Dell Precision WorkStation 210 manual

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v 6DIH W,QVWUXF WLRQV Use the fo llo wing sa f ety guid eline s to help pro tect y our c omputer sys tem from p oten- tial damage a nd to ensure y ou r o wn person al sa f ety . :KHQ8VLQJ< RXU&RPS XWHU6VWHP As you use y our computer sy ste m, observe the fo llow ing saf ety guidelines .  T o help a v oid damagin g y our c[...]

vi  B e sure not hing re sts on y ou r computer s y stem’ s cables a nd that the cables are not loca ted where the y can b e step ped on or tr ipped ov er .  Do not spill fo od or liqu ids on you r comp uter . If the computer gets w et, co nsult you r Diagn ostic s and T rou bleshooti ng G uide.  Do not pus h an y objec ts into the openi[...]

vii :KHQ: RUNLQJ,QVLGH < RXU &RPSXWHU B ef ore y ou remo v e the computer c o ver , perf orm the fol lo wing s teps in the seque nce indi cated. 1. T o u c h an un painted m etal surf ace on the c hassis, suc h as the metal arou nd the card-sl ot openin gs at th e bac k of the co mputer , bef ore touc hing an ything inside yo ur [...]

viii 3. Dis connec t you r computer a nd periph erals from their po w er sources . Also, dis- connec t an y telep hone o r teleco mmuni cation l ines fro m the compute r . Doing so red uces the potentia l f or pers onal in jur y or sh oc k. In addi tion, tak e note of these saf et y guideli nes whe n appropri ate:  When y ou disconne ct a ca ble[...]

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

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xi 3U H I D F H $ERXW7KLV*XLGH T his gui de is inte nded f or an yone who uses the Dell P recision 21 0 deskto p compute r sy stems . It can be us ed b y both fi rst-time and e xper ience d com puter users who w a nt to lear n about the f ea ture s and oper ation of the sys tems or who wa nt to upgrade their compu ter s . The c hapt er s an d[...]

xii  Appen dix A, “T ec hnical Specifi cation s,” a nd Appe ndix B , “Hardw ar e Configura - tion F eat ures,” are in tended prim arily as ref erence materi al f or users intere sted in lear ni ng m ore a bou t the de tails of the sy s tem . Users wh o add int ernal op tion s ma y need to ref er to Appendix B to c hange j umper or s witc[...]

xii i  Docum entation is incl uded with an y optio ns y ou purc hase se parately from y our sy ste m. T h is do cu men tation i nclud es in f ormat ion tha t y ou need to c on fig ure and ins tal l th ese optio ns i n your De ll co mpu ter . Inst al lat ion instruct i ons for the opti ons a re i ncl ude d in t hi s User ’ s Guide or in the doc[...]

xiv  Command s presented in lo w ercase bold are f or ref erence purpos es onl y an d are not in te nde d to be t ype d w he n re ference d . Exampl e: “Use the format command t o . . . .” In contra st, co mmands presen ted in the Co urier Ne w f ont a re part of an ins tr uc- tion and intend ed to b e typed. Exampl e: “T ype format a: to [...]

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

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

xviii Saving the Syste m Configura tion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-14 Exiting the ICU. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-14 Lockin g and Unlo cking Ca rds . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [...]

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

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

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

xxiii Figure B-5 . Pin Numbers for the Keyb oard Co nnector . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-10 Figure B-6 . Pin Numbers for the Mous e Conne ctor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-11 Figure B-7 . NIC Connector . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-12 Figure B-8 . Pin Numbers for th[...]

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1-2 Dell Precision 21 0 D esk top Systems U se r ’ s Guid e DELL CONFIDENTIAL - P reliminary 8/17/98 FILE L OCATION: S:SYSTEMSAftershockUG9371D9371dc10.fm  A secon dar y cac he of 51 2 KB of static rando m-access memory (SRAM) inte- grate d in the s ingle-edg e contact (S EC) cartridg e. T he sec ondary cac he a lso pro vides error c hec [...]

Intr odu ction 1- 3 DELL CONFIDENTIAL - P reliminary 8/17/98 FILE L OCATION: S:SYSTEMSAftershockUG9371D9371dc10.fm  Univ ersal Seria l Bus (US B) capabi lity , whic h simplifi es co nnecti on of pe ripheral dev ices s uc h as mice , printers, and c omputer speak ers. T he USB connec tors on the comp uter’ s bac k panel pro vide a singl e [...]

1-4 Dell Precision 21 0 D esk top Systems U se r ’ s Guid e DELL CONFIDENTIAL - P reliminary 8/17/98 FILE L OCATION: S:SYSTEMSAftershockUG9371D9371dc10.fm c hec k the doc um entat ion tha t ca me w ith y our A G P vid eo c ar d f o r ins tr uctions on c hanging the re solution .  T he S y stem Set up program f or quic kly vie wing a nd c [...]

Intr odu ction 1- 5 DELL CONFIDENTIAL - P reliminary 8/17/98 FILE L OCATION: S:SYSTEMSAftershockUG9371D9371dc10.fm conf igu rati on inf ormation and m an ag eme nt in f orma t io n f o rmat (MI F) databas e v alue s (see Fi gure 1- 1). On sy ste ms r u nni ng Windo ws 95, WIn do ws 98 , and Windo ws NT 4. 0, the Dell Ope n- Manage program i s [...]

1-6 Dell Precision 21 0 D esk top Systems U se r ’ s Guid e DELL CONFIDENTIAL - P reliminary 8/17/98 FILE L OCATION: S:SYSTEMSAftershockUG9371D9371dc10.fm &RQILJXUDWLRQ0 DQDJHP HQW Configura tion Ma nagemen t f e ature s of the D ell Open Manage i nclude:  W ak eup On L AN support, w hic h allo ws network administrators to remotely[...]

Intr odu ction 1- 7 DELL CONFIDENTIAL - P reliminary 8/17/98 FILE L OCATION: S:SYSTEMSAftershockUG9371D9371dc10.fm 3;( T he prebo ot e x ecuti on en v ironment (P XE) al lo ws a perso nal com puter to be ma naged b y one or more confi guratio n manag ement servers r unning the LANDesk ® Conf igur a- tion Manager (L CM) sof tware, whic h pro v[...]

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1-1 0 Dell P recision 2 1 0 Desktop Sy stems User’ s Guide DELL CONFIDENTIAL - P reliminary 8/17/98 FILE L OCATION: S:SYSTEMSAftershockUG9371D9371dc10.fm B ef ore y ou ca n perf orm the u pdate, y ou mu st mak e a disk et te cop y of the update sof t ware fr om th e di sk i ma g e o n th e har d- disk dri ve. T o make th e dis ket te copy , [...]

Intr odu ction 1- 1 1 DELL CONFIDENTIAL - P reliminary 8/17/98 FILE L OCATION: S:SYSTEMSAftershockUG9371D9371dc10.fm )UR QW 3D Q H O T he comp uter’ s front pa nel co ntains the f ollo wing indic ators an d cont rols (s ee Fig ure 1 -2) :  Th e pow er but ton pro vides control o f the sy stem’ s A C input po w er . T he push- but ton[...]

1-1 2 Dell P recision 2 1 0 Desktop Sy stems User’ s Guide DELL CONFIDENTIAL - P reliminary 8/17/98 FILE L OCATION: S:SYSTEMSAftershockUG9371D9371dc10.fm %DFN3 DQHO T he comp uter’ s bac k panel contains vari ous po rts and c onnec tors f or at tac hing ex ter- nal de vices and incl udes a s ecurity cable slot. T hese f eatu res are des[...]

Intro ductio n 1-13 DELL CONFIDENTIAL - P reliminary 8/17/98 FILE L OCATION: S:SYSTEMSAftershockUG9371D9371dc10.fm T he padloc k ring allow s y ou to sec ure the co mputer co v er to the c hassis to prev e nt unautho riz ed acc ess to the inside of the c omputer . T o use the p adloc k ring, insert a commerc iall y av ail able padlo c k throug[...]

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Usin g th e So ftware Supp or t Ut ili tie s 2- 1 FILE L OCATION: S:SYSTEMSAftershockUG9371D9371dc20.fm DELL CONFIDENTIAL - P reliminary 8/17/98 &+$37(5 8VLQJWKH6RIWZDUH6XSSRUW 8WLOLWLHV Y our Dell sy stem co mes with sof tware sup port util ities on disk et te or on y our c om- pute r ’ s ha rd -d isk d rive. These so [...]

2-2 Dell Precision 21 0 D esk top Systems U se r ’ s Guid e DELL CONFIDENTIAL - P reliminary 8/17/98 FILE L OCATION: S:SYSTEMSAftershockUG9371D9371dc20.fm 'HOO,QVWDOO HG6RIWZDUH 6XSSRUW8WLOLWLHV T he s y stem ut ilities , services, and bus-ma sterin g EI DE driv ers are a lready installe d on yo ur hard -disk dri v [...]

Usin g th e So ftware Supp or t Ut ili tie s 2- 3 DELL CONFIDENTIAL - P reliminary 8/17/98 FILE L OCATION: S:SYSTEMSAftershockUG9371D9371dc20.fm  Th e Au t o Powe r O n utility (whic h runs under th e MS-D OS ® ope rati ng sy st em only) re ports what caused the s ys tem to po we r on, suc h as the pow er switc h or a call fro m the A uto [...]

2-4 Dell Precision 21 0 D esk top Systems U se r ’ s Guid e DELL CONFIDENTIAL - P reliminary 8/17/98 FILE L OCATION: S:SYSTEMSAftershockUG9371D9371dc20.fm 5. V erify that t he u til it ie s a nd /or ser vic e(s ) a r e ins t all ed a nd runn ing . Doub le- cli c k the Services icon in the Contr ol P anel . A utoSh utdown and Ther malShutdown[...]

