Dell WorkStation 210 manual

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v 6DIH W,QVWUXFWLRQV Use the f o llo wing sa f ety guid elines to h elp pro tect y our com puter sy s tem from p oten- tial da mage a nd to ens ure y our own per sonal saf ety . :KHQ8VLQJ< RXU&RPS XWHU6VWHP As y ou use y our com puter sy stem, obser ve the f ollo wing saf et y guide lines.  T o help a v oid damagin g y ou[...]

vi  B e sure not hing re sts on y our computer sy stem’ s cable s and tha t the cabl es are not loca ted where the y can b e stepped on or tr ipped ov er .  Do not spill fo od or liqu ids on you r comp uter . I f the co mputer gets w et, co nsult you r Diagn ostics a nd T rou bleshooti ng Guid e.  Do not pus h an y object s into the open[...]

vii :KHQ: RUNLQJ,QVLGH< RXU&RPSXWHU B ef ore y ou remo ve the co mputer co ver , perform the f ollo wing steps in the se quence indica ted. 1. To u c h an unpai nted m etal surf ace on the c hassis, suc h as th e metal arou nd the card-sl ot openin gs at th e bac k of the co mputer , bef ore touc hing an ything in side yo ur comp[...]

viii 3. Dis connec t you r computer a nd periph erals from the ir po w er sources. Al so, dis- connec t an y telep hone o r teleco mmuni cation l ines fro m the compute r . Doing so red uces the potentia l f or person al in jur y or shoc k. In addi tion, take note of these saf et y guid elines whe n appro priate:  When y ou dis conne ct a ca ble[...]

ix The f ollo wing c aution m a y appear through out this do cument to remind y ou of thes e prec autions:[...]

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xi 3U H I D F H $ERXW7KLV*XLGH Thi s gui de is inte nded f o r any one who uses the Dell P recision 21 0 desktop c ompute r sy stems . It can be used b y b oth fi rst-time and e xper ience d com puter users w ho w a nt to learn a bout the f ea ture s and oper ation of the sys tems or who want to u pgrade their compu ters . The c h apter s and[...]

xii  Appendix A, “T ec hnical Sp ecifi cation s,” and A ppendi x B , “H ardw are Co nfigura - tion F eat ures,” are intend ed primari ly as re f erence material fo r users in terested in lear ni ng m ore a bou t the de tails of the sy s tem . Users wh o ad d interna l op tion s ma y need to ref er to Appendix B to c hange j umper or s wi[...]

xiii  Docum entation is include d with any optio ns y ou purc hase separa tely from y our sy ste m. Th is do cu mentation i nc lud es in form ation that y ou need to c on fig ure and inst all these option s in your D e ll com puter . Inst all ation instructi ons for th e opti ons a re incl ude d in th is User ’ s Guide or in the doc um entatio[...]

xiv  Command s presented in lo wercas e bo ld are f or ref erence pu rpos es onl y and are not in tend ed to be t y ped w hen re f eren ced. Exampl e: “Use the format command t o . . . .” In contra st, co mmands presented in the Co urier Ne w font are p art of an i nstr uc- tion and intend ed to be typed. Exampl e: “T ype format a: to form[...]

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xvi Assigni ng an d Deleting a n Asset T ag Number . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-5 Assigni ng and Del eting an Owner Tag . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-5 Dell AutoSh utdown Servi ce . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-5 How the Au toShutdown Service Works . . . . . . .[...]

xvii Setup Pa ssword . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-14 Auto Powe r On . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-14 Power Ma nagemen t . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-14 Saving Mon[...]

xviii Saving the System Con figura tion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-14 Exiting the ICU. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-14 Lockin g and Unlo cking Cards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .[...]

xix &KDS WHU :RUNLQJ ,QVLGH <RXU&R PSXWH U        Before You Begin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-1 Safety F irst—For You and Your Co [...]

xx Serial P ort Connecto rs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-8 Paralle l Port Conne ctor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-9 Keyboa rd and Mou se Connec tors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-10 Keyboa rd Connecto r . . . .[...]

xxi $S SHQGL[ ( 5HJX ODWR U1RWL FHV          ( FCC Notices (U.S. Only ) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . E-2 Cla[...]

xxii Figure 4 -3. Card Configura tion Dialo g Box. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-7 Figure 4 -4. Configura tion Se ttings Di alog Box for Assign ing an IRQ Line . . . . . . 4-7 Figure 4 -5. Available Setting s List Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-8 Figure 4 -6. Configuration Setting[...]

xxiii Figure B-5 . Pin Numbers for the Keyb oard Conne ctor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-10 Figure B-6 . Pin Numbers for the Mous e Connecto r . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-11 Figure B-7 . NIC Connector . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-1 2 Figure B-8 . Pin Numbers for t[...]

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Intr odu ction 1- 3 DELL CONFIDENTIAL - P reliminary 8 /17/98 FILE L OCATION: S:SYSTEMSAftershockUG9371D9371dc10.fm  Univ ersal Serial Bus (USB) c apability , whic h simpl ifies conne ction of pe riphera l dev ices s uc h as mice , printers, and comp uter sp eak ers. T he USB connectors on the comp uter’ s bac k panel pro vide a singl e c[...]

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Intr odu ction 1- 5 DELL CONFIDENTIAL - P reliminary 8 /17/98 FILE L OCATION: S:SYSTEMSAftershockUG9371D9371dc10.fm conf igu rati on i nf ormation and m anag eme nt in f orma tio n fo rmat (MI F) databas e v a lue s (see Fi gure 1- 1). On sy stems ru nni ng Windo ws 95, WIndow s 98 , and Windo ws NT 4. 0, the Dell Ope n- Manage program i s av [...]

1-6 Dell Precision 21 0 De sk to p Sy stem s U se r’ s Guid e DELL CONFIDENTIAL - P reliminary 8 /17/98 FILE L OCATION: S:SYSTEMSAftershockUG9371D9371dc10.fm &RQILJXUDWLRQ0 DQDJHPHQW Configura tion Ma nagemen t f eatures o f the Dell OpenMa nage inc lude:  W ak e up On LAN support, whi c h allows ne twork admin istrators to rem ote[...]

Intr odu ction 1- 7 DELL CONFIDENTIAL - P reliminary 8 /17/98 FILE L OCATION: S:SYSTEMSAftershockUG9371D9371dc10.fm 3;( The prebo ot e x ecuti on en viron ment (P XE) al lo ws a perso nal com puter to be ma naged by one or more confi guratio n manag ement servers r unning the LANDesk ® Conf igura - tion Man ager (LCM) s of tware, whic h provi[...]

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1-1 0 Dell P recision 2 1 0 Desktop S y stems User’ s Guide DELL CONFIDENTIAL - P reliminary 8 /17/98 FILE L OCATION: S:SYSTEMSAftershockUG9371D9371dc10.fm B ef ore y ou can p erf orm the u pdate, y ou must make a dis ket te copy o f the upd ate sof t ware fro m the di sk ima ge on t he har d-di sk dri ve. T o make the d iskette copy , use t[...]

Intr odu ction 1- 1 1 DELL CONFIDENTIAL - P reliminary 8 /17/98 FILE L OCATION: S:SYSTEMSAftershockUG9371D9371dc10.fm )UR Q W 3D Q H O The comp uter’ s front panel contains the f ollo wing indica tors an d cont rols (see Figur e 1 -2):  The pow er but ton pro vides control o f the sy stem’ s A C input po w er . The p ush- but ton swi[...]

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Intro duction 1- 1 3 DELL CONFIDENTIAL - P reliminary 8 /17/98 FILE L OCATION: S:SYSTEMSAftershockUG9371D9371dc10.fm The padloc k ring a llows y ou to secure the compu ter co v er to the c hassis to pre vent unautho riz ed acces s to the in side of the comp uter . T o use the pad loc k ring, insert a commerc ially a vailab le pad loc k through[...]

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Usin g th e Software Suppor t Utili ties 2- 1 FILE L OCATION: S:SYSTEMSAftershockUG9371D9371dc20.fm DELL CONFIDENTIAL - P reliminary 8 /17/98 &+$37(5 8VLQJWKH6RIWZDUH6XSSRUW 8WLOLWLHV Y our Dell sys tem co mes with sof tware sup port utiliti es on disk et te or on y our c om- pute r’ s ha rd-d isk d rive. These sof twar[...]

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Usin g th e Software Suppor t Utili ties 2- 3 DELL CONFIDENTIAL - P reliminary 8 /17/98 FILE L OCATION: S:SYSTEMSAftershockUG9371D9371dc20.fm  The Au to Power O n utility (whic h runs und er the MS -DO S ® operati ng sy stem only) re ports what ca used the s yst em to po wer on , suc h as the po w er switc h or a call fro m the A uto P owe[...]

2-4 Dell Precision 21 0 De sk to p Sy stem s U se r’ s Guid e DELL CONFIDENTIAL - P reliminary 8 /17/98 FILE L OCATION: S:SYSTEMSAftershockUG9371D9371dc20.fm 5. V e rify that th e util itie s and/ or ser vic e(s ) are i nst alle d and running . Doub le-cl ic k the Services icon in the Contr ol P anel . A utoShutdo wn and Ther malShutdown sho[...]

Usin g th e Software Suppor t Utili ties 2- 5 DELL CONFIDENTIAL - P reliminary 8 /17/98 FILE L OCATION: S:SYSTEMSAftershockUG9371D9371dc20.fm An asset tag num ber can ha ve up to ten c haracters; any combina tion of c haracters ex cluding space s is v a li d. T o assi gn or c hange an asset tag number , t ype asset a nd a space f ollow ed b y [...]

2-6 Dell Precision 21 0 De sk to p Sy stem s U se r’ s Guid e DELL CONFIDENTIAL - P reliminary 8 /17/98 FILE L OCATION: S:SYSTEMSAftershockUG9371D9371dc20.fm The po we r switc h operates in tw o mode s: immed iate a nd A utoShutd ow n. When the sys te m i s o ff , t h e powe r s wi tch al ways a ct s i n i mm e di a te mo d e—t h at i s, w[...]

