1 ICU Error Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-1 Configuratio [...]

xvii i Figures Figure 1-1. Dell Inspector Program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-4 Figure 1-2. Security Cable Slot and Padlo ck Ring . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-5 Figure 1-3. Energy Star Emb lem . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-5 Figure 2-1. Sy[...]

xix Figure 7-2. Removing th e Front Bezel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-2 Figure 7-3. Removing th e Front-Panel Ins ert for a 5.25 -Inch Ba y . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-2 Figure 7-4. DC Power Cable Co nnector . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-3 Figure 7-5. Drive Interface Co nnect[...]

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Int rodu cti on 1-1 Chapter 1 Introduction D ell ® OptiPlex ® GXa mini tower systems are hig h- speed, expandab le personal comp uters designed aro und the Intel ® Pentium ® II microprocessor . Each system uses a high- performan ce Peripher al Co mponent In terconnect (PCI) d esig n that all ows you t o conf igure the com puter system to yo u r[...]

1-2 Dell O ptiPle x GXa Mini T ower System s Refe rence a nd Ins tallat ion G uide Utility (ICU) allows y ou to configu re existing n on- Plug and Play IS A expansio n cards for confli ct-f ree operation. Also, because the system BIOS is stored in flash memory , it can be updated to s upport future enhancements to the Plug and Play standard . • W[...]

Int rodu cti on 1-3 • Audio d rivers fo r ena bling th e soun d funct ions o n the expan sion s ound car d. For more i nformati on on these utilities , see your onli ne System Us er’ s Guide . • Bus master ing EIDE dri vers to impro ve performance by off-loading certain funct ions from the mi cropro- cessor during multit hreaded operation (wh[...]

1-4 Dell O ptiPle x GXa Mini T ower System s Refe rence a nd Ins tallat ion G uide Inspector administrator v ersion enables system admini stra tors t o view , manage, and i nvent ory remote systems in a Dell DMI client network . Fig ur e 1- 1. D ell In sp ecto r Pr og ram U sing the Power Sw itch If the system does not tu rn of f when the po wer sw[...]

Int rodu cti on 1-5 The padlock r ing allows you to secure the compu ter cover to the chassis to prevent unauthorized access to the inside o f the comp uter . T o use the pad lock r ing, in sert a commercially availa ble padlock throu gh the ring and then lock the padl ock. Figure 1-2. Security Cable Slot and Pa dlock Ring E nerg y Star Comp lian c[...]

1-6 Dell O ptiPle x GXa Mini T ower System s Refe rence a nd Ins tallat ion G uide If you are unabl e to rein stall yo ur soft ware from a t ape backup of the har d-disk drive, yo u can reins tall th e W in- dows 95 operating system from the system’ s W indows 95 backup media ( CD or diskettes) that you r eceived from Dell or created from the Del[...]

Int rodu cti on 1-7 • Using drivers and utilities • Using the integrated aud io controller • Using th e System Setu p progr am • Config urin g expans ion cards • Securing your computer • Connecting ex ternal devices • Maintaining the system • Contacting Dell The guide also con tains a glossary o f common ly used terms and abbrev iat[...]

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Using th e System Setup Pro gram 2-1 Chapter 2 Usin g the System Setup Pro g ram E ach time you turn on you r comput er sy stem or p ress the reset button , the system compares the hard ware installed in the sys tem to the hardware listed in the system con figu ration i nfor mation s tored in nonv olati le random-access memory (NVRAM) on the system[...]

2-2 Dell O ptiPle x GXa Mini T ower System s Refe rence a nd Ins tallat ion G uide S ystem Setup Sc reens The two S ystem S etup sc reens, Page 1 a nd Page 2, display th e current setup and co nfiguration in formation and opt ional set tings fo r your system. ( T ypical examples are illustrated in Fig u re 2-1.) Information on the two System Setup [...]

Using th e System Setup Pro gram 2-3 Figure 2-1. S ystem Se tup Screens On On On Auto Auto 378h AT Auto Auto On Drives: Primary Type Cyls Hds Pre LZ Sec Size Drive 0:Auto 1023 64 -1 1023 63 2111 Drive 1:None Level 2 Cache: System Memory: Video Memory: Service Tag: Asset T ag: Esc exit change values Alt-B reboot configuration options titl e box Disk[...]

2-4 Dell O ptiPle x GXa Mini T ower System s Refe rence a nd Ins tallat ion G uide S ystem Setup Categories The following subsection s explain in detail each of the categories on the System Setup screen s. Ti m e T ime resets the time on the comp uter ’ s internal clock. T ime is ke pt i n a 24-hour fo rmat ( hour s : minutes : sec- onds ). T o c[...]