Usin g th e So ftware Supp or t Ut ili tie s 2- 5 DELL CONFIDENTIAL - P reliminary 8/17/98 FILE L OCATION: S:SYSTEMSAftershockUG9371D9371dc20.fm An asset tag num ber can ha ve up to ten c h aracters; an y combi nation of c haracters e x clud ing spa ce s is v a li d. T o assi gn or c hange an asset tag number , type asset and a space fo llow e[...]

2-6 Dell Precision 21 0 D esk top Systems U se r ’ s Guid e DELL CONFIDENTIAL - P reliminary 8/17/98 FILE L OCATION: S:SYSTEMSAftershockUG9371D9371dc20.fm T he po w er switc h operates in two mode s: imm ediat e and A utoSh utdow n. Whe n the sys t em i s off , th e p owe r s w i t c h a l ways a c ts i n i m m e d i at e mo d e —t h a t i[...]

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Usin g th e So ftware Supp or t Ut ili tie s 2- 9 DELL CONFIDENTIAL - P reliminary 8/17/98 FILE L OCATION: S:SYSTEMSAftershockUG9371D9371dc20.fm T he driv er f or Windo ws NT 4.0 has also been copi ed to y our h ard-disk driv e in disk et te-image form . If y ou nee d to rei nstall or remo ve this dri ver , you can do so as des cri bed in th e[...]

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

Using the S ys tem S et up P r ogram 3-1 &+$37(5 8VLQJWKH6 VWH P6HWXS3 URJUDP Eac h time y ou t urn on you r comp uter sy stem or pres s the rese t but ton, the sys tem compare s the hard wa re installed in the s yste m to the ha rdw are lis ted in the s y stem conf igurati on inf ormati on stor ed in n on vol atile random -a[...]

3-2 Dell Precision 21 0 D esk top Systems U se r ’ s Guid e (QWHULQJW KH6VWHP6HWXS 3 URJUDP T o enter the S y stem Set up program, press the Sy s tem Set up ke y com binati on during the syst em’ s power -on self t est ( POST), a s follows: 1 . Rest ar t your sys t em. 2. During the boot rou tine, th e messa ge F2 = Setup appear s [...]

Using the S ys tem S et up P r ogram 3-3  Help T he bo x on the upper -right hal f of both screens displa y s hel p info rmatio n f or the opti on wi th a cu rr ent ly hi ghl igh te d fiel d.  S ys tem da ta T he bo x in the lo wer -right corner of both screen s di spla y s in f orma tio n abo ut y our system.  K e y functio ns T he line o[...]

3-4 Dell Precision 21 0 D esk top Systems U se r ’ s Guid e 8VLQJWKH6V WHP6 HWX S3URJUDP T able 3 -1 lists the k ey s you u se to vie w or c hange inf orma tion on the S y stem S etup screens and to e xit the program. Mo ve s to the nex t field . Mo ve s to the pre vio us field. C y cles th roug h th e s et tings in a fiel d. In m an[...]

Using the S ys tem S et up P r ogram 3-5 Drives: Primary Type Cyls Hds Pre LZ Sec Size Drive 0:Auto 1023 64 -1 1023 63 2111 Drive 1:None Report Not Enabled Unlocked Diskette First Not Enabled Disabled 00:00 Disabled Off On Off (PXE Off) On Auto Off 378h AT Auto Auto On Off Sound: NIC: Mouse: Serial Port 1: Serial Port 2: Parallel Port: Parallel Mod[...]

3-6 Dell Precision 21 0 D esk top Systems U se r ’ s Guid e 6VWHP6HWX S2SWLRQV The following subs ec ti on s expl ai n i n det a il ea c h of the op tio ns o n th e System Setup screens. 7L PH Time r esets the time on the co mputer’ s interna l cloc k. Time is k ept in a 24-hou r fo rmat ( hours : minutes : secon ds ). T o c h ange th[...]

Using the S ys tem S et up P r ogram 3-7 'ULY HV3 ULPDUD QG6HF RQGDU Pr im ary ide ntifies dri v es at tac hed to the pr imar y enhanced i ntegrat ed dr ive electr on- ics (EIDE ) interf ace c onnec tor (label ed “IDE1 ”) on the s yste m boar d; Seco ndary iden tifi es driv es con nec ted to the seconda ry EIDE interf a[...]

3-8 Dell Precision 21 0 D esk top Systems U se r ’ s Guid e If the sys tem gen erates a driv e erro r mess age the fi rst time you boot y our s yste m af ter in s t all ing an EI D E dri ve, it may mea n th at your p arti cula r dr i ve does not work with the automatic driv e- t ype dete ct f eatu re. If y ou su spect tha t y our pro blem is rela[...]

Using the S ys tem S et up P r ogram 3-9 NO TE: T he Usr 1 and Usr2 dr iv e types c an b e us ed f or both the Pr imary and Se cond- ary Driv e 0 an d Dr iv e 1 op t i on s . Howeve r , i f yo u s el e c t th e Usr1 or Usr2 driv e type, yo u ma y not o btain optim um hard-di sk driv e perform ance. Als o, the Usr1 and Usr2 driv e types c annot be u[...]

3-1 0 Dell P recision 2 1 0 Desktop Sy stems User’ s Guide T o clear thi s field a nd allo w future intr usions to be detected, m ake sure t he c hassis co v er i s clo se d, a nd the n en ter th e S yste m Se t up prog ram du ring the sy stem’ s POS T , as descri bed earli er in this c hapte r . At Chassis Intr usion , use the lef t- or right-[...]

Using th e S y stem Set up P r ogra m 3-1 1  Disabl ed By Ju mper (ap pears onl y af ter the jum per plu g has bee n remo v ed from the PS WD ju mper on the sys tem bo ard) T o assi gn and en able a passw o rd, press the lef t- or right- ar ro w k e y , ty pe the pas s- wo rd, and press <E nter>. T hen retype the pass w ord and p ress <[...]

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

Using the S ys tem S et up P r ogram 3-1 3 Boot Dev ice Pr ior ity lis ts a ll boot ab le device s (h ard- disk dr ives, CD- ROM dri ves, an d so on) th at are controlled by t he sy stem BIOS and an y Plug and Pla y netw ork ada pters ins tal led in t he system . Ex clude F r om Boot Device Pr ior ity all o ws y o u to remo ve from Boot Device Pr i[...]

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

Using the S ys tem S et up P r ogram 3-1 5 NO TES: Some 3D gr aphics ca rds do not sup port DPMS . Re f er to the docum entation f or yo ur particula r 3D graphic s card f or inf ormation. Th e po wer manage ment f e a t u r e m o n i t or s a c t iv i t y of a mouse conne cted to the P erso nal S ys tem/2 ( PS/2)-comp atible mouse po rt. By s etti[...]

3-1 6 Dell P recision 2 1 0 Desktop Sy stems User’ s Guide When P owe r Manag ement is Disabled (the def ault), the dis ks spin cons t antly as long as the s yste m is t urned on. : DNHXS2Q/$1 W ak eup On LAN determine s whe ther the W ake up On LAN f eatur e is set. The set- tings f or W ak eup On LAN are:  Off  On (A dd-in NIC)  [...]

Using the S ys tem S et up P r ogram 3-1 7 6HULDO 3RUWD QG6 HULDO3RUW  Ser i al P ort 1 and Ser ial P ort 2 configure the sy stem ’ s integrat ed seria l ports. T he se opti ons c an be se t to Au t o (the defa ult) to auto matically configure a port, to a pa rticu- lar de sig nat ion ( COM1 or COM3 fo r Ser ial P or[...]

3-1 8 Dell P recision 21 0 Desktop S yst ems User ’ s Guide As part of the boot routin e, the sy stem first c hec ks for a prim ar y hard-d isk dr ive con- troller c ard installed in an e xpansion s lot. If n o card is f ound, the i ntegrate d EIDE interf ace is enabl ed and the contro ller on the maste r EIDE dri v e is des ignated a s the prim [...]

Using the S ys tem S et up P r ogram 3-1 9 6VWHP 'DWD T he f ollo win g field s, whic h ar e not s electable, displa y inf ormation about th e sy st em:  The fir s t fiel d dis plays the t ype of mi cro proc es so r in st alle d in the co mpu ter .  The th ree- dig i t nu mbe r in th e CPU IDs field indi cates the f amil y and m odel[...]

3-20 Dell Precisi on 21 0 Deskto p Sy ste m s U se r ’ s Gu id e If y ou as sign a nd later for g e t a system pa ssword, you need your comp uter key to get inside the c hassis, w here yo u can c hange a jump er se t ting to disab le th e system pas sword feature (s ee “ D is ablin g a Forgot ten Password” foun d la ter in this c hapter). No [...]

Using the S ys tem S et up P r ogram 3-21 NO TE: T o es cape fro m the fi eld w ithout as signing a s yste m pass w ord, pr ess the <T ab> ke y or the <Shif t><T ab> k ey combination to mov e the highlight to another field or press the <Esc> k ey at an y time prior to completing step 5. 4. P res s <E n t e r > . If the[...]

3-22 Dell Precisi on 21 0 Deskto p Sy ste m s U se r ’ s Gu id e T he thir d and su bsequ ent times an inc orrec t or in compl ete sy stem pass word is entere d, the sy stem displ ay s the fol lo wing me ssag e: ** Incorrect password. ** Number of unsuccessful password attempts: 3 System halted! Must p ower down. T he numbe r of uns uccess ful at[...]

Using the S ys tem S et up P r ogram 3-23 8VLQJWKH6H WXS3 DVVZ RUG) HDWXUH Y our De ll sy st em is s hipped to yo u with out the set up pas sw ord f eatu re ena bled. I f sy stem s ecurity is a conc ern, y ou sh ould op erate y our s ys tem wi th set up passw ord protec tion. Y ou c an ass ign a se t up pas sw ord, as describ ed in th e[...]

