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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 person al sa f ety . :KHQ8VLQJ< RXU&RPS XWHU6VWHP As y ou use y our com puter s yste m, obs er ve the f ollo win g saf e ty guidelines .  T o help a v oid damagin g [...]

vi  Do not spill fo od or liqu ids on you r computer . If the computer gets we t, consult you r Diagn ostics a nd T roubleshooti ng Guide.  Do not pus h an y object s into the opening s of your c omputer . Doing so can cause fire or el ectric shoc k by shorting out interi or compon ents.  Kee p yo ur co mp ut er away f ro m r ad ia to rs a[...]

vii :KHQ: RU NLQJ,QVLGH< R XU&RPSXWHU B ef ore y ou remov e the computer c over , perform the f ollo wing steps in the sequence indica ted. Doing so reduces the potential f or pers onal in jur y or shoc k. monitor screen at or below eye level wrists relaxed and flat arms at desk level monitor and keyboard positioned directly in f[...]

viii Whil e you work, pe riod icall y touch an unpa inted met al su rface on the co mputer c hassi s to dissip ate any st atic electricity th at might har m inte rnal compon ents. In addi tion, take note of these saf ety guidelines w h en appropriate :  When y ou dis conne ct a ca ble, pul l on its co nnecto r or on it s strain -relief loop, not[...]

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xi 3U H I D F H $ERXW7KLV*XLGH Thi s guide is inte nded for an yone w ho uses the Dell Precision 61 0 mini to wer co m- pute r systems. It can be us ed by both first-t ime and experienc ed comp uter u sers wh o wa nt to learn abou t the f eatures a nd operation of th e systems or who want to upgr ade thei r com puters . The c hap ters an d ap[...]

xii  Appendix A, “T ec hnical Spec ifications,” a nd Appendix B , “Har dwa re Configura- tion F eatures,” are intended prim arily as ref erence material for us ers interested in lear ni ng m ore a bou t the de tails of the system . Users wh o ad d internal option s ma y need to ref er to Appen dix B to c hange jum per or switc h set ting[...]

xiii  Docum entation is include d with an y optio ns you purc hase se parately from y our sy ste m. This do cu men tation i nc lud es in format ion tha t y ou need to c on figure and inst all these op tion s i n your Dell compu ter . Inst al l ation instructi ons for the opti ons ar e incl uded i n thi s User ’ s Guide or in the d oc um entati[...]

xiv  Filena mes and dir ector y na mes are p resen ted i n lowercase b old. Exampl es: aut o ex ec .ba t and c: windo ws  S yntax li nes consi st of a comman d and al l its pos sible param eters. Comman ds are dis playe d in low ercase bold; v ariable pa rameters (t hose for whic h you su b- stit ute a v alue) are di spla yed in low ercase i[...]

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xvi Microso ft Updated ATAPI Dri vers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-6 Reinstal ling the Wind ows NT 4.0 Micros oft Updated ATAP I Driver . . . . . . . . 2-7 Removin g the Windows NT 4 .0 Microsoft Up dated ATAPI Drive r . . . . . . . . . 2-8 &KDS WHU 8VLQ JWKH6 VWHP6H WXS3URJUDP ?[...]

xvii Keyboa rd NumLock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-13 Report Key board Errors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-13 Auto Powe r On . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-13 Wakeup [...]

xviii &KDS WHU 8VLQJ WKH1HWZRUN ,QWHUIDFH&RQWURO OHU     Connecti ng to a Network . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-2 Network Ca ble Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [...]

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xx Serial and Parallel Ports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-7 Adding a n Expansio n Card Containing Seri al or Parallel Ports . . . . . . . . . B-7 Serial P ort Connecto rs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-8 Paralle l Port Conne ctor . . . . . . . [...]

xxi Power Pro tection Devices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . D-9 Surge Prote c tors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . D-9 Line Con ditioners . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [...]

xxii Figure 4 -4. Configura tion Settings Di alog Box for Assigning an IRQ Line . . . . 4-8 Figure 4 -5. Av ailable Setting s List Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-8 Figure 4 -6. Configura tion Settings Di alog Box for Assigning a DMA Channe l . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .[...]

xxiii Figure B-3 . Pin Numbe rs for the Serial Port Co nnectors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-8 Figure B-4 . Pin Numbe rs for the Parallel Po rt Connector . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-9 Figure B-5 . Pin Numbe rs for the External SCSI Connec tor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-11 Figure B-6 . Pin Numbe rs for the Keyboa rd Connecto r [...]

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Intro duction 1- 1 &+$37(5 ,QWURGXFWLRQ Dell Precis ion ™ 61 0 sys tems are hig h-speed, upgr adable w orkstations designe d around In tel ® P entium ® II Xeon ™ proc essor s. These DeIl ® system s supp ort th e high - perf ormance P eripheral Com ponent Inte rconnect (PCI) b us and th e accelerated graph ics po rt (A GP) bu s. Eac[...]

1-2 Dell Precision 610 Mini T o wer Systems User ’s Gu ide under op erating sy s tem s t hat suppo rt mu ltip roc es si ng, suc h as Micro so f t ® Win do ws NT ® 4.0 .  A 1 6-bit, inte gra ted P lug and Pla y Cr ystal CS42 37 B audio c ontro ll er tha t is Sou nd Blaster P ro-compatible a nd that supports th e Microsof t Windows ® Sou nd S[...]

Intro duction 1- 3  A modula r computer c hassis w ith a minimum n umber of scre ws f or easy dis- assem bly and impro ved ser vicea bility .  A high-sp eed, hig h-reso lution A GP or PCI graphic s adap ter . (Documentation from the gr aphics ada pter manufa cturer i s included with the sy stem.) A GP greatly impro ves gra phics perf ormance [...]

1-4 Dell Precision 610 Mini T o wer Systems User ’s Gu ide  V id eo driv ers for the Micros of t W indo ws NT 4.0 operating sy stem. NO TE: Some grap hics adap ters support the Wind ows NT 4.0 operati ng sys tem only . Re fer to the documentation that cam e with your gra phics adapter f or more inform ation . T o c hange the re solution, c h e[...]

Intro duction 1- 5 admini strators to remotel y manage c onnected Dell P recision 61 0 sys tems in a Dell DMI client net w ork. F eatu res of Dell Op enManage Cl ient Admi nistrator incl ude: — Compl iance with the DMI 2.0 s pecificatio n — Support f or the Micr osof t W indo ws NT 4.0 opera ting syste m — R emote Fla s h BIO S support t hat [...]

1-6 Dell Precision 610 Mini T o wer Systems User ’s Gu ide — A utomated mapping of one or more groups to a user -defin ed directory — A LAN A dapter compon ent that lists detailed inf ormation abo ut the NIC for the l ocal sys tem — An e vent log that stores even ts generated by th e system — Support f or the applic ation used to c reate [...]

Intro duction 1- 7 NO TE: Y ou must install Windows NT 4.0 Ser vice P ac k 3 and the Microsof t updated A T API driver befor e installin g the NIC drivers. Other wise, the i ntegrat ed NIC wi ll not function properly . See the Dell M icrosof t Windo w s NT W orkstation 4.0 Setup G uide f or genera l inst alla - tion inf ormation for Windo w s NT 4.[...]

1-8 Dell Precision 610 Mini T o wer Systems User ’s Gu ide T o complete ly remov e all po wer from the s ystem, unplug the A C pow er cable from its sourc e. F or syste ms runn ing Micro s of t Windo ws NT w ith the De ll A utoShutdo wn service operatio nal, pressi ng the pow er but ton causes the system to per- f orm an ord erly operating s yste[...]

Intro duction 1- 9 F or info rmation about en abling, disabling, or c onfiguring input/output (I/O) ports and connectors, see Chapter 3, “Usi ng the S ystem S etup P rogram.” F or detailed descrip tions and illu strations of eac h port and con nector on the bac k panel, se e “I/O P orts and Conne ctors” in Append ix B. &RQQHFWL QJ([W[...]

1-1 0 Dell Precision 610 Mini T ower Systems User ’s Guide *HWWLQJ+HOS   If at an y time y ou don ’t un derstand a procedure describe d in this guide or if the sys - tem does not perfor m as e xpected, Dell provides a number of tools to help you. Fo r more inf orma[...]

Usin g th e Sof tware Support U t ilities 2-1 &+$37(5 8VLQJWKH6RIWZDUH6XSSRUW 8WLOLWLHV Y our Dell system co mes with sof t wa re support utiliti es on disk et te or on y our com- pute r’ s hard -dis k drive. These sof t ware s uppor t util itie s inc lu de system util itie s, sy stem serv ices , and Microsof t upda ted A T [...]

2-2 Dell Precision 610 Mini T o wer Systems User ’s Gu ide In cas e yo u later need to rei nst all the f iles for an y reason, y ou need to cop y the dis- ke tte images to a ba c kup disk et te (see the n ext sectio n, “Bac king Up the Sof t ware Support U tilities ”). F rom the bac kup disk et te, you ca n inst all the desire d file(s) to a [...]

Usin g th e Sof tware Support U t ilities 2-3 5 HLQVWDOOLQJ WKH' HOO6VWHP 8WLOLWLHVDQG 6HUYLFHVIRU :LQGRZV1 7 The system u tilit ies an d ser v ices ar e alre ady ins ta lled a nd oper ative on your hard- disk driv e. If , for an y reas on, y ou ne ed to reins tall the utili ties an d services, perf orm [...]

2-4 Dell Precision 610 Mini T o wer Systems User ’s Gu ide Y ou ca n use the A sset T ag utility to enter an asset tag number tha t you or y our com- pan y assi gn to the c omputer; you can also use it to reenter th e comput er’ s ser vic e tag number i f that becomes necessary . Use the asset comm and fro m an MS-DOS prompt . T o v iew existin[...]

Usin g th e Sof tware Support U t ilities 2-5 When the s ystem is on and the A utoShutdo wn ser vice is i nst alle d, the po wer but ton operat es in A utoShutdo wn mode. Pressin g the po wer b ut ton si gnals the ser vice to perf orm an orderly operating sy stem shutd own (reduc ing the poss ibility of data los s and file corr uption) be fore remo[...]