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2-8 Dell Precision 21 0 De sk to p Sy stem s U se r’ s Guid e DELL CONFIDENTIAL - P reliminary 8 /17/98 FILE L OCATION: S:SYSTEMSAftershockUG9371D9371dc20.fm %XV 0DVWHULQJ(,'('ULYHUV Bus-mas tering EIDE driv ers (p ro vided for Windo ws 95 or Window s 98 operatin g sy s- tems) of fer a perfo rmanc e impro v ement b y of[...]

Usin g th e Software Suppor t Utili ties 2- 9 DELL CONFIDENTIAL - P reliminary 8 /17/98 FILE L OCATION: S:SYSTEMSAftershockUG9371D9371dc20.fm The driv er f or Windo ws NT 4.0 has also bee n copi ed to y our h ard-disk dri v e in disk et te-image form . If y ou nee d to rei nstall or remo ve this dri ver , you can do so as des cribe d in the fo[...]

2-1 0 Dell P recision 2 1 0 Desktop S y stems User’ s Guide DELL CONFIDENTIAL - P reliminary 8 /17/98 FILE L OCATION: S:SYSTEMSAftershockUG9371D9371dc20.fm 3. R ename the e xisting atapi .sys file to atapi.b ak . 4. R ename the atapi.000 file to atapi.sys . 5. Res tart the computer .[...]

Using the Sy stem Se t up P rog ram 3-1 &+$37(5 8VLQJWKH6V WHP6H WXS3 U RJUDP Eac h time y ou t urn on you r comp uter sy stem or press th e rese t but ton, the sys tem compare s the hard wa re installed in the sy stem to the hardw are listed in th e sy stem conf igurati on inf ormati on stor ed in n on vol atile random -acce[...]

3-2 Dell Precision 21 0 De sk to p Sy stem s U se r’ s Guid e (QWHULQJWKH6VWHP 6HWXS3U RJUDP T o enter the S yste m Set up program, pre ss the S ystem Set up k ey combin ation during the syst em’ s power -on se lf test (POST), a s follows: 1 . Restar t your system . 2. During the boot rou tine, th e messa ge F2 = Setup appear s on [...]

Using the Sy stem Se t up P rog ram 3-3  Help The bo x on the upper -right hal f of both sc reens displa ys help inf ormation f or the opti on wit h a cu rr entl y highl igh t ed fi eld.  S ys tem da ta The bo x in the low er -right corner of both sc reen s di spl a ys info rma t io n about y our system.  Ke y functions The line of bo x es[...]

3-4 Dell Precision 21 0 De sk to p Sy stem s U se r’ s Guid e 8VLQJWKH6V WHP6HWX S3URJUDP T a ble 3-1 lists the k ey s you u se to vie w or c hange inf ormation on the S yste m Set up screens and to e xit the program. Mov es to the ne xt field. Mov es to the pre vious fiel d. C y cles th roug h th e s et tings in a fiel d. In man y f[...]

Using the Sy stem Se t up P rog ram 3-5 Drives: Primary Type Cyls Hds Pre LZ Sec Size Drive 0:Auto 1023 64 -1 1023 63 2111 Drive 1:None Report Not Enabled Unlocked Diskette First Not Enabled Disabled 00:00 Disabled Off On Off (PXE Off) On Auto Off 378h AT Auto Auto On Off Sound: NIC: Mouse: Serial Port 1: Serial Port 2: Parallel Port: Parallel Mode[...]

3-6 Dell Precision 21 0 De sk to p Sy stem s U se r’ s Guid e 6VWHP6HWX S2SWLRQV The following subs ec tion s explai n in de ta il ea c h o f the optio ns on t he System Setup screens. 7LP H Time r esets the time on the co mputer’ s internal c loc k. Time is kep t in a 24-hou r fo rmat ( hours : minutes : secon ds ). T o c hange the t[...]

Using the Sy stem Se t up P rog ram 3-7 'ULYHV3 ULPDUDQG 6HFRQGDU  Pr imary identifi es driv es at t ac hed to the p rimary enhance d inte grated d riv e el ectron- ics (EIDE ) interf ace connector (labeled “IDE1”) on th e sy stem b oard; Se condary identifi es driv e s con nec ted to the secon da ry EIDE interf ac e co[...]

3-8 Dell Precision 21 0 De sk to p Sy stem s U se r’ s Guid e If the sy stem generat es a driv e error mess age th e first time y ou boot y our syste m af t er in s tal ling an EIDE drive, i t may mean th at your par ticu la r dri ve does no t work with the automatic driv e-type dete ct f eatu re. If y ou su spect tha t y our pro blem is related [...]

Using the Sy stem Se t up P rog ram 3-9 NO TE: T he Us r1 and Usr2 driv e types c an be used f or both the Pr imary and Se cond- ary Driv e 0 and Dr ive 1 op ti o n s . H owever , i f yo u s el e ct t he Usr1 or Usr2 driv e type, yo u ma y not o btain optimum hard-di sk driv e perform ance. Als o, the Usr1 and Usr2 driv e types c annot be u sed f o[...]

3-1 0 Dell P recision 2 1 0 Desktop S y stems User’ s Guide T o clear thi s field a nd allo w future intr usions to be dete cted, m ake sure t he c hassis co v er is closed, and the n en ter th e S yste m Se t up program du ring the sy stem’ s POS T , as descri bed earli er in this c h apter . At Chassis Intr us ion , use the lef t- or right-ar[...]

Using th e S yste m Se t up Prog ra m 3-1 1  Disabl ed By Jumper (appea rs onl y af ter the jum per plug ha s bee n remo v ed from the PS WD jumpe r on the sys tem bo ard) T o assign and en able a passw ord, press the lef t- or right- arro w ke y , type the pass- wo rd, and pre ss <E nter>. T hen retype the pass word and p ress <En ter&[...]

3-1 2 Dell P recision 2 1 0 Desktop S y stems User’ s Guide %RRW6HT XHQFH Boot Seq uence can be se t to Disk ett e Fir s t (the d ef ault), Har d Disk Only , CD-ROM Firs t , or Device List . The term boot ref ers to the sy stem’ s start-up procedur e. Whe n t urned on, the sy stem “boots traps” itself into an ope ratio nal state b y l[...]

Using the Sy stem Se t up P rog ram 3-1 3 Boot Devic e Pr ior ity lis ts al l boot ab le devi ces (har d-di sk dr ives, C D-ROM dri ves, and so on) th at are con trolled b y t he sys tem BIOS and an y Plug and Pla y netw ork adapters inst all ed in t he system . Exc lude F r om Boot Device Pr io r ity allo ws y ou to remo v e from Boot Device Pr io[...]

3-1 4 Dell P recision 2 1 0 Desktop S y stems User’ s Guide NO TE: If yo u e xit the De vice Lis t screen b y pressi ng <Es c> or <Al t><b> w ithout maki n g any c hange s, Boot Sequenc e is set to Devi ce List . 6HWXS3 DVVZRUG Set up P ass w ord le ts yo u restri ct acce ss to y our c omput er’ s S y stem Se[...]

Using the Sy stem Se t up P rog ram 3-1 5 NO TES: Some 3D graph ics ca rds do not suppo rt DPMS . R ef er to the do cumen tation f or yo ur particula r 3D graphic s card f o r informati on. The po wer man agement f ea t u r e m o ni t o r s a c t i v i t y of a mouse conne cted to the P ersonal Sy stem/2 (PS/2 )-compati ble mo use port. By s e t t [...]

3-1 6 Dell P recision 2 1 0 Desktop S y stems User’ s Guide When P owe r Manag ement is Disabled (the def ault), the dis ks spin constantl y as long as the sy stem is tu rned on . : DNHXS2Q/$1 W ak eup On LAN determine s whet her the W ake up On LAN f eature i s set. T he set- tings f or W ak eup On LAN are:  Off  On (A dd-in NIC) [...]

Using the Sy stem Se t up P rog ram 3-1 7 6HULDO 3RUWDQG 6HULDO3RUW  Ser ial P ort 1 and Se r ial P ort 2 configure the sy stem ’ s int egrated se rial p orts. T hese opti ons c a n be set to Au t o (the default) to automa tically config ure a port, to a partic u- lar de signa tion ( COM1 or COM3 for Ser ial P or t 1[...]

3-1 8 Dell Pre cision 21 0 Desktop Sy s tems User ’ s Guide As pa rt of the boot routin e, the sy stem first c hec ks for a prim ar y hard-dis k driv e con- troller c ard installed in an expa nsion s lot. If n o card is f ound, the integ rated EIDE interf ace is enabl ed and the contro ller on the maste r EIDE dri ve i s design ated as th e prim [...]

Using the Sy stem Se t up P rog ram 3-1 9 6VWHP 'DWD The f ollo win g fields, whic h ar e not sele ctable, dis pla y inform ation abo ut the s y stem:  The first fiel d displ ay s the t yp e of micr opr oc esso r inst alle d in t he comp uter .  The thr ee-d igi t numb er in the CPU IDs field i ndica tes the fa mily and m ode l of th[...]

3-20 Dell Precisi on 21 0 Deskto p Sy stem s Use r ’ s Guid e If y ou as sign and later for g et a system password , you need your comput er key to get in side the c hassis, w here y ou can c hange a ju mper set ting to disa ble the system pas sword feature (s ee “ Dis abl in g a Forgot ten Password” found l at er in this c hapter). Note that[...]

Using the Sy stem Se t up P rog ram 3-21 NO TE: T o esc ape from the fi eld with out as signing a sy stem passw ord, press the <T ab> ke y or the <Shif t><T ab> ke y combination to mov e the highlight to another field or press the <Esc> ke y at an y time prior to completing step 5. 4. P r es s <E n t e r> . If the ne w[...]

3-22 Dell Precisi on 21 0 Deskto p Sy stem s Use r ’ s Guid e The third a nd su bsequ ent times an inc orrec t or in compl ete sy stem passw ord is entered, t he system displ ay s the fol lowi ng me ssage: ** Incorrect password. ** Number of unsuccessful password attempts: 3 System halted! Must power down. The numbe r of uns uccess ful at tempts [...]