Using th e System Setup Pro gram 2-5 EIDE Devices For EIDE hard- disk drives, the system pro vides an automatic drive-typ e detect feature. T o use this feature for Drive 0, highlight the Drive 0 catego ry in the Primary drive sect ion and t ype a (for a utom ati c ); to use it for Drive 1, h ighligh t the Driv e 1 category and ty pe a . In each ca[...]

2-6 Dell O ptiPle x GXa Mini T ower System s Refe rence a nd Ins tallat ion G uide The Reserved Memo ry categ ory has the following opti ons: • None (the defaul t opt ion ) • 512K - 640K • 15M - 16M CPU Speed CPU Speed indicates the proce ssor spee d at which your system b oo ts. Press the left- or right-arrow key to tog gle the CPU Speed cat[...]

Using th e System Setup Pro gram 2-7 Diskette First Selecting Diskette First c a u s e s t he sy s t e m t o t r y bootin g from dri ve A first. If the syst em finds a di s- kette that i s not bootabl e in the dri ve or finds a problem with the drive itself, it displays an error mes- sage. If it does not find a d iskette in the drive, the system tr[...]

2-8 Dell O ptiPle x GXa Mini T ower System s Refe rence a nd Ins tallat ion G uide Figure 2-2. S ample Device Lis t Scree n Setup Password Setup Password lets you restrict access to yo ur com- puter ’ s System Setup program in the s ame way that you restrict access to your system with th e system password feature. The op tions are: • Not Enable[...]

Using th e System Setup Pro gram 2-9 Power Management For cert ain typ es of m onitor s and m ost E IDE hard-d isk drives, you can reduce system po wer consumption by enabling the power management feature. W ith Power Management enabled, these mo nitors and drives automaticall y switch into lo w-power mode du ring periods of syst em inactivity . Po[...]

2-10 Dell O ptiPle x GXa Mini T ower System s Refe rence a nd Ins tallat ion G uide W akeup on LAN W akeup on L AN determi nes wheth er the W akeup on LAN feature is set to Off or On (Add-in NIC). Y ou must reboot your system bef ore a change takes ef fect. NOTE: An option al W akeup On LAN-ca pable net work car d is r equir ed to use the W akeup O[...]

Using th e System Setup Pro gram 2-1 1 accommodate a con troller card installed in an expansion slot. As part of the boo t routine, the system first checks fo r a prima ry hard-disk drive contro ller card installed in an expansi on slot. If no card is found, the system ena b les th e built-in EIDE interface to use IRQ14 an d IRQ15. If a pr imary co[...]

2-12 Dell O ptiPle x GXa Mini T ower System s Refe rence a nd Ins tallat ion G uide jumper setting that disables the system password feature (see “Disabling a For gotten Password” found later in this chap ter). Note that you erase the set up pas swo r d at the same time. Assigning a System Passwor d Before you can assign a system p assword, you[...]

Using th e System Setup Pro gram 2-13 If the Password Status category is set to Lock ed, the fol- lowing pr ompt appear s: Type the password and press <Enter>. After you type the correct system password an d press <Enter>, your system b oots and you can use the keyboard and/or mouse to operate your sys tem as usual . NOTE: If you ha ve [...]

2-14 Dell O ptiPle x GXa Mini T ower System s Refe rence a nd Ins tallat ion G uide Assigning a Setup Password A setup password can be assigned (or chang ed) onl y when the Setup Pas sword category is se t to Not Enabled. T o assign a se tup password, h ighligh t the Se tup Password category and press the left- o r right-arrow key . The system pro [...]

Using th e System Setup Pro gram 2-15 2. Remove the jumper plug fr om the PSWD jumper to disable the passwo r d f e a ture. Refer to “Ju mpers” in Ch apter 5 for jumper information and to Figure 5-6 for the location of the password jump er (labeled “PSWD”) on the system boar d. 3. Replace the computer cover . 4. Reconnect your computer and [...]

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Usin g th e ISA Conf igu r ati on Ut ili ty 3-1 Chapter 3 Usin g the ISA Confi g uration Utility T he ISA Configuratio n Utility (ICU) is used by the system to track what expansion cards are installed and what resources are used. W ith this information, the sys- tem automatically configu res Plug and Play expansion cards and Per ipheral C ompone nt[...]

3-2 Dell O ptiPle x GXa Mini T ower System s Refe rence a nd Ins tallat ion G uide 4. Add, modify , or remove a card, or view r esour ces for a card or o ther device. Depending on what you need to accomplish with the ICU, you m ay need to p erform o ne or mo re of these tasks: • If you are addin g a non- Plug and Play ISA expansion card, see you [...]

Usin g th e ISA Conf igu r ati on Ut ili ty 3-3 After you have run the ICU fo r your non-Pl ug and Pl ay ISA expans ion cards and it has configu red all y our Pl ug and Play and PCI ex pansion cards, you can use the u tility to lock t he configurat ion of y our Pl ug and Pl ay and PCI expansion cards so that th ey are always assigned the same resou[...]