3-24 Dell Precisi on 21 0 Deskto p Sy ste m s U se r ’ s Gu id e If y ou do n ot enter the correct passw ord in three tries, the sys tem le ts you v ie w , but not modi fy , the Sy stem Set up scre ens—with the f ollo win g ex c eptions:  Y ou c an still modif y Da te , Ti me , CPU Speed , Num Lo c k , and Spe ak er .  If Sy st em P assw [...]

Using the S ys tem S et up P r ogram 3-25 NO TE: B ef ore y ou a ssign a ne w system and/ or set up pa ssw ord, y ou mu st replace the PSWD jumper plug. 6. R epeat ste p 1 . 7 . R eplac e the P SWD jump er plug (the en able set ting). 8. R eplace the computer cov er , and then reco nnect the computer and periph erals to their po wer source s and t [...]

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Using the IS A Configuration Ut ility 4-1 &+$37(5 8VLQJWKH,6$&RQILJXUDWLRQ8WLOLW The ISA Conf ig ur ation Util it y (ICU ) is used by the syste m to tr a c k what expa ns ion cards a re ins talled an d what res ources are u sed. With this i nf ormatio n, the sys tem automat icall y con figures Plug and Pla y e xpa nsion c[...]

4-2 Dell Precision 21 0 D esk top Systems U se r ’ s Guid e 4XLFN6 WDU W   T o quic kly get started usi ng this utility , follo w these ste ps: 1 . Determine whether y ou ne ed to r un the ICU . See “W hen to R un the ICU” f ound later in th is c hapter f or detailed instr uctio ns. 2. P erf orm an y requ ired pr eparato r y steps[...]

Using the IS A Configuration Ut ility 4-3 $ERXW WKH,&8 B ef ore y our sy stem w as shipped from Del l, a te c hn ician used the ICU to enter the cor rect in fo rmation f or the ex pansi on cards initia lly ins talled in y o ur comput er . If your system was shi pped wi th Dell- ins t all ed so f tware, t he ICU dis ket te image (from whic[...]

4-4 Dell Precision 21 0 D esk top Systems U se r ’ s Guid e Af ter y ou ha ve r un the I CU f or y our no n-Plug and Pla y IS A expansi on cards and i t has conf igured all y our Pl ug and Pl a y and PCI e xpa nsion ca rds, y ou c an use th e utility to loc k t he c onfigur ation of y our Plug and Pla y and PCI e xpansion c ards so th at the y ar[...]

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

4-6 Dell Precision 21 0 D esk top Systems U se r ’ s Guid e $ GGLQJD/LVWHG&DUG NO TE: If y ou w an t to add a conf igurati on file tha t yo u receiv e d on disk e t te with a ne w expans ion c ard , you mu st co py the conf igu rati on f ile to t h e db subdi rector y on the bac k up cop y of the ICU disk et te. Y ou should the n re[...]

Using the IS A Configuration Ut ility 4-7 5. If y ou w ant the ICU to selec t the resou rces f or the ca rd, clic k OK . O ther wise, skip to s tep 6. T he ICU uses th e defa ult resou rces set b y the c ard manuf acturer when e ver p os- sible. If the ICU c annot find a resourc e that is v alid f or the card and a va ilabl e in the sy ste m, the u[...]

4-8 Dell Precision 21 0 D esk top Systems U se r ’ s Guid e 8. T o c hange the res ourc e se t ting s, cl ic k the d o wn-arro w ne xt to the Co nfigur ation Choice bo x. Then cli c k the new resou rce s et ting fr om the li st of availa ble settings (see Fi gure 4-5 ). Y ou c annot ma nuall y enter a v alue; you must c hoose a set ting from t he[...]

Using the IS A Configuration Ut ility 4-9 NO TE: If y ou c hange one or more res ource v a lues using th e Options but ton and later c hange the s et ting in the Con figur ation Choic e bo x, the c hanges tha t y ou made to the res ource v alues are o v er writ ten by the def ault v a lues f or the ne w conf igu r ati on c hoice. 10 . C l i c k OK [...]

4-1 0 Dell P recision 2 1 0 Desktop Sy stems User’ s Guide If y ou are pro vidi ng a v a lue f or th e IRQ or direct memory access (DM A) resou rce, clic k the do wn ar ro w benea th A v ail able Resour ces . A sm aller Specify list bo x appears (see Figure 4- 8). Clic k the va lue y ou wa nt to assign to the reso urce. T hen clic k OK . If non e[...]

Using the IS A Configuration Ut ility 4-1 1 8. When y o u ha v e fin ish ed sel ec ting res our ces f o r the unlis ted c ard, cl ic k OK in the Configur e Unliste d Car d dialog bo x. A mess age bo x a ppears, notify ing y ou eithe r that the ca rd is us ing its def ault set- tings or that it c annot us e its d ef ault set tings an d must be recon[...]

4-1 2 Dell P recision 2 1 0 Desktop Sy stems User’ s Guide NO TE: When y ou modify an unlis ted card, th e ICU cannot s ho w y ou the val id resources for the card. There fore , yo u must ha v e doc umentation from the card manu facture r tha t de sc ri bes the res our ces a nd r eso urc e set ti n gs that t he c ard can us e. 3. F ollow s teps 7[...]

Using the IS A Configuration Ut ility 4-1 3 5 HPRY LQJD&DUG   B ef ore y ou remo v e a non-Plug a nd Pla y IS A expa nsion c ard from y ou r computer , y ou must u se t he I CU to re move the ca rd fr om t h e system con fig ura tio n . NO TE: When y ou remo ve a Plu g and Pla y [...]

4-1 4 Dell P recision 2 1 0 Desktop Sy stems User’ s Guide T o determi ne whic h card uses a p articul ar resourc e sho wn in th e S yst em Resour ce Usage dialog bo x, se lect th e resour ce in qu estion and th en cli c k Us ed By Car d . The Car d Resour ce Usag e dial og bo x appears with th e inf ormat ion. T o view th e resourc es that a par[...]

Using the IS A Configuration Ut ility 4-1 5 T o determi ne wh ether y our e xpansion car d has static de vice driv ers, c hec k the docu - mentation tha t ca me wi th the dri v ers. If yo u a re u sin g a stat ic de vi ce driv e r , y ou nee d to pe rmanently asso ciate res ources with a Plug a nd Pla y e x pansio n card, i nstead of relying on the[...]

4-1 6 Dell P recision 2 1 0 Desktop Sy stems User’ s Guide 4. Select th e Plug and Pla y or PCI exp ansion c ard that y o u wa nt to loc k or unloc k from the Car ds Conf igur ed in S yst em list. 5. C lick Mo dify or select Modify Car d fr om the Config ure menu. 6. F rom t he Card Conf igur ation dialog box, se lect t he f u nct ion you want to[...]

Using t he Ne t work Inter face Cont roller 5-1 &+$37(5 8VLQJWKH1HWZR UN,QWHUIDFH &RQWUROOHU T his c hapt er describes how to conn ect yo ur computer sy stem to an Ethe rnet network using th e integ rated 3Com P eriphera l Componen t Interco nnect (PCI) 3C905b -TX net- wo rk interf ace contro ller (NIC). The NIC pro vide s[...]

5-2 Dell Precision 21 0 D esk top Systems U se r ’ s Guid e T he NIC con nector o n the com puter’ s bac k panel (s ee Figure 5-1) ha s the f ollo wing indica tors:  A yellow activ it y indi cator flas hes w hen th e sy ste m is tr ansmi t ting or r eceiv ing network data. (A high volu me of net wo rk traf fic may ma ke this indic ator appea[...]

Using t he Ne t work Inter face Cont roller 5-3 4. R un the Network Interfa ce T est Grou p in the D ell Di agnostic s to v erify that the NIC is operati ng prop erl y . See th e c hapter title d “R unni ng the De ll Diag nosti cs” in y our Diagno sti cs an d T roubles hooting Guide for detaile d instr uctions. 1HWZ RUN& DEOH5 HTXLUHP[...]

5-4 Dell Precision 21 0 D esk top Systems U se r ’ s Guid e &RQI LJXUL QJWKH 1,& T his sec tion p ro vides in str ucti ons f or c onfigur ing the co mputer’ s inte grated, 1 0/1 0 0-megabit s-per -second ( Mbps) 3Com N IC under the fo llo win g operatin g systems:  Microso f t W indo ws NT 4.0  Microso f t W indo w s 95 ?[...]

Using t he Ne t work Inter face Cont roller 5-5 9. When prompted, re mo ve t he NIC dri v er disk et te 2 from the disk et te driv e and insert th e NIC driv er di sket te 1 . 1 0. When the Set up Mes sa g e co nfirms tha t the 3Com d RMON SmartA gent PC Sof t ware h as be en su ccessf ully in stalled , cli c k OK . The oper atin g system con tin u[...]

5-6 Dell Precision 21 0 D esk top Systems U se r ’ s Guid e 4. Start the Windo ws 95 ope rating sy st em. 5. Clic k the Star t but ton, point to Set tings , a nd cli c k Control P anel . Th en doub le- clic k the Sy s te m icon. 6. I n th e Sy st em Pr oper ties windo w , clic k the Dev ice Manag er ta b. 7 . In the list of s y stem de vices , do[...]

Using t he Ne t work Inter face Cont roller 5-7 1 8. When y ou are prompte d for th e loc ation of a dditional files , specify the c:windo wsoptionsca bs direc tor y on your ha rd- dis k dr ive or th e win95 dir e c- tor y on y our CD-R OM d riv e. T hen cl ic k OK to ac cess t he S y st em Proper ties dial og bo x. T he Windo ws 95 operati ng [...]

