Dell Mini Tower System manual

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Informa ti on in this doc um e nt is subje ct to c ha nge withou t notic e .  1997 Dell Computer Corporation. All rights reserved. Reprodu ctio n in any manne r whatsoeve r wit hou t the wri tt en per mission of Del l Comput er Corp ora tion is st ric tl y for bidde n. Trademarks us e d in this t ext: Dell , Opti Ple x , and the DE LL logo are r[...]

v Safety Instructions U se the followi ng safety guidel ines to help prot ect your comp uter system fr om potential dam age and to ensure yo ur own pers onal safety . W hen Using Y ou r Computer System As you us e y our comp uter system, o bs e rve th e fo ll o win g safety guidel ine s: • T o help av oid damaging your computer , be sure the volt[...]

vi • Set the monitor at a com fortable viewing distance (usually 510 to 610 milli meters [20 to 24 inches] from your e yes ) . • Make sure the monito r screen is at eye level or slightly lower when y ou are sitting in front o f the monitor . • Adjust the tilt of the mon itor , its contras t and bright- ness s ettings, and the lightin g around[...]

vii W hen Working Inside Your Computer Before you remove the comp uter cover , perform the fol - lowing steps in the sequence indicated. 1. T urn off your computer and any peripherals. 2. Disconnect your computer and peripherals from their power sources. Also, disconnect any tele- phone or telecommuni cation lines from the computer . Doing so reduc[...]

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

x O ther Documents Y ou May Need Besi des th is Refer en ce an d Installation Guide , the followi ng docu ment ati on is inclu ded with you r sys tem: • The Getting St arted sheet provides step-by-step instructions for settin g up your compu ter sys tem . • The Windows- bas e d online System U ser ’ s Guide contains impor tant informat ion ab[...]

xi • Filenames and dir ectory names are presented in lowercase bold. Examples: autoexec.bat and c:window s • Syntax li nes consist of a command and all its possible param eters. Co mmands are displayed in lowercase bold; va riable parameters (those fo r which you subs titute a value) are displaye d in lowercase italics; constant p arameters ar[...]

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

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

xv Starting the ICU. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-3 Accessing Help. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-3 Making Selections in the IC U . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .[...]

xvi Removing and R eplacing the Expansion- Card Cage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-9 Removing the Exp ansion-Card Cage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-9 Replacing the Ex pansion-Card Cage. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-9 Rotating the Power Supply Away Fr[...]

xvii Appendix A Technical Spe c if ications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-1 Appendix B ISA Configurati on Utility Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-1 ICU Error Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-1 Configuratio n[...]

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

xix Figure 7-2. Removing the Fr ont Bezel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-2 Figure 7-3. Removing the Fr ont-Panel Insert for a 5 .25-Inch Bay . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-2 Figure 7-4. DC Power Cable Co nnector . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-3 Figure 7-5. Drive Interface Conne ctor[...]

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Intr odu cti on 1-1 Chapter 1 Introduction D ell ® OptiPlex ® GXa mini tower systems are high- speed, expandab le personal computers designed aro und the Intel ® Pentium ® II microprocessor . Each system uses a high- performance Peripher al Component Interconnect (PCI) d esign that all ows you to configure th e computer system to you r initial [...]

1-2 Dell O ptiPlex GXa Mini T ower Sys tems Refe rence and Installat ion Guide Utility (ICU) allows y ou to configur e exis ting non- Plug and Play IS A expansio n cards for conf li ct -f ree operation. Also, because the system BIOS is stored in flash memory , it can be u pdated to support future enhancements to the Plug and Play standard . • W a[...]

Intr odu cti on 1-3 • Audio d rivers for ena bling the so und functions on the expan sion sound car d. For mor e information on these utilities , see your online System Us er’ s Guide . • Bus master ing EIDE dri vers to impro ve performance by off-loading certain funct ion s from the micro p ro- cessor during multithreaded operation (when sev[...]

1-4 Dell O ptiPlex GXa Mini T ower Sys tems Refe rence and Installat ion Guide Inspector administrator version en ables system administ rators t o view , manage, an d inventory remote systems in a Dell DMI client network. Fig ure 1- 1. Del l Insp ecto r Prog ram U sing the Power Switch If the system does not tu rn off when the power switch is press[...]

Intr odu cti on 1-5 The padlock r ing allows you to secure the compu ter cover to the chassis to prevent unauthorized access to the inside of t he computer . T o use the padlock r ing, inser t a commercially available pad lock through the ring and then lock the padlock. Figure 1-2. Security Cable Slot and Padlock Ring E nergy Star Comp lian ce Cert[...]