2-6 Dell Precision 610 Mini T o wer Systems User ’s Gu ide The following examp le shows t he con t ents of a possi ble bat ch file. NO TE: The firs t three lines of y our batc h file must matc h the first th ree lines in the f ollow- ing example. autopowr if errorlevel 2 goto alarm if errorlevel 1 goto button :alarm call alarm.bat autopowr /off :[...]

Usin g th e Sof tware Support U t ilities 2-7 The driver f or W indows NT 4.0 has also been copied to y our hard-disk drive in disk et te-image f orm. If you need to reinstall or re move th is driver , you can do so as des cribe d in the followi ng s ubsec tio ns. 5 HLQVWDOOLQJWK H:LQGRZV17 0LFURVRIW8S GDWHG $7 $ 3 ,?[...]

2-8 Dell Precision 610 Mini T o wer Systems User ’s Gu ide 5 H PRYLQJWKH:LQGRZV170LFURVRIW 8SGDWHG$ 7 $3, 'ULY HU T o r emove the M ic ros o f t up dated A T API driver , foll ow these s teps: system 32d rivers at api.s y s at api.b a k atapi.000 at api .sys[...]

Using the Sy stem S etup P rogra m 3-1 &+$37(5 8VLQJWKH6V WHP6H WXS3 URJUDP Eac h time y ou t urn on y our computer system or p ress the rese t but ton, the system compare s the ha rdware in stalled in the sy s tem to the hardwa re listed in the s ys tem conf igurati on inf ormation stor ed in non volatile random-access memor[...]

3-2 Dell Precision 610 Mini T o wer Systems User ’s Gu ide If y ou wait too long a nd your operating sy stem begin s to load into m emor y , let the system co mplet e the lo ad oper ation ; then sh ut down t he system and tr y agai n. NO TE: T o ensure an orderly s ystem shutd own , consult the doc umentation that accomp anied your ope r ating sy[...]

Using the Sy stem S etup P rogra m 3-3 Mov es to the ne xt field. Mov es to the pre vious field. C ycl es through the set tin gs in a fie ld. In man y fiel ds, y ou can also type the appropriate v alue. Enters the selected fiel d’ s pop-up s et tings menu. C ycl es through the se t tings in the sel ected fiel d’ s pop-up set tin gs menu . Sav e[...]

3-4 Dell Precision 610 Mini T o wer Systems User ’s Gu ide 6VWHP6HWX S2SWLRQV The following subsec tion s explai n in det ail each of the op tion s on th e System Setup screen. to select SPACE,+,- to change ESC to exit F1=Help ke y function s Dell Computer Corporation (www.dell.com)-Precision WorkStation 610 MT titl e box confi gur at i[...]

Using the Sy stem S etup P rogra m 3-5 6VWHP7LPH Sy stem Ti me resets the time on the computer’ s inte rnal cloc k. Time is kept in a 24-hour f ormat ( hours : minutes : secon ds ) . T o c hange the time, press the lef t- or right-ar ro w ke y s to selec t a fi el d, a nd th en pres s < +> o r <-> to i nc rea se or decrease the nu[...]

3-6 Dell Precision 610 Mini T o wer Systems User ’s Gu ide NO TE: F or all de vices obtained from Dell that use t he built-in EIDE co ntroller , set the appropri ate Driv e option to A uto. T he four P rimary Drive n and Sec ondar y n options identify the type o f EIDE devi ces installed i n t he com puter . F or eac h driv e, fiv e para meters c[...]

Using the Sy stem S etup P rogra m 3-7 The Primar y o r Seco ndar y Drive 0 and Drive 1 option s disp lay the fol lowing five p aram- eters f or eac h driv e:  Driv e T ype is the driv e-type number f or the select ed hard-di sk drive.  Capaci t y (automati c all y calcula ted b y the s yste m) indicates the n umber of mil- lions o f bytes of[...]

3-8 Dell Precision 610 Mini T o wer Systems User ’s Gu ide Se le ct in g D is k et t e Dri ve A: as the firs t device cau ses the sy stem to boot from driv e A first . If the sy stem f inds a disk et te that i s not bo ot able in the driv e or finds a problem w i th t h e dr ive itself , it displ ays an error m essage. If it does not find a di sk[...]

Using the Sy stem S etup P rogra m 3-9 &386SHHG  CPU Spe ed indica tes the processor s peed at w hic h your sy stem boots. Pr ess the lef t- or right-ar row key to toggle the CPU Sp eed option betwe e n the r esi- dent proc essor’ s rated spe ed (the def ault set ting) and a lo we r compatib ilit y spee d, whic h lets y ou accommoda te [...]

3-1 0 Dell Precision 610 Mini T ower Systems User ’s Guide If y ou se t a s eria l port to A uto a nd add an ex pa ns io n c ard c ontaini ng a p ort configured to the sam e designatio n, the sy stem aut omatically remaps the built-in port to the next av ailable p ort designati on that sh ares the sa me IRQ set ting a s f ol lo w s:  COM1 (in [...]

Using th e S ys te m Set up Pr og ram 3-1 1 Disk et te Interfac e controls the op eration of th e system’ s built-in disket te driv e cont roller . With A uto ( t he defau lt) selected , the syst em t urns of f the bui lt-in diske t te drive c on- troller w hen necessary to accommoda te a controller card insta l led in an e xpansion slot. With W [...]

3-1 2 Dell Precision 610 Mini T ower Systems User ’s Guide 6VWH P6HFXULW S ys tem Security confi gures the password and c hassis intrusi on set tings. P ress <Enter > to confi gure these s et tings. S ys tem Pa sswor d displa ys the cur rent stat us of y our sys tem’ s pa ssw ord secur it y f ea- t ure and all ows y ou to assi gn an[...]

Using the Sy stem S etup P rogra m 3-1 3 passw ord. See “Dis abling a F orgot ten P assword” found la ter in t his c hapter f or ins truc tions on d isabli ng a forg ot t en setup pas sword. Chassi s Intrus ion displa ys the stat us of the s ystem c hassis intr usion monitor . If the com puter co ver i s remov ed, the set ting c hanges fro m No[...]

3-1 4 Dell Precision 610 Mini T ower Systems User ’s Guide Time i s kept i n a 24- hour for mat ( hours : minutes ) . T o c han ge the time, press the lef t- or right-ar row k ey s to sele ct a field, and th en press <+> or <-> to i ncrease or decr ease the numb er . If yo u pref er , y ou can type numbers in eac h of the field s . Th[...]

Using the Sy stem S etup P rogra m 3-1 5 NO T ES: The power ma nagemen t f ea t u r e m on i to rs a ct iv ity of a mouse co nne cte d to the PS/2-com patible mouse port. Some 3D graphic s cards do not support DPMS . Ref er to the 3D grap hics card docu- mentation fo r DPMS co mpliance info rmation. B y set ting P ow er Mana gement t o Maximum, R e[...]

3-1 6 Dell Precision 610 Mini T ower Systems User ’s Guide $&3, A CPI contro ls the Adv anced Configurat ion and P ow er Interface. If the operating s ys- tem supp orts A CPI and A CPI is toggl ed On, pressing th e pow er but ton momentarily places the sy stem in a po w er -sav ing m ode. Y ou can t urn the sy ste m co mplete ly of f by pr[...]

Using th e S ys te m Set up Pr og ram 3-1 7 6VWHP 'DWD2 SWLRQV  The followi ng op tions, whi c h are not sele cta ble, displ ay informa tion about the s ystem:  The processor type and BIOS lev el are lis ted in the sy stem data bo xes.  Le vel 2 Cac he disp lays the siz e of the integ rated cac he.  Ser v ice T ag displ a[...]

3-18 Dell P recision 610 Mini T ower Systems User ’s Gu ide a new system pass word if the D isabl ed by Jumper opt ion is displ ayed. When a sy stem passwo rd is not assigne d, the Sy stem P assword set ting sh own i s Not Enab led. T o assi gn a sy stem pas sword, f ollo w these steps: F or instr uctions o n c hangin g this se tt ing , see “Pa[...]

Using the Sy stem S etup P rogra m 3-1 9 8VLQ J< RXU6VWH P3DV VZRUGWR6H FXUH< RXU6VWHP Whene ver y ou turn on y our system , press the reset b ut ton, or rebo ot the sys tem by pressin g the <Ctrl><Alt> <Del> ke y combination , the foll owing prom pt appears on the scre en when th e Pass word Status se[...]

3-20 Dell Precision 610 Mini T o wer Systems User ’s Gu ide 'HOHWL QJRU&KD QJLQJDQ([LVWL QJ6VWHP 3DVVZRUG  T o delete or c hange an existing sys tem pass word, fo llow thes e steps: Enter the S yst em Se t up program b y pressing <F2 >. F or instru cti ons on c hanging the set ting for P a ssword S[...]

Using th e S ys te m Set up Pr og ram 3-21 $VVLJQ LQJD6 HWXS3DVV ZRUG T o assign a setu p passwo rd, follo w these step s: If a c haracter i s illega l f or passw ord use, the sy stem emit s a beep. The setup password is now as signed and is Enab led. NO TES: The setup password can be the s ame as the sy stem pass word . If the two pass[...]

3-22 Dell Precision 610 Mini T o wer Systems User ’s Gu ide 'HOHWLQJ RU&KDQJLQJ DQ([LVWLQJ 6HWXS3DVVZRUG T o delete or c hange an existing setu p passwo rd, f ollo w these steps: If a c haracter is i llegal f or passw ord use, the s ystem emit s a beep. If the s etup passw ord is deleted , the Setu p P assword s et ting[...]

Using th e S ys te m Set up Pr og ram 3-23 NO TE: Af ter y ou remo v e and re plac e the c o ver , the c hassis intr usi on dete ctor will cause the follo wing mess age to be disp lay ed at the next sy stem start-up: ALERT! Cover was previously removed. See “Cha s sis Intr usion” ea rlier in the c hapter f or instruc tions. NO TE: If a set up p[...]