5-8 Dell Precision 21 0 D esk top Systems U se r ’ s Guid e 2. Connect t he netw ork cabl e to the bac k of yo ur com puter . See “N etwork Cab le R equireme nts” f ou nd earlie r in this c hapter f or detailed ins truct ions . 3. V erify that the in tegrated NIC i s enable d and conne cted to its network. See “N IC” in Chapter 3 fo r mor[...]

Using t he Ne t work Inter face Cont roller 5-9 T o i nst a ll t h e NDI S 2. 0 1 NIC dr iver in sys t ems runni ng D e ll- inst alled W i ndows 95 Ser- vice R e leas e 2.1,or a Window s 95 op erating sy stem not installe d b y De ll, perf orm the f oll o wing st e ps: 1 . Ins ta ll the W i ndows 95 NI C dri ver . See the a ppropri ate instr uction[...]

5-1 0 Dell P recision 2 1 0 Desktop Sy stems User’ s Guide 2. Connect t he netw ork cabl e to the bac k of yo ur com puter . See “N etwork Cab le R equireme nts” f ou nd earlie r in this c hapter f or detailed ins truct ions . 3. V erify that the in tegrated NIC i s enable d and conne cted to its network. See “N IC” in Chapter 3 fo r more[...]

Using t he Ne t work Inter face Cont roller 5-1 1 T he sy stem detec ts a P CI Eth ernet contro ller . 22. At t he Ad d N e w H a rd w a re W i z a rd wi ndow , cl ic k Next . 23. Wh en prom pted to se arc h for a driv er , clic k Next . 24. Wh en prom pte d f or the locatio n o f the dri v er , clic k the Specify a Loc at io n che ck - box and v e[...]

5-1 2 Dell P recision 2 1 0 Desktop Sy stems User’ s Guide 7 . In the Ins tall F r om Disk w indo w , enter a: under Cop y Manuf actur er’ s Files From , and then c lic k OK . 8. I n th e Select Netw or k Adapt er win dow , cli c k 3Com F ast Ether link XL 1 0/ 1 00Mb TX Ether net NIC (3C905B-TX) , and then cl ic k OK . A noti fication p op-up[...]

Usi ng th e I nte grat ed A udio Con tro lle r 6-1 &+$37(5 8VLQJWKH,QWHJUDWHG$ XGLR &RQWUROOHU T his c hapter des cribe s ho w to conn ect y our compu ter sy stem to e xternal audio device s t hat us e th e 1 6-bi t int e gra ted au dio cont r oll er on your co mpu t er ’ s system boa rd. The inte gra ted Cr ys ta l 4 23[...]

6-2 Del l Precisi on 21 0 Desk to p Sy ste m s U se r ’ s Gu id e 6SHDNHUV Y our comp ute r system supp or ts mo st s t and ard spea kers t hat have integ rate d am pl if i- ers . Y ou c an pu rchase spea kers se pa r ate ly f rom D ell. Connect t he aud io cable from the speak ers to the lin e-out jac k (see Figure 6-1). NO TE: When s peak ers a[...]

Usi ng th e I nte grat ed A udio Con tro lle r 6-3 synt hesiz er o r other m usical i nstr ument, y ou mus t install a M IDI-c ompatible e xpan - sion c ard. (F or instr ucti ons, see “Installing a n Expans ion Card” in Cha pter 8.) If you use a MI DI ca rd, se t Sound in the S ystem Set up p rogram to Of f . (See Cha pter 3, “Using th e S y [...]

6-4 Del l Precisi on 21 0 Desk to p Sy ste m s U se r ’ s Gu id e $GMXVWLQJ9 ROXPHLQ: LQGRZV1 7 Use th e f ollo wing proc edure to adjust the spe ake r or headp hone v olum e in th e Win- dows NT 4. 0 op e rat i ng syst em: 1 . St art the A udio Mixer u tility loca ted in the A udio Contr ol progra m f older . 2. A djust t[...]

Usi ng th e I nte grat ed A udio Con tro lle r 6-5 8VLQ J$ X GLR 8WLOL WLH V The oper atin g system ins t all ed o n your De ll system has i ts own uti lit ies for playin g audio CD s and manip ulating .wa v files:  F or W indo ws 95, us e Med ia Pla ye r under Multim edia in the Ac cess or ies pro- gra m fold er .  F or W indow s 98[...]

6-6 Del l Precisi on 21 0 Desk to p Sy ste m s U se r ’ s Gu id e $XGLR'ULYHUV IRU:LQG RZV T o reinstall the a udio drive rs f or Windo ws 98, y ou must fi rst remo v e the old driv ers and then install th e ne w d rivers . F ollo w these s teps: 1 . Use the Prog ram Disket te Maker (loca ted in the Dell Ac cessor ies f old[...]

Usi ng th e I nte grat ed A udio Con tro lle r 6-7 $XGLR'ULYHUVIRU:LQG RZV17 T o reinstall th e audio driv ers for Window s NT 4. 0, f ollo w thes e step s: 1 . Use t he Progra m Di sket te Maker ( loc ate d in th e Dell Acce ssor ies f olde r) to make a disk et te c op y of the a udio d riv ers installe d on y o ur har[...]

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W orking In side Y our Co mputer 7-1 &+$37(5 : RUNLQJ,QVLGH< RX U&RPSXWHU Y our Dell Pre cision 21 0 sys tem suppo rts a v arie t y of inte rnal optio ns that exp and sy s- tem cap abilities . T his c hapter pre pares y ou to install opti ons insi de the computer . It describ es ho w to r emo ve and re place the computer c[...]

7-2 Del l Precisi on 21 0 Desk to p Sy ste m s U se r ’ s Gu id e T o veri fy that all po w er ha s been re mov ed from the sy stem, m ake sure that th e st andby li ght - emi t ting d iode (LED ) on t he syst em bo a rd h as go ne ou t. For the loc ati on of t his LED , se e Fi gure 9-1 . Whil e you work , per iod ical ly t ouch an unpa in ted m[...]

W orking In side Y our Co mputer 7-3 3. Remove th e cover . F rom the front of the computer , press in the two se curing but tons (located on the sides of the co v er to w ard the bac k). Wi th the but tons depres s ed, li f t the co v er at the b ac k, al lowing it to pivot u p toward you ( see Figu re 7 -2) . Diseng age the pla stic ho oks t hat [...]

7-4 Del l Precisi on 21 0 Desk to p Sy ste m s U se r ’ s Gu id e 5 HSODFLQJWKH &RPSXWHU&R YHU Use th e f ollo wing proc edure to replace the comp uter co v er: 1 . Chec k all cable connec tion s, espec ia ll y t hos e that mi ght ha ve come loo se during yo ur w ork. F old cables out of the w ay so tha t the y do not catc h on t[...]

W orking In side Y our Co mputer 7-5 5. Rese t the c hass is i n trusio n de tec tor by en ter in g the System Setup p rogr am an d set ting Chassis Intr usion to Not Detected . See Chap ter 3, “Us ing th e Sy s tem Set up P rogram,” f or ins tr uctions. NO TE: If a s et up pass w ord has b een ass igned b y someon e else, c ontact yo ur networ[...]

7-6 Del l Precisi on 21 0 Desk to p Sy ste m s U se r ’ s Gu id e Figure 7 -5 sho ws y our com puter with its co ve r remo v ed. R ef er to this illustratio n to locate inte rior f eat ures and co mpo nen ts dis cu ss ed in this guid e.  NIC co nne ct or mous e co nne ct or ke yboar d conn ector secu ri t y ca bl e sl ot video co nnect o[...]

W orking In side Y our Co mputer 7-7 5 RWDWL QJWKH3 RZHU6XSSO $ ZD)URPW KH 6VWHP% RDUG T o acce ss some comp onents on the sy st em board, y ou ma y ha v e to r otate the sy s - tem po w er supp ly ou t of the w ay . Use the f ollo wing p rocedu re to rotate the po wer supply : 1 . Remo v e the co mputer co ver as in str [...]

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Inst al li ng System Board Opt i ons 8-1 &+$37(5 ,QVWDOOLQJ6VWHP%RDUG2SWLRQV This c hapt er d escri b es how to i ns ta ll the foll owing opt ions :  P eripheral Comp onent I nterconnec t (PCI), accel erated gra phics po rt (A GP), and Industry-Standard Arc hitect ure (IS A) e xpa nsion ca rds  S ys tem me mory  Mic rop[...]

8-2 Del l Precisi on 21 0 Desk to p Sy ste m s U se r ’ s Gu id e Use F igure 8-1 to locate th e sy stem b oard f eat ures. ([SDQVLRQ&DUG V T he sy stem accom modate s up to six expa nsion cards , includ ing 32-bit PCI e xpansi on cards, an 8- o r 1 6-bit IS A e xpansi on card, a nd a 32-bit A GP card. (See F igure 8-2 f or exampl es of th[...]

Inst al li ng System Board Opt i ons 8-3 ([SDQVLRQ6ORWV T here are fiv e expa nsion -card co nnectors o n the s yste m board. E xpan sion-card c on- nect ors PCI1 throu gh PCI3 s upport 32 -bit PCI e xpa nsion cards; e xpa nsion-ca rd connec tor A G P suppo rts a 32-b it A GP e xpansio n card; a nd e xpans ion-card connecto r IS A1 can accomm od[...]

8-4 Del l Precisi on 21 0 Desk to p Sy ste m s U se r ’ s Gu id e ,QVWDOO LQJDQ([SD QVLRQ&DUG  F ollow th is ge neral proc edure to install a n e xpans ion card: 1 . If you are instal ling a n on-Plug and Pla y IS A expans ion c ard, enter the IS A Confi g- urati on Utili t y (ICU) and add th e ne w e xpa nsion ca r[...]