1-6 Dell O ptiPlex GXa Mini T ower Sys tems Refe rence and Installat ion Guide If you are unable to rein stall your sof tware from a tap e backup of the hard-disk drive, you can reinstall the W in- dows 95 operating system from the system’ s W indows 95 backup media ( CD or diskettes) that you received from Dell or created from the Dell-installed[...]

Intr odu cti on 1-7 • Using drivers and utilities • Using the integrated audio con troller • Using th e System Setu p program • Config uring expans ion cards • Securing your computer • Connecting ex ternal devices • Maintaining the system • Contacting Dell The guide also con tains a glossary of common ly used terms and abbrev iation[...]

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Using the Sy stem Setup Pro gram 2-1 Chapter 2 Usin g the System Setup Pro g ram E ach time you turn on you r computer sy stem or pr ess the reset button, the system co mpares the hardware installed in the sys tem to th e hard ware listed in the system con figuration i nformatio n stored in n onvolatile random-access memory (NVRAM) on the system bo[...]

2-2 Dell O ptiPlex GXa Mini T ower Sys tems Refe rence and Installat ion Guide S ystem Setup Sc reens The two S ystem Setup s creens, Pag e 1 and Page 2, display th e curren t setup and con figuration in form ation and opti onal settings fo r your syst em. (T ypical examples are illustrated in Figu re 2-1.) Information on the two System Setup scree[...]

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

2-4 Dell O ptiPlex GXa Mini T ower Sys tems Refe rence and Installat ion Guide S ystem Setup Categories The following subsections explain in detail each of the categories on the System Setup screens. Ti m e T ime resets the time on the comp uter ’ s internal clock. T ime is ke pt in a 24-h our format ( h ours : minutes : sec- onds ). T o change t[...]

Using the Sy stem Setup Pro gram 2-5 EIDE Devices For EIDE hard- disk drives, the system provides an automatic drive-type detect featu re. T o use this feature for Drive 0, highlight the Drive 0 catego ry in the Primary drive secti on and type a (for a utom atic ); to us e it for Drive 1, hi ghlight the Driv e 1 category and type a . In each case, [...]

2-6 Dell O ptiPlex GXa Mini T ower Sys tems Refe rence and Installat ion Guide The Reserved Memory category has the following opti ons: • None (the default opt i on ) • 512K - 640 K • 15M - 16M CPU Speed CPU Speed indicates the proce ssor speed at which your system boo ts. Press the left- or right-arrow key to tog g le the CPU Speed category [...]

Using the Sy stem Setup Pro gram 2-7 Diskette First Selecting Diskette First c a u s e s t h e s y s t e m t o t r y bootin g from drive A first . If the system finds a dis- kette that is no t bootable in the dri ve or finds a problem with the drive itself, it displays an error mes- sage. If it does not find a d iskette in the drive, the system tr [...]

2-8 Dell O ptiPlex GXa Mini T ower Sys tems Refe rence and Installat ion Guide Figure 2-2. Sample Device Lis t Scree n Setup Password Setup Password lets you restrict access to your com- puter ’ s System Setup p rog ram in the same way that yo u restrict access to your system with th e system password feature. The options are: • Not Enabled (th[...]

Using the Sy stem Setup Pro gram 2-9 Power Ma nagement For certa in types of m onitors an d most EIDE har d-disk drives, you can reduce system power consumption by enabling the power management feature. W ith Power Management enabled, these monitors and drives automaticall y sw itch into lo w-po wer mode during periods of syst em inactiv ity . Powe[...]

2-10 Dell O ptiPlex GXa Mini T ower Sys tems Refe rence and Installat ion Guide W akeup on LAN W akeup on LAN de termines whether the W akeup on LAN feature is set to Off or On (Add-in NIC). Y ou mu st reboot you r system before a change takes ef fect. NOTE: An o ptional W akeup On L AN-capable netw ork car d is requir ed to use the W akeup On LAN [...]

Using the Sy stem Setup Pro gram 2-1 1 accommodate a con troller card installed in an expansion slot. As part of the boo t routine, the system first checks fo r a primar y hard-disk drive contro ller card installed in an expansion sl ot. If no card is found, the system enabl es the built-in EIDE in terface to use IRQ14 and IRQ15 . If a pri mary con[...]

2-12 Dell O ptiPlex GXa Mini T ower Sys tems Refe rence and Installat ion Guide jumper setting that disables the system password feature (see “Disabling a Forgo tten Password” found later in this chapter). No te that you erase the setup pas swo r d at the same ti me. Assigning a System Password Before you can assign a system password , you must[...]