Using the Sy stem Se t up P rog ram 3-23 8VLQJWKH6H WXS3 D VVZRU G)HDWXU H Y our Dell sy stem is ship ped to y ou w ithout the set up passw ord f eat ure e nabled. I f sy stem s ecurity is a concern, y ou sh ould opera te y our s ys tem wi th set up passw ord protectio n. Y ou can assign a set up passw ord, as describ ed in th e ne xt s[...]

3-24 Dell Precisi on 21 0 Deskto p Sy stem s Use r ’ s Guid e If y ou do n ot enter the correct pa ssw ord in three tries, the sys tem lets y ou view , but not modi fy , the Sy stem Set up s creens—with the f ollo wing ex cepti ons:  Y ou can still mo dify Date , Tim e , CPU Speed , Num Loc k , and Speak er .  If Sy ste m P assw ord is no[...]

Using the Sy stem Se t up P rog ram 3-25 NO TE: B ef ore y ou ass ign a ne w system and/ or set up pa ssw ord, y ou mu st replace the PSWD jumper plug. 6. R epe at ste p 1 . 7 . R eplac e the P SWD jump er plug (the enab le set ting). 8. R eplace the computer cov er , and the n reconn ect the c omputer a nd periph erals to their po wer sources a nd[...]

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Using the IS A Configuration Utili ty 4-1 &+$37(5 8VLQJWKH,6$&RQILJXUDWLRQ8WLOLW The ISA Config urat i on Util it y (IC U) is us ed by the s ystem to tr a c k what expa nsion cards a re ins talled and w hat res ources are u sed. With this i nf ormatio n, the sy stem automat icall y con figures Pl ug and Pla y e xpans ion [...]

4-2 Dell Precision 21 0 De sk to p Sy stem s U se r’ s Guid e 4XLFN6 WDUW   T o quic kly get started usi ng this uti lity , follo w these steps : 1 . Determine wh ether y ou ne ed to r un the ICU . See “When to R un the ICU” f ound la ter in th is c hapter f or detailed instr uctio ns. 2. P erf orm an y requ ired pr eparato r y st[...]

Using the IS A Configuration Utili ty 4-3 $ERXW WKH,&8 B ef ore y our sy stem was shipped from Del l, a tec hnician used the ICU to ente r the cor rect inf ormation f or the expa nsion cards in itiall y installed in y our com puter . If your system was shippe d with Dell-i nst alled sof tware, the ICU diskette image (fr om whic h you can [...]

4-4 Dell Precision 21 0 De sk to p Sy stem s U se r’ s Guid e Af ter you ha ve r un the I CU f or y our no n-Plug an d Pla y IS A expansion c ards and it ha s configu red all y our Plug and Pl ay a nd PCI e xpa nsion ca rds, y ou can use the u tility to lock t he c onfigurati on of y our Plug and Pla y and PCI e xpansion c ards so that the y are [...]

Using the IS A Configuration Utili ty 4-5 6WDUWL QJWKH,&8 Af ter you ha ve compl eted the pro cedure in “P reparing to Use th e ICU” f ound earlier in this c hapter , insert th e bac k up copy of the I CU disk et te int o driv e A. Th en either t urn on y our c omputer or re boot it b y pressi ng the re set but ton. $FFHVVLQ J+HOS [...]

4-6 Dell Precision 21 0 De sk to p Sy stem s U se r’ s Guid e $GGLQJD/LVWHG&DUG NO TE: If y ou w ant to add a configu rati on file tha t yo u receiv e d on disk e t te with a ne w expans ion car d, you mu st copy th e co nf igur atio n file to th e db subdirec tory on the bac k up copy of the ICU disk et te. Y ou should the n reboot[...]

Using the IS A Configuration Utili ty 4-7 5. If y ou w ant the ICU to select th e resour ces for the card, c lic k OK . O ther wise, skip t o step 6. The ICU uses the d efa ult resou rces set b y the c ard manuf acturer when e ver p os- sible. If the ICU c annot find a resourc e that is v alid f or the card and a va ilable i n the sy stem, the util[...]

4-8 Dell Precision 21 0 De sk to p Sy stem s U se r’ s Guid e 8. T o c hange the res ourc e set ting s, cl ic k the d o wn-arro w next to the Co nfigur ation Choice bo x. Then cli c k the new resource set ting fr om the list of available set tings (see Fi gure 4-5 ). Y ou cannot manu ally ente r a v alue; you must c hoo se a set ting from t he li[...]

Using the IS A Configuration Utili ty 4-9 NO TE: If y ou c hange one or more resou rce v a lues using th e Options but ton and later c hange the s et ting in the Con figur ation Choice box, the c hanges that y ou made to the resourc e v alues are o v er writ ten b y the def ault valu es f or the new conf igu rati on c hoice. 10 . C l i c k OK in th[...]

4-1 0 Dell P recision 2 1 0 Desktop S y stems User’ s Guide If y ou are pro vidi ng a v alu e f or the IRQ or di rect memory access (DM A) resou rce, clic k the down arro w beneath A v ailable Res our ces . A smal ler Specify list box appears (see Figure 4- 8). Clic k the valu e you w ant to as sign to the reso urce. Th en clic k OK . If none o f[...]

Using the IS A Configuration Utili ty 4 -1 1 8. When y o u ha ve finish ed sel ec ting res our ces f o r the unl is ted c ard , cl ic k OK in the Configur e Unliste d Car d d ialog bo x. A mess age bo x app ears, notifying y ou eithe r that the card is usin g its def ault set- tings or that it c annot us e its def ault set tings and m ust be reconf[...]

4-1 2 Dell P recision 2 1 0 Desktop S y stems User’ s Guide NO TE: When y ou modify an unlis ted card, th e ICU ca nnot s how y ou the v alid resources for the card. There fore, y ou must ha ve documentation from the card manu factur er th at de scri b es t he res ou rces a nd res our c e settings th at th e card can us e. 3. F ollow st eps 7 thr[...]

Using the IS A Configuration Utili ty 4-1 3 5 HPRY LQJD&DUG   B ef ore y ou remo ve a non -Plug and Play IS A e xpans ion card from y our co mputer , yo u must u se the ICU to remove the card f r om th e system co nfig urat ion. NO TE: When y ou remo ve a Plu g and Pla y or PCI e[...]

4-1 4 Dell P recision 2 1 0 Desktop S y stems User’ s Guide T o determine whic h card u ses a p articular resource s how n in the S ystem Res our ce Usage dialog bo x, selec t the re source in qu estion and th en clic k Us ed By Car d . T he Card Re sour ce Usag e dial og bo x appears wi th the in fo rmatio n. T o view th e resourc es that a part[...]

Using the IS A Configuration Utili ty 4-1 5 T o determi ne wh ether y our e xpansion car d has stati c de vice driv ers, c hec k the docu- mentation tha t ca me wi th th e driv ers. If you a r e u sin g a static de vi ce driv e r , you nee d to perma nently associ ate res ources with a Plug a nd Pla y e xpansion card, i nstead of relying on the def[...]

4-1 6 Dell P recision 2 1 0 Desktop S y stems User’ s Guide 4. Select th e Plug and Pla y or PCI exp ansion c ard that y ou want to loc k or unlo c k from the Car ds Configur ed in Sy ste m list. 5. C lic k Modify or select Modify Car d fr om the Configure menu. 6. F rom t he Card Conf igur ation dialog box, select t he fu nction you want to lo c[...]

Using t he N e twork Inter face Co nt rol l er 5-1 &+$37(5 8VLQJWKH1HWZR UN,QWHUIDFH &RQWUROOHU Thi s c hapt er describes ho w to conn ect your com puter sy stem to an Ethe rnet network using th e integr ated 3Com P eripheral Co mponen t Interconn ect (PCI) 3C905b -TX net- wo rk interf ace contro ller (NIC). The NIC pro vi[...]

5-2 Dell Precision 21 0 De sk to p Sy stem s U se r’ s Guid e The NIC con nector on th e com puter’ s bac k panel (see Figure 5-1 ) has the f ollo wing indicators :  A yellow activ it y indica tor flas hes whe n th e sy stem is tr ansmi t ting or r eceiving network data. (A high v olume of network tra ffic ma y make thi s indicator appea r t[...]

Using t he N e twork Inter face Co nt rol l er 5-3 4. R un the Ne twork Inte rfa ce T est Grou p in the D ell Diagn ostic s to v erify that the NIC is operati ng prop erl y . See the c hapter title d “R unni ng the De ll Diag nosti cs” in y our Diagno stics and T roubles hooting Guide for detaile d instr uctions. 1HWZ RUN&DE OH5HT XLU[...]

5-4 Dell Precision 21 0 De sk to p Sy stem s U se r’ s Guid e &RQILJX ULQJWKH 1,& Thi s sec tion p ro vides in str ucti ons f or configuring the compu ter’ s integra ted, 1 0/1 00-megabit s-per -second ( Mbps) 3Com NIC u nder the fo llo wing o peratin g systems:  Microso f t W indo ws N T 4.0  Microso f t Windows 95  M[...]

Using t he N e twork Inter face Co nt rol l er 5-5 9. When prom pted, re mov e the NIC driv er disket te 2 from the disk et te driv e and insert the NIC d riv er disk et te 1 . 1 0. Wh en the Set up Message confi rms that the 3Com d RMON SmartA gent PC Sof tware h as be en su ccessfu lly in stalled, clic k OK . The oper at ing s ystem con tinue s c[...]

5-6 Dell Precision 21 0 De sk to p Sy stem s U se r’ s Guid e 4. Start the Window s 95 operati ng sy stem. 5. Clic k the Star t but ton, point to Set tings , a nd clic k Control P anel . Th en double - clic k the Sys te m icon . 6. I n the Syst em Proper ties windo w , clic k the Devic e Manag er ta b. 7 . In the li st of s yste m de vices , doub[...]