Inst al li ng System Board Opt i ons 8-5 4. Insert the e xpansion c ard in to the e xpans ion-card connector . If the expa nsion card is full-l ength, ins ert the front e nd of the c ard into th e corre- spondi ng ca rd guid e on the inside f ront of the c hassi s as y ou insert the card i nto its co nne cto r . Insert the card’ s edge c onnector[...]

8-6 Del l Precisi on 21 0 Desk to p Sy ste m s U se r ’ s Gu id e 5 HPRYLQJ DQ([SDQ VLRQ&DUG F ollow th is genera l procedu re to rem ov e an expa nsion ca rd: 1 . If you are remo vin g a non-Pl ug an d Pla y IS A e xpansi on card, e nter the ICU and remo v e t he e x pa ns ion card from y our co nfig ura tion . See Chap ter 4, ?[...]

Inst al li ng System Board Opt i ons 8-7 $ GGLQJ0HPRU Dell P recision 21 0 sys tems c an use u nbu f f ered s yn c hronou s dy na mi c ra ndo m-acc es s memory (SDRAM) mod ules tha t pro vide er ror c hec king and c orrec tion (ECC) capa bil itie s. S ys tem me mory can be in creased u p to 51 2 mega by tes (M B) using u nbuf f ered SDRAM du al[...]

8-8 Del l Precisi on 21 0 Desk to p Sy ste m s U se r ’ s Gu id e F ollow th is proced ure to perf orm a memory upgrade: 1 . Rem ov e the comp uter co v er acco rding to the in str uctio ns in “R emovin g the Computer Co v er” i n Chapter 7 . 2. T o access the DIMM soc kets o n the sy stem b oard, rotate the po wer supply as describ ed in “[...]

Inst al li ng System Board Opt i ons 8-9 7 . P r e ss < F2> to ent er the Sy stem Setup program, and c hec k the v alue for Syste m Memory in the low er -right corn er of P age 1 . T he sy stem shou ld ha ve already c hang ed the v alue of Sy s te m M e m o r y to reflect the ne wly installe d memo r y . V erify the ne w total. NO TE: If the [...]

8-1 0 Dell P recision 2 1 0 Desktop Sy stems User’ s Guide T o r emove a DIM M, pre ss t he secu rin g clip s out w ard s imul t an eo usl y unt il th e DI M M dise ngages from the soc ket ( see Figur e 8- 7). It sh ould pop out sl ightly . 0LFURSURFHVVRU8SJUDGHV T o take a dva ntage of fut ure options in sp eed and fu nction ality , you c an [...]

Inst al li ng System Board Opt i ons 8 -1 1 2. Rot a te th e power su ppl y as des cri bed in “Rot at in g th e P ow er Sup ply A w a y F rom the S y stem B oard ” in Chapter 7 . 3. If y ou are addin g a se cond proc esso r to a sin gle-pro cessor s y stem, remo ve the terminato r card from the seconda r y SEC cartridg e connec tor (labeled “[...]

8-1 2 Dell P recision 2 1 0 Desktop Sy stems User’ s Guide 5. Insert the ne w SEC ca rtridge/hea t sink a ssembly into the s y stem boa rd connec tor . P ress the SEC cartridg e firmly into its connecto r until it is fully seated and the lat ches sna p int o pl ace . Y ou m us t us e u p to 25 lb of forc e to ful ly se at t he SEC cartridg e in i[...]

Inst al li ng System Board Opt i ons 8-13 1 2. R un the De ll Diagno stics to v erify that th e ne w mic roprocess or is ope rating correct ly . See y our Diag nostic s and T rou bleshooti ng Guid e fo r inf ormat ion on r unning the diag nostics and tro ubleshoo ting a ny p roblem s that m a y occur . 5 HSODFLQJ WKH6VWHP%DWWHU A 3.0-V C[...]

8-1 4 Dell P recision 2 1 0 Desktop Sy stems User’ s Guide correc t set tings. See Chapter 3, “Using the S yste m Set up P rogram, ” f or ins truct ions . 2. R emo ve the co mputer co ver acco rding to the instr uctions in “R emo ving th e Computer Co v er” i n Chapter 7 . 3. T o access the bat ter y on the sy st em boar d, rotate the po [...]

Inst al li ng System Board Opt i ons 8-15 6. R otate the po w er suppl y bac k into position, maki ng sur e that the s ecuring tab snaps i nto p lace . 7 . R eplac e the c omputer cov er , and reconne ct y our com puter a nd peri pherals to their po wer source s and t urn the m on. NO TE: Af ter y ou remo v e and re plac e the co v er , the c hassi[...]

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Installing Driv es 9-1 &+$37(5 ,QVWDOOLQJ'U LYHV Y our Dell comp uter has fiv e driv e bay s f or installing the follo wing types of driv es ( see Fig ure 9- 1) :  T he e xternally acces sible dri ve b a ys at the front o f the co mputer consist of one 3.5-i nc h driv e ba y (ded icated to a 3 .5-inc h disk e t t e driv e) and [...]

9-2 Del l Precisi on 21 0 Desk to p Sy ste m s U se r ’ s Gu id e 5 HPRY LQJDQG 5 HS ODFLQJ) URQW 3 DQHO ,QVHUWV Empty driv e ba y s c ontain a front-pa nel ins ert to prot ect the ins ide of the comp uter from dus t p arti cles an d a lso to e ns ure pro per airflo w w ithin the co mpu ter . B ef o re y ou [...]

Installing Driv es 9-3 T o replac e a front-p anel i nsert f or a 5 .25-inc h bay , wor k from insid e the c ov er . Insert the two ri ng-tabs (on e on eac h end o f the ins ert) o v er the pos ts on th e inside of the ba y open ing, and fi rmly p ress both ends o f the in sert in to plac e (se e Figure 9-2). &RQQHFW LQJ'ULY HV[...]

9-4 Del l Precisi on 21 0 Desk to p Sy ste m s U se r ’ s Gu id e When at t ac h ing the in terf ace cab le to a dri v e, be sure to mat c h the colored st rip on the cab le to pin 1 of the d riv e ’ s inte rface conn ector . F or the location of pin 1 on the driv e ’ s interf ace co nnecto r , se e the docu mentation th at came w ith the dri[...]

Installing Driv es 9-5 I QVWDOOL QJD'ULYHL QD,QFK'ULYH%D T he upper 5.25-in c h drive can ac commo date an y of the f ollo win g types of hal f-heigh t drive s:  A CD-R OM d rive that us es the se condary EIDE inte rface on the sy stem board  An y 5.25-i nc h dev ice that u ses its o wn controlle[...]

9-6 Del l Precisi on 21 0 Desk to p Sy ste m s U se r ’ s Gu id e If a d rive is al ready in stalled in the ba y an d y ou a re replac ing it, be sure to dis- connec t the DC po w er cable and int erf ace cable fro m the bac k of the dri ve be fore slidin g the bra c ket out of the ba y . T o remo ve th e old d rive from the brac ket, unscre w th[...]

Installing Driv es 9-7 T o further ensu re proper pos itioni ng of the driv e in the c h assis , insert and tigh ten all f our s crew s in the o rder in whic h the hol es ar e numb ered (the ho les are mar ked “1 ” t hro ugh “4”) . 5. Slide the ne w driv e into the driv e ba y u ntil it sna ps secu rely into plac e (see Figure 9- 7). Mak e [...]

9-8 Del l Precisi on 21 0 Desk to p Sy ste m s U se r ’ s Gu id e 8. Conne ct the appro priate interf ace ca ble to the in terf ace co nnecto r on the ba c k of the dr ive (s e e F igure 9-8). If y our sy st em came with an E IDE CD-R OM drive , use th e spar e connec tor on the e xist ing in terf ace cable. Other wise, u se the EIDE c able pro v[...]

Installing Driv es 9-9 1 1 . R eplac e the c omputer cov er , and re conne ct y our com puter a nd periph erals to their po wer source s and t urn the m on. NO TE: Af ter yo u remo ve and repla ce the c hassis, th e c hassis intr usi on detecto r will c ause the fo llo wing messag e to be displ ay ed at the ne xt sys tem start- up: ALERT! Cover was[...]

9-1 0 Dell P recision 2 1 0 Desktop Sy stems User’ s Guide ,QVWDOOLQJ DQ(,'(+D UG'LVN'ULYH T his sec tion inc ludes inf ormation on installing, partitioni ng, and f ormat ting EID E hard- disk d riv es. Up to two 1 -inc h hard-disk dri v es or one 1 -inc h and one 1 .6-inc h hard-disk drive c an be ins t all ed verti[...]

Installing Driv es 9-1 1 . 4. S lide th e dr ive int o t he c h os en b ay of the b rack et, o rie nt ing i t so t hat the c onn ec- tors on th e bac k of the driv e f ace the i nside of th e c hassis wh en the brac ket i s reinstalled an d so th at t he d r iv e is in the lef t-most p os itio n i n th e b r ac k et (s ee Fi g- ure 9- 1 0). Y ou mu[...]

9-1 2 Dell P recision 2 1 0 Desktop Sy stems User’ s Guide 5. Align the f our screw holes of th e driv e a nd brac ket. Insert a nd tigh ten the s crew s that cam e with y our upgrade kit. Use the four s crew ho les in the top and bot tom of the brac ket (s ee Figure 9-1 0) to secure the ins talled har d-disk dr iv e(s). 6. Rei nst a ll t he ha r[...]

Installing Driv es 9-1 3 8. Connect o ne of th e dev ice con nectors o n the EIDE cabl e to the 40- pin in terf ace con ne cto r on the ba ck of the har d- dis k dri ve (see Fig ure 9-1 2) . 9. I f th e othe r en d of the EI DE c abl e is no t al rea dy c onn ect ed, co nne ct it to th e ID E1 connec tor on th e sy stem boa rd. T o locat e the IDE1[...]