Using the Sy stem Setup Pro gram 2-1 3 If the Password Status category is set to Lock ed, the fol- lowing pr ompt appears: Type the password and press <Enter>. After you type the correct system password and press <Enter>, your system boots and you can u se the keyboard and/or mouse to operat e your system as us ual. NOTE: If you ha ve a[...]

2-14 Dell O ptiPlex GXa Mini T ower Sys tems Refe rence and Installat ion Guide Assigning a Setup Password A setup password can be assig ned (or changed) only when the Setup Pas sword catego r y is set to Not Enabl ed. T o assign a setup password, hi ghlight th e Setup P assword category and press the left- or right-arrow key . The system pro mpts [...]

Using the Sy stem Setup Pro gram 2-1 5 2. Remove the jumper plug from the PSWD jumper to disable the passwor d f e a ture. Refer to “Ju mpers” in Chapter 5 for jumper information and to Fig ure 5-6 for the location of the password jump er (labeled “PSWD”) on the system boar d. 3. Replace the computer cover . 4. Reconnect your computer and p[...]

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Usin g th e ISA C onf ig ur ation Util ity 3-1 Chapter 3 Usin g the ISA Confi g uration Utility T he ISA Configuration Utility (ICU) is used by the system to track what expansion cards are installed and what resources are used. W ith this information, the sys- tem automatically configures Plug and Play ex pansion cards and Peripheral C omponent In [...]

3-2 Dell O ptiPlex GXa Mini T ower Sys tems Refe rence and Installat ion Guide 4. Add, modify , or remove a card, or view resour ces for a card or o ther device. Depending on what you need to accomplish with the ICU, you m ay need to perform o ne or more of thes e tasks: • If you are adding a non- Plug and Pla y ISA expansion card, see you r onli[...]

Usin g th e ISA C onf ig ur ation Util ity 3-3 After you have run the I CU for your non -Plug and Play ISA expansi on cards and it has configured all your Plu g and Play and PCI expan sion cards, you can use the utility to lock t he configurat ion of your P lug and Play an d PCI expansion cards so that th ey are always assigned the same resources. [...]

3-4 Dell O ptiPlex GXa Mini T ower Sys tems Refe rence and Installat ion Guide Y ou can maneu ver through each me nu and dialo g box using a mouse. If a mouse is not available, you can use the keys s hown in T able 3-1. Each menu and menu option has an underlined character in its name; when you press the <Alt> key in co njun ction with the ke[...]

Usin g th e ISA C onf ig ur ation Util ity 3-5 Figure 3-3. Card Configuration Dialog Box 7. T o change any of the r esource settings for t he card, select the resour ce setting and then click Settings. The Configur atio n Settings dialog bo x (see Fig- ure 3-4) d isplays the name of the resource that you selected in the upper- left corner of the b [...]

3-6 Dell O ptiPlex GXa Mini T ower Sys tems Refe rence and Installat ion Guide 10. Click OK in the Conf iguration Sett ings dialo g box when you have finished selecting resour ces for the function . NOTE: After modifyin g the system co nfigura tio n, you must turn off the system to instal l, r emove, o r ch an ge jumper set tings on the n on-Plug a[...]

Usin g th e ISA C onf ig ur ation Util ity 3-7 Figure 3-9. Sp ecify I/O P ort Dialog Box 8. When you have finished selecting r esources for the unlisted card , click O K in the Configure Unlisted Card d ialog box. A message box appears, n otifying you either that the card is using its default s ettings or that it cann ot use its defau lt setti ngs [...]

3-8 Dell O ptiPlex GXa Mini T ower Sys tems Refe rence and Installat ion Guide If you are providing a value fo r the IRQ or DMA resource, click the down arrow beneath A vailable Resources . Click th e value you want t o assign to t he resource. If the resource can be shared with another card or dev ice, click Sharable. Then click OK. If none o f th[...]

Usin g th e ISA C onf ig ur ation Util ity 3-9 Fig u re 3- 10. Sy stem R esour ce Usa ge Dia log Box T o determine which car d uses a particular resource shown in the System Resource Usag e dialog box, select the resource in question and then click Used By Card. The Card Resource Usage d ialog box appear s with the information. T o view the resourc[...]

3-10 Dell O ptiPlex GXa Mini T ower Sys tems Refe rence and Installat ion Guide 2. Star t the IC U . See “Starting the ICU” found earlier in this chapter . 3. Se l e c t L o c ki n g E n a b l ed fr om the Advanced menu in the ICU window . A check mark next to Locking Enabled signifies th at the feature is active; a Lock button appears on the t[...]