3-24 Dell Precision 610 Mini T o wer Systems User ’s Gu ide 5 HVSRQGLQJWR(UURU0HVVDJHV If an er ror message appears on y our monito r scree n while t he syst em is boo ting , mak e note of the messa ge. The n, befo re entering the S y stem Set up program, re f er to you r Diagn ostics a nd T roubleshooti ng Guide f or an e xplanatio n[...]

Using the IS A Configuration Utility 4-1 &+$37(5 8VLQJWKH,6$&RQILJXUDWLRQ8WLOLW The ISA Config urati on Util it y (ICU ) is us ed by the system t o track what expans ion cards a re installed and w hat resources are used. With this i nformatio n, the sys tem automat ically con figures Pl ug and Pla y expa nsion cards a nd [...]

4-2 Dell Precision 610 Mini T o wer Systems User ’s Gu ide 4XLFN6 WDUW   T o quic kly get started u s ing this utili t y , follo w these ste ps: See “When to Run the ICU” found la ter in this c hapter for d et ailed ins tructio ns. P reparat or y st eps in clude mak ing a p rogram disk et te, cop ying yo ur mouse d rive r to this [...]

Using the IS A Configuration Utility 4-3 If your system w as shi pped wi th Dell -ins tall ed software, t he ICU dis ket te image (f rom whic h you ca n mak e an ICU disk et te) is installe d on yo ur hard-d isk dri v e. (Y our syst em may also be accomp anied by an ISA Co nfiguration Uti lit y Disk et te .) The ICU is also a vail able through onl [...]

4-4 Dell Precision 610 Mini T o wer Systems User ’s Gu ide 3 U HSDULQJWR8VH WKH,&8 B efore using the ICU f or the first time, y ou must complete t he follo wing steps: F or instru c tions on ho w to cre ate a program diske tte from the diske tte image, see the online help provi ded in the P rogram Disk et te Mak er , whic h is a v[...]

Using the IS A Configuration Utility 4-5 $FFHVVLQJ+HOS Y o u c a n a cc es s o nl in e h el p in th e I CU in fou r ways:  Select Co nten ts f r om th e He lp m en u to d is pla y a list of top ics . S ele ct a top ic and clic k Hel p. Help text o n that topi c appe ars in a di alog b ox.  F or mos t dial og boxes, you c an click Help to d[...]

4-6 Dell Precision 610 Mini T o wer Systems User ’s Gu ide $GGLQJD/LVWHG&DUG NO TE: If you w an t to add a conf igurati on file tha t yo u receiv e d on disk e t te with a new expans ion car d, you mu st copy th e confi gurat ion f i le to t he db subdirec tor y on the bac k up copy of the ICU disk et te. Y ou should the n reboot y [...]

Using the IS A Configuration Utility 4-7 If the ca rd is not list ed, see “ Ad ding an U nlisted Card” fou nd next in this c hapter . The ICU uses the defa ult resources set b y the card manuf acture r whene ver pos- sible. If the ICU cannot find a resource that is valid f or the card and a vailabl e in the sy stem, the ut ility generate s an e[...]

4-8 Dell Precision 610 Mini T o wer Systems User ’s Gu ide Y ou cannot manu ally enter a v alue; y ou must c hoose a set ting from t he list. If there is only one se tti ng listed, no oth er set tings a re a va ilable. The set ti ng that y ou select ma y af f ect the resourc es av ailabl e. F or e xampl e, if you are of f ered the Di sable d opti[...]

Using the IS A Configuration Utility 4-9 Choo se the desired value and clic k OK. The value you se lect ed is di splayed und er the resou rce heading in the Configu ration Set tings dialog b ox. The Opti ons button is di sa ble d i f no al ternati ve values are av aila bl e for the select ed resourc e. NO TE: If yo u c hange one or more resource va[...]

4-1 0 Dell Precision 610 Mini T ower Systems User ’s Guide The Configure Unlis ted Card d ia log box appears with blank fields . F or ex ample, if you clic k the bo x beneath IRQ, the but ton c hanges to Add Inter- rupt. Whe n you cl ic k th is button, a Sp ecify dialo g box (in t his cas e, Sp ecify Inter r upt) appears. Figu re 4-7 sho ws the C[...]

Using the IS A Configuration Utility 4 -1 1 If y ou are pro viding values f or the input/outp ut (I/O) port or mem or y resources, yo u must enter the st artin g and ending ad dresses in he xadecima l format u sing the two fi elds pro vided b y the Specify M emor y or Spec ify I/O P ort dialog box. Clic k eac h bo x in suc cession to en ter the beg[...]

4-1 2 Dell Precision 610 Mini T ower Systems User ’s Guide only if it uses static de vice driv ers. See “Loc king and Unloc king Cards” found la ter in this c hapter for mo re informati on. NO TE: Y ou cann ot modi fy the re sources of a Plu g and P lay or PCI e xp ansion c ard. Y ou can on ly view th e resources currently a ssigned and l oc [...]

Using the IS A Configuration Utility 4-1 3 A mess a ge box a ppears, notifying y ou either that the card is us ing its def ault set- tings or that it cannot us e its defau lt set tings and m ust be rec onfigured. NO TE: Af ter modifying the s y stem configuratio n, you mus t t urn of f the system to install, rem ove, or c hange jumper s e t tings o[...]

4-1 4 Dell Precision 610 Mini T ower Systems User ’s Guide See “R emoving an Expansion Card” in Chapter 9 for instr uctions. 9LHZL QJ5 H VRXUFH V The ICU disp lays all resou rces curre ntly use d by your system. T o v iew all syste m resour ces, select System Reso urces f rom t he View menu o r click V ie w . The S y stem R eso urc e Usa g[...]

Using the IS A Configuration Utility 4-1 5 6DYLQJWKH6VWHP&R QILJXUDWLRQ Y ou can sav e the syst em confi gurat ion to no nv olat ile ra ndom-a cces s me mor y (NVRAM) a s y ou configure eac h card’ s res ources. T o do so, s elect Sav e from th e File menu an d continue with your opera tion. ([LWLQJWKH,&8 At the ICU wi ndo[...]

4-1 6 Dell Precision 610 Mini T ower Systems User ’s Guide A c hec k mark n ext to L oc king Enab led signif ies th at the f eatu re is act ive; a Loc k but ton appears on the tool bar . B oth option s toggle the loc k state of the se lected c ard. /RFNLQJDQG8QORFNLQJ&RQILJXUDWLRQ5HVRXUFHV Y ou can also lo c k and unloc k indivi d[...]

Using t he N e twork Inter face Co nt rol ler 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 integrated 3Com P eripheral Compo nent Int erconnect (PCI) 3C905b-TX net- wo rk inte rface controller (NIC). The NIC pro vides a[...]

5-2 Dell Precision 610 Mini T o wer Systems User ’s Gu ide The NIC connector on th e computer’ s bac k panel (see Figure 5-1) has the follo wing indicators :  A yellow activ ity indica tor flas hes when th e syste m is tr ansmit ting or rece iving network data. (A high v olume of network tra ff ic may mak e this indicato r appea r to be in a[...]

Using t he N e twork Inter face Co nt rol ler 5-3 1HWZ RUN&DE OH5 HTXLUHPHQW V Y our com puter ’ s N IC connec tor (an RJ 45 connector loc ated on th e bac k panel; see Figure 5 -1) is designed for at tac hing an unshie lded twisted pair (U TP) Ethernet ca ble. P res s o ne e nd o f the U TP cable into the N IC co nne ctor until the ca [...]

5-4 Dell Precision 610 Mini T o wer Systems User ’s Gu ide F or info rmation on admi nistrative us ers and privile ges, see y our W indo ws NT docu mentation. NO TE: If yo u are ins t alling ne t wor king on y our sy stem for the first time, the Win- dows NT ope rating system di splays a messa ge aski ng if you want to inst al l network ing . Cli[...]

Using t he N e twork Inter face Co nt rol ler 5-5 should use, and how t o ensu re that the NIC fu nctions p roperly w hen y ou are ins talling the J apanese v ersion of the Windo ws NT 4.0 ope rating sy stem. 6HWWLQ JWKH1HW ZRUN)UDPH 7 SH If y our syst em is co nnected to a network, f ollo w these steps: The 3Com EtherDi sk XL vers ion[...]

5-6 Dell Precision 610 Mini T o wer Systems User ’s Gu ide F or more in form ation on in st allin g 3Com 3C 905b NIC dr ivers , see “Windo ws NT 4.0 NIC Driv er .” Use the Windo ws NT 4.0 CD that ca me with your system. F or more info rmation on ins ta llin g Ser vi ce Pac k 3 for Wi ndows NT 4. 0, se e your ope ratin g system docu mentation.[...]

Usin g the Int egrat ed Aud io Contr oller 6- 1 &+$37(5 8VLQJWKH,QWHJUDWHG$ XGLR &RQWUROOHU Thi s c hapter describe s how to c onnect y our computer s ystem to e xternal audio devices t hat us e the 1 6 -bit in tegra ted au dio co ntroll er on your comput er ’ s system boa rd. The inte grat ed Cr yst al 423 7B con trol l[...]

6-2 Dell Precision 610 Mini T o wer Systems User ’s Gu ide 6SHDNHUV Y our compute r system suppo rts mo s t st anda r d spea kers tha t have integ rate d ampl ifi- ers. Y ou can purchase spea kers sepa rate ly fro m Dell. Connect t he audio cable from the speak ers to the lin e-out jac k (see Fig ure 6-1). NO T E: When speake rs are a t t ached t[...]

Usin g the Int egrat ed Aud io Contr oller 6- 3 NO TES: The integrated a udio controll er allo ws you to manipulate m usical inst rument digital inter face (MIDI) files on y our computer and to hear output from those files o n ex terna l s pe ak e rs. Ho we v er , to communica te with an e xternal MIDI de vice, suc h as a synthes izer or other musi[...]

