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Information in this document is subject to change withou t notice.  1997 Dell Computer Corporati on. All r ig hts reserv ed. Reprodu ction in a ny manne r w hat soe ver withou t th e written perm i ssion of Dell Com put er Corpora tion is stric tl y forb idden. Trademarks us e d in this te xt: Dell , the DELL l ogo, and Opti Plex are regist ered[...]

v Safety In structions U se the following safety g uidelines to h e lp protect your comp uter syst em from pot ential da mage and to ensure yo ur own p ersonal s afety . W hen Using Your Computer System As you use your comp uter system, o bserve the fo llo wing safety gui deline s: • T o help avoi d damaging y our comp uter , be sure the voltage [...]

vi • Set the monitor at a com fortable viewing distan ce (usually 510 to 6 10 millimeters [20 to 24 inches] from your eyes). • Make sure the mon itor screen is at eye level or slightly lower when you are sittin g in front of the monitor . • Adjust the ti lt of the monitor , its contras t and bright- ness se tt ings, a nd the lig hting a r oun[...]

vii W hen Working Inside Y our Computer Before you rem ove the comp uter c over , perfor m the fol- lowing steps in the sequence indicated. 1. Turn 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 redu[...]

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ix Preface A bout This Guide This guide is intend ed for anyone who uses a Dell Dimension XPS H233 comput er syst em. It can be u sed by both fir st-time and experienced co mputer users who want to learn about the computer . The chapters and appendixes are summarized as fo ll ows: • Everyone sho u ld read Chapter 1, “Introduction ,” for an ov[...]

x Y ou may also have on e or more of the followin g docu ment s. NOTE: Documentation updates ar e sometimes included with your system to describe ch anges to your sys tem or softwar e. Always r ead these updates before consultin g any oth er docu mentation because the updat es often con- tain the lat e st in formation. • Operating system docume n[...]

xi • Filenames and director y names are presented in lowercase bold. Examples: autoexec.bat and c:w indow s • Command lines consis t of a command and m ay include one or more of the command’ s possible parameters. Comma nd lines are presented in the Courie r New font. Example: del c:myfile.doc • Scr een text is text that appears on the sc[...]

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xiii Contents Chapter 1 Intr oduct ion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-1 System Features. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-1 Accessing Online Document ati on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .[...]

xiv Internal Compon ents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 -3 Jumpers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-3 Switches . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .[...]

xv Figures Figure 2-1. Main Screen o f the System Setup Progr am . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 -3 Figure 2-2. ISA Configuration Utili ty Window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-6 Figure 3-1. Removi ng the Computer Cover ( Mini Tower Chassis) . . . . . . . . . . . 3-2 Figure 3-2. Inside the Desktop Chassis . . . . . [...]

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Introducti on 1-1 Chapter 1 Introduction T he Dell Dimension ™ XPS H 233 computer system is a high-speed personal comput er designed arou nd an Intel ® microprocessor with MMX ™ technology . This system combines hi gh- performan ce Pe rip heral C omponent Int er- connect (PCI) design with Industry-Standar d Architecture (ISA) design, all owing[...]

1-2 Dell D imens ion XPS H233 System Reference Guide • T wo 16- bit ISA expansio n slots. • One shared PCI/ISA expansi on slot containing bot h a PCI and an ISA expan sion-card connector , only one of which can be used at any g i ven time. • An integrated disk ette d rive interface. • Enhanced integ r ated drive electronics (EIDE) sup- port[...]

Introducti on 1-3 G etting Help Dell provi des a number o f tools to help y ou if you don’ t underst and a p rocedure de scribed in this guide or if your system does not perform as expected. For in formatio n on these help tool s, see the chapter titled “Getting Help” in your Diagnos tics and T r oubles hooting Gu ide or the “Contacting Del[...]

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Usin g Conf igur atio n Sof tw are 2-1 Chapter 2 Using Configuration Software T his chapter prov i des an overview o f two important programs that you may need to u s e with your computer system—t he system setu p program and the ISA C onfigu- ration Utility . Both of thes e pro grams are used to configure y our computer system, and the system se[...]