3-4 Dell O ptiPle x GXa Mini T ower System s Refe rence a nd Ins tallat ion G uide Y ou can maneuver through each menu an d di alog box using a mouse. If a mouse is not available, you can use the keys s hown in T able 3-1. Each menu and menu option h as an underlined character in it s name ; when you press the <Alt > key i n conjun ctio n wit[...]

Usin g th e ISA Conf igu r ati on Ut ili ty 3-5 Figure 3-3. Card Configuration Dialog Box 7. T o change any of the resour ce settings for the card, select the r esource setting and then click Settings. The Configu r atio n Settings dialog bo x (see Fig- ure 3-4) d isplays the nam e of the resource that you selected in the upper- left corn er of the[...]

3-6 Dell O ptiPle x GXa Mini T ower System s Refe rence a nd Ins tallat ion G uide 10. Click OK in the Co nf iguration Sett ings dialo g box when you have finished selecting resour ces for the fun ction. NOTE: After mod ifyin g the system co nfigura tio n, you must turn off the system to instal l, r emove, or chang e jumper set tings on the n on-Pl[...]

Usin g th e ISA Conf igu r ati on Ut ili ty 3-7 Figure 3-9. S pecify I/O P ort Dialog Box 8. When you have finished selecting r esour ces for the unlisted card , click OK in the Configure Unlisted Card dialog box. A message box appear s, notifying you either that the card is using its default s ettings or th at it cann ot use its defau lt setti ngs[...]

3-8 Dell O ptiPle x GXa Mini T ower System s Refe rence a nd Ins tallat ion G uide If you are providing a value for the I RQ or DMA resource, c lick the down ar row beneath A vailable Resources . Click the value you want to a ssign to the resource. I f the resource can be shared with another card or dev ice, click Sharable. Then click OK. If none o[...]

Usin g th e ISA Conf igu r ati on Ut ili ty 3-9 Fig ur e 3- 10. Sy stem Re sour c e Us a ge D ia lo g Box T o determine which card uses a particular resou rce shown in the System Resour ce Usage dialog box, select the resourc e in question and then click Used By Card. The Card Reso urce Usage dialog b ox appear s with the information. T o view the [...]

3-10 Dell O ptiPle x GXa Mini T ower System s Refe rence a nd Ins tallat ion G uide 2. Star t the IC U. See “Starting the ICU” fou nd earlier in th is chapter . 3. Se l e c t L o c ki n g E n a b l ed from t he Advanced menu in the ICU window . A check mark nex t to Locking En abled signifies th at the feature is active; a Lock button appears o[...]

Using Integrat ed De vice s 4-1 Chapter 4 Usin g Inte g rated Devices T his chap ter de scribe s the con figur atio n software pro- vided with your system fo r the foll owing int egrated devices: • V id e o cont rolle r • Audio co ntroll er • Optional network interf ace cont roller (NIC) See the correspondin g section in this chapter for the [...]

4-2 Dell O ptiPle x GXa Mini T ower System s Refe rence a nd Ins tallat ion G uide A green link inte grity indicato r li ghts up when there is a good con nection between the network and the NIC . When the green ind icator is of f, the computer is no t detecting a physical conn ection to the network. Figure 4-1. I/O Ports and Connectors Network Cabl[...]

Using Integrat ed De vice s 4-3 2. Connect the network cable to t he back of your computer . See “Network Cable Req uirements” foun d earlier in this chapter for deta iled instructions. 3. V erify that the NIC is enabled in the System Setup program. See Chapter 2, “Using the System Setup Program,” for more in formation. 4. Start the Wi ndow[...]

4-4 Dell O ptiPle x GXa Mini T ower System s Refe rence a nd Ins tallat ion G uide 13. Click Close in the Windows W elcome screen, and then click Close again in the Network window . 14. If y ou ar e prompted, enter informat ion about your specific network. See your sy stem administrator for in formation. 15. Click Y es i n th e Ne twor k Sett ings [...]

Using Integrat ed De vice s 4-5 Service Releas e 1. If y our sy stem v ersion i s 4. 00.950 B, then yo ur opera ting syste m is W indows 95 Ser vice Release 2 . For W indows 95 oper ating s ystems not installed by Dell, the sy stem version is 4.00 . NOTE: The instr uctions in the fo llo wing tw o subsection s ar e fo r the W indows 95 32-bit NDIS 3[...]

4-6 Dell O ptiPle x GXa Mini T ower System s Refe rence a nd Ins tallat ion G uide 8. Click the Driver tab, and then click Update Driver . The Update Device Driver W izard starts. 9. Insert the NIC driver diskette 2 into drive A, and select Y es (Recommended). 10. Click Next and then click Finish to access the Insert Disk d ialog bo x. 1 1. Click O[...]