Using Integrated De vices 4-1 Chapter 4 Usin g Inte g rated Devices T his chapt er describ es the confi guration soft ware pro- vided with yo ur system for the foll owing int egrated devices: • V id eo co ntro lle r • Audio co ntroller • Optional network interf ace controller (NIC) See the correspondin g section in this chapter for the device[...]

4-2 Dell O ptiPlex GXa Mini T ower Sys tems Refe rence and Installat ion Guide A green link inte grity indi cator li gh ts up when there is a good con nection between the network and the NIC. When the green ind icator is off, the computer is no t detecting a physical connection to the network. Figure 4-1. I/O Ports and Connectors Network Cable Requ[...]

Using Integrated De vices 4-3 2. Connect the network cable to t he back of your computer . See “Network Cable Requiremen ts” found earlier in this chapter for detailed instructions. 3. V erify that the NIC is enabled in the System Setup program. See Chapter 2, “Using the System Setup Program,” for more in formation. 4. Start the Windows NT [...]

4-4 Dell O ptiPlex GXa Mini T ower Sys tems Refe rence and Installat ion Guide 13. Click Close in the Windows W elcome s creen, and then click Close again in the Network window . 14. If y ou are prompted, enter informat ion about your specific network. See your system ad ministrator for information. 15. Click Y e s in th e Ne twor k S ett in gs C h[...]

Using Integrated De vices 4-5 Service Release 1. If y our system v ersion is 4.00.950 B, then your o perating sys tem is W indows 95 Service Release 2. For W indows 95 operating systems not installed by Dell, the system version is 4.00 . NOTE: The instr uctions in the follo wing tw o subsection s ar e for the W indows 95 32-bit NDIS 3.0 d river . S[...]

4-6 Dell O ptiPlex GXa Mini T ower Sys tems Refe rence and Installat ion Guide 8. Click the Driver tab, and then click Update Driver . The Update Device Driver Wi zard starts. 9. Insert the NIC driver diskette 2 into drive A, and select Y es (Recommend ed). 10. Click Next and then click Finish to access the Insert Disk d ialog bo x. 1 1. Click OK t[...]

Working I nside Y our Compu ter 5-1 Chapter 5 Wo r k i n g Inside Y our Computer Y our Dell computer system supports a variety of internal options th at ex pand system capabilities . This chapter prepares you to install options inside the com- puter . It de scri bes how to r emov e an d r epl a ce the computer cov er and expansion-card cag e, as we[...]

5-2 Dell O ptiPlex GXa Mini T ower Sys tems Refe rence and Installat ion Guide Unpacking Y our Hardware Option When you remove an opti on from its shipping cart on, you may find it wrappe d in antistatic packin g m a terial designed to protect it from electrostatic damage. Do not remove the packin g material until you are ready to install the optio[...]

Working I nside Y our Compu ter 5-3 3. Replace the cover . Facing the left side of the computer , hold the cover at a slight ang le as shown in Figur e 5-3, and then align the top of the cover with the top of the chassis. Insert the tabs on the cover into the recessed slots on the computer chassis so that the tabs catch the hooks inside the s lot s[...]

5-4 Dell O ptiPlex GXa Mini T ower Sys tems Refe rence and Installat ion Guide Jumper s A jumper is referred to as open or unjumper ed when the plug is p ushed down over on ly one pin or if th ere is no plug at al l. When the pl ug i s pu sh ed do wn ov er t wo pi ns , the jumper is r eferred to as jumper ed . In some docu- ments, the jum per setti[...]

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

5-6 Dell O ptiPlex GXa Mini T ower Sys tems Refe rence and Installat ion Guide Figure 5-6. System Board Jumpers jumpered unjumpered[...]

Working I nside Y our Compu ter 5-7 System Board and Riser Board Label s T able 5-2 lists the labels for con nectors and sockets on your sy stem boar d and riser bo ard, and it gi ves a brief desc r ipti on of the ir fu nc tion s. T a ble 5-1. S ystem-Board Jumper Settings Jumper Se tting Description RSVD2 Reserv ed ( do not c hange ). 300MHZ* Jump[...]

5-8 Dell O ptiPlex GXa Mini T ower Sys tems Refe rence and Installat ion Guide R emoving and Replacing the Expa nsio n-Ca rd Cage Y our Dell compu ter has a removable exp ansion-card cage, which greatly simp lifies m any install ation proce- dures by al lowing you to rem ove the riser bo ard and all install ed expansion c ards in a si ngle step . H[...]