9-1 4 Dell P recision 2 1 0 Desktop Sy stems User’ s Guide 1 3. Whil e in t he System Setup p r ogr am, res et th e c hass is in trusi on det ect or by ch a n g i n g Chas sis Intr usion to Not Detect ed . See Chap ter 3, “Us ing th e Sy s tem Set up P rogram,” f or ins tr uctions. NO TE: If a s et up pass w ord has b een ass igned b y someon[...]

T e c h nica l Sp ec ifi cat i ons A-1 $33(1',;$ 7 HFKQLFDO6SHF LILFDWLRQV Micropro cess or type . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Intel P entium II mic roproc essor tha t r uns at 350 , 400, or 450 MHz intern ally/ 1 0 0 MHz exter nal ly . A sl ower compat ibil it y speed c an be set through the S y stem Set up p rogram . Internal cac he [...]

A-2 Dell Precision 21 0 Desk to p Sy stem s U se r ’ s Guide NIC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3Com 3C905 b-TX W akeup On LAN- capabl e I/O control ler . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . National PC 87 309 Bus types . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . PCI, ISA, a nd A GP Bus spe ed . . . . . [...]

T e c h nica l Sp ec ifi cat i ons A-3 Arc hitect ure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72-bit ECC S DRAM DIMM soc ke ts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . fo ur D I M M c a p a c i t i es . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 2 - , 64-, and 128-MB unbuf f ered, 72-bit SDRAM Standard RAM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [...]

A-4 Dell Precision 21 0 Desk to p Sy stem s U se r ’ s Guide Inter n all y acce ss ible: E I D E d r i ve. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . t w o 40 - p in c o nn e c t o r s o n P C I l o c a l b us Disk et te driv e . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . on e 34-pin con nector C D - RO M d r iv e a u d i o i n t er fa c e . . . . [...]

T e c h nica l Sp ec ifi cat i ons A-5 Link in tegrity indi cator (on NIC con nector). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . green LED Net work act ivit y i nd icato r (on NIC con nector). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . y ello w LED P ow er in dicator ( on sy stem board) . . . . . green LED Standb y po we r indic ator (on sy stem b oard) . . . . . .[...]

A-6 Dell Precision 21 0 Desk to p Sy stem s U se r ’ s Guide Maxim um sh oc k: Op e r a t in g . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . h a l f - s i ne wave fo r m : 5 0 G f or 2 ms S to r a g e . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . h a l f - si n e wave for m : 1 1 0 G for 2 m s square w a v e f orm: 27 G f or 1 5 ms Al[...]

Hardwar e Co nfigur at i on Feat ures B-1 $33(1',;% +DUGZDUH&RQILJXUDWLRQ)HDWXUHV This ap pen dix p rovid es sp ec if ic i nform ati on a bout the j ump ers on you r system boar d and the in put/out put (I /O) ports an d conn ectors on th e bac k panel of y our co mputer . It also p rov ides some ba sic i nf ormatio n on jump ers [...]

B-2 Dell Precision 21 0 Desk to p Sy stem s U se r ’ s Guide A jumper is ref erred to as open or unj ump ered when the plug i s pus hed do wn o v er only o ne pin o r if the re is no plug at all. When the p lug is p ushed d o w n o v er t wo pi ns , the jump er is re f err ed to as jumpe red . T he jumper se t ting is of ten sho wn in text a s tw[...]

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B-4 Dell Precision 21 0 Desk to p Sy stem s U se r ’ s Guide R S VD2 R eser ved ( do no t install j umper plu g ). R S VD1 R eser ved ( do no t install j umper plu g ). 450M HZ * J u mpe red when the mic r op roc ess or’ s interna l speed is 45 0 MH z. 40 0M HZ * Jumpe red when the mic r op roc ess or’ s interna l speed i s 400 MHz. 350M HZ *[...]

Hardwar e Co nfigur at i on Feat ures B-5 6VW HP% RD UG/ DEH OV T a ble B-2 lists the labe ls f or connect ors and so c k ets on y our sy stem board and giv es a brief descripti on of th eir functio ns. A GP A GP video card con nec tor A UX LED Hard-d isk d riv e acce ss in dicator c onnector B A TTER Y B at ter y soc ke t CD-IN CD-R OM dri [...]

B-6 Dell Precision 21 0 Desk to p Sy stem s U se r ’ s Guide ,23 RUWVDQG& RQQHFWRUV Th e I / O p o rt s a nd c o n ne c to r s o n t h e b a ck pa n e l o f you r c o mp u t e r a r e t he g a t eways throug h whic h your com puter sy s tem com munic ates w ith e xterna l de vic es, suc h as a ke yboard, mou se, printe r , an d mo[...]

Hardwar e Co nfigur at i on Feat ures B-7 Most sof tware uses th e term CO M (fo r COMmun ications) p lus a number to d esignate a seria l port ( for exa mple, COM 1 or COM 2). T he default d esign ations of y our com- puter’ s built-in s erial ports are COM1 an d COM2. T he built- in par allel port us es a 25-p in D- subminia t ure co nnect or o[...]

B-8 Dell Precision 21 0 Desk to p Sy stem s U se r ’ s Guide T o avoid au to confi gur at io n, you m ay be abl e to r eset t he expa nsi on ca rd’ s jum pers or swit c hes s o t hat its port d esignati on c hanges to the ne xt a v ail able COM numbe r , lea v- ing t he design ation f or the built-i n port as is. Alterna tiv ely , you c an disa[...]

Hardwar e Co nfigur at i on Feat ures B-9 If yo u recon figure y our hardw are, you ma y need pin numbe r and si gnal inf ormatio n for the para llel port c onnector . Figure B-4 il lustrates the pin n umbers f or the parallel port connec tor , and T able B-4 lis ts and d efines the pin assign ments an d interf ace signals f or the parall el port c[...]

B-1 0 Dell P recision 2 1 0 Desktop S y stems User’ s Guide . HERDUGDQG0 RXVH&RQQHFWRU V Y our s ys tem us es a P ersonal S y stem/2 (PS/ 2)-style k e yboa rd and su pports a PS /2- compati ble mous e. Cabl es from bo th de vices at t ac h to 6-pin mi niat ure Deutsc he Industrie Norm ( DI N ) c o nnectors o n the bac k pane l of y [...]

Hardwar e Co nfigur at i on Feat ures B -1 1 If yo u recon figure y our hardw are, you ma y need pin numbe r and si gnal inf ormatio n for the mous e conne ctor . Figure B-6 illustrates the pin n umbers f or the mouse c onnector , and T able B-6 lis ts an d defines the pin assign ments and interf ace signa ls f or the mouse c onnec tor . 1 KBD A T [...]

B-1 2 Dell P recision 2 1 0 Desktop S y stems User’ s Guide 9LGHR&R QQHFWRU F or informa tion on you r video c onnec tor , see the ma nuf act urer’ s spec ification s that acco mp ani ed your vi deo ca rd. 1,& &RQQH FWRU Y our sy stem contains an RJ45 connec tor (see Fi gure B-7) on the bac k panel for at t ac h- ing an unshi [...]

Hardwar e Co nfigur at i on Feat ures B-1 3 0LFURSKRQ H-DF N T he micro phone jac k (see Figu re B-9) can be used to at tac h a s t andard personal com- puter mic rophon e. Conn ect the au dio ca ble from th e micr ophone to the mic rophone jac k. T he mi crophone input i s a mono sourc e with ma ximu m signal le v els of 8 9 mill i- vo[...]

B-1 4 Dell P recision 2 1 0 Desktop S y stems User’ s Guide /LQH  2XW-DFN T he line- out jac k (see Figure B-1 0) c an be use d to at tac h m ost comp uter spe ake rs. T he line- out ja c k is ampl ified, so speak e rs with i ntegrat ed amp lifiers are n ot requ ired. Connect t he aud io cable from the s peak ers to this jac k. . /LQH ,Q[...]

Hardwar e Co nfigur at i on Feat ures B-1 5 IRQ0 S ys tem timer IRQ1 K eyboa rd cont roller IRQ2 Inter r upt controlle r (enables IRQ8 through IRQ1 5) IRQ3 and IRQ4 Serial p orts (if ena bled in S y stem Se t up program ) IRQ5 A vailabl e IRQ6 Disk et te driv e interf ace IRQ7 P arallel port ( if enable d in S y stem Set up progra m) IRQ8 R TC IRQ9[...]

B-1 6 Dell P recision 2 1 0 Desktop S y stems User’ s Guide 0HPRU $OORF DWLRQV A microp rocess or and pro grams op erating under MS-D OS (real- mode o peratio n) can addr ess only 1 megaby te (MB) (1 024 kil ob ytes [KB]) of sy stem m emor y . This area is divi de d in to conv entional memor y (s ometi mes ca lle d base memor y ) and upper me[...]

Hardwar e Co nfigur at i on Feat ures B- 1 7 00 09FC00–0009FFFF PS/2-m ouse data are a 000A 0000 – 000 B F F F F V i d e o R AM 000C 0000 – 000 C 7 F F F V i d e o B IO S 000C 8 000–000 E FF FF A v a il ab le 000F 0000– 000F FF F F S y ste m BI OS 00 1 00000–00 1 0 FFE F Hi g h m em o r y ar ea 00 1 0FFF0–1FFF FFFF Extended me mory 2 [...]

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IS A Configura tion Util ity Messages C-1 $33(1',;&  ,6$&RQILJXUDWLRQ8WLOLW 0HVVDJH V T he IS A Confi guration U tility (ICU) a nd its Con figurat ion Ma nager are capable of ide n- tifying p roblems an d alerting you to th em. Bot h utilities can alert y ou to probl ems with card c onfiguratio n as w ell as prob lems t[...]