Working I nside Y our Com puter 5-1 Chapter 5 Wo r k i n g Inside Y our Computer Y our Dell computer sy stem supports a variety of internal options th at expand system capabilities . This chapter prepar es you to install option s inside the com- puter . It des cri bes ho w to re m ove a nd re plac e the computer cov er and exp ansion-card cag e, as[...]

5-2 Dell O ptiPle x GXa Mini T ower System s Refe rence a nd Ins tallat ion G uide Unpacking Y our Hardware Option When you remove an option from i ts sh ipping carton , you may find it wrapp e d in antistatic packin g m a terial designed to protect it f rom electrostatic damage. Do not remove the packin g material until you ar e ready to install t[...]

Working I nside Y our Com puter 5-3 3. Replace the cover . Facing the left side of the computer , hold the cover at a slight ang le as shown in Figure 5- 3, and th en align the top of the cover with the top of the chassis. Insert the tabs on the cover into the recessed slots on the computer chassis so that the tabs catch the hooks inside the s lots[...]

5-4 Dell O ptiPle x GXa Mini T ower System s Refe rence a nd Ins tallat ion G uide Jumper s A jumper is referred to as open or unjumper ed when the plug is p ushed down over on ly one pin or if there is no plug at al l . When t he plug is pu sh ed do wn ov er t wo pi ns , the jumper is referred to a s jumper ed . In some docu- ments, the jum per se[...]

Working I nside Y our Com puter 5-5 Figure 5-5. Inside the Cha ssis line-in jack line-out jack padlock ring system board expansion-card cage riser board optional integrated NIC connector AC power rec eptacle parallel port connector USB connectors mouse connector keyboard connecto r security cable s lot video connector microphone jack serial port 1 [...]

5-6 Dell O ptiPle x GXa Mini T ower System s Refe rence a nd Ins tallat ion G uide Figure 5-6. Syst em Board Ju mpers jumpered unjumpered[...]

Working I nside Y our Com puter 5-7 System Board and Riser Board Label s T able 5-2 lists the labels for connectors and sock ets on your system board and ris er board, and i t gives a b rief desc ripti on of th eir fu nct i on s. T a ble 5-1. System- Board Jumper Se ttings Jumper Se tting Description RSVD2 Reserv ed ( do not c han ge ). 300MHZ* Jum[...]

5-8 Dell O ptiPle x GXa Mini T ower System s Refe rence a nd Ins tallat ion G uide R emoving and Replacing the Expa nsi o n- C ard Ca ge Y our Dell computer has a r emovabl e expansion-car d cage, which greatly simp lifies many install ation proce- dures by allowing y ou to rem ove the ri ser board and all instal led exp ansion c ards i n a sing le[...]

Working I nside Y our Com puter 5-9 Removing the Expansion-Card Cage Use the fol lowing procedur e to remove th e expans ion- card cage: 1. Remove the computer cover as instructed in “Removin g the Comput er Cover” found earlier in this chapter . 2. Check any cables connected to expansion cards thr ough the b ack-panel openings. Disconnect any [...]

5-10 Dell O ptiPle x GXa Mini T ower System s Refe rence a nd Ins tallat ion G uide Figure 5-8. Rotating the Power Supply 3. Free the power supply f rom the securing tab labeled “RELE ASE —>,” and rotate it upward until it locks in its extended po sition. DC power cables power supp l y securing tab AC power cable AC power receptacle[...]

Installi ng Sys tem Boa rd Opti ons 6-1 Chapter 6 Installin g System Board Options T his chapter describes how to install the followin g opti ons: • Industry -Standard Architecture (ISA) and Peri pheral Compo nent I nter conne ct (PC I) e x pans ion c a rds • System me mory • V ideo memo ry • Microprocessor This chapter also inc ludes instr[...]

6-2 Dell O ptiPle x GXa Mini T ower System s Refe rence a nd Ins tallat ion G uide E xpansion Cards Expansion cards are installed on th e computer ’ s ri ser boar d (see Fi gure 6 -3). The riser board p lugs i nto th e RISER connector on the system b oard (see Figure 6-1) and is considered an extension of th e system boar d. The system accomm oda[...]

Installi ng Sys tem Boa rd Opti ons 6-3 internal connections, or o therwise customizing the card fo r your system. 3. Remove the expansion-card cage as instructed in “Removing the Exp ansion-Card Ca ge” in Chap- ter 5. NOTE: V erify tha t the pow er LED on the ri ser b oar d (see Figur e 6-3) is off before r emoving the car d cage 4. Unsc r ew [...]