Using t he N e twork Inter face Co nt rol l er 5-7 1 8. When y ou are prompted f or the location o f addi tional fil es, sp ecify the c:windo wsoptionsca bs direc tor y on your ha rd-d isk d r ive or th e win95 dir ec- tory on your CD-R OM drive. T hen cl ic k OK to acce ss the Sy st em Proper ties dial og bo x. The Window s 95 operating sy ste[...]

5-8 Dell Precision 21 0 De sk to p Sy stem s U se r’ s Guid e 2. Connect t he netw ork cabl e to the bac k of yo ur compute r . See “N etwork Cab le R equireme nts” f ound earlier in this c hapter f or detailed ins tructio ns. 3. V erify that the integra ted NIC i s enabled a nd connecte d to its ne twork. See “NIC” i n Chapter 3 fo r mor[...]

Using t he N e twork Inter face Co nt rol l er 5-9 T o i nst all t he NDI S 2.0 1 N IC driver in systems runni ng De ll-ins t al led W ind ows 95 Ser- vice R ele ase 2.1 ,or a Windo w s 95 opera ting sy stem not installe d b y Dell, p erf orm the f oll o wing steps: 1 . Inst a ll the W ind ows 95 NI C dri ver . See the a ppropri ate instr uctions f[...]

5-1 0 Dell P recision 2 1 0 Desktop S y stems User’ s Guide 2. Connect t he netw ork cabl e to the bac k of yo ur compute r . See “N etwork Cab le R equireme nts” f ound earlier in this c hapter f or detailed ins tructio ns. 3. V erify that the integra ted NIC i s enabled a nd connecte d to its ne twork. See “NIC” i n Chapter 3 fo r more [...]

Using t he N e twork Inter face Co nt rol l er 5-1 1 T he sy stem detec ts a P CI Eth ernet co ntro ller . 22. At the Add Ne w Ha rd wa re W iz a rd window , cl ic k Next . 23. Wh en prompte d to se arc h for a driv er , clic k Next . 24. Wh en prom pte d f or the location o f the dri v er , clic k the Specify a Loc at io n che ck - box and v erify[...]

5-1 2 Dell P recision 2 1 0 Desktop S y stems User’ s Guide 7 . In the Ins tall Fr om Disk windo w , enter a: under Cop y Manuf act ur er ’ s Files From , and th en clic k OK . 8. I n the Select Networ k Ad apte r window , cl i c k 3Com F ast Ether link XL 1 0/ 1 00Mb TX Ether net NIC (3C905B-TX) , and then clic k OK . A notific ation p op-up [...]

Usin g th e Int egrated A udio Con tro lle r 6 -1 &+$37(5 8VLQJWKH,QWHJUDWHG$ XGLR &RQWUROOHU Thi s c hapter des cribes h o w to conn ect y our compu ter sy stem to e xternal audio devices t hat us e the 16-bit int egra ted aud io cont roll e r on your co mput er ’ s system boa rd. The inte grat ed Cr yst al 4 237B contr[...]

6-2 Dell Precision 21 0 De sk to p Sy stem s U se r’ s Guid e 6SHDNHUV Y our comput e r system supp o rts mo st st and ard sp eakers that have integr ated amplif i- ers. Y ou can purchase sp ea kers se parat ely f rom Del l. Connect t he aud io cable from the speak ers to the lin e-out jac k (see Figure 6-1 ). NO TE: When s peak ers ar e at t ac [...]

Usin g th e Int egrated A udio Con tro lle r 6 -3 synthes iz er or other musi cal ins tr ument, y ou must i nstall a M IDI-comp atible e xpan- sion c ard. (F or instr ucti ons, see “Installing a n Expans ion Card” in Cha pter 8.) If y ou use a MI DI car d, set Sound in the S ystem Set up program to Of f . (See Chapter 3, “Using th e S ys tem [...]

6-4 Dell Precision 21 0 De sk to p Sy stem s U se r’ s Guid e $GMXVWLQJ9 ROXPHLQ:L QGRZV1 7 Use the f ollowi ng proced ure to a djust the speak er or headphon e v olume i n the Win- dows NT 4. 0 oper ating sys tem: 1 . St art the A udio Mix er u tility loca ted in the A udio Contr ol progra m f older . 2. A djust the slide[...]

Usin g th e Int egrated A udio Con tro lle r 6 -5 8VLQ J$ XGLR 8WLOL WLHV The oper at ing s ystem ins ta lled o n your Dell system ha s its own uti liti es for pl ayi n g audio CD s and manip ulating .wa v files:  F or W i ndows 95 , use Med ia Pla y er under Multim edia in the Ac cessor ies pro- gram fol der .  F or Windo ws 98, use[...]

6-6 Dell Precision 21 0 De sk to p Sy stem s U se r’ s Guid e $XGLR'ULYHUV IRU:LQG RZV T o reinstall the a udio driv ers for Window s 98, y ou must first remo ve the old driv ers and then install th e ne w dr ivers . F ollo w these s teps: 1 . Use the Program Disket te Maker (located in the Dell Acce ssor ies f older) to ma[...]

Usin g th e Int egrated A udio Con tro lle r 6 -7 $XGLR'ULYHUVIRU:LQGRZV1 7 T o reinstall th e audio driv ers for Window s NT 4. 0, f ollo w thes e step s: 1 . Use t he Progr am Di sket te M aker (l ocate d in t he Dell Acce ssor ies f older) to ma ke a disk et te c opy o f the a udio d riv ers installe d on y our hard-[...]

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Working Inside Y our Comput er 7-1 &+$37(5 : RUNLQJ,QVLGH< RXU&RPSXWHU Y our Dell Pre cision 21 0 system suppo rts a v ariety of inte rnal optio ns that e xpand sy s- tem cap abilities . Th is c hapter pre pares y ou to install options inside the co mputer . It describ es ho w to r emo ve and re place the computer co ver a[...]

7-2 Dell Precisi on 21 0 Deskto p Sy stems U se r’ s Gu id e T o veri fy that all po wer has bee n remo v ed from the sys tem, mak e sure th at the st andby lig ht-emi t t ing d iode ( LE D) on t he system boar d has go ne out. F or the loc a t ion of this LED , see Figur e 9-1 . Whil e you work, pe riod ical ly tou c h a n unp aint ed met al sur[...]

Working Inside Y our Comput er 7-3 3. Remove th e cover . F rom the front of the computer , press in the two se curing but tons (loc ated on the sides of the co ver tow a rd the bac k). W ith the but tons depres s ed, li f t the co v er at the b ac k, allowi ng it to pivot up t oward you (see Figu re 7-2). Diseng age the p lasti c hooks th at secur[...]

7-4 Dell Precisi on 21 0 Deskto p Sy stems U se r’ s Gu id e 5 HSODFLQJWKH &RPSXWHU&RYHU Use the f ollowi ng proced ure to re place the computer co ver: 1 . Chec k all cable connec tion s, espec ia ll y t hos e that mi ght ha ve come loo se during yo ur w ork. F old cables out of the w ay so that they do not catc h on the compute[...]

Working Inside Y our Comput er 7-5 5. Rese t the chassis intrusio n det ector by enteri ng th e System Setup p rogram and set ting Chassis Intr usion to Not Detected . See Chap ter 3, “Us ing the S ystem Set up P rogram ,” f or inst r uctions. NO TE: If a s et up pass word has b een assign ed b y someone els e, contact yo ur network admin istra[...]

7-6 Dell Precisi on 21 0 Deskto p Sy stems U se r’ s Gu id e Figure 7 -5 sho ws yo ur compute r with its cov er remov ed. Ref er to this illustra tion to locate inte rio r f eatures and co mpo nents dis cu ss ed in this guid e.  NIC conne ctor mouse co nne ct or keyboard conn ector secu rit y cabl e sl ot video co nn ector microp hone ja[...]

Working Inside Y our Comput er 7-7 5 RWDWLQJWKH 3 RZHU6XSSO $ ZD) URPWKH 6VWHP%RDU G T o access some compone nts on the sy stem board, y ou ma y ha v e to r otate the sy s- tem po w er supp ly out of th e w ay . Use the f ollo wing p rocedu re to rotate the po wer supply : 1 . Remo ve the co mputer co ver as in stru cted [...]

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Instal l i ng System Board Opti ons 8- 1 &+$37(5 ,QVWDOOLQJ6VWHP%RDUG2SWLRQV This c hapt e r de scr ibes how to i ns t a ll t he followin g optio ns:  P eripheral Comp onent I nterconnect (P CI), accel erated gra phics po rt (A GP), and Industry-Standard Arc hitect ure (IS A) expans ion cards  S ys tem me mory  Mic ropr[...]

8-2 Dell Precisi on 21 0 Deskto p Sy stems U se r’ s Gu id e Use Figu re 8-1 to locate th e sy stem b oard f eat ures. ([SDQVLRQ&DUGV The sy stem accom modates up to six expa nsion cards , includ ing 32-b it PCI e xpansi on cards, an 8- or 1 6-bit IS A e xpansi on card, a nd a 32- bit A GP card. (See Figu re 8-2 f or exampl es of t h ese c[...]

Instal l i ng System Board Opti ons 8- 3 ([SDQVLRQ6ORWV The re are fiv e expa nsion-c ard conne ctors o n the sy stem board. E xpansion-c ard con- nectors PCI1 throu gh PCI3 su pport 32 -bit PCI e xpansion cards ; e xpans ion-card connec tor A GP suppo rts a 32-b it A GP e xpansio n card; a nd ex pansio n-card co nnecto r ISA 1 can accommoda te [...]

8-4 Dell Precisi on 21 0 Deskto p Sy stems U se r’ s Gu id e ,QVWDOO LQJDQ([SD QVLRQ&DUG  F ollow th is genera l proc edure to install a n ex pans ion card: 1 . If you are installin g a n on-Plug a nd Pla y IS A expans ion card , enter the IS A Confi g- uration U tility (ICU) and add th e ne w expans ion card to y o[...]