Working I nside Y our Compu ter 5-9 Removing the Expansion-Card Cage Use the foll owing procedur e to remove the exp ansion- card cage: 1. Remove the computer cover as instructed in “Removin g t he Computer Cov er” f ound earlier in this chapter . 2. Check any cables connected to expansion cards through the back-panel openings. D isconnect any [...]

5-10 Dell O ptiPlex GXa Mini T ower Sys tems Refe rence and Installat ion Guide Figure 5-8. Rotating the Power Supply 3. Free the power supply fr om the securing tab labeled “RELEA SE —>,” and rotate it upward until it locks in its extended po sitio n. DC power cables power supp l y securing tab AC power cable AC power receptacle[...]

Installi ng System Boa rd Options 6-1 Chapter 6 Installin g System Board Options T his chapter describes ho w to install the following opti ons: • Industry-Stan dard Architecture (ISA) and Peripher al Compo nent I nter conne c t (PC I) ex pans ion ca rds • System me mo ry • V ideo memory • Microprocessor This chapter also includes instructi[...]

6-2 Dell O ptiPlex GXa Mini T ower Sys tems Refe rence and Installat ion Guide E xpansion Cards Expansion cards are installed on the computer’ s ri ser boar d (see Figu re 6-3). The riser board p lugs into th e RISER connector on the system b oard (see Figure 6-1) and is considered an extension of the system boar d. The system accomm odates up to[...]

Installi ng System Boa rd Options 6-3 internal connections, or otherwise customizing the card for yo ur system. 3. Remove the expansion-card cage as instructed in “Removing the Expansion-Ca rd Cage” in Chap - ter 5. NOTE: V erify tha t the pow er LED on the ri ser b oar d (see Figur e 6-3) is off b efore removing the car d cage 4. Unscrew and r[...]

6-4 Dell O ptiPlex GXa Mini T ower Sys tems Refe rence and Installat ion Guide Removing an Expansion Card Follow th is general proced ure to remove an expansion card: 1. If yo u a re removing a non-Plug and Play ISA expansion card, enter the ICU and r emove the expansion ca rd from your configurati on. See Chapter 3, “Using the ISA Configuration [...]

Installi ng System Boa rd Options 6-5 T able 6-1 li sts sam ple memory con figuratio ns and sh ows valid DIMM combination s and socket placement for each configurat ion. . Performing a Memory Upgrade Follow this procedure to perform a memory u pgrade: 1. Remove the computer cover according to the instructions in “Removing the Computer Cover” in[...]

6-6 Dell O ptiPlex GXa Mini T ower Sys tems Refe rence and Installat ion Guide 7. Press <F2> to enter the System Setup progra m, and check the System Memory category in the lower-right corner o f Page 1. The system should have already changed the valu e in the System Memory category to reflect the newly installed memory . V erify the new tota[...]

Installi ng System Boa rd Options 6-7 T o upgrade the video memory , perform the following steps: 1. Remove the computer cover according to the instructions in “Removing the Computer Cover” in Chapter 5. 2. T o access the video-m emory upgrade socke t (labeled “VIDEO_UPGRADE”) on the sy s tem board, remove the expansion-card cage as describ[...]

6-8 Dell O ptiPlex GXa Mini T ower Sys tems Refe rence and Installat ion Guide 2. Rotate the power supply out of the way according to the instructions in “Rotating t he Power Supply A way From the System Board” in Chapter 5. 3. See Figure 6-1 to locate the SEC cartridge con- nector (labeled “SLOT1”) on the system board. 4. Press in on the h[...]

Installi ng System Boa rd Options 6-9 6. Insert the n ew SEC cartridge/heat s ink assembly into the system board connector . Press the SEC cartridg e release latches outward un til they snap int o position . Orient the as sembly wit h the heat sink facing toward the right (as you f ace the front of the chassis), and press the SEC cartridge firmly i[...]

6-10 Dell O ptiPlex GXa Mini T ower Sys tems Refe rence and Installat ion Guide Use the following procedu re to replace the system battery with anot her CR2032 co in-cell batt ery: 1. If yo u ha ve not al ready do ne so, make a co py of your system configuration information in t he Sys- tem Setup program. If the settings are lost while you are repl[...]

Inst all ing D riv es 7-1 Chapter 7 Installin g Drives Y our De ll compute r has six dri ve bays f or installi ng the following t ypes of drives (see Figure 7- 1): • The externally accessible drive bays at the front of the computer co nsist of on e 3. 5-inch dr ive bay (d edi- cated to a 3.5-in ch diskette drive) and three 5.25- inch bays that ca[...]