C-2 Dell Precision 21 0 Desk to p Sy stem s U se r ’ s Guide Out of memory Memory allocation fai led Either of these me ssages can appea r if the sy s t em runs ou t of m emo r y duri ng you r opera tion. Disa ble an y terminat e-an d-stay -resi dent (TSR) programs o r any unne eded de vi ce driv ers. Not enough memory to run the ICU T his mes sa[...]

IS A Configura tion Util ity Messages C-3 At least one Plug and Play card in your sys tem is not configured due to conflicts. These are marked “config err” i n the list of configure d cards. Due to conflic ts, the ICU could on ly configure some Plug and Play cards i n your system. Unconfig- ured cards are marked “config err” in the l ist of[...]

C-4 Dell Precision 21 0 Desk to p Sy stem s U se r ’ s Guide The loaded card is no t a category card. Press OK to proceed. The cat e gor y you have c hosen is not t he cor rect category under whic h to add this card. Sel ec t OK . T he ICU autom atica lly o pens the cor rect c ategory’ s dialog bo x. Continue the pro cedure f or ad ding t he ca[...]

IS A Configura tion Util ity Messages C-5 The ICU detects a resource conflict between this card and conflicting_card.The con- flicting resource was : resource. Y ou a dded or modif ied a card that now requires a resou rce value a lread y in use by confl icting_ card . T r y eac h of the f ollo wing option s unti l the pr oblem is resolv ed:  Mod[...]

C-6 Dell Precision 21 0 Desk to p Sy stem s U se r ’ s Guide The configuration (.c fg) file used by the ICU for this card is now inva lid or does not exist. Do you wish to load the file ? No configuration (.cf g) file exists for the c ard being modified. Do yo u want to load one? T his mes sage ap pears when y ou try to add a listed card an d the[...]

IS A Configura tion Util ity Messages C-7 &RQILJX UDWL RQ0DQDJHU 0HVVD JHV T he Conf igurati on Mana ger f or the I CU iden tifies problem s f ollo wing th e sy ste m boot routin e and gen erates messag es if n ecessa r y . T hese me ssag es alert y o u to an y unsucc essfu l at tempts to con figure P lug an d Pla y or P eripheral Comp[...]

C-8 Dell Precision 21 0 Desk to p Sy stem s U se r ’ s Guide ERROR: Could not read NVS, Error=Internal Error Code. An at tempt to read the NVRAM f ailed. See th e c hapter titled “Get ting Help ” in y our Diag nos tic s and T ro ubl esh ooti ng G ui de for instr uctions on obtai ni ng t ec hnical as si stance . ERROR: Failed NVS write. Error=[...]

IS A Configura tion 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. T he card (s) mentio ned are not f ull[...]

C-1 0 Dell P recision 2 1 0 Desktop S y stems User’ s Guide WARNING: Could not configure Plug and Play Card Name. WARNING: Could not configure PCI device, ID=DeviceID. Failed to configure Number of Total Count Plug and Play ISA devices. Use your system’s configura- tion utility to resolve conflicts. Press any key to continue. T he card (s) ment[...]

Maint ain i ng t he System D-1 $33(1',;' 0DLQWDLQLQJWKH6VW HP Proper use o f prevent ive ma in te nanc e pr oced ur es ca n keep t he sys t em in top ope rat- ing con dition and m inimi ze th e need fo r cost ly , time-cons uming se r vice proc edures. T his app endix contains ma intena nce p rocedu res that y ou should p erf or[...]

D-2 Dell P recision 2 1 0 Desktop Sy stems User’ s Guide As a last resort, y ou can bac k up a h ard-disk dri v e’ s contents on disk et tes, a method that is both tim e-consum ing and p rone to human er ror . Also, b ac k ing up a full 4-G B hard-dis k driv e requires appro ximately 277 disk et tes (whe n using 1 .44-MB di ske t te s), 334 dis[...]

Maint ain i ng t he System D- 3 5 HFRPPHQGHG 7 RROVDQG$FFHVVRULHV Dell re comm ends that y ou use the fo llo win g tools a nd ac cessorie s wh en yo u cle an the sy stem:  A wrist-gro unding st rap — T he pro per use of a wrist-g roundi ng strap red uces th e ef f e ct of el ect rost atic di sc harge ( ESD ), wh ic h can da mage cer t[...]

D-4 Dell P recision 2 1 0 Desktop Sy stems User’ s Guide &OHDQL QJ 'ULY HV Y ou c an clea n the h eads of y our disk et te driv es b y us ing a commerc ially av ailable disk et te-driv e head-cle aning ki t. T hese kits inc lude disk et tes pretrea ted w ith a c hemi- cal so lution to nonabra siv ely remo v e co ntaminants tha t[...]

Maint ain i ng t he System D- 5  If the sys tem ha s been exp osed to abnorma lly col d tempe rat ures, allo w a two- hour w a rm-up period to b ring it up to no rmal oper ating te mperat ure b ef ore t ur nin g it on . F a il ure to do so ma y cau se dam ag e to int erna l c omp one nts , pa rtic u- larly the h ard-disk driv e.  If in term i[...]

D-6 Dell P recision 2 1 0 Desktop Sy stems User’ s Guide &RUURVLRQ T he oil from a perso n ’ s fing ers or prolong ed expos ure to high temp erat ure or humidity can c orrod e th e go ld- pla ted edg e con nec tor s an d pi n con nec tor s on variou s devic es in the sy stem. Th is co rrosi on on sys tem co nnecto rs is a grad ual pr ocess [...]

Maint ain i ng t he System D- 7 T o r ed uce t he p ossi bil it y o f EM I an d RFI , foll ow thes e gui del ine s:  Opera te t h e syste m onl y wit h the system cover in st al le d.  Ensure th at all exp ansion s lots are co ver ed eith er b y a ca rd-moun ting brac ke t or b y a metal fil ler bra c ket and tha t all driv e ba y s ha v e a [...]

D-8 Dell P recision 2 1 0 Desktop Sy stems User’ s Guide Eac h Dell s yste m, when o perating, is d esigned to withstand 0 .25 G (half-s ine w av e) a t a sw eep of 3 to 200 hertz (Hz ) f or 30 minu tes. In sto rage, t he sy stem can w ithstand 0.5 G a t 3 to 2 00 Hz for 30 minute s. 3 RZHU6 RXUFH,QWHUU XSWLRQV S ys tems a re es pecially se[...]

Maint ain i ng t he System D- 9 6XUJH 3 URW HFWRUV Surg e pr otec to rs a re availab le i n a varie t y of t yp es an d usu al ly provi de a l evel of pr o- tec t ion comm ens ura te wi th the c o st of the d evice. Sur ge p rote cto rs p revent volt age spik es, suc h as those caus ed during an ele ctrical s torm, fro m enter ing a sy stem thro[...]

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E-2 Dell Precisi on 21 0 Desk to p Sy ste m s U se r ’ s Gu id e Inf ormation T ec hnolog y Equipm ent (I TE), includi ng periph erals, e xpansion c ards, prin t- ers, input/outpu t (I/O) devi ces, m onitors, a nd so on , that a re integr ated into or connec ted to th e sy stem sho uld matc h the electroma gnetic en vironment cla ssifica- tion of[...]

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E-4 Dell Precisi on 21 0 Desk to p Sy ste m s U se r ’ s Gu id e  Compan y name: Dell Computer Corporation R egulatory Department One Del l W ay R ound R oc k , T ex as 7868 2 US A 51 2-338-4400 ,&1RWLF H&DQDGD2QO  Most Dell comp uter sy stem s (and other De ll digital app arat us) ar e classifi ed b y the Industry Cana[...]

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W arrant y , Return P olicy , and Y e ar 20 0 0 St at em ent of Co mpl ia nc e F- 1 $33(1',;) : DUUDQW 5 HWXUQ3 ROLF DQG< HDU 6WDWHPHQWRI&RPSOLDQFH /LP LWHG7KUHH  < HDU: DUUDQW8 6DQG &DQDGD2QO  Dell Co mputer Corpo ration (“Dell” ) manuf act u [...]

F-2 Del l Precisi on 21 0 Desk to p Sy ste m s U se r ’ s Gu id e A uthori zation Nu mber . Y ou mu st ship th e produ cts bac k to D ell in the ir origi nal or equi valent pa c kag ing, prepay shipping c harge s, and insure the shi pment or accept the risk of loss or da mage during sh ipmen t. Dell wil l ship the repaired or repla cement produ c[...]

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F-4 Del l Precisi on 21 0 Desk to p Sy ste m s U se r ’ s Gu id e damage during s hipmen t. Y ou ma y ret urn so f t ware f or refund or cr edit only if the sealed pac kage containi ng the d isk et te(s) or CD(s ) is unop ened. R e turned products must be in as-new co n d it io n, a nd al l of th e ma n ua ls, diskette(s), CD (s) , power cab l es[...]

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Glossary 1 *ORVVDU The following list d efi nes or ide nti fies tec hnical terms, a bbre viations , and acr onyms u sed in D ell ® user docu ments. NO TE: Unle ss ot he r wise spec ifie d, these de finitio ns ma y not apply to operat ing sy stems other th an Mic ros of t ® W indo ws ® 95 and Win do ws NT ® . Abbrevia tion fo r ampere(s ). Abbr[...]

2 Dell Precis ion 21 0 Deskto p Sy ste m s U se r ’ s Gu id e read- wr ite, it may be defi ned by a man- agemen t appli catio n. The autoex ec. bat file (Wi ndows 95 and MS-DO S only) is execu ted wh en you boot your computer ( after exec uting any comma nds i n th e config.sys file). This start- up file co ntains c ommands that d e- fine the cha[...]