Instal l i ng System Board Opti ons 8- 5 4. Insert the e xpansion c ard into th e e xpans ion-card connector . If the e xpans ion card is full-l ength, insert th e front e nd of the c ard into th e corre- spondi ng ca rd guid e on the in side f ront of th e c hassis as y ou insert the ca rd into its co nnect or . Insert the card’ s edge connector[...]

8-6 Dell Precisi on 21 0 Deskto p Sy stems U se r’ s Gu id e 5 HPRYLQJ DQ([SDQ VLRQ&DUG F ollow this genera l procedu re to rem ov e an expa nsion ca rd: 1 . If you are remo vin g a non-Pl ug and Pl a y IS A e xpansi on card, e nter the ICU and remo v e the e xpa ns ion card from y our configuration . See Chap ter 4, “Us ing the[...]

Instal l i ng System Board Opti ons 8- 7 $GGLQJ0H PRU Dell P recision 21 0 sys tem s c an use unbu f f ered s yn c hronous dynami c ra ndo m-acc es s memory (SDRAM) module s that prov ide er ror c hec king and c orrec tion (ECC) capa biliti es. S ys tem me mory can be increa sed u p to 51 2 mega by tes (MB) us ing u nbuf f ered SDRAM du al in-l[...]

8-8 Dell Precisi on 21 0 Deskto p Sy stems U se r’ s Gu id e F ollow this procedure to perf orm a memory upgrade: 1 . Remo v e the computer co v er acco rding to the in str uctions in “R emovin g the Computer Co ver” in Chapter 7 . 2. T o access the DIMM soc kets o n the sy stem b oard, rotate the po wer supply a s describ ed in “R ot ating[...]

Instal l i ng System Board Opti ons 8- 9 7 . P r e s s < F2> to enter the Sy stem Setup program, and c hec k the va lue for Sys tem Memory in the lower -right corn er of P age 1 . The sy stem shou ld ha ve already c hang ed the v alue of Sy ste m M em o ry to reflect the ne wly installe d memory . V erify the ne w total. NO TE: If the m emory[...]

8-1 0 Dell P recision 2 1 0 Desktop S y stems User’ s Guide T o r emove a DIMM, pr ess t he secu r ing cli ps out ward s imult an eo usly un til t he DIM M diseng ages from the soc ket ( see Figur e 8-7). I t shou ld pop out sl ightly . 0LFURSURFHVVRU8SJUDGHV T o take adv antage of fut ure o ptions in speed and fu nction ality , you c an add a[...]

Instal l i ng System Board Opti ons 8-1 1 2. Rot at e the power su pply as des cribe d in “Rotat ing t he P o w er Suppl y A wa y F rom the S y stem B oard” i n Chapter 7 . 3. If y ou are addin g a seco nd proc essor to a sin gle-pro cessor s yste m, remo ve the terminato r card from the seconda r y SEC cartridg e connec tor (label ed “SLO T1[...]

8-1 2 Dell P recision 2 1 0 Desktop S y stems User’ s Guide 5. Insert the ne w SEC cartrid ge/hea t sink a ssembly into the s yste m boar d connec tor . Pr ess the SEC cartridg e firmly i nto its connecto r until it is fully seated and the latches sna p into place . Y ou m ust us e up to 25 lb of force t o fully seat t he SEC cartridg e in its c [...]

Instal l i ng System Board Opti ons 8- 13 1 2. R un the De ll Diagno stics to v erify that th e ne w microprocessor i s operati ng correct ly . See y our Diag nostics a nd T rouble shooti ng Guid e fo r inf ormat ion on r unning the diagno stics and troubl eshoo ting an y problems th at ma y occur . 5 HSODFLQJWKH6VWHP %DWWHU A 3.0-V CR20[...]

8-1 4 Dell P recision 2 1 0 Desktop S y stems User’ s Guide correc t set tings. See Chapter 3, “Using the Sy stem Setup P rogram,” f or ins tructio ns. 2. R emo ve the co mputer cov er accordin g to the in str uctio ns in “R emo ving th e Computer Co ver” in Chapter 7 . 3. T o access the bat ter y on the sy st em boar d, rotate the po w e[...]

Instal l i ng System Board Opti ons 8- 15 6. R otate the po wer suppl y bac k into position, maki ng sure tha t the s ecuring tab snaps i nto pla ce. 7 . R eplac e the com puter c ov er , and re connect y our com puter and periph erals to their po wer sources a nd t urn them on . NO TE: Af ter y ou remo v e and re place th e co v er , the c hassis [...]

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Installing Driv es 9-1 &+$37(5 ,QVWDOOLQJ'U LYHV Y our Dell computer has fiv e driv e bay s f or ins talling the f ollo wing types of driv es ( see Figur e 9-1 ):  The e xternally accessi ble driv e bay s at th e front of the comp uter consi st of one 3.5-i nc h driv e ba y (ded icated to a 3 .5-inc h disk et te dri ve) and tw [...]

9-2 Dell Precisi on 21 0 Deskto p Sy stems U se r’ s Gu id e 5 HPRY LQJDQG5 HSODFL QJ) URQW 3DQHO ,QVHUWV Empty driv e ba ys contain a front-pane l insert to protect the insid e of the co mputer from dus t p arti cles and a ls o to e ns ure pro per airflo w withi n the computer . Bef ore y o u install a d ri[...]

Installing Driv es 9-3 T o replace a front-p anel ins ert f or a 5. 25-inc h bay , wor k from inside the cov er . Insert the two ri ng-tabs (on e on eac h end o f the insert) o v er the pos ts on th e inside of the ba y open ing, and fi rmly pr ess both ends o f the in sert in to plac e (see Fi gure 9- 2). &RQQHFWLQJ' ULYHV [...]

9-4 Dell Precisi on 21 0 Deskto p Sy stems U se r’ s Gu id e When at t ac hing the in terf ace cab le to a dri ve, be sure to matc h the colored st rip on the cab le to pin 1 of the d rive ’ s interf ace co nnector . Fo r the loca tion of pin 1 on th e driv e ’ s interf ace co nnecto r , see th e docu mentation th at came w ith the driv e. Wh[...]

Installing Driv es 9-5 I QVWDOOLQJD' ULYHL QD,QFK'ULYH%D The upper 5.25-in c h drive can ac commo date an y of the f ollo win g types of hal f-heigh t drives:  A CD-R OM dr ive that us es the se condary EIDE interf ace on the sy stem board  Any 5.25-i nc h device that u ses its o wn controller c [...]

9-6 Dell Precisi on 21 0 Deskto p Sy stems U se r’ s Gu id e If a dr ive is al ready in stalled in the ba y and yo u are re placing it, be sure to dis - connec t the DC po wer c able and int erf ace cable fro m the bac k of the dri ve bef ore slidin g the brac ket out of the ba y . T o remov e the old driv e from the brac ket, unscre w the four s[...]

Installing Driv es 9-7 T o further ensu re proper positi oning of the driv e in the c hassis, ins ert and tigh ten all f our s crew s in the or der in wh ic h the hol es ar e numb ered (the hole s are marked “1 ” thr ough “4”). 5. Slide the ne w driv e into the driv e ba y u ntil it sna ps secu rely into place (s ee Figure 9-7 ). Mak e sure[...]

9-8 Dell Precisi on 21 0 Deskto p Sy stems U se r’ s Gu id e 8. Conne ct the appropri ate interf ace cable to the in terf ace co nnecto r on the ba c k of the driv e (se e Figure 9 -8). If y our sy stem came with an E IDE CD-R OM drive, use th e spare c onnector o n the e xist ing interf ace cable. Ot her wise, use the EIDE c able pro vided in th[...]

Installing Driv es 9-9 1 1 . Replace t he computer co v er , and reco nnect y our computer a nd peri pherals to their po wer sources a nd t urn them on . NO TE: Af ter you re mo ve and repla ce the c hassis, th e c hassis intr usion detecto r will c ause the fo llo wing me ssag e to be displ ay ed at the ne xt syst em start-up: ALERT! Cover was pre[...]

9-1 0 Dell P recision 2 1 0 Desktop S y stems User’ s Guide ,QVWDOOLQJ DQ(,'(+D UG'LVN'ULYH Thi s sect ion inc ludes inf ormation on installing, partitioni ng, and f ormat ting EIDE h ard- disk d riv es. Up to two 1 -inc h hard-disk driv es or one 1 -inc h and one 1 .6-inc h hard-dis k drive c an be inst alled vertic[...]

Installing Driv es 9-1 1 . 4. S lide t he dr ive into th e c hosen bay of th e brack et, o rien ting i t so t ha t the conn ec - tors on th e bac k of the driv e f ace the i nside of th e c hassis wh en the brac ket is reinstalled an d s o th at t he driv e is in the le f t-most pos itio n i n th e b rac ket (see Fi g- ure 9- 1 0). Y ou mu st ins t[...]

9-1 2 Dell P recision 2 1 0 Desktop S y stems User’ s Guide 5. Align the f our screw ho les of th e driv e a nd brac ke t. Insert a nd tigh ten the scre w s that cam e with y our up grade kit. Use the f our scre w ho les in the top and bot tom of the b rac k et (see Figure 9-1 0) to secure the ins talled har d-disk dr iv e(s). 6. Rei nst all t he[...]

Installing Driv es 9-1 3 8. Connect o ne of th e dev ice con nectors o n the EIDE cabl e to the 40- pin in terf ace conne ctor on the back of the har d-di sk dri ve (see Fi gure 9-12). 9. I f the o ther en d of th e EIDE cable is not alrea dy con nect ed, co nnect it to th e IDE1 connec tor on the s y stem boa rd. T o locate th e IDE1 connect or , [...]

9-1 4 Dell P recision 2 1 0 Desktop S y stems User’ s Guide 1 3. Whil e in th e Sy stem Setup pr og ram, reset the chassis intrusi on dete ctor by ch a n g i n g Chassis Intr usion to Not Det ected . See Chap ter 3, “Us ing the S ystem Set up P rogram ,” f or inst r uctions. NO TE: If a s et up pass word has b een assign ed b y someone else, [...]