2-2 Dell D imens ion XPS H233 System Reference Guide S ystem Setup Screens The system setup screens (an example of the Main screen is sho wn in F i gur e 2 -1) display t he curr ent s et up and con- figur ation in f ormatio n a nd opt ional set tings for your system. Information on the screen is organ ized in four areas: • Menu bar At the top of [...]

Usin g Conf igur atio n Sof tw are 2-3 Figure 2-1. Main Screen of the System Setup Program R esponding to Er ror Messages If an error message app ears on your monitor screen while the system is boo ti ng, make a note of the message. Ref er to Appendix A, “Beep Codes and System Messages,” for an explanation o f the message and suggestions for co[...]

2-4 Dell D imens ion XPS H233 System Reference Guide T o disable a fo rgotten password, perform the following steps: 1. Remove the computer cover according to the instructions in “Removing the Computer Cover” in Chapter 3. 2. Refer to T able 3-2 and to Fi gur e 3-5 for the set- tings and location of the password jumper on the system boa rd. 3. [...]

Usin g Conf igur atio n Sof tw are 2-5 Quic k Sta rt T o quickly g e t started using thi s utility , follow these steps: 1. Perform any requir ed pr eparatory steps before starting the utility . Preparatory steps incl ude making a program dis- kette, copy ing your mo use driver to this diskette, and making a backup copy of this di skette. See th e [...]

2-6 Dell D imens ion XPS H233 System Reference Guide Acces si ng Help Y ou can access online help in t he ISA Configuration Utility in fou r ways: • Y ou can select Contents from t he Help menu to dis- play a list of topics. Select a to pic and click th e Help button. Help text on that to pic appears in a dialog box. • For mos t dialog boxes , [...]

Insi de Y o ur Comp uter 3-1 Chapter 3 Inside Y our Computer Y our Dell computer s ystem suppo rts a variety of inter- nal options that expan d system capabilit ies. This chapter tells you how to remove the comput er cover and familiar- izes you with the intern al components y ou might hand le if you install Dell hardware options . B efore Y ou Beg[...]

3-2 Dell D imens ion XPS H233 System Reference Guide R emoving the Computer Cover Remove the co mputer cover on a desktop o r mini tower chassis as follows: 1. Observe the W a rnin g for Y our Pe rson al Safe ty an d Protection of Y our Equipment found earlier in thi s c ha pt er . Also, obs erve the safety instructions at the fron t of thi s guid [...]

Insi de Y o ur Comp uter 3-3 U npacking Y our Hardware Opti on When you remove an option fr om its shippi ng carton, you may find it wrapped in antist a tic pack ing material designed to protect it from electrostat ic damage. Do not remove the packing material un til you are ready to install the option. For ins tructions o n performing a parti cula[...]

3-4 Dell D imens ion XPS H233 System Reference Guide Each of t h ese switches has two p o sitions, or settings (usu- ally on and off ). T o change the setting of a slide switch, use a small, pointed object, such as a sm all screwdriver or a straightened pap er clip, to slide the switch to the prop e r position. T o change the setting o f a rocker s[...]

Insi de Y o ur Comp uter 3-5 Fig u re 3-3. Inside the Mini T ow er Chass is S ystem Board This secti on describes the syst em board in your co m- puter , including the various connectors and sockets on the board as well as the system boa rd jumper settings. Figure 3-4 shows the system b o ard connectors and sock- ets, and T able 3-1 descr ibes thei[...]

3-6 Dell D imens ion XPS H233 System Reference Guide Figure 3-4. System Boar d Features parallel port connector (P ARALLEL) ke yboard connector (KEYBRD) ISA ex pansion-card connectors (ISA1, ISA2, and ISA3) mouse connector ( MOUSE) microprocessor bo ard connector (SLOT 1) serial por t connector (SER1) PCI expansion-card connectors (PCI1, PCI2, PCI3[...]

Insi de Y o ur Comp uter 3-7 T able 3 -1. System Board Connectors a nd Sockets Connec tor or Soc ket Descripti on BT9M1 Battery socket CDROM CD-ROM drive aud io cable connector FLOPPY Diskette-drive interface conn ector GAME/AUDIO MIDI/game port con n ector HD LED SCSI hard-disk drive access indicator ca ble connector ISA n * ISA expansion- card co[...]