Glossary 3 Abbrevia tion for bi ts per inch. Abbrevia tion for bi ts per second . Abbrevia tion for Briti sh therma l unit. An informa tion p athway betwee n the compon ents o f a com puter. Your c omput- er co nta ins an ex pan sion bus that all ows the micr oprocess or to comm unicate wi th cont rollers for a ll the va rious pe ripheral devi ces [...]

4 Dell Precis ion 21 0 Deskto p Sy ste m s U se r ’ s Gu id e The f irst 640 KB o f RAM. Conven tional memo ry is foun d in a ll co mputers. U nless they are spec ially de signe d, MS-DO S ® progra ms are limite d to ru nning in conv en- tional m emory. A chi p that relieves the comp uter’s micro- proc essor of s pecific proces sing tas k s. A[...]

Glossary 5 hardware. DM I collec ts informat ion about the s ystem ’s com ponen ts, su ch as t he operat ing syst em, memo ry, peri pherals, expans ion card s, and a sset tag. Informa- tion about the s ystem’s componen ts is disp layed as a MIF file or throug h the Del l Inspec tor progra m. Abbrevia tion for Des ktop Manage ment Task F orce, a[...]

6 Dell Precis ion 21 0 Deskto p Sy ste m s U se r ’ s Gu id e expans ion s lot co ntains the card an d ob- tains i nformation ab out the ca rd’s required system re sources from a corre- spondi ng EISA c onfigu ration file. Abbrevia tion for Ele ctromagne tic Compatib ility. Abbrevia tion fo r electr omagnetic interferen ce. Abbrevia tio n for e[...]

Glossary 7 Abbrevia tion for gi gabyte(s). A g igabyte equ a l s 1 ,024 m ega by tes or 1,073 ,741,824 b ytes. See coproces sor . A video mode th at can be defined a s x hori zonta l by y vert ic al pixel s by z colors. As it relates to DM I, a group is a data struc- ture that define s common i nformation, or attributes , about a ma nageabl e compo[...]

8 Dell Precis ion 21 0 Deskto p Sy ste m s U se r ’ s Gu id e Abbrevia tion for in terrupt reque st. A sig- nal that data is ab out to be sent to or rece ived by a pe riphera l device travel s by an IR Q line to the mic roproc essor. Ea ch periphera l con nection m ust be as signed an IRQ number. For examp l e, the first se- rial por t in yo ur c[...]

Glossary 9 Abbrevia tion for me gabyte(s). Th e term megab yte means 1,048,5 76 bytes ; how- ever, wh en refe rring to hard-disk drive storage, the term is often ro unded to mean 1, 000,00 0 bytes. Abbrevia tion fo r megabyte s per sec ond. Abbrevia tion fo r megabits per seco nd. Abbrevia tion for ma ster boot re cord. A compute r can conta in sev[...]

1 0 Dell P recision 21 0 Desktop S y stems User’ s Guide Abbrevia tion fo r millivo lt(s). Abbrevia tion for Netwo rk Driver Interface Specifi cation . Acronym for n etwork interface control l er. Abbrevia tion for NetWare ® Loadabl e Modu le. Abbrevia tion for nonmask able inter rupt. A dev ic e send s an NMI to sig nal t he micro - process or [...]

Glossary 1 1 Acronym for power-on s elf-test. Bef ore the o perating s ystem load s when y ou turn on y our co mpu ter, the P OST tes ts va riou s system comp onents such as RAM, the disk d rives, and th e keyboa rd. Abbrevia tion for pa ges per m inute. Abbrevia tion for pl astic quad flat pack, a type of m icropro cessor soc ket in w hich the mi [...]

1 2 De ll P recision 21 0 Desktop S yst ems User’ s Guide An operat ing mo de support ed by 80286 or high er microproc essors, rea l mode im- itate s the arch itecture of an 80 86 micro pr oces sor. The rate a t whic h the monitor redraws the video im age on the monitor sc reen. More precise ly, the ref resh rate i s the freque n- cy, me asure d [...]

Glossary 1 3 screen. To take ad vantage of th is techn ol- ogy, you mus t have a SMART -compl iant hard-dis k dri ve an d th e p rop er s up port in the syst em BIOS. Abbrevia tion for Sim ple Network Manage ment Pro tocol. SN MP is an industry -standard in terface that allows a network manager to remotely monitor and mana ge work s tati ons. Abbre[...]

1 4 De ll P recision 21 0 Desktop S yst ems User’ s Guide mouse, a nd key board drive rs are ins talle d for Window s. Running the Contro l P anel or Window s Setup pro gram may cha nge opti ons i n the syst em. ini fil e. On othe r occasi ons, y ou may nee d to chang e or add opti ons to the syst em. ini file manu ally with a text editor , such [...]

Glossary 1 5 Abbrevia tion for vo lt(s) alterna ting current. Abbrevia tion for Volun tary Control Council for Interfere nce. Abbrevia tion for vi deo casse tte recorder. Abbrevia tion for vo lt(s) direct c urrent. Acronym for Video Ele ctronics Stan dards Asso ciat ion. Abbrevia tion for vi deo graphics array. VGA and SVG A are vid eo standa rds f[...]

1 6 De ll P recision 21 0 Desktop S yst ems User’ s Guide A method for incre asing addr essa ble RAM b y usin g th e har d-d isk driv e. Fo r ex - ample, in a computer wi th 16 MB of RAM and 16 MB of vi rtual memo ry set up on the hard -disk drive, the operating sy stem would m anage th e system as thoug h it had 32 MB of physica l R AM. A self-s[...]

Glossary 1 7 Abbrevia tion fo r extended memory ma n- ager , a utility that a llows applic ation progra ms and operating syste ms to use exten ded memo ry in ac cor dan ce with the XMS. Abbrevia tion for eXte nded Mem ory Specifi cation . Acronym fo r zero insertion force. So me compu ters use Z IF soc kets and conn ec- tor s t o al low dev ice s s[...]

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Inde x 1 ,QGH [ $ AC, 1- 11, 7-1 adding . See install ing; upgra de opti ons AGP, 1-3 alterna ting curren t. See AC asset t ag number assi gni ng, 2- 4 viewin g, 3-19 Asset Ta g setting, 3-19 Asset Ta g util ity, 2-4 assi sta nc e, t ech ni ca l, 1- 13 ATAP I dri ve r s, M icr oso ft u p da ted, 2-8 audio connec tors, locatio n, B-6 driv ers, 6-5 u[...]

2 Dell Precis i on 21 0 Desk top Systems Use r ’ s Gu ide chas sis. See compute r cleani ng acce ss ori es, D- 3 dri v e s , D-4 intern al comp onents , D-2 soluti ons, D-3 system exterior, D-3 tools, D-3 COM po rt desi gna tio ns, 3-1 7, B- 6 compute r booting, 3-12 cleani ng, D -3 featur es, 1-1 removin g and replac ing cov er, 7-2 syste m boa [...]

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4 Dell Precis i on 21 0 Desk top Systems Use r ’ s Gu ide * gett ing hel p, 1 -13 groun ding proc edure, 7 -1 groun ding stra p, D-3 + Hard Disk Only setting, 3-12 hard-dis k drives acce ss in dic ator, 1- 11 cleani ng, D -4 data recov ery, D-1 disabl ing the built-in interfac e, 3-17 driv e-type par ameters, 3 -8 EIDE interf ace co nnect ors, 8-[...]

Inde x 5 - jack s line -in jack , 6-1, B- 14 lin e-o ut jac k, 6- 1, B-1 4 loc ati on on back pane l, B -6 micr ophone ja ck, 6 -1, B-13 jumpers about, 7 -6, B-1 BIOS jumper, B-4 location, B-3 PSWD jumpe r, 3-24, B-4 settings (table), B- 4 speed j umpers , 8-12, B-4 . key c om bin ation s <Ctrl><Alt><D el>, A-4 <Ctrl><Alt[...]

6 Dell Precis i on 21 0 Desk top Systems Use r ’ s Gu ide 1 network drivers Windows 95, 5 -5 Windows 98, 5 -9 Windows NT 4.0, 5-4 network frame type, 5- 3 NIC cable requiremen ts, 5-2 conf iguring , 5-4 connec ting to a network , 5-2 connec tor, 5-2, B-12 indica tors, 5- 2 setting n etwork frame type, 5-2 Windows 95 dri ver, 5-5 Windows 98 dri ve[...]

Inde x 7 power bu tton, 1- 11 power in dicator, 1-11 power LE D, 8-2 Power Ma nagem ent option , 3-14 power source inte rrupt ion s prev enting, D -8 power s upply inpu t connecto rs, 8-2 rotating away from the system board, 7-7 probl em so lving, 1-1 3 process or SEC cartr idge, 8-2 PSWD jumpe r, 3-24, B-4 PXE, 1-7 5 read me file , 2-2 recor d/ p [...]

8 Dell Precis i on 21 0 Desk top Systems Use r ’ s Gu ide Speake r option , 3-18 speake rs connec ting, 6 -2 specifi cations , A-1 speed j umpers setting, 8-12, B-4 stan dby LED , 8-2 start- up, 3-12 support, 1-1 3 surge pro tector preve nt ing powe r so urc e in terr upti ons , D-9 switc hes about, B-2 synch ronous dy namic ra ndom-acc ess memo [...]

Inde x 9 driv es, 9-1 expans ion card s, 8-4 micropro cessor, 8-10 upper me mory a ddress m ap, B-17 UPS, D-9 USB connectors about, B-1 2 loc ati on, 8 -2 pin as signments , B-13 pin numb ers, B- 13 9 VESA and power m anageme nt, 3-14 VGA DAC Sno op opti on, 3-10 video c onnector, 7-6, B-1 2 Vide o Electroni cs Standard s Associati on. See VESA vid[...]

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