T e c hni ca l Specificat i ons A-1 $33(1',;$ 7 HFKQLFDO6SHFLILFDWLRQV Micropro cessor type . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Intel P entium II micr oprocess or that r uns at 350 , 400, or 450 MH z intern ally/ 1 00 MHz extern ally . A slower compat ibilit y speed c an be se t through the S y stem Set up pr ogram . Internal cac he . . . . [...]

A-2 Dell P recision 21 0 Deskto p Systems Use r’ s Guide NIC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3Com 3C905 b-TX W akeup On LAN- capabl e I/O control ler . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . National PC 87 309 Bus types . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . PCI, ISA, a nd A GP Bus spe ed . . . . . . . [...]

T e c hni ca l Specificat i ons A-3 Arc hitect ure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72-bit ECC SDRAM DIMM soc ke ts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . four D I MM c a p a c i t i e s . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 2 - , 64-, and 1 28-MB unbuff ered, 72-bit SDRAM Standard RAM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64 MB[...]

A-4 Dell P recision 21 0 Deskto p Systems Use r’ s Guide Inter n all y ac ce ssibl e: E I D E d r i ve. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . t w o 4 0 - p i n c o n n e c t o r s o n P C I l o c a l b u s Disk et te driv e . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . one 34-pin connec tor C D - RO M d r i v e a u d i o i n t e r fa c e . . . [...]

T e c hni ca l Specificat i ons A-5 Link in tegrity indica tor (on NIC con nector). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . green LED Net work activit y i nd icator (on NIC con nector). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . yello w LED P ow er indicator (on s ys tem boa rd) . . . . . green LED Standby po we r indicato r (on sy stem b oard) . . . . . . . . . [...]

A-6 Dell P recision 21 0 Deskto p Systems Use r’ s Guide Maxim um shock: Op er a t in g . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ha lf - si ne wave for m : 5 0 G fo r 2 m s St o ra ge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . h al f- s in e wave fo r m: 1 1 0 G fo r 2 m s square w a v e f orm: 27 G f or 1 5 ms Altit ude: O p [...]

Hardware Co nfigurat i on Features B- 1 $33(1',;% +DUGZDUH&RQILJXUDWLRQ)HDWXUHV This ap pendi x provid es sp ecifi c inform atio n about the j umper s on your system bo ard and the in put/out put (I/O ) ports an d conn ectors on th e bac k panel of y our co mputer . It also p rov ides so me ba sic i nf ormation o n jump ers an d s[...]

B-2 Dell P recision 21 0 Deskto p Systems Use r’ s Guide A jumper is ref erred to as open or unjum pere d when the plug i s pushed do wn o ver only o ne pin o r if the re i s no pl ug at al l. When th e p lug is p us hed d o wn o ver two pi ns , the jump er is ref erred to as jumpered . T he jum per se t ting is of ten sho wn in te xt as two nu m[...]

Hardware Co nfigurat i on Features B- 3 jumpered unjumpered[...]

B-4 Dell P recision 21 0 Deskto p Systems Use r’ s Guide R SVD 2 R eserved ( do not in stall jump er plu g ). R SVD 1 R eserved ( do not in stall jump er plu g ). 450M HZ * J u mpe red when the mic rop rocess or’ s interna l speed is 450 M Hz. 40 0MHZ * Ju mpered when the mic r op roc ess or’ s interna l speed i s 400 MHz. 350M HZ * Ju mpe re[...]

Hardware Co nfigurat i on Features B- 5 6VWH P% RDUG/ DEHO V T able B-2 lists the la bels f or conn ectors and s oc k ets on your sy stem board an d give s a brief descripti on of their f unctio ns. A GP A GP video car d con nec t or A UX LED Hard-d isk dr ive acce ss indic ator c onnector B A TTER Y B at ter y soc k et CD-IN CD-R OM dri ve [...]

B-6 Dell P recision 21 0 Deskto p Systems Use r’ s Guide ,23 RUWVDQG&RQQH FWRUV The I/ O p or t s a nd co nn ec to r s o n th e b ack p an el of you r co mp ut er ar e t he ga t eways through wh ic h your compute r sy st em com munic ates with e xt ernal de v ices , suc h as a ke yboard, mouse , printe r , and m onitor . Figure B-[...]

Hardware Co nfigurat i on Features B- 7 Most s of tware uses th e term COM (fo r COMmunic ations) p lus a num ber to d esignate a seria l port (f or e xample, COM 1 or COM2). T he def a ult designati ons of y our com- puter’ s built-in s erial ports a re COM1 and COM2 . The built- in par allel port us es a 25-p in D-su bminia t ure co nnect or on[...]

B-8 Dell P recision 21 0 Deskto p Systems Use r’ s Guide T o avoid au toco nf igur atio n, you may be abl e to res et th e expansi on car d’ s j um pers or switches s o th at its port d esignati on c hanges to the ne xt a vailabl e COM num ber , leav - ing t he design ation f or the built-i n port as is. Alterna tive ly , you can disabl e the b[...]

Hardware Co nfigurat i on Features B- 9 If yo u reconf igure y our hardw are, y ou ma y need pin numbe r and signa l inf ormatio n for the para llel port c onnector . Figure B-4 illu strates the pin n umbers f or the parallel port connec tor , and T able B-4 lists and d efines the pin a ssignmen ts an d interf ace signals f or the parall el port co[...]

B-1 0 Dell Preci sion 21 0 Desktop Sy stems User’ s Guide . HERDUGDQG0RXVH &RQQHFWRU V Y our sy stem uses a P ersonal S ystem/2 (PS/2)-style k eyboard a nd suppo rts a PS /2- compati ble mous e. Cabl es from bo th de vices at tac h to 6-pin miniat ure Deutsc he Industrie Norm ( DI N ) c o nnectors on th e bac k panel o f y our compu[...]

Hardware Co nfigurat i on Features B-1 1 If yo u reconf igure y our hardw are, y ou ma y need pin numbe r and signa l inf ormatio n for the mous e conne ctor . Figure B-6 il lustrates the pin num bers f or the mouse conn ector , and T able B-6 lis ts an d defines the pin assign ments and interf ace signa ls f or the mouse c onnec tor . 1 KBD A T A [...]

B-1 2 Dell Preci sion 21 0 Desktop Sy stems User’ s Guide 9LGHR&R QQHFWRU F or informa tion on y our video conn ector , see the manuf acturer’ s specific ation s that accomp anied your video ca rd. 1,&&RQ QHF WRU Y our sy stem contains an RJ45 connector (se e Figure B-7) on the bac k panel f or at tac h- ing an unshi elded twi[...]

Hardware Co nfigurat i on Features B-1 3 0LFURSKRQ H-DFN  The micro phone ja c k (see Figu re B-9) can be used to at tac h a standard personal com- puter mic rophon e. Connect the au dio ca ble from th e microph one to the microp hone jac k. T he micro phone input i s a mono sourc e with ma ximum s ignal le ve ls of 8 9 mill i- vo lts r[...]

B-1 4 Dell Preci sion 21 0 Desktop Sy stems User’ s Guide /LQH  2XW-DFN The line- out jac k (see Figure B-1 0) can be used to at ta c h most computer speak ers. The line- out ja c k is ampl ified, so speak ers with integ rat ed ampli fiers a re not re quired . Connect t he aud io cable from the s peak ers to this jac k. . /LQH ,Q-DFN [...]

Hardware Co nfigurat i on Features B-1 5 IRQ0 S ystem tim er IRQ1 K eyboard c ontroll er IRQ2 Inter rup t controlle r (enables IRQ8 through IRQ1 5) IRQ3 and IRQ4 Serial p orts (if ena bled in S y stem Set up program) IRQ5 A vailabl e IRQ6 Disk et te driv e interf ace IRQ7 P arallel port ( if enable d in S y stem Set up program) IRQ8 R TC IRQ9 A CPI[...]

B-1 6 Dell Preci sion 21 0 Desktop Sy stems User’ s Guide 0HPRU $OORF DWLRQV A microp rocessor and pro grams op erating under MS-D OS (real-mod e opera tion) can address only 1 megaby te (MB) (1 024 kilob ytes [KB]) of sy stem memory . This are a is divide d in to conv entional memor y (som etim es ca lle d base memor y ) and up per m emo ry [...]

Hardware Co nfigurat i on Features B-1 7 00 09FC0 0–0009FFFF PS/2-mouse data are a 000A 0000 – 000BFF FF V id eo RA M 000C 0000 – 000C7F FF V id eo BI O S 000C 8000 –000 E FFF F A va ilab le 000F 0000– 000F FF F F S y ste m BI OS 00 1 0000 0 –00 1 0F FE F Hi gh m em or y a re a 00 1 0FFF0–1FFF FFFF Extended me mory 20000000– FFF BF [...]

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IS A Configuration Util ity Messages C-1 $33(1',;&  ,6$&RQILJXUDWLRQ8WLOLW 0HVVDJH V The IS A Confi guration U tility (ICU) a nd its Con figurat ion Mana ger are capable of ide n- tifying p roblems an d alerting you to them . Bot h utilities ca n alert y ou to probl ems with card c onfiguration a s w ell as prob lems th[...]

C-2 Dell P recision 21 0 Deskto p Systems Use r’ s Guide Out of memory Memory allocation failed Either of th ese me ssages can appea r if the sy s tem runs out of mem or y du ring you r opera tion. Disa ble an y terminate- and-stay- residen t (TSR) prog rams o r any unneede d de vice drive r s. Not enough memory to run the ICU Thi s mes sage ap p[...]

IS A Configuration Util ity Messages C-3 At least one Plug and Play card in your system is not configured due to conflicts. These are marked “config err” in the list of configured cards. Due to conflicts, the ICU could only c onfigure some Plug and Play cards in your system. Unconfig- ured cards are marked “config err” in the list of config[...]

C-4 Dell P recision 21 0 Deskto p Systems Use r’ s Guide The loaded card is not a category card. Press OK to proceed. The cate gor y yo u h ave c hosen is not t he cor rect category under wh ic h to add this card. Sel ect OK . T he ICU autom a tica lly opens the cor rect c ategory’ s dial og bo x. Continue the pro cedure f or ad ding t he card [...]