6-4 Dell Precision 610 Mini T o wer Systems User ’s Gu ide $GMXVWLQJ' 6RXQG The 4237B 3D soun d system c ont ains two con trols—a space c ontrol and a ce nter cont rol—f or adjus ting the spat ial ef f ect of sound pla yed throu gh speak ers conne cted to y our computer . T urnin g up the le ve l of the spac e control increases [...]

Usin g the Int egrat ed Aud io Contr oller 6- 5 a: Af ter the driv ers ha ve been installed, th ere will be a new A udio Co ntrol progra m fold er with two programs —Audio M ixer and Audio Input.[...]

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Using th e Integr at ed SCSI Contr ol l ers 7-1 &+$37(5 8VLQJWKH,QWH JUDWHG6&6, &RQWUROOHUV This c h apte r provid es instruct ions for inst alli ng dr ivers for the following SCSI controll ers:  Integr ated Ada ptec 7890 Ultra2/Wide lo w vol t age dif fere ntial (L VD) small com- puter sy stem int erfac e (SCSI) co[...]

7-2 Dell Precision 610 Mini T o wer Systems User ’s Gu ide 6&6,' HYLFH& RQVLGHUDWLRQV The 5.25-inc h e xternally a ccessible driv e bay s at the front o f the computer are nor- mally used f or non-hard-d isk d riv e de vices s uc h as CD-R O M driv es and/o r tape driv es . The se can be enha nced in tegrated driv e electronics[...]

Using th e Integr at ed SCSI Contr ol l ers 7-3 6&6, 'ULYHUV IRU: LQGRZV1 7 T o reinstall th e SCSI d riv ers f or Windows N T 4.0, f ollow thes e steps: a: ,QVWDOO L QJ6&6 ,'ULYHUV'XULQJ :LQGRZV17 ,QVWDOOD WLRQ F ollo w these s teps to in st all SCS I drivers du ring Win[...]

7-4 Dell Precision 610 Mini T o wer Systems User ’s Gu ide Y ou cr eated thi s dis ket te using the Dell D i skMaker program w hen you ma de pro- gram dis ket te sets of your Dell-i nst alled s of t ware .[...]

Working Inside Y our Computer 8-1 &+$37(5 : RUNLQJ,QVLGH< RXU&RPSXWHU Y our Dell Precision 61 0 sy stem supports a variety of inte rnal options that e xpand sy s- tem cap abilities . Th is c hapter prepares you to ins t all options inside the co mputer . It describ es how to r emove and replace the computer co ver and ro t[...]

8-2 Dell Precision 610 Mini T o wer Systems User ’s Gu ide T o veri fy that all po wer has been remov ed from the sy stem, make s ure that the st andby lig ht-emi t ti ng diode (LED) on the syst em boa r d has go ne out. F or the loc a t ion of this LED , se e Figu re 9- 1 . Whil e you work, pe riod icall y touch an unpa inted met al su rface on [...]

Working Inside Y our Computer 8-3 Fa cing the lef t side co ve r , press the release but ton (loca ted at the bot tom-lef t corner of the front bez el) and lif t the bot tom of the co ver , allo wing it to pi vot u p tow ard yo u (see Figure 8-2 ). Disengage the t abs tha t s ecure the co ver to the top of the c hassis, and lif t the cove r away . [...]

8-4 Dell Precision 610 Mini T o wer Systems User ’s Gu ide 5 HSOD FLQJWKH&RPSXWH U&RYHU Use the f ollo w ing procedure to replace the co mputer co ver: Fa cing the lef t side of the c omputer , hold the cov er at a slight a ngle as sho wn in Figure 8 -3, and the n align the to p of the cov er with the top o f the c hassis. Hook t[...]

Working Inside Y our Computer 8-5 NO TE: Af ter remo ving an d replacing the cha ssis, the c hassis intr usion dete ctor will c a use the fo llowing message to be displa yed at the ne xt system st art-up: ALERT! Cover was previously removed. See Chap ter 3, “Using the S yst em Set up Prog ram,” for instructio ns. NO TE: If a set up passw ord ha[...]

8-6 Dell Precision 610 Mini T o wer Systems User ’s Gu ide Figure 8 -5 sho ws your comput er with its co ve r remov ed. Ref er to this illu s tration to locate inte rio r f eat ures and co mpo nents discussed in this guid e. fr ont back extern al drive bay s power supply internal drive bay s to p system board bo ttom[...]

Working Inside Y our Computer 8-7  5 RWDWLQJWKH 3 RZHU6XSSO$ ZD)URPWKH 6VWHP%RDUG T o access some comp onents on the syst em board, you ma y hav e to rotate the sy s- tem po wer supp ly out of the w ay . Use the f ollowin g procedure to rotate the po wer supply : padlock ring NIC co nnecto r paralle l por t conn [...]

8-8 Dell Precision 610 Mini T o wer Systems User ’s Gu ide The pow er supply bra c ket h as detents to hold the pow er supply up in one of sev- eral ex tended positi ons, w hic h are especi ally u seful w hen the c hassis is standin g upright . DC po w e r cabl es power supply secu ri ng tab A C power cabl e AC p o w e r recep tac le[...]

Instal l i ng System Board Opti ons 9-1 &+$37(5 ,QVWDOOLQJ6VWHP%RDUG2SWLRQV This c h apte r descri bes how to ins ta ll the foll owing op tions :  P eripheral Compone nt Intercon nect (PCI), a ccelerated graphics port (A GP), and Industry-Standard Archi tecture (ISA) e xpansion cards  S ys tem memory  Proces sor Slot 2 [...]

9-2 Dell Precision 610 Mini T o wer Systems User ’s Gu ide Use Figu re 9-1 to locate th e system b oard f eat ures. ([SDQVLRQ&DUGV The system accommodate s up to six expa nsion cards , including 32-bit PCI e xpansion cards, an 8- or 1 6-bit IS A expan s ion card, and a 32-bit A GP card. (Se e Figure 9-2 f or exampl es of th ese c ards.) PC[...]

Instal l i ng System Board Opti ons 9-3 ([SDQVLRQ6ORWV The re are se ven e xpansion-card connectors on the syst em board. Expan sion-card connec tors PCI1 through PCI5 support 32-bit PCI e xpansion card s; expa nsion-c a rd connec tor A GP supports a 3 2-bit A GP e x pansio n card; and e xpansion-card connector ISA 1 can accomm odate an 8- or 1 [...]

9-4 Dell Precision 610 Mini T o wer Systems User ’s Gu ide ,QVWDOO L QJDQ ([SDQVLRQ&DUG  F ollo w this general p rocedure to instal l an e xpansion ca rd: See Chap ter 4, “Using the IS A Configur ation Utility ,” for in structi ons. NO TE: If y ou install a PCI or P lug and Play e xpansion ca rd, y our syst em a[...]

Instal l i ng System Board Opti ons 9-5 If the e xpansion card is full-length, ins ert the front e nd of the c a rd in to the corre- spondi ng card guid e on the in side front of th e c hassis as you insert the card into its co nnect o r . Insert the card’ s edge connector fi rmly into the e xpansion-card slot. Gently ro ck the card into the c on[...]

9-6 Dell Precision 610 Mini T o wer Systems User ’s Gu ide 5 HPRYLQJDQ([SDQ VL RQ&D UG F ollo w this ge neral proc edure to remo ve an e xpansion ca rd: See Chap ter 4, “Using the IS A Configur ation Utility ,” for in structi ons. NO TE: Installing filler brac kets o ver em pty card-slot openin gs is necessary to maintain F ed[...]

Instal l i ng System Board Opti ons 9-7 Figure 9 -5 show s the DIM Ms and DIMM s oc ke ts. ',00, QVWDOOD WLRQ*X LGHOLQH V When adding system mem or y , you may inst al l DIMMs in any orde r . For optim um oper at ion, Del l recom mends in st alling t he DIMMs star ting wi th sock et A (close st to the top ed ge of the sy stem board) and [...]

9-8 Dell Precision 610 Mini T o wer Systems User ’s Gu ide F ollo w this pro cedure to p erform a mem or y upgrade: F ollo w the ins tr uctions i n “In st alli ng a DIMM” or “R emov in g a D IM M,” a s a ppr o- priate, f ound later in this section. NO TE: Af ter y ou remo v e and re plac e the c o ver , the c hassis intr usi on dete ctor [...]

Instal l i ng System Board Opti ons 9-9 The sy stem should ha ve alre ad y c hanged the v alue of S y stem Memory to reflect the ne wly installe d memory . V erify the ne w total. NO TE: If the memo r y total is in corre c t, t urn of f and di sconnec t your comp uter and peri pherals from thei r powe r sources. R emov e the computer c over , rot a[...]

9-1 0 Dell Precision 610 Mini T ower Systems User ’s Guide T o r emove a DIMM, pr e ss the securin g clip s out ward sim ul t aneou sly unti l the DI MM diseng ages from the soc ket (see Fi gure 9-7). It should p op out sligh tly . 3 HQWLXP,,; HRQ3 URFHVVRU8SJ UDGHV T o take adv antage of fut ure optio ns in speed an d functionality ,[...]

Instal l i ng System Board Opti ons 9-1 1 $GGLQJRU 5H SODFLQJD3 HQWLXP ,,; HRQ3URFHV VRU A P entium II Xeon pr oce ss or upg rad e k it i nc lud es the ne w P entium II Xe on processor Slot 2 SEC c artridge with at t ac h ed heat sink. Use the f ollo wing proc edure to a dd or replace a Slot 2 SEC cartri dge. NO TE: Dell recom [...]

9-1 2 Dell Precision 610 Mini T ower Systems User ’s Guide Pr ess the Slo t 2 SEC cartridge firmly into its c onnector until it is fully seated. Y ou mus t use up to 25 lb of force to fully seat the Slot 2 SEC ca rtridge in its connec tor . Install a seco nd Slot 2 S EC cartridge/heat sink assembly i nto its con- nector , if desired. Place the to[...]

Instal l i ng System Board Opti ons 9-1 3 NO TE: Bo th proces sor slots mu st be popu lated with e ither a P entiu m II Xeon proce s- sor o r a De ll term ina tor car d. If a slo t is no t occu pied , or if a non- Dell termi nator card is inst all ed, the system wi ll not turn on . The processor speed j umper should be set for the i nst alled p roc[...]