6-4 Dell O ptiPle x GXa Mini T ower System s Refe rence a nd Ins tallat ion G uide Removing an Expansion Card Follow th is ge neral proced ure to remo ve an expan sion card: 1. If yo u are removing a non-Plug and Play ISA expansion card, enter the ICU and r emove the expansion ca rd from your configura ti on. See Chapter 3, “Using the ISA Configu[...]

Installi ng Sys tem Boa rd Opti ons 6-5 T a ble 6-1 li sts sample me mory configu rations and show s valid DIMM com b inations and sock et placement for each configu ration. . Performing a Memory Upgrade Follow this procedure to perform a memory u pgrade: 1. Remove the computer cover a ccording to the instructions in “Removing the Computer Cover?[...]

6-6 Dell O ptiPle x GXa Mini T ower System s Refe rence a nd Ins tallat ion G uide 7. Pr ess <F2> to enter the System Setup pr ogram, and check the System Memory category in the lower-right corner o f Page 1. The system should have already changed the value in the System Memory category to reflect the newly installed memory . V erify the new [...]

Installi ng Sys tem Boa rd Opti ons 6-7 T o upgrade the vid eo memory , perform the following steps: 1. Remove the computer cover according to the instructions in “Removing the Computer Cover” in Chap ter 5. 2. T o ac cess the video-memory up grade socket (labeled “VIDEO_UPGRADE”) on the sys tem board, remove the expansion-card cage as desc[...]

6-8 Dell O ptiPle x GXa Mini T ower System s Refe rence a nd Ins tallat ion G uide 2. Rotate the power supply out of the way according to the instructions in “Rotating t he Power Supply A way From the System Board” in Chapter 5. 3. See Figur e 6-1 to locat e the SEC cartridge con- nector (labeled “SLOT1”) on the system board. 4. Press in on[...]

Installi ng Sys tem Boa rd Opti ons 6-9 6. Insert the n ew SEC cartridge/heat s ink assemb ly into the system board connector . Press the SEC cartridge release latches outward un til they snap int o position . Orient the assembly with the heat sink facing toward the r ight (as you f ace the front of the chassis), and press the SEC cartridge firmly [...]

6-10 Dell O ptiPle x GXa Mini T ower System s Refe rence a nd Ins tallat ion G uide Use the following pr ocedure to replace the system battery with anot her CR 2032 co in-cell battery : 1. If yo u have no t already done so, ma ke a co py of your sys tem configuration informatio n in the Sys- tem Setup program. If the settings are lost while you are[...]

Inst all ing Driv es 7- 1 Chapter 7 Installin g Drives Y our D ell comput er has six dri ve bays f or insta lling t he followi ng types of drives (see Figu re 7-1): • The externally accessible drive bays at the f ront of the computer co nsist o f one 3. 5-inch dr ive bay (d edi- cated to a 3.5-in ch diskette drive) and th ree 5.25- inch ba ys tha[...]

7-2 Dell O ptiPle x GXa Mini T ower System s Refe rence a nd Ins tallat ion G uide Figure 7-2. Removing the Front Bezel While pressin g the tab release, tilt the bezel away from the chassis, disengage the two retaining hooks at the bottom of the bezel, an d carefully p ull the bezel away from the chassis. T o replace the bezel, fit the two retain i[...]

Inst all ing Driv es 7- 3 C onnecting Drives When installing a drive, yo u connect two cables— a direct current ( DC) power cable and an interface cable—to the back of the drive. Y our drive’ s power input connecto r (to whic h you conn ect th e DC power cable) resemb les th e connect or show n in Fi gure 7 -4. Fi g ure 7-4. DC Power Cable Co[...]

7-4 Dell O ptiPle x GXa Mini T ower System s Refe rence a nd Ins tallat ion G uide T o inst all a drive in a 5.25-inch d r ive bay , follow thes e steps: 1. Unpack the drive and prepar e it for installation. Check the document ation that accompanied the drive to verify that the drive i s configured for you r com- puter system. Change any settings n[...]

Inst all ing Driv es 7- 5 Figure 7-7. Att aching the Drive Brack et to the New Drive T o further en sure pr oper posit ionin g of the d rive in the chassis, insert and tighten all four screws in the or der in which t he ho les a r e numbered (the holes are marked “1” through “4”). 6. Slide the new driv e into the driv e ba y until it snaps [...]

7-6 Dell O ptiPle x GXa Mini T ower System s Refe rence a nd Ins tallat ion G uide Figure 7-9. Attac hing Diskette D rive or T ape Drive Ca bles 10. F or a n EIDE tape drive or CD-RO M drive, con- nect the other end of t he interface ca ble to the interface connector labeled “IDE2” on the system board. For a diskette drive or non-EIDE tape driv[...]