7-2 Dell O ptiPlex GXa Mini T ower Sys tems Refe rence and Installat ion Guide Figure 7-2. Removing the Front Bezel While pressing the tab release, tilt the bezel away from the chassis, disengage the two retaining hooks at the bottom of the bezel, an d carefully pull the bezel away from the chassis. T o replace the bezel, f it the two retaining hoo[...]

Inst all ing D riv es 7-3 C onnecting Drives When installing a drive, you connect two cables— a direct current ( DC) power cable and an interface cable—to the back of the drive. Y our drive’ s power input connecto r (to which you conn ect the DC power cable) resemb les the connect or shown in Figure 7-4. Fi g ure 7-4. DC Power Cable Connector[...]

7-4 Dell O ptiPlex GXa Mini T ower Sys tems Refe rence and Installat ion Guide T o install a drive in a 5.25 -i nch d rive bay , fo llo w these steps: 1. Unpack the drive and prepar e it for installation. Check the document ation that accompanied the drive to verify that the drive is configured for your com- puter system. Change any settings neces [...]

Inst all ing D riv es 7-5 Figure 7-7. Att aching the Drive Brack et to the New Drive T o further ensu re proper po sitioning of the drive in the chassis, insert and tighten all fou r screws in the order in wh ich the ho les a r e numbe r ed (the holes are marked “1” through “4”). 6. Slide the new drive into the driv e ba y until it snaps se[...]

7-6 Dell O ptiPlex GXa Mini T ower Sys tems Refe rence and Installat ion Guide Figure 7-9. Attac hing Diskette D rive or Ta pe Drive Cables 10. F or a n EIDE tape drive or CD-RO M drive, con- nect the other end of t he interface cable to the interface connector labeled “IDE2” on the system board. For a diskette drive or non-EIDE tape drive, con[...]

Inst all ing D riv es 7-7 1 1. If the 5. 2 5 -i nc h dr i ve bay was pr evio us ly e m pt y , r emove the fr on t-panel insert fr om the front b ezel. See “Removing an d Replacing Front-Panel Inserts” found earlier in this chapter . 12. Replace the front bezel according to the instruc- tions i n “Removing an d Replacing t he Front Bezel” fo[...]

7-8 Dell O ptiPlex GXa Mini T ower Sys tems Refe rence and Installat ion Guide • If you d id not purchase the drive fr om Dell, call the drive manufacturer . W ith the two EIDE in terface connectors on th e system boar d, you r system can s u ppor t up to fo ur EID E dev ices . EIDE hard -disk drives s hould be conn ected to the EIDE interface co[...]

Inst all ing D riv es 7-9 Fig u re 7-1 1. Inser ting a 1.6- Inch Hard -Disk Drive in the Bracket 7. Reinstall the hard- disk drive bracket in t he cha s- sis (s ee Fi gure 7-1 2). Insert the bracket’ s hi nge tabs into the chassi s slots so that the tabs hook over the sl ots. Then rotate the bracket toward the drive cage, and fit the bracket’ s[...]

7-10 Dell O ptiPlex GXa Mini T ower Sys tems Refe rence and Installat ion Guide 10. If it is not alrea dy connected, connect the other end of the EIDE cable to the IDE1 connector on the system boa rd. T o locate the IDE1 co nnector , see Figure 6 - 1 . 1 1. Replace the computer cover . Then reconnect your computer and peripherals to their power sou[...]

Inst all ing D riv es 7-1 1 Although SCSI devices are installed essentially the same way as other d evices, their configuration req uirements are dif ferent. SCSI Configuration Guidelines For deta ils on config uring your S CSI subs ystem, refer t o the documentation that came with y our SCSI devices and/or your host adapte r card. The fo l lowi ng[...]

7-12 Dell O ptiPlex GXa Mini T ower Sys tems Refe rence and Installat ion Guide tion is enabled on the external SCSI device and disabled for the SCSI host adapter and all internal SCSI devices. General P rocedure for Installing SCSI Device s Confi gure and inst all one or more SCSI dev ices in your computer as follows: 1. Determine which connector [...]

Installin g Drive s 7-13 The connectors on nar row SCSI cables are keyed fo r proper positioni ng —a raised area on the outside of the header con nector fits into a notch on the d evice connector . The connectors on wide SCSI cables are shaped so that they can be attached one way only . If you ar e in stalling an extern al SCSI de vice , connec t[...]