9-1 4 Dell Precision 610 Mini T ower Systems User ’s Guide See y our Diag nos tic s and T rouble sh ooti ng Guide fo r inf ormat ion on r unning the diagno stics and troubl eshooting a ny p roblems that m ay occur . 5 HSODFLQJWKH6VWHP%DWWHU A 3.0-V CR20 32 c oi n-c ell ba t ter y instal led on the s y stem board m aintains sy s tem co [...]

Instal l i ng System Board Opti ons 9-1 5 correc t set tings. See Chapte r 3, “Using the Sy stem Setup Program,” f or ins tructio ns. NO TE: If a CD-R OM driv e or hard-dis k drive in the upper 5.25 -inc h driv e ba y obs truc ts your ac cess to the b at te r y , you may find it he lpful to remove th e front bez el and slide the drive f or ward[...]

9-1 6 Dell Precision 610 Mini T ower Systems User ’s Guide Orient th e bat ter y with the side lab eled “+” fa cing up. T hen insert the ba t ter y into the s oc ket, and snap it into pl ace. NO TE: Af ter y ou remo v e and re plac e the c o ver , the c hassis intr usi on dete ctor will cause the follo wing mess age to be disp lay ed at the n[...]

Installing Driv es 1 0-1 &+$37(5 ,QVWDOOLQJ'U LYHV Y our Dell compute r has eight dri ve b ay s f or installi ng the f oll owin g types of dr ives (see Figure 1 0-1):  The externally accessible dri ve b ays at the front o f the computer consist of one 3.5- inc h drive bay (d edic ated t o a 3.5 -inch slimli ne diskette dri v[...]

10 - 2 Dell Precisio n 610 Mini T ower Systems User’s Guide 5 HPRYLQJDQG5 HSODFLQJWKH) URQW%H]HO  The bezel is secured to the fro nt of the c hassis b y t w o ta bs a nd two ho oks. The tab rele ase for the b ezel is at t he top o f the co mputer c ha s s is and c an be ac cess ed only with the computer co ver remo ved (see “R[...]

Installing Driv es 1 0-3 While pre ssing the tab release, tilt the bez el aw ay from t he c hassis, disenga ge the t wo r e ta i ni ng ho o ks at th e bo ttom of t he be zel , a nd c ar ef ul ly p ul l t h e b eze l away f ro m the c hassi s. T o replace the bezel, fit the two retaining h ooks on the be zel into their corre sponding slots a t the b[...]

10 - 4 Dell Precisio n 610 Mini T ower Systems User’s Guide T o replace a front-panel ins ert for a 5 .25-inc h bay , wo rk from i nside the be zel. Insert the two ri ng-t abs (on e on eac h end of the insert) over th e posts on the i nside of the ba y opening, and fi rmly press both ends of the in sert into plac e (see Figure 1 0-3). &RQQHFW[...]

Installing Driv es 1 0-5 The drive ’ s interf ace connec tor is a card-ed ge connecto r or a header con nector , as sho wn in Figur e 1 0-5. When at t ac hing the in terfac e cable to a dri ve, be sure to matc h the colored strip on the cab le to pin 1 of the driv e ’ s interfa ce connector . Fo r the loca tion of pin 1 on th e driv e’ s inte[...]

10 - 6 Dell Precisio n 610 Mini T ower Systems User’s Guide I QVWDOOLQJD' ULYHLQD,QFK'ULYH%D The 5.25-inc h driv e bay s can acc ommodate any of the follo wing types of ha lf-height drives:  A CD-ROM or t ape d rive that uses th e seco nda r y EIDE i nter face or th e secon d- ary SCSI interfa ce [...]

Installing Driv es 1 0-7 If a dr ive is already in st alled in the bay and you a re replacing 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 driv e befo re slidin g the brac ket out of the bay . T o remo ve the old d rive from the brac ket, turn the dr ive/ brac ket as s embl y upside do wn and unscr [...]

10 - 8 Dell Precisio n 610 Mini T ower Systems User’s Guide T o further ensu re proper positi oning of the driv e in the c hassis, insert an d tighten all f our screw s in the orde r in whic h the hol es are numbered (the hole s are marked “1 ” thr ough “4”). Mak e sure that both brac ket tabs snap into place in th e drive ba y . See “I[...]

Installing Driv es 1 0-9 If y our syst em came with an EIDE CD -ROM or t ape driv e, use the spare co nnec- tor on the existing i nterface ca ble. Other wise, us e the EID E or SCSI cable provide d in the dri ve kit. F or a SCSI dri ve, c o nnect the cable fro m the driv e to the i nterface connecto r labele d “SCSI_NARRO W” on the system boa r[...]

10 - 10 Dell Precisio n 610 Mini T ower Systems User’s Guide See “R emoving and Repl acing F ront-Pa nel Inserts ” found ea rlier in this c hapter . NO TE: Af ter you re mov e and replace the c h assis, the c hassis intr usion detector will c a use the fo llowing message to be displa yed at the ne xt system st art-up: ALERT! Cover was previou[...]

Installing Driv es 1 0-1 1 ,QVWDOOLQJ DQ(,'(+DUG'LVN'ULYH Thi s section inc ludes inform ation on installing, partiti oning, and fo rmat ting EIDE h a rd- dis k drives. F or instruct ions on inst all ing , par titio ning , a nd formatting SCS I har d -dis k driv es, see “In stalling SC SI De vices” fo und later in [...]

10 - 12 Dell Precision 610 Mini T ower Systems User ’s Guide If any hard-disk d rives a re already ins t alled i n the brac ke t, disconnect th e DC power cable and inte rface ca ble fro m eac h drive. Grasp the handle of the driv e cage door on th e front of the c hassi s, and pull out and do wn until the arms on the driv e cage doo r (see Figur[...]

Installing Driv es 1 0-1 3 Insert th e b r ac ket into th e driv e cage b y sliding it i n until the tabs sna p into p lace. Rota te the d r ive cage d oor up an d toward the chassis un til i t snaps se cure ly into place. B e sure to f old do wn the drive - c age doo r han dle (see Fig ure 1 0-1 0) so that the bez el can be repl ac ed on the c has[...]

10 - 14 Dell Precision 610 Mini T ower Systems User ’s Guide Chec k all connectors to be c ertain that the y a re prope rly cabl ed and firmly seated. brac ket dri ve cage tab s ( 2)[...]

Installing Driv es 1 0-1 5 T o locate th e IDE1 connect or , see Figure 9 - 1 . NO TE: Af ter y ou remo v e and re plac e the c o ver , the c hassis intr usi on dete ctor will cause the follo wing mess age to be disp lay ed at the next sy stem start-up: ALERT! Cover was previously removed. See “ Driv es: Pri mar y and Sec ondary” in Chapter 3. [...]

10 - 16 Dell Precision 610 Mini T ower Systems User ’s Guide See Chap ter 3, “Using the S yst em Set up Prog ram,” for instructio ns. NO TE: If a set up passw ord has been a s signed b y someone else, c ont act y our network administrator f or info rmation o n reset ting the c hassis in tr usion det ector . Af ter y ou update the S yst em Set[...]

Installing Driv es 1 0-1 7 Internal SCSI devices at t ac h ed to the integrated Adaptec 78 90 Ultra2/Wide low v olt- age dif f erential (L VD) controll er through the 68-p in primar y SCS I connector on the sy stem board mus t hav e a unique SCSI ID number fro m 0 to 1 5. Extern ally acce ssible SCSI devi ces at t ac hed to the integra ted Adap tec[...]

10 - 1 8 Dell Precisio n 610 Mini T ower Systems User ’s Gu ide Dell h ave a c tiv e terminat ion at the end of the cables, any SCSI devi ces y ou install should have termination d isabled on the device s. F urthermore, when a t tac hing exte rnal SCSI de vices, y ou should u s e only ex ternal SCSI cab les with activ e termination o n the cable [...]

Installing Driv es 1 0-1 9 *HQHU DO3 URFHGXUHIRU ,QVWDO OLQJ 6&6,'H YLFHV Configure and install one or more SCSI de vices in y our compute r as foll ows: See “SCSI Configuration Gu idelines” f ound earlier in this s e ct i o n . Configure the de vice f or a SCS I ID numb er and disable t ermination, if neces sar y . F or[...]

10 - 2 0 Dell Precision 610 Mini T ower Systems User ’s Guide  If y ou a r e i nstalling a S C SI ho st ada pte r ca rd , co nfig ure the c a rd a nd i nst all it in an em pty expan sion slo t (see “Installi ng an Expa nsion Car d” in Chapte r 9. ) If yo u a t t ac h any SCSI hard -di sk driv es to the host ada pte r ca rd, connect th e ha[...]

Installing Driv es 1 0-21 NO TE: Af ter y ou remo v e and re plac e the c o ver , the c hassis intr usi on dete ctor will cause the follo wing mess age to be disp lay ed at the next sy stem start-up: ALERT! Cover was previously removed. See Chap ter 3, “Using the S yst em Set up Prog ram,” for instructio ns. NO TE: If a set up passw ord has bee[...]

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T e c hnica l Sp ec ifi cat i ons A-1 $33(1',;$ 7 HFKQLFDO6SHFLILFDWLRQV Pr ocesso r t ype. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Int el P entium II Xeon processor th at runs at 400 MHz inte rna lly/1 0 0 MHz externally . A slo wer co mpatibili t y spee d can be set through the Sys tem Setu p program. Internal cac he . . . . . . . . . [...]

A-2 Dell Precisio n 610 Mini T ower Systems User ’s Gu ide NIC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3Co m 3C905b-TX W akeup On LAN- capabl e I/O control ler . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Nation al PC 8730 9 Bus types . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . PCI, IS A, and A GP Bus spe ed . . . . . .[...]

T e c hnica l Sp ec ifi cat i ons A-3 Arc hitecture . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72-bit ECC S D RAM DIMM soc kets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . four D I MM c a p a c i t i e s . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64- and 1 28-MB unbuf f ered , 72-bit SDRAM; 256-MB and 51 2-MB registered, 72-bit SDRAM Standard RAM . . .[...]