Inst all ing Driv es 7- 7 1 1. If the 5. 2 5-i nc h dr i ve bay was pr evious ly em pty , r emove the fr ont-panel insert fr om the fron t b ezel. See “Removing an d Replacing Front-Panel Inserts” found earlier in this chapter . 12. Replace the front bezel according to the instruc- tions i n “Removi ng an d Replaci ng the F r ont Bezel” fou[...]

7-8 Dell O ptiPle x GXa Mini T ower System s Refe rence a nd Ins tallat ion G uide • If you d id not pur chase the drive fr om Dell, call the drive manufacturer . W ith the two EIDE interface connector s on the sy stem boar d, yo u r system can s u ppor t up to fo ur EID E dev ices . EIDE hard -disk d rives shou ld be connect ed to the EIDE inter[...]

Inst all ing Driv es 7- 9 Fig ur e 7-1 1. In ser ti ng a 1. 6- Inch Ha rd -Di sk Drive in the Bracket 7. Reinstall the ha rd- disk drive bracket in t he cha s- sis (s ee Fi gure 7-1 2). Insert the bracket’ s hi nge tabs into t he chassis sl ots so that the tabs hook over the sl ots. Then rotate the bracket toward the drive cage, and fit the brack[...]

7-10 Dell O ptiPle x GXa Mini T ower System s Refe rence a nd Ins tallat ion G uide 10. If it is not alr eady connected, connect t he other end of the EIDE cable to the IDE1 connector o n the system bo a rd. T o locate the IDE1 connector , see Figure 6 - 1 . 1 1. Replace the computer cover . Then reconnect your computer and peripherals to their pow[...]

Inst all ing Driv es 7-1 1 Although SCSI devices are installed essentially the same way as other d evices, their conf iguration req uirements are dif ferent. SCSI Configuration Guidelines For det ails o n config uring your SCS I su bsystem , refer to the documentation that came with your SCSI devices and/or y our hos t adap ter card. The fo l low i[...]

7-12 Dell O ptiPle x GXa Mini T ower System s Refe rence a nd Ins tallat ion G uide tion is enabled on the external SCSI device and disabled for the SCSI host adapter and all internal SCSI devices. General P rocedure for Insta lling SCSI Device s Confi gure and inst all on e or mor e SCSI dev ices i n your computer as follows: 1. Determine which co[...]

Instal ling Dr ives 7-13 The connectors on nar row SCSI cables are keyed fo r proper positioni ng—a raised area on the outsid e of the header connector fits into a notch on the d evice connector . The conne ctors on wide SCSI cables are shaped so that they can be attached one way o nly . If you ar e in stalling an exte rnal SCSI de vice , co nnec[...]

7-14 Dell O ptiPle x GXa Mini T ower System s Refe rence a nd Ins tallat ion G uide partitio n o f 500 MB (drive D). Har d-disk drives must b e partitio ned this way b ecau se MS-DOS–ba sed operating systems (inclu ding W indows N T when us ing a F A T16 fil e s y s t e m ) d o n o t s u p p o r t d r i v e p a r t i t i o n s l a r g e r t h a n[...]

T echni cal Sp ecific ation s A-1 Appendix A T echnical Specifications T able A-1. T echnic al Specifications Microp rocessor Micro p rocessor t yp e . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Intel Pent ium II micro p rocessor that runs at 233 MHz internall y /66 MHz externall y , at 266 MHz internall y /66 MHz externall y , or at 300 MHz internall y /66[...]

A-2 Dell Op tiPlex GXa Mi ni T ower System s Refe rence a nd Instal lat ion Guid e Expansion Bus Bus types . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . PCI and ISA Bus speed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . PCI: 33 MHz ISA: 8. 33 MHz PCI expansion-car d connector s . . . . . . . . . five (two PCI con nectors share card- [...]

T echni cal Sp ecific ation s A-3 Ports Externally accessible: Serial (DTE). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . two 9-pin conn ectors; 16 550-compatible Parallel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . one 25-hole con nector (bidirectio nal) V ideo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . one 15-ho le connector Optional in[...]

A-4 Dell Op tiPlex GXa Mi ni T ower System s Refe rence a nd Instal lat ion Guid e Controls and Indicato rs Reset control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . push button Power control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . push button Power indicators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . green LEDs (one on fro nt panel, one [...]

T echni cal Sp ecific ation s A-5 Environm ental T emperature: Operating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 ° to 35 ° C (50 ° to 95 ° F) Storage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . –40 ° to 65 ° C (–40 ° to 149 ° F) Relative hum idity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8% to 80% (n oncond ensing) Maxim um vibrat[...]

A-6 Dell Op tiPlex GXa Mi ni T ower System s Refe rence a nd Instal lat ion Guid e[...]