7-14 Dell O ptiPlex GXa Mini T ower Sys tems Refe rence and Installat ion Guide partition o f 500 MB (drive D). Hard-disk drives must be partitio ned this way becau se MS -DOS–based op erating systems (i ncluding W indows NT when using a F A T16 fil e s y s t e m ) d o n o t s u p p o r t d r i v e p a r t i t i o n s l a r g e r t h a n 2 G B .[...]

T echnical Sp ecificati ons A-1 Appendix A T echnical Specifications T able A-1. T echnical Specific ations Microp rocessor Micro p rocessor t yp e . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Intel Pentium II micro p rocessor that runs at 233 MHz internall y /66 MHz externall y , at 266 MHz internall y /66 MHz externall y , or at 300 MHz internall y /66 MH[...]

A-2 Dell Op tiPlex GXa Mi ni T ower Systems Reference a nd Installat ion Guide Expansion Bus Bus types . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . PCI and ISA Bus speed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . PCI: 33 MHz ISA: 8.33 MHz PCI expansion-car d connectors . . . . . . . . . five (two PCI connectors share card-slot ope[...]

T echnical Sp ecificati ons A-3 Ports Externally accessible: Serial (DTE). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . two 9-pin connectors ; 16550-compatible Parallel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . one 25-ho le connector (bidirectio nal) V ideo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . one 15-hole connector Optional integr[...]

A-4 Dell Op tiPlex GXa Mi ni T ower Systems Reference a nd Installat ion Guide Controls and Indicators Reset control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . push button Power control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . push button Power indicators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . green LEDs (one on fro nt panel, one o n r[...]

T echnical Sp ecificati ons A-5 Environm ental T emperature: Operating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 ° to 35 ° C (50 ° to 95 ° F) Storage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . –40 ° to 65 ° C (–40 ° to 149 ° F) Relative humidity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8% to 80% (noncond ensing) Maximum v ibration:[...]

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ISA Confi guration Uti lity Mess ages B-1 Appendix B ISA Confi g uration Utility Messa g es T he ISA Configuration Utility (ICU) and its Conf ig u- ration Manager ar e capable of identifying problems and alerting you to them. Bo th utilities can alert yo u to prob- lems with card configuratio n as well as problems that prevent prop er op eration of[...]

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

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

B-4 Dell Op tiPlex GXa Mi ni T ower Systems Reference a nd Installat ion 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 modi- fied. Do you want to load one? This message appears when you try to add a lis ted card[...]

ISA Confi guration Uti lity Mess ages B-5 C onfiguration Manager Messages The Configuration Manager for the ICU identifies prob- lems fo llowing sys tem boot and gen erates messag es if necessary . These messages alert you to any unsuccessful attempts to configure Plug and Play or Peripheral Com- ponent Interconnect (PCI) expan sion cards, as well [...]

B-6 Dell Op tiPlex GXa Mi ni T ower Systems Reference a nd Installat ion Guide ERROR: Could not read NVS, Error=Internal Error Code. An attempt to read the NVRAM failed. See the chapter titled “Getting Hel p” in your Diagnos tics and T roub leshooti ng Guide for instructions . ERROR: Failed NVS write. Error=Internal Error Code. An attempt to wr[...]

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

B-8 Dell Op tiPlex GXa Mi ni T ower Systems Reference a nd Installat ion 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 sys- tem’s configuration utility to resolve conflicts. Press any key to continue. T[...]

Regulatory Notices C-1 Appendix C Re g ulatory Notices F CC Notices (U.S. Only) Most Dell computer systems are classified by the Federal Communicat ions Commis sion (FCC) as C lass B digi tal devices. However , the inclusion of certain options changes the rating of some configurations to Clas s A. T o determine which classification applies to y our[...]

C-2 De ll OptiPle x GXa Mini T ower Systems Reference a nd Instal lation Guid e • Plug the computer into a different outlet so that th e computer and the receiver are on di fferent branch circuits. If necessary , consult a representative of Dell Computer Corporation or an experienced radio/television technician for add itiona l sugge s t ions. Y [...]

Regulatory Notices C-3 or back panel of your comput er , on car d-mounting brackets, or on the car ds themselves) carries an FCC Class A r ating, the fo llo wing wa rning a pplies to your system. • EN 50082-1 — “Electromagn etic compatibility — Generic immun ity stan dard Part 1: R esidentia l, commercial, and light in dustry .” • IEC 8[...]