A-4 Dell Precisio n 610 Mini T ower Systems User ’s Gu ide Inter n all y ac ce ssible: E ID E d r i v e. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . t w o 4 0 - p i n co nn e c to r s o n P C I l o c a l b u s Pr i m a r y S C S I cha n n e l . . . . . . . . . . . . . . o n e 68 - p i n U lt r a 2 / W i d e S C S I c o n n e c t o r S e c on [...]

T e c hnica l Sp ec ifi cat i ons A-5 Link in tegrity indicator (on NIC con nector) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . green LED Net work activit y ind icator (on NIC con nector) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . yello w LED P ower in dicator (on sy stem board) . . . . . green LED Standby powe r indicator (on sy stem board) . . . . . . . . . . .[...]

A-6 Dell Precisio n 610 Mini T ower Systems User ’s Gu ide Maxim um shock: Op er a ti ng . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . h al f- si n e wave for m : 5 0 G for 2 ms St or a ge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . h al f- si n e wave for m : 1 1 0 G for 2 m s square w av e form: 27 G f or 1 5 ms Altit ude: O p er [...]

Hardware Co nfigurat i on Features B-1 $33(1',;% +DUGZDUH&RQILJXUDWLRQ)HDWXUHV This ap pendi x provid es spec ific i nformat ion a bout th e jump ers on your system board 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 rovides so me basic i nformatio n on jump ers and swit c [...]

B-2 Dell Precisio n 610 Mini T ower Systems User ’s Gu ide A jumper is ref erred to as open or unjum pere d when the plug is pushed down o ver only o ne pin or if the r e i s no pl ug at all. When th e p lug is pus hed d o w n o ver tw o pi ns , the jump er is ref erred to as jumpered . T he jumper se tti ng is of ten sho wn in te xt as two nu mb[...]

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B-4 Dell Precisio n 610 Mini T ower Systems User ’s Gu ide SPREAD R eser ved ( do not rem ove j umper ). R SVD 4 R eserved ( do not in st all jumper plu g ). R SVD 3 R eserved ( do not in st all jumper plu g ). R SVD 2 R eserved ( do not in st all jumper plu g ). R SVD 1 R eserved ( do not in st all jumper plu g ). 450MHZ * Re s er v ed (do not i[...]

Hardware Co nfigurat i on Features B-5 6VWH P%RD UG/ DEHOV 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 functio ns. A GP A GP graphi cs adapter con nector A UX LED Hard-d isk drive access in dicator c onnector B A TTER Y B a t ter y soc ket CD-IN CD-R OM drive a [...]

B-6 Dell Precisio n 610 Mini T ower Systems User ’s Gu ide ,23 RUWVDQG &RQQHFWRUV The I/ O p or ts an d c on ne ct or s o n t he ba c k pa ne l o f yo ur co mp ut er ar e t he ga teways through wh ic h your com puter sy stem c ommun icate s with e xterna l de vic es, suc h as a ke yboard, mou se, printer , and m onitor . Figure B-[...]

Hardware Co nfigurat i on Features B-7 6HULDO DQG 3DUDOOHO3RUWV The t w o built-in serial ports use 9 -pin D-submin iature con nectors on the ba ck panel. The se ports sup port de vices suc h as e xternal modem s, printers, plot ters, and mice that requ ire serial data transmis sion (the trans mission of data one bit at a time ov er one li[...]

B-8 Dell Precisio n 610 Mini T ower Systems User ’s Gu ide B efore adding a card that remaps the COM p orts, c hec k the documentation th at accompa nied your s of tware to m a k e sure that the s of tware c an be map ped to the new COM po rt desi gnat ion. T o avoid au toconf igur a tion, you may be abl e to res et the expa nsion card’ s j ump[...]

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 il lustrates the pi n numbers fo r the parallel po rt connec tor , and T able B-4 lis ts and defin es the pin assignments and interf ace signals f or the parall el port conn[...]

B-1 0 Dell Precision 610 Min i T ower Systems User ’s Gu ide ([WHU QDO6 &6,&RQ QHFWRU The 68- pin external small compu ter sy stem interf ace (SCSI) conn ec tor on the s y stem bac k pane l supports e xternal Ul tra SCSI devi ces suc h as scann ers, ZIP driv es, and opti cal dr ives. If yo u reconfig ure yo ur hardw are, y ou ma y n[...]

Hardware Co nfigurat i on Features B-1 1 1–1 6 GN D N /A Sign al ground 1 7 –1 8 TRMP WR N/ A T ermina tor power 1 9 RS VD N/A R eser ved 20– 34 GND N/ A Sig nal gr ound 35 D1 2 I/O SCSI data bit 1 2 36 D1 3 I/O SCSI data bit 1 3 37 D1 4 I/O SCSI data bit 1 4 38 D1 5 I/O SCSI data bit 1 5 39 DP ARH I/O SCSI data parity high 40 D0 I/O SCSI dat[...]

B-1 2 Dell Precision 610 Mini T o wer Systems User ’s Guid e . HERDUGDQG0 RXVH&RQQHFWRUV Y our sy stem uses a P ersonal S ystem/2 (PS/2)-style ke yboard and supports a PS/2- compati bl e mouse. Ca ble s from bo th de vices at t ac h to 6-pin mi niature Deutsc he Indus- trie Norm ( DI N) co nnectors on the bac k panel of y our comput[...]

Hardware Co nfigurat i on Features B-1 3 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-7 illustra tes the pin n umbers f or t he mouse c onnector , and T able B-7 lis ts and defines the pin assign ments and interf ace sig nals fo r the mouse c onnector . 1 KBD A T A I[...]

B-1 4 Dell Precision 610 Mini T o wer Systems User ’s Guid e 9LG HR&RQQHFWRU F or info rmation on y our video conn ector , see the manuf act urer’ s specific ations that accomp anied your grap hics ad apter . 1,&&RQ QHFWRU Y our sy stem contains an RJ45 connector (se e Figure B-8) on the bac k panel for at tac h- ing an unshie[...]

Hardware Co nfigurat i on Features B-1 5 86%&R QQHFWRUV Y our syste m cont ains t wo Universal Seri al Bus (USB ) conne ctors for attac h ing USB- compl iant devic es. USB d evice s are t ypic ally pe r iphera ls suc h as keyboards, mice, printe rs, an d compute r speak ers. If yo u reconf igure y our hardw are, y ou ma y need pin numbe r[...]

B-1 6 Dell Precision 610 Mini T o wer Systems User ’s Guid e /LQH  2XW-DFN The line -out jac k (see Fi gure B-1 1) can be used to at tac h most co mputer sp eak ers. T he line- out j ac k is ampl ifie d, so s peakers w ith in tegra ted am plif iers a re not r equi red. Con- nect the audio cable fro m the speak ers to this jac k. . /LQH ,[...]

Hardware Co nfigurat i on Features B-1 7 ,QWHUUXSW$VVLJQPHQWV P roblems c an arise if tw o de vice s at temp t to use the s ame IRQ l ine. T o a void this type of confli ct, c hec k the docum ent ation f or the def ault IRQ line set ting f or eac h installed dev ice. T hen consult T able B-9 to configure ea c h de vice f or one of the a vaila bl[...]

B-1 8 Dell Precision 610 Mini T ower Systems User ’s Guide divide d in to conv entional memor y (som etim es ca ll e d base memor y ) and upper memo ry . All sy ste m mem ory abov e th is 1 M B is call ed extended memory and ca nnot be direct ly addr essed b y MS-D OS–based pr ograms w ithout the ai d of so me speci al memor y - mana ging s of [...]

Hardware Co nfigurat i on Features B-1 9 00 09FC0 0–0009FFFF PS/2-mous e data area 000A 0000 – 000BF F FF V ide o R AM 000C 0000 – 000C7 F FF V ide o B IOS 000C 8000 –000E FFF F A va ilab le 000F 0 000 –000FF FFF S ys tem BIO S 00 1 00000– 00 1 0FF EF Hi gh m emo ry are a 00 1 0FFF0–7 FFFFFFF Extended memor y 80000000– FFF BFFF F R [...]

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IS A Configuration Util ity Messages C-1 $33(1',;&  ,6$&RQILJXUDWLRQ8WLOLW 0HVVDJH V The ISA Confi guration U tility (ICU) a nd its Configurat ion Manager 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 that [...]

C-2 Dell Precisio n 610 Mini T ower Systems User ’s Gu ide No Configuration Manager. T he dev ice driver n eeded by th e ICU is corrup ted o r is not cor rectly config ured. V erify that the f ollowing device st ate- ment ap pears in y our config.sys file: device= driv e : directory driv- ersdosdwcfgmg.sys In this statement, drive and directo[...]

IS A Configuration Util ity Messages C-3 This device is unconfig- urable because of a resource conflict with card card_name . The con- flicting resource is resource_name . To fix, reconfigure the conflicting card. T he selec ted card is unconfig urable beca use one of its re sourc es is alre ady bei n g used by anot her device . P erfor m the foll [...]

C-4 Dell Precisio n 610 Mini T ower Systems User ’s Gu ide 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 a l ready in use by conflict ing_card . T r y eac h of the f ollo wing op tions until the probl em is r[...]

IS A Configuration Util ity Messages C-5 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 message ap pears when y ou try to add a listed card an d the confi guration file f or thi[...]

C-6 Dell Precisio n 610 Mini T ower Systems User ’s Gu ide &RQILJX UDWLRQ0DQD JHU0HVVD JHV The Conf igurati on Mana ger f or the I CU iden tifies prob lems f ollo wing the s y stem bo ot routine a nd generates messag es if necessa r y . The se messages alert yo u to an y unsucc essful at tempts to c onfigure Plug and Pla y or P eriph[...]