IS A Configuration Util ity Messages C-5 The ICU detects a resource conflict between this card and conflicting_card.The con- flicting resource was: resource. Y ou adde d or modif ied a card that no w requires a resource value already in use by conflict ing_car d . T r y eac h of the f ollow ing option s unti l the probl em is resolv ed:  Modi fy[...]

C-6 Dell P recision 21 0 Deskto p Systems Use r’ s Guide 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 modified. Do you want to load one? Thi s mes sage ap pears when y ou try to add a listed card an d the confi gur[...]

IS A Configuration Util ity Messages C-7 &RQILJX UDWLRQ0DQD JHU0HVVD JHV The Conf igurati on Mana ger f or the I CU iden tifies prob lems f ollowing th e sy ste m boot routine a nd gen erates messag es if n ecessa r y . These messag es al ert yo u to an y unsucc essful a t tempts to con figure P lug an d Pla y or P eripheral Compone nt[...]

C-8 Dell P recision 21 0 Deskto p Systems Use r’ s Guide ERROR: Could not read NVS, Error=Internal Error Code. An at tempt to read the NVRAM f ailed. See th e c hapter titled “Get ting Help ” in y our Diag nost ics and T rou blesh ooti ng Guid e for instr uctions on obtai ni ng t ec hnical as si stan ce . ERROR: Failed NVS write. Error=Intern[...]

IS A Configuration Util ity Messages C-9 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 system’s configura- tion utility to resolve conflicts. Press any key to continue. Th e card(s) mentio ned are not f ully [...]

C-1 0 Dell Preci sion 21 0 Desktop Sy stems User’ s Guide 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 system’s configura- tion utility to resolve conflicts. Press any key to continue. Th e card(s) mentio [...]

Maint aining t he System D-1 $33(1',;' 0DLQWDLQLQJWKH6VW HP Proper us e of pr eventive main tena nce p roced ures can keep t he system in top oper at- ing con dition and m inimi ze th e need fo r costly , time-consumi ng se r vice proc edures. Thi s app endix co ntains ma intena nce pr ocedures that y ou should perf orm regularl[...]

D-2 Dell P recision 2 1 0 Desktop S y stems User’ s Guide As a last resort, y ou can bac k up a hard -disk dri ve ’ s contents on disk et tes, a meth od that is both time-c onsum ing and p rone to human er ror . Also, bac king u p a full 4 -GB hard-dis k driv e requires appro ximately 277 disk et tes (when u sing 1 .44-MB disk et tes), 334 dis [...]

Maint aining t he System D- 3 5 HFRPPHQGHG 7 RROVDQG$FFHVVRULHV Dell re commend s that y ou use the fo llo wing to ols a nd acce ssorie s wh en yo u cle an the sy stem:  A wrist-gro unding st rap — T he proper use of a wrist-gr ounding s trap red uces th e ef f e ct of ele ctrost at ic discharge (E SD), wh ic h can da mage ce rta in s[...]

D-4 Dell P recision 2 1 0 Desktop S y stems User’ s Guide &OHDQL QJ 'ULY HV Y ou can clean t he heads of y our dis k et te driv es b y us ing a co mmerc ially a vailabl e disk et te-driv e head-clean ing kit. T hese kits include disk et tes pretrea ted w ith a c hemi- cal so lution to n onabra siv ely remo ve contamina nts that [...]

Maint aining t he System D- 5  If the sy stem has b een e xpos ed to abno rmall y cold tem perat ures, al low a two - hour w arm-up period to b ring it up to norma l oper ating temp erat ure b ef ore t ur nin g it on . F a il ure to do so ma y cause damage to int erna l comp onents , pa rtic u- larly the h ard-disk driv e.  If in termittent s[...]

D-6 Dell P recision 2 1 0 Desktop S y stems User’ s Guide &RUURVLRQ The oil from a perso n ’ s fingers or prolonged e xpos ure to high tempera ture or hu midity can c orrode t he go ld-p lated edge c onn ector s and p in con nec tors on variou s devices in the sy stem. Th is cor rosi on on sy stem conne ctors is a g radual pr ocess that can[...]

Maint aining t he System D- 7 T o r educ e the p ossi bilit y o f EMI an d RFI , follow th ese gui del i nes:  Opera te the s ystem onl y with the system cover inst alle d .  Ensure th at all e xpansion slot s are co vered e ither b y a ca rd-moun ting brac ket or by a metal fil ler brac ket and tha t all dri v e ba y s ha ve a driv e and /or[...]

D-8 Dell P recision 2 1 0 Desktop S y stems User’ s Guide Eac h Dell s ystem, w hen oper ating, is d esigned to withstand 0 .25 G (half-s ine w av e) at a sw eep of 3 to 200 hertz (Hz ) f or 30 minu tes. In sto rage, t he sy stem can with stand 0.5 G a t 3 to 200 Hz f or 30 minutes. 3 RZHU6 RXUFH,QWHUU XSWLRQV S ys tems a re es pecially sen[...]

Maint aining t he System D- 9 6XUJH 3 URW HFWRUV Surg e prote cto rs ar e av ail able i n a variet y of ty pes and usu ally pr ovide a l evel of pro- tect ion co mmens ura te with the co st of t h e device . Surg e prot e cto rs prevent volt ag e spik es, suc h as those caused during an ele ctrical s torm, fro m enter ing a sys tem through th e [...]

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Regula tor y Notices E-1 $33(1',;( 5 H JXODWRU1RWLFHV Electrom agnetic I nterf erence (EMI ) is an y sign al or emi ssion, ra diated in free sp ace or conducted a long po wer or si gnal lea ds, that e ndangers the fun ctioning of a radio na vigati on or o ther sa f et y service or serio usly degrades , obstr ucts, or rep eatedl y inter [...]

E-2 Dell Precision 21 0 D esk top Systems Use r ’ s Guide Inf ormation T ec hnolog y Equipm ent (I TE), including periph erals, e xpansion c ards, prin t- ers, input/outpu t (I/O) de vices, mon itors, and so on, tha t are i ntegrated i nto or connec ted to the s y stem sho uld matc h the ele ctromagn etic en vironment class ifica- tion of th e co[...]

Regula tor y Notices E-3 &ODVV $ Thi s equ ipm ent ha s b een tes ted and f ound to comp ly wi th th e l imits f or a Class A di g- ital de vice purs uant to P art 1 5 of the FC C Ru les. T hes e limits are de signed to pro vide reasona ble pr otection a gainst h armful inte rf erence when the equipmen t is opera ted in a co mmercial en viro[...]

E-4 Dell Precision 21 0 D esk top Systems Use r ’ s Guide  Compan y name: Dell Com puter Corp oration R egulatory Department One Del l Wa y R ound R oc k , T ex as 7868 2 US A 51 2-338-4400 ,&1RWLF H&DQDGD2QO  Most D ell comp uter sy stem s (and other Dell d igital appara t us) are c lassifi ed by the Industry Canada (I[...]

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E-1 0 Dell Pre cision 21 0 Desktop Sy s tems User ’ s Guide[...]

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F-2 Dell Precisi on 21 0 Deskto p Sy stems U se r’ s Gu id e A uthoriza tion Nu mber . Y ou must ship th e products bac k to Dell in the ir origina l or equiv alent pa c kag ing, prepay shipping c harges, an d insure the shi pment or acc ept the risk of loss or da mage du ring sh ipment. D ell wil l ship the repaired or repla cement products to y[...]

Warranty , Return P o licy , and Y e ar 20 0 0 St ateme nt of Compl ia nc e F -3 DELL ’S RE SPONSIBILI TY FOR MA LFUNCTIONS AND DEFECTS IN HARDW ARE IS LIMI TED T O REP AIR AND REPLA CEMENT A S SE T FOR TH IN THIS W ARRANTY ST A TEMENT . THESE W ARRANTIES GIVE Y OU SPECIFIC L EGAL RIGH TS, AND Y OU MA Y ALSO HA VE O THER RIGH TS, WHICH V AR Y FR [...]

F-4 Dell Precisi on 21 0 Deskto p Sy stems U se r’ s Gu id e damage during s hipment. Y ou ma y ret urn so f t wa re f or refund o r credi t only if th e sealed pac kage containi ng the d isk et te(s) or CD(s ) is unop ened. R eturned pro ducts must be in as- new cond itio n, and a ll of th e man ua ls, diskette(s), CD (s) , power cabl es, and ot[...]

Warranty , Return P o licy , and Y e ar 20 0 0 St ateme nt of Compl ia nc e F -5 6RIWZDUH Dell s pecific ally ex clu des all non-Del l-de ve loped sof tware fro m this co mplia nce state- ment. All sof tware r un on Dell-brand ed ha rdwa re produ cts shou ld be ind epende ntly ve rified b y cu stomer s to be y ear 200 0-compl iant. $GGLWLRQDO, Q[...]

F-6 Dell Precisi on 21 0 Deskto p Sy stems U se r’ s Gu id e[...]

Glossary 1 *ORVVDU The following li st def i nes or iden tifies tec hnical terms, a bbre viations, a nd acronyms use d in D ell ® user do cumen ts. NO T E: Unle ss oth er wise specif ied, these de finitions ma y not apply to operatin g sy stems other than Mic rosof t ® W indo ws ® 95 and Win do ws NT ® . Abbrevia tion for am pere(s ). Abbrevia[...]

2 Dell Precisi on 21 0 Deskto p Sy stem s U se r’ s Guid e read- write , it may be define d by a man- agemen t appli catio n. The autoex ec.b at file (Windo ws 95 and MS-DO S only) is execu ted wh en you boot your co mputer ( after exec uting any comma nds in t he config.sys fi le). Th is start-up file co ntains c ommands that de- fine the c hara[...]