ISA Confi guratio n Uti lity Mes sage s B-1 Appendix B ISA Confi g uration Utility Messa g es T he ISA Configuratio n Utility (ICU) and its Conf ig u- ration Manag er are capable of identifying pr oblems and alerting you to them. Bo th utilities can alert yo u to prob- lems with card configuratio n as well as problem s th at prevent prop er operati[...]

B-2 Dell Op tiPlex GXa Mi ni T ower System s Refe rence a nd Instal lat ion Guid e At least one Plug and Play card in your sys- tem is not configured due to conflicts. These are marked “con- fig err” in the list of configured cards. Due to conflicts, the ICU could only config- ure some Plug and Play cards in your system. Unconfigured cards are [...]

ISA Confi guratio n Uti lity Mes sage s B-3 No more DMA values can be added. No more interrupt val- ues can be added. No more memory values can be added. No more I/O port val- ues can be added. No more values are avail- able for the resource you are trying to ad d or mod ify . The maximum n umber of values for each resource is as follows: • 4 DMA[...]

B-4 Dell Op tiPlex GXa Mi ni T ower System s Refe rence a nd Instal lat ion Guid e The configuration (.cfg) file used by the ICU for this card is now invalid or does not exist. Do you wish to load the file? No configuration (.cfg) file exists for the card being modi- fied. Do you want to load one? This message appears when you try to add a lis ted [...]

ISA Confi guratio n Uti lity Mes sage s B-5 C onfiguration Manager Messages The Configuration Manager for the I CU identifies prob- lems fo llowin g sys tem boot and gen erates messages if necessary . These messages alert you to any un successful attempts to configure Plug and Play or Peripheral Com- ponent Interconnect (PCI) expan sion cards, as w[...]

B-6 Dell Op tiPlex GXa Mi ni T ower System s Refe rence a nd Instal lat ion Guid e ERROR: Could not read NVS, Error=Internal Error Code. An attempt to read the NVRAM failed. See the chapter titled “Gettin g Hel p” in your Diagnos tic s and T r oubleshooti ng Gui de for instructions . ERROR: Failed NVS write. Error=Internal Error Code. An attemp[...]

ISA Confi guratio n Uti lity Mes sage s B-7 WARNING: Could not configure Plug and Play Card Name. WARNING: Could not configure PCI device, ID=DeviceID. Failed to configure Number of Total Count Plug and Play ISA devices. Use your sys- tem’s configuration utility to resolve conflicts. Press any key to continue. The card(s) ment ioned are not full [...]

B-8 Dell Op tiPlex GXa Mi ni T ower System s Refe rence a nd Instal lat ion Guid e WARNING: Could not configure Plug and Play Card Name. WARNING: Could not configure PCI device, ID=DeviceID. Failed to configure Number of Total Count Plug and Play ISA devices. Use your sys- tem’s configuration utility to resolve conflicts. Press any key to continu[...]

Regulatory Notice s C-1 Appendix C Re g ulatory Notices F CC Notices (U.S. Only) Most Dell comput er systems are classified by the Federal Communi cations Commis sion (FC C) as Cl ass B digita l devices. However , the inclusion of certain option s changes the rating of some configurations to C lass A. T o determine which classification applies to y[...]

C-2 De ll OptiPle x GXa Mini T ower System s Refe rence a nd Instal lation Guid e • Plug the computer into a different outlet so that th e computer and the receiver are on dif ferent b ranch circuits. If necessary , consult a representative of Dell Computer Corporation or an experienced radio/television technician for a dd itiona l sugge s t ions[...]

Regulatory Notice s C-3 or back p anel of your computer , on car d-mounting brackets, or on the car ds themselves) carries an FCC Class A rating, the fo llowing warnin g appli es to your system. • EN 50082-1 — “Electromag n etic compatibility — Generic i mmunity standard Part 1: Resi dent ial, commercial, and lig ht in dustry .” • IEC 8[...]

C-4 De ll OptiPle x GXa Mini T ower System s Refe rence a nd Instal lation Guid e interference. If you find that this device is not suitable for your use, yo u may exch ange it for a device that has been approved for use in residential as well as business environments. Class B Devic e Please note that this device h as been approved for nonbus iness[...]

Regulatory Notice s C-5 N OM 024 Information (Mexico Only) The follow ing information is provided o n the device(s) described in this do cument in comp lian ce with the requirements of the of ficial Mexican stand ards (NOM 024) : I nform ación para N OM 024 (únicamente para México) La información siguiente se proporcio n a en el dispositivo o e[...]

C-6 De ll OptiPle x GXa Mini T ower System s Refe rence a nd Instal lation Guid e[...]

Warran ties a nd Return Policy D-1 Appendix D W a rranties and Return Policy L imite d Thr ee-Year Warran ty (U.S. and Canada Only) Dell Computer Corporatio n (“Dell”) manufactures its hardware pro ducts from p arts and compo nents that are new or equivalen t to new in accord ance with industry- standard practices. Dell warrants that the h ardw[...]