IS A Configuration Util ity Messages C-7 Found Plug and Play ISA card: Plug and P lay ISA Card Name . T his me ssage appe ars at sy s tem start-up f or eac h Plug an d Play IS A expa n- sion ca rd reco gnized by the Co nfiguratio n Mana ger . St atus mess age; n o acti on is r equir ed. NOTICE: Boot Device Not Active! CSN= Card Select Nu mber . A b[...]

C-8 Dell Precisio n 610 Mini T ower Systems User ’s Gu ide ERROR: Failed NVS write. Error= Internal Error Code . An at tempt to write to NVRAM f ailed. Run the De ll Diagnostic s to ver ify the integrity of y our system NVRAM. See the cha pter titled “R unning the Dell Diagnostic s” in your Diagnostics and T roubleshooting Guide fo r instr uc[...]

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 ull[...]

C-1 0 Dell Precision 610 Min i T ower Systems User ’s Gu ide 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) ment[...]

Maint aining t he System D-1 $33(1',;' 0DLQWDLQLQJWKH6VW HP Proper us e of pr ev ent ive maint enanc e proc edur es can ke ep the syst em in t op ope rat- ing con dition and m inimize th e need fo r costly , time-co nsuming ser vice proced ures. Thi s appendix contains ma intenance p rocedures that you should perf orm regularly [...]

D-2 Dell Precisio n 610 Mini T ower Systems User ’s Gu ide As a last resort, y ou can bac k up a hard-di sk driv e’ s c ontents on disk et tes, a meth od that is both tim e-con suming a nd pro ne to h uman error . Also, bac king up a ful l 540- MB hard-dis k driv e requires ap proximatel y 375 disk et tes (when using 1 .44-MB di sket tes). Ther[...]

Maint aining t he System D-3 5 HFRPPHQGHG7 RROVDQG$FFHVVRULHV Dell re commends that you use the follo wing tools a nd accessorie s when y ou cle an the comp uter:  A wrist groun ding s trap — The prope r use of a w rist groun ding s trap reduces the ef f ect of electr ostatic dis c harge (ESD), whic h can damag e ce rtain com pute r c[...]

D-4 Dell Precisio n 610 Mini T ower Systems User ’s Gu ide &OHDQL QJ'ULY HV   Y ou can clean t he heads of y our disk et te drives b y using a commercial ly a vailabl e disk et te-drive head-cleaning kit. The se kits include disk et tes pretreat ed with a ch emi- cal so lution to n onabrasiv ely remo v[...]

Maint aining t he System D-5 t ur nin g it on . F a il ure to do so ma y cause damag e to int erna l comp onents, particu- larly the h a rd-disk driv e.  If in termittent system failures a re noti ced, tr y rese ating a ny soc keted c hip s, whic h might ha ve become loose due to tem perature fluct uations. +X PLGLW High-h umidity conditions c[...]

D-6 Dell Precisio n 610 Mini T ower Systems User ’s Gu ide &RUURVLRQ The oil from a perso n ’ s fing ers or prolong ed ex posure to high temp erat ure or humidity can c orrode t he go ld-p lated ed ge c onnec tors an d pin c onn ectors on variou s devic es in the comp uter . Th is corrosion on computer con nectors is a gradu al process that[...]

Maint aining t he System D-7 T o r educ e the p ossib ilit y of EM I and R FI, fol l ow these g uidel ines :  Operate the sys tem on ly with th e computer c ov er installed.  Ensure th at all exp a nsi on slots are cov ered either b y a card-m ounting bra ck et or by a metal filler brac ket an d that all driv e bay s hav e a drive a nd/or a m[...]

D-8 Dell Precisio n 610 Mini T ower Systems User ’s Gu ide 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 minutes. In storage, the s ys tem can withstand 0.5 G a t 3 to 200 Hz f or 30 minute s. 3 RZHU6RXUFH,QWHUU XSWLRQV Computer s y stems a re esp ec ia[...]

Maint aining t he System D-9 3 RZHU3 URWHFWLRQ 'HYLFHV A numb er of d evices are avail a b le tha t protec t agai nst power pro blems , suc h as power surg es, tra nsie nts, an d power failur es. The fol lowing su bsect ions d escri be some of these de vices. 6XUJ H3U RWHFWRUV Surg e prote ctor s are avail able i n a variet y of ty pe[...]

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Regula tor y Notices E-1 $33(1',;( 5 HJXODWRU1RWLFHV Electrom agneti c Inter f erence (EM I) is an y si gnal or emi ssio n, radi ated i n f ree sp ace o r conduc ted along po wer or s ignal leads, th at endangers th e functioning of a radio na vi- gation o r other saf ety ser vice o r seriously d egrades, obs tructs, or r epeatedly inte[...]

E-2 Dell Precisio n 610 Mini T ower Systems User ’s Gu ide Inf ormation T ec hnolog y Equipm ent (ITE), includi ng peripherals , ex pansion card s, print- ers, input/outpu t (I/O) devi ces, monitors, a nd so on , that are integr ated into or connec ted to the sy stem sho uld matc h the electro magnetic environme nt classifica- tion of th e comput[...]

Regula tor y Notices E-3 frequenc y energ y and, if not installed and used in accorda nce with the manuf act urer’ s instruc tion m anual , may cause harmfu l int erf erence with ra dio co mmuni cations . Oper - atio n of this e quipment in a res idential ar ea is lik ely to cause ha rmful i nterf erence, in whic h case y ou will be required to c[...]

E-4 Dell Precisio n 610 Mini T ower Systems User ’s Gu ide modific a tions not e x pressly app ro ved by Dell Comp uter Corporation could voi d yo ur authority to o perate this equip ment. &(1RWLFH(XURSHDQ 8QLRQ Marki ng by the sym bol indica tes co mplia nce of t his Dell system t o the EM C Direct ive and the Lo w V olt ag[...]

Regula tor y Notices E-5 (1&RP SOLDQFH&]HFK5 HSXEOLF 2QO 9&&,1RWLFH-DSDQ2 QO Most D ell comp uter system s are classified by the V oluntary Control Council for Inter- f erence (V CCI) as Class B inf ormation tec hnology e quipment (IT E). How ev er , the inclus ion of certain opti[...]

E-6 Dell Precisio n 610 Mini T ower Systems User ’s Gu ide &ODVV %,7( Thi s is a Class B product based o n the standard of th e V oluntar y Control Counc il for Interf erence ( V CCI) fo r inform ation tec hnolog y equipmen t. If this equipme nt is used near a radio or tele vision recei ver in a d omestic en vironment, it ma y cause rad[...]

Regula tor y Notices E-7 Please note that this de vice has bee n approv ed for business purpo ses with reg a rd to electrom a gneti c inte rfere nce. If y ou find that thi s device is not suitable f or your use, yo u may e xc hange it f or a nonbus iness de vice. &ODVV %'HYLFH Please note that th is de vice ha s been a ppro ved for n[...]

E-8 Dell Precisio n 610 Mini T ower Systems User ’s Gu ide A protecti on mark “B” confi rms that the equi pment is in com pliance with the protec- tion usa ge requirements of standards P N-93/T -421 07 and PN -89/E-06251 . 8ZNBHBOJB1PMTLJFH P$FOUSVN#BEBËJ $FSUZGJLBDKJ - - - - 1P[PTUBFJOTUSVLDKF CF[QJFD[FËTUXB  - ?[...]

Regula tor y Notices E-9 12 0,QIRUPDWLRQ 0H[L FR2QO The follo wing inf ormation is p rovided on the devi ce(s) desc ribed in this doc ument in compli ance with th e requireme nts of the of ficial Me xican standard s (NOM ): Exporter: Dell Compu ter Corporati on One De ll W ay Ro und Roc k, TX 78682 Importer: Dell Compu ter de Méxic[...]

E-1 0 Dell Precision 610 Min i T ower Systems User ’s Gu ide ,QIRUPDFL yQSDUD12 0~QLFDPHQWHS D UD 0p [LFR La inf ormación siguient e se proporci ona en el di sposit ivo o en los dispo sitivos d escri- tos en e ste document o, en cumplimie nto con los requisitos de la Norma Oficial Mexicana (NOM): Exportador: Del l Computer C[...]

Warranties an d Return P o licy F- 1 $33(1',;) : DUUDQWLHVDQG5 HWXUQ3 ROLF /LPLWHG 7KUHH  < HDU: DUUDQW8 6 DQG &DQDGD2QO  Dell Comp uter Corporation (“Dell” ) manuf actu res its ha rdware prod ucts from parts and co mponents that are new or e quivalen t to new i n accordance with indu[...]

F-2 Dell Precision 610 Mini T o wer Systems User ’s Gu ide products to you freig ht prepaid if you u se an address in the continental U .S. or Ca n- ada, wh ere a pp licab le. Sh ipment s to oth er lo cat ions will be made f r eight c ollec t. NO T E: Before you sh ip th e produc t(s) to Del l, back up the d at a on th e hard -disk drive(s ) and [...]

Warranties an d Return P o licy F- 3 MA Y ALSO HA VE O THER RIGH TS, WHICH V ARY FROM S T A TE T O ST A TE (OR JURISDICTION) . DELL D O ES NO T A CCEPT LIABILIT Y BEY OND THE REMEDIES S ET FOR TH IN THIS W ARRANTY ST A TEMENT OR LIABILI TY FOR INCIDENT AL OR CONSEQUENTIAL D AMA GES, INC L UDING WITH OU T LIMI T A TION ANY LIABILI TY FOR PRO DUCTS N[...]

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Glossar y 1 *ORVVDU The following li st defi nes or iden tifies tec hnical term s , abbreviati ons, and acronyms use d in De ll ® user documen ts. NO TE: Unles s othe r wi se spec ified, these de finitions ma y apply on ly to the Mic rosof t ® Windows ® 95 and Win do ws NT ® oper ating sys t ems. Abbrevia tion for ampere(s ). Abbrevia tion for[...]

2 Del l Precis i on 61 0 Mi ni T ower Sy st em s User ’ s Guide As it relates to DMI, an at tribute is a piec e of infor mati o n rela ted t o a comp o- nent. At tributes can be combined to f orm groups . If an at tribute is defined a s read- write , it may be de fine d by a man- agemen t applicatio n. The autoex ec.bat file (Wi ndows 95 and MS-D[...]