C-4 De ll OptiPle x GXa Mini T ower Systems Reference a nd Instal lation Guid e interference. If you find that this device is not suitab le for your use, yo u may exchange it for a device that has been approved for use in residential as well as business environments. Class B Devic e Please note that this device has been ap proved for nonbus iness p[...]

Regulatory Notices C-5 N OM 024 Information (Mexico Only) The follow ing information is provided on the device(s) described in this do cument in comp lian ce with the requirements of th e official Mexican standards (NOM 024): I nforma ción para N OM 024 (únicamente para México) La información siguiente se proporciona en el dispositivo o en los [...]

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

D-2 De ll OptiPle x GXa Mini T ower Systems Reference a nd Instal lation Guid e to obtain Dell’ s concurrence t hat a part shoul d be replaced and to have Dell ship the replacement part. Dell will ship parts (freight pr epaid ) if you use an address in the continental U.S. S hipments to other l ocations will be made freight collect. Dell will inc[...]

Warran ties and Return Policy D-3 Returned products m ust be in as-new cond ition, and all of the manuals, di skette(s), CD(s), power cables, and other items included with a produ ct must be returned with it . This “T otal Sa tisfaction” Return Po licy does not apply to DellW are products, which may be return ed under DellW are’ s current ret[...]

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Inde x 1 Index A AC power receptacle, 5-5 accelerated graphics port. See AGP AGP, 1-2 alternating current. See AC Asse t Tag ca tegor y, 2 -11 assistance, technical, 1-7 audio co ntroller, 4-1 audio line-in jack, 4-2 audio line- out jack, 4- 2 Auto Power On cate gory, 2-8 autoconfigur ation serial ports, 2-10 B basic in put/out put sy ste m. See BI[...]

2 Dell O ptiPlex GXa Mini T ower Sys tems Refe rence and Installat ion Guide connectors (contin ued) hard - disk d rive LE D, 6- 2 header, 7-3 keyboard, 4-1, 5-5, 6 -1 list of, 5-7 microph one, 4-1, 5- 5, 6-1 micropr ocessor fan, 6-1 mouse, 4- 1, 5-5, 6-1 NIC, 4-2, 5 -5, 6-1 parall el port, 4-1, 5- 5, 6-1 power input, 6- 1 riser boa r d, 6 -1 SEC c[...]

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

4 Dell O ptiPlex GXa Mini T ower Sys tems Refe rence and Installat ion Guide I ID numb ers, 7-10 IDE Hard Disk category, 2-10 indicators NIC activity, 4-1 Industry -Standard Architecture. See ISA inserts front p anel, 7-2 installing DIMMs, 6-4, 6-6 drives, 7-3 expansion cards , 6-2 micropr ocessor, 6- 7 SCSI devices, 7-9 system batter y, 6 -9 integ[...]

Inde x 5 L Level 2 Cache categ ory, 2-11 line-i n ja c k, 4 -2, 5-5, 6-1 line-out j ack, 4-2, 5-5, 6-1 logical form att ing, 7- 9, 7- 12 low-level formatti ng, 7-12 M memory adding, 6-4 configurat ions, 6-5 error messages after installing, 2-15 reserved m emory, 2-5 messages Configurat ion Manager, B-5 help messages on System Setup scr eens, 2-2 in[...]

6 Dell O ptiPlex GXa Mini T ower Sys tems Refe rence and Installat ion Guide Password S tatus category, 2 -6 pass wor d. See s etup pa ss word; sy stem passwo r d PCI exp ansion car ds See also expans ion cards configurat ion, 3-2 ISA Configur ation Utility, 3 - 1 locking and unlocking, 3-9 physical formatting, 7-9, 7-12 Plug and Play expan sio n c[...]

Inde x 7 setup passwor d about, 2-8 assign ing, 2 -14 changin g or deleting an existing password, 2-14 disab ling a f or gott e n passw ord , 2 - 14 using, 2-14 Setup P assw ord cat ego ry, 2- 8 small computer system interface. S ee SCSI sockets batt ery, 6-1 DIMM, 6-1 list of, 5-7 video-m emory upgrade, 6- 1 Sound category, 2- 10 Speaker category,[...]

8 Dell O ptiPlex GXa Mini T ower Sys tems Refe rence and Installat ion Guide USB about, 1-2 connectors, 4-2, 5-5, 6 -1 V VESA and po wer management, 2-9 video con nec tor, 4- 2, 5 -5, 6-1 video co ntroller , 4-1 Video Electronics Standards Association. See VESA video mem o ry adding, 6-6 upgrade socket, 6-1 Video Memor y category, 2-1 1 W Wakeup on[...]

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