D-2 De ll OptiPle x GXa Mini T ower System s Refe rence a nd Instal lation Guid e to obtai n Dell’ s concurrence t hat a part shoul d be replaced and to have Dell ship the replacement part. Dell will ship parts (freight pr epaid) if you use an address in the contin ental U.S. S hipments to othe r locations will be made freight collect. Dell will [...]

Warran ties a nd Return Policy D-3 Returned products must be in as-new cond ition, and all of the manuals, di skette(s), CD(s), power cables, and other items included with a prod u ct must be returned with it . This “T otal Satisfactio n” Return Policy does not apply to DellW are products, which m ay be returned u nder DellW are’ s current re[...]

D-4 De ll OptiPle x GXa Mini T ower System s Refe rence a nd Instal lation Guid e[...]

Inde x 1 Index A AC power receptacle, 5-5 accelerated graphics po rt. See AGP AGP, 1-2 alternating current. See AC Asse t Tag c a tegor y, 2 -11 assistance, technical, 1-7 audio co ntro ller, 4-1 audio line-in jack, 4-2 audio li ne-out j ack, 4- 2 Auto Power On cate gory, 2-8 autoconfigur ation serial ports, 2-10 B basic in put/out put sy ste m. Se[...]

2 Dell O ptiPle x GXa Mini T ower System s Refe rence a nd Ins tallat ion G uide connectors (contin ued) hard -disk d rive L ED, 6- 2 header, 7-3 keybo ard, 4-1 , 5-5, 6 -1 lis t of, 5-7 microph one, 4-1 , 5- 5, 6-1 micropr ocessor fan, 6- 1 mouse, 4- 1, 5-5, 6-1 NIC, 4-2, 5 -5, 6-1 paral lel port, 4-1, 5-5, 6 -1 power input, 6-1 rise r boa r d, 6 [...]

Inde x 3 E ECC, 1-1 EDO, 1-1 EIDE hard-dis k drives addressing, 7-6 disabling the built-in in terface, 2-11 Drive 0 and Driv e 1 categories, 2- 4 drive-type parame ters, 2 -5 formatting, 7-9 installing , 7-6 interface connector s, 6-1 parti tioning , 7-9 electrostatic discharge. Se e ESD enhanced integr ated drive electron ics. See EIDE error check[...]

4 Dell O ptiPle x GXa Mini T ower System s Refe rence a nd Ins tallat ion G uide I ID numb ers, 7- 10 IDE Hard Disk category, 2-10 indicators NIC activity, 4-1 Industry -Standard Architectur e. See ISA inserts front p anel, 7 -2 installing DIMMs, 6-4, 6-6 drive s, 7-3 expansion cards , 6-2 micropr ocessor , 6- 7 SCSI devices, 7-9 system ba tter y, [...]

Inde x 5 L Level 2 Cache categ ory, 2- 11 line-i n jack, 4-2, 5- 5, 6-1 line-out jack, 4- 2, 5-5, 6-1 logica l form att ing, 7- 9, 7- 12 low-level formatti ng, 7- 12 M memory adding , 6-4 configu rations, 6 -5 error messages after installing, 2-15 reserv ed memory , 2-5 messages Confi guratio n Manager, B-5 help messages on System Setup screens, 2-[...]

6 Dell O ptiPle x GXa Mini T ower System s Refe rence a nd Ins tallat ion G uide Password S tatus cat egory, 2 -6 pas swor d. See s etup pa ssword ; sy stem passwo rd PCI exp ans ion car ds See also expans ion cards configu ration, 3-2 ISA Confi gur ation Utility, 3 - 1 locking and unlock ing, 3-9 physical formatt ing, 7-9, 7-12 Plug and Play expan[...]

Inde x 7 setup pas swor d about, 2-8 assi gn ing, 2 -14 changin g or del eting an exis ting password, 2 -14 disab ling a f orgott en pa ssw ord , 2-14 usin g, 2-14 Setup P assw ord ca t ego ry, 2- 8 small computer system interface. S ee SCSI sockets bat t ery, 6-1 DIMM, 6-1 lis t of, 5-7 video-m emory up grade, 6- 1 Sound category , 2- 10 Speaker c[...]

8 Dell O ptiPle x GXa Mini T ower System s Refe rence a nd Ins tallat ion G uide USB about, 1-2 connecto rs, 4-2 , 5-5, 6 -1 V VESA and po wer manage ment, 2-9 vide o con nec tor, 4- 2, 5 -5, 6-1 video co ntro ller, 4-1 Video Electronics Standards Association. See VE SA vide o mem o ry adding , 6-6 upgrade socket, 6-1 Video Memor y category, 2-11 W[...]

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