Glossar y 3 A diskette that can boot your c omputer to the operati ng system in the event that the compute r will not bo ot from the hard-disk drive . 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 pathway betwee n the compon ents of a com puter. Your c omput- er co n[...]

4 Del l Precis i on 61 0 Mi ni T ower Sy st em s User ’ s Guide The part of the c omputer that conta ins in- dicat ors an d cont rols , such as th e powe r switc h, har d -disk drive access i ndica tor, and power ind ic ator. The first 640 KB of RAM. Conven tional memory is found in a ll computers. U nless they are specially de signed, MS-DO S ®[...]

Glossar y 5 Abbrevia tion for direct m emory access. A DMA channel al lows certai n types o f data transfer b etween RAM and a device to bypas s the proc essor. Abbrevia tion for Des ktop Manage ment Interface . DMI enab les the m anagement of your comp uter system’s so ftware and hardware. DM I collects informat ion about the s y stem’s com po[...]

6 Del l Precis i on 61 0 Mi ni T ower Sy st em s User ’ s Guide Acronym for E x tende d Industry-Sta ndard Architec ture, a 32-bit exp a nsio n-bus de- sign. Th e expansion-ca rd connectors in an EISA c omputer are also comp atible with 8- or 16-b it ISA expansion cards. To avoi d a configuratio n conflict whe n in- stal ling an EISA e xpansion c[...]

Glossar y 7 Abbrevia tion for fil e transfer pr otocol. Abbrevia tion for gra m(s). Abbrevia tion for gra vities. Abbrevia tion for gi gabyte(s). A g i gabyte equa l s 1,02 4 mega bytes or 1,073,74 1,824 bytes. See coproces sor . A video mode that can 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 [...]

8 Del l Precis i on 61 0 Mi ni T ower Sy st em s User ’ s Guide most users pre fer noninterlac ed video adapter resolu tio ns. An instru c tion a nd data cache bu ilt in to the proce ssor. The Intel P entium proces- sor inclu des a 16-KB internal ca che, which is set up as an 8 -KB re ad-onl y inst ructio n cache and an 8-KB read/ write d ata ca [...]

Glossar y 9 Abbrevia tion for lo w voltage di fferential, the techn ology used to impleme nt Ultra2/ Wide SCSI, whic h offers da ta rates of 80 MB /sec , di ffere ntia l da ta i nteg rity , ex - tended SCS I cable lengths , and su pport for up to 1 5 devices. Ultra2/Wide (LVD) driv es and contro llers are back ward c om- patib le w it h Ultr a/Wi d[...]

1 0 Dell Precisi on 61 0 Mi ni T ower Sy st em s User ’ s Guide Acronym for M otion Picture Experts Group. MPEG is a digi tal video file format. Abbrevia tion for millise cond(s). Abbrevia tion for Micr osoft Disk Opera ting System . Abbrevia tion for me an time betwe e n failures . A monitor that supports several vi deo standards . A multifre qu[...]

Glossar y 1 1 An interna l or external d evice—such as a printer, a disk drive, or a keyboard—con - nected to a computer. Abbrevia tion for pi n grid array, a type of processor so cket that allows you to re- move t he proc essor chip. A sing le poi n t on a vi deo di splay. P ixels are arr ang ed i n row s an d co lum ns to cre- ate a n imag e.[...]

1 2 Dell Precisi on 61 0 Mi ni T ower Sy st em s User ’ s Guide Acronym for ra ndom-access memor y. The com puter’s primary te mporary stor- age a r ea for progr am inst ructi ons a nd data. Ea ch location i n RAM is identifie d by a numbe r called a memo ry address . An y info rmat io n stor ed in RAM is lo st w he n you turn off your computer[...]

Glossar y 1 3 conven tional memo ry device s to ensure that timi ng signals ha ve been s et up correctly. In equiv alent config urations, a comput er with SDRAM w ill have faster memory per- forman ce th an a comp uter wi th EDO memory. Abbrevia tion for seco nd(s). An I/O port used mos t often to connect a modem to y our computer. You ca n usually[...]

1 4 Dell Precisi on 61 0 Mi ni T ower Sy st em s User ’ s Guide As the ma in circuit b oard, the s ystem boar d usua lly c ont ains most of your c om- puter’s i ntegral comp onents, such a s the followi ng:  P roces sor  RAM  Controlle rs for s t andard periph eral dev ices, suc h as th e ke yboard  V arious ROM c hips Frequentl y u[...]

Glossar y 1 5 program an d leave the TSR program resi- dent in m emory for later use. TSR p rogram s can somet imes ca use memory co nflicts. When troubles hooting, rule out the possib ility o f such a co nfli ct by rebooti ng your computer without s tart- ing any TS R programs. Abbrevia tion for Unde rwriters Laboratorie s . Abbrevia tion for up p[...]

1 6 Dell Precisi on 61 0 Mi ni T ower Sy st em s User ’ s Guide oper at ing sy st ems in a va riety o f video mode s. On some Dell computers, a vide o adapter is integr ate d into the system board. Also avail a ble a re many video adapter card s that plug int o an ex pansio n-card connec tor. Video a dapters often inc lude mem ory separate fro m [...]

Glossar y 1 7 A start-up f ile for the Wi ndows operat ing system . When you start W indows, it c on- sults the win.ini file to determine a var iety of opt ions for the Window s ope rating en- vironme nt. Among other thin gs, the win.ini file records what printer(s) and fonts are installed for Wi ndows. The win.ini fil e als o usua lly i nclud es s[...]

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Inde x 1 ,QGH[ $ AC power recepta c le, 8-7 adding . See install i ng; upgrade opti ons Advanc ed Configuration a nd Power Interface option, 3-16 AGP, 1-3 alternat ing current . See AC asset t a g num ber assi gn ing, 2-3 Asset Ta g option, 3-16 Asset Ta g utility, 2-3 assi st ance, techni cal, 1 -10 ATAPI driv ers, Microsoft upd ated, 1-6, 2-6 aud[...]

2D ell Precisio n 610 Mini T ower Systems User ’s Gu ide card. See expans ion card s card-ed ge connec tor, 10-5 cauti ons , x ii CD-ROM driv es, 6-2 Chass is In trusi on opt ion, 3-13 chassi s. See compute r cleani ng access orie s, D-3 driv e s, D- 4 internal components , D-2 soluti ons, D-3 system ex terior, D-3 tools, D-3 COM po rt de si gna [...]

Inde x 3 DIMMs about, 9 -6 capaciti es su ppo rted, 1-2 conf iguring , 9-7 ins ta lling , 9-9 registere d, 1-2, 9-6 removin g, 9-10 socket s, 9 -2 unbuffere d, 1-2, 9-6 direct c urrent See DC Diskette Drive A and Dis k ette Drive B opti ons, 3- 5 Diskette Drive A: option, 3-8 dis kette driv es access indic ator, 1 -8 cleani ng, D-4 connec ting, 10-[...]

4D ell Precisio n 610 Mini T ower Systems User ’s Gu ide expans ion slots about, 9 -3 exter ior cleani ng of system , D-3 ) failures , 1-10 fixed di sk. See drives ; EIDE hard-disk driv es; SCSI dev ices fixing p roblems, 1-10 floppy d rives. See dis kette d rives formatting EIDE hard-d isk drives, 10 -16 SCSI hard- disk drives, 1 0-21 fron t pan[...]

Inde x 5 IRQ line s assignme nts table, B-17 conf licts, B-17 used by COM p orts, B-7 used by mouse, B -12 ISA Configu ration Utility about, 4 -1 back ing up di skett e, 4-4 conf igurati on files, 4-3 Configura tion Manager, 4-1 6, C-7 databa se, 4-3 error mes sages, C-1 exiting , 4-15 help, 4-5 key functi ons, 4-5 list ed cards , 4-6, 4-11, 4-1 3 [...]

6D ell Precisio n 610 Mini T ower Systems User ’s Gu ide 0 Manufac turing Test Report, 3-1 memory about, 1 -2, B-17 adding , 9-6 address maps, B-18, B-19 error mes sages after i n stalling, 3-24 reserved memory, 3-8 messag es Configura tion Manager, C-7 inva l id conf igura tion inform ation, 3-1, 9-8 ISA Configu ration Utility, C-1 prom pt to en[...]

Inde x 7 pin as signments (continu ed) mouse c onnector, B-14 parallel p ort connector, B-10 seri al port co nne ct o r s, B-9 USB connectors, B -15 pin nu mber s external SCS I connector, B-11 keyboa rd con nector , B-13 mouse c onnector, B-14 parallel p ort connector, B-9 seri al port co nne ct o r s, B-8 USB connectors, B -15 Plug an d Play expa[...]

8D ell Precisio n 610 Mini T ower Systems User ’s Gu ide 6 safety instruc tio ns for preventin g ESD, v ii general , iv healt h cons iderat ions, v lis t, 8-1 SCSI de vices See al so drives ; tape drives about, 1 0-16 conf igu rati on gui del ines, 10-16 external c onnector, B-10 formatting SCSI hard-disk drives, 10 -21 ID numbers , 10-17 ins ta [...]

Inde x 9 synchr onous dy namic random-acc ess memory. See SDRAM syste m See compute r syste m board feat ures, 1 -3, 9- 2 jumpers , B-1 system configuration i nformation, 3-1 system data options, 3 -17 System Date opti on, 3-5 system environment altitude , D-5 corrosion, D-6 dus t, D-5 EMI and RFI, D-6 ESD, D-6 humidity , D-5 magn e tism, D-7 power[...]

10 D ell Precisio n 610 Mini T ower Systems User ’s Gu ide upgrade options DIMMs, 9-6 driv es, 10-1 expans ion card s, 9-4 process or, 9-10 upper me mory address m ap, B-19 UPS, D-9 USB connectors about, B-1 5 loc a t ion, 8-7, 9 -2 pin as signments , B-15 pin nu mber s, B-15 9 VESA and power management, 3-1 4 video c onnector, 8-7, B-14 Video D [...]