Glossary 3 Abbrevia tion for bi ts per inch. Abbrevia tion for bi ts per second . Abbrevia tion for Briti sh therma l unit. An informa tion path way betwee n the compon ents of a com puter. Your com put- er co ntain s an ex pansi on bus that allow s the microp rocess or to communi cate wi th controll ers for a ll the vario us pe ripheral device s c[...]

4 Dell Precisi on 21 0 Deskto p Sy stem s U se r’ s Guid e The first 640 KB of RAM. Conventio nal memory is foun d in a ll comp uters. U nless they are spec ially de signe d, MS-DO S ® progra ms are limite d to ru nning in conv en- tional m emory. A chip t hat rel ieves th e comp uter’s mi cro- process or of specific processing tasks. A math c[...]

Glossary 5 hardware. DM I collec ts informat ion about the s ystem ’s comp onent s, such as the operatin g system , memo ry, periphe rals, expans ion card s, and a sset tag. Informa- tion abo ut the s ystem’s componen ts is displa yed as a MIF file or throug h the Dell Inspec tor progra m. Abbrevia tion for Des ktop Manage ment Task Forc e, a c[...]

6 Dell Precisi on 21 0 Deskto p Sy stem s U se r’ s Guid e expans ion slot conta ins the card an d ob- tains inform ation ab out the ca rd’s required system reso urces from a corre- spondi ng EISA c onfigu ration file. Abbrevia tion for Ele ctromagnetic Compatib ility. Abbrevia tion for el ectroma gnetic interferen ce. Abbrevia tio n for expand[...]

Glossary 7 Abbrevia tion for gi gabyte(s). A g igabyte equa l s 1, 02 4 me ga byt es or 1,073,74 1,824 b ytes. See coproces sor . A video mode that c an be defined a s x hori zontal b y y verti c al pixel s by z colors. As it relates to DM I, a group is a data struc- ture that defines c ommon i nformation, or attributes, a bout a ma nageable compon[...]

8 Dell Precisi on 21 0 Deskto p Sy stem s U se r’ s Guid e Abbrevia tion for in terrupt reque st. A sig- nal that data is ab out to be sent to or receive d by a peripheral d evice travels by an IR Q line to the mic roproc essor. Ea ch periphera l conne ction mus t be as signed an IRQ number. For examp le, the first se- rial por t in yo ur compute[...]

Glossary 9 Abbrevia tion for me gabyte(s). Th e term megabyte m eans 1,048,5 76 bytes ; how- ever, wh en refe rring to har d-disk drive storage, the term is often round ed to mean 1, 000,00 0 bytes. Abbrevia tion for me gabytes per sec ond. Abbrevia tion for me gabits pe r seco nd. Abbrevia tion for ma ster boot re cord. A compute r can contain s e[...]

1 0 Dell Precision 21 0 Desktop Sy s tems User ’ s Guide Abbrevia tion for mi llivolt(s ). Abbreviatio n for Netwo rk Driver Interface Specifi cation. Acronym for n etwork interface control ler. Abbreviatio n for NetWare ® Loadabl e Module. Abbrevia tion for non mask able inter rupt. A devic e sends an NMI to signal t he micro - processor a bout[...]

Glossary 1 1 Acronym for p ower-on s elf-test. Bef ore the opera ting s ystem loads w hen y ou turn on you r comp uter, the PO ST tes ts var ious system comp onents su ch as RAM, the disk d rives, and th e keyboa rd. Abbrevia tion for pa ges per minu te. Abbrevia tion for pl astic quad flat pack, a type of m icroproce ssor soc ket in w hich the mi [...]

1 2 Dell Precision 21 0 Desktop Sy s tems User ’ s Guide An operat ing mo de support ed by 80286 or high er microproc essors, rea l mode im- itates th e arch itecture of an 80 86 micro proc essor . The rate a t which the monitor redraws the video im age on the monitor scree n. More precise ly, the ref resh rate i s the frequen- cy, me asure d in [...]

Glossary 1 3 screen. To take ad vantage of th is techn ol- ogy, you mus t have a SMART -complia nt hard-dis k dri ve an d the p rop er s up port in the system BIOS. Abbrevia tion for Sim ple Network Manage ment Prot ocol. SN MP is an industry-s tandard in terface that a llows a network ma nager to re motely mo nitor and mana ge work s tati ons . Ab[...]

1 4 Dell Precision 21 0 Desktop Sy s tems User ’ s Guide mouse, a nd keyboa rd drive rs are ins talle d for Window s. Running the Contro l Pane l or Window s Setup pro gram may cha nge opti ons in t he syste m.ini file. On other oc casion s, you may nee d to chang e or add opti ons to the syste m.ini fil e manuall y with a tex t editor , such as [...]

Glossary 1 5 Abbrevia tion for volt(s ) alterna ting current. Abbrevia tion for Volun tary Control Council for Interfere nce. Abbrevia tion for video cassette re corder. Abbrevia tion for volt(s ) direct c urrent. Acronym for Vi deo Ele ctronics Stan dards Asso ciati on. Abbrevia tion for video graphics a rray. VGA and SVG A are vid eo standa rds f[...]

1 6 Dell Precision 21 0 Desktop Sy s tems User ’ s Guide A method for incre asing addr essable RAM b y using the har d-di sk driv e. Fo r ex- ample, in a computer wi th 16 MB of RAM and 16 MB of vi rtual memo ry set up on the hard -disk drive, the operating sy stem would m anage the s ystem as thoug h it had 32 MB of physica l RA M. A self-star t[...]

Glossary 1 7 Abbrevia tion for ex tended memory ma n- ager , a utility that a llows a pplic ation programs and ope rating systems to use exten ded me mory i n accord ance wit h the XMS. Abbrevia tion for eXte nded Mem ory Specifi cation. Acronym for zero i nsertion force. Some computers use Z IF socke ts and conn ec- tors t o allo w d evice s such [...]

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Inde x 1 ,QGH [ $ AC, 1 -11, 7-1 adding . See install ing; upgra de option s AGP, 1-3 alternat ing current . See AC asset t ag number assi gn ing, 2-4 viewin g, 3-19 Asset Ta g setting, 3-19 Asset Ta g util ity, 2-4 assi st ance, tech ni cal, 1 -13 ATAP I drive rs, M icros oft u pdat ed, 2- 8 audio connec tors, locatio n, B-6 driv ers, 6-5 util iti[...]

2 Dell Precisi on 210 Desktop Systems Use r’ s Gu id e chassi s. See compute r cleani ng access orie s, D-3 driv e s, D - 4 internal comp onents , D-2 soluti ons, D-3 system ex terior, D-3 tools, D-3 COM po rt de signa tions , 3-1 7, B- 6 compute r booting, 3-12 cleani ng, D-3 features , 1-1 removin g and replacin g cov er, 7-2 syste m boar d fea[...]

Inde x 3 Diskette Drive A and Dis kette Drive B opti ons, 3 -6 dis kette driv es access indi cato r, 1-11 cleani ng, D-4 connec ting, 9-3 head- clean in g kit , D-3 ins ta lli ng, 9-5 interface c onnector, 8 -2 turning off built- in control ler, 3-18 types , sizes, and cap acities , 3-6 Diskette First setting, 3-1 2 Diskette opti on, 3-18 Displ ay [...]

4 Dell Precisi on 210 Desktop Systems Use r’ s Gu id e * gett ing he lp, 1 -13 groundin g proc edure, 7- 1 groundin g stra p, D-3 + Hard Disk Only setting, 3-12 hard-dis k drives access indi cato r, 1-11 cleani ng, D-4 data recovery , D-1 disabl ing the bu ilt-in interface, 3-1 7 drive-ty pe par ameters, 3 -8 EIDE in terfa ce co nnecto rs, 8-2 ha[...]

Inde x 5 - jack s line-in jack , 6-1, B- 14 line- out j ack, 6-1, B -14 loc a t ion on back panel , B-6 microph one ja ck, 6 -1, B-13 jumpers about, 7 -6, B-1 BIOS jumper, B-4 location, B-3 PSWD jumpe r, 3-24, B-4 settings (ta ble), B-4 speed j umpers, 8 -12, B-4 . key com binati ons <Ctrl><Alt><Del >, A-4 <Ctrl><Alt>&[...]

6 Dell Precisi on 210 Desktop Systems Use r’ s Gu id e 1 network dri vers Windows 95, 5 -5 Windows 98, 5 -9 Windows NT 4.0, 5-4 network fram e type, 5- 3 NIC cable requiremen ts, 5-2 conf iguring , 5-4 connec ting to a n etwork, 5- 2 connec tor, 5-2, B-12 indica tors, 5- 2 setting n etwork frame type, 5-2 Windows 95 dri ver, 5-5 Windows 98 dri ve[...]

Inde x 7 power bu tton, 1- 11 power in dicator, 1-11 power LE D, 8-2 Power Ma nagemen t option , 3-14 power source inte rrupt ion s preventi ng, D-8 power s upply input co nnecto rs, 8-2 rotating away from the system boa rd, 7-7 probl em solvi ng, 1-1 3 process or SEC cartr idge, 8-2 PSWD jumpe r, 3-24, B-4 PXE, 1-7 5 readme f ile, 2-2 recor d /pla[...]

8 Dell Precisi on 210 Desktop Systems Use r’ s Gu id e Speake r option , 3-18 speake rs connec ting, 6-2 specifi cations , A-1 speed j umpers setting, 8-12, B-4 stan dby LED , 8-2 start-up, 3-12 support, 1-1 3 surge pro tector preve ntin g powe r sour ce in terru ptio ns, D-9 switc hes about, B-2 synchr onous dy namic ra ndom-acc ess memory. See [...]

Inde x 9 driv es, 9-1 expans ion card s, 8-4 micropro cessor, 8-10 upper me mory addr ess m ap, B-17 UPS, D-9 USB connectors about, B-1 2 loc a t ion, 8-2 pin as signments , B-13 pin nu mbe r s, B- 13 9 VESA and power m anagement, 3-1 4 VGA DAC Sno op option, 3-10 video c onnector, 7-6, B-1 2 Video El ectronics Sta ndards Asso ciation. See VESA vid[...]

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