3-8 Dell D imens ion XPS H233 System Reference Guide Figure 3-5. System Board Jumpers SEC IDE Secondary EIDE ch annel connector SER1 Serial port connector SLOT 1 SEC cartri dge connector USB USB connectors NO TE: F or the full n a me of a n abbr eviation or acro nym used in this tab le, see the Glossary in the online System User ’ s Guide . T abl[...]

Insi de Y o ur Comp uter 3-9 T able 3-2. System-Boa rd Jumper Settings Jum per Settings Descrip tion A, pi ns 1 -3; B, pins 1-6; C , pi ns 1-3 (micr opro cess or speed) The microprocessor’ s internal speed is 233 MHz. A, pins 4-6 (reserv ed) Reser ved ( do not change ). C, pins 4-6 (clear CMOS) System setup settin gs are retained when the system [...]

3-10 Dell Dime nsion XPS H233 System Reference Guide D, pins 4-6 (setup) Allows you to enter the system setu p p rogram (default setting). Prevents you from enter ing the system setup program. • ind icates p in 1 NOTE: For the full name of an abbr eviation or acr onym used in this table, see the Glossary in the online System User ’ s Guide . T [...]

Beep Codes and System Me ssages A-1 Appendix A Beep Codes and System Messages Y our appli cation programs, the operating system, the ISA Configuration Utili ty , and the computer itsel f are capable of providing you wit h certain system error an d status information. Th is information may take the form of a beep code th at sound s through th e comp[...]

A-2 Dell Dimens ion XPS H233 System Refe rence Guide T a ble A-1. POS T Beep Codes Beep Code Pos sible Cause Corrective Act ion 1 Memory refresh failure Reseat the SIMMs. If the problem persists, see the chapter titled “Getting Help” in yo u r Diagno stics and T r oubl esho otin g Guide for instructions on ob t aining technical assistance. 2 Me[...]

Beep Codes and System Me ssages A-3 1 1 Cache m emory error See the chapter titled “Getting Help” in y our Diagnostic s and Tr ouble- shooting Guide for instructions on obtaining tech nical as sistance. 1-2 No video card installed Ins tall a video card in one of the exp ansion slots on the system board. For instr u ctions, see “Installing an [...]

A-4 Dell Dimens ion XPS H233 System Refe rence Guide S ystem Error Messa ge s The first column in T ab le A-2 lists (in alphabetical order) system error messages that may ap pear on the screen dur- ing the bo ot rout ine or du ring no r mal sy ste m oper a tion. These messages can help you find the source of a pr ob- lem or lead you to a possibl e [...]

Beep Codes and System Me ssages A-5 CMOS Memory Size Mismatch The system con figuration info rm ati on for system memory in the s ystem setup program is inco rrect. Enter th e system s etup p rogram, a nd ve rify th e syst em configur ation information; then reboot the compu t er . If the problem persi sts, see the chapter titled “Getting Help ?[...]

A-6 Dell Dimens ion XPS H233 System Refe rence Guide I SA Configuration Utility Messages The ISA Configur atio n Utility and its C onfiguration Manager are capable of identifying problem s and alerting you to them. B oth utilities can alert y ou to problems with card configu ration as well as problems that preven t proper operation of the utilit y [...]

Beep Codes and System Me ssages A-7 T able A-3. ISA Configura tion Utility Messa ges Messag e Probable Cause Corrective Actio n 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 c onfigure some Plug a nd Play [...]

A-8 Dell Dimens ion XPS H233 System Refe rence Guide No more DMA values can be added. No more interrupt values can be added. No more memory values can be added. No more I/O port values can be added. No more values are avail- able for the resource you are trying t o add or modify . The maximum numb er of values for each resource is as follows: • 4[...]

Beep Codes and System Me ssages A-9 The ICU detects a resource conflict between this card and conflicting card . The conflicting resource was: resource . Y ou added or modified a card that now require s a resource value already in use by the conflicting card . T ry each of the following op tions until the problem is resolved. For instru ctio ns on [...]

A-10 Dell Dimension XPS H233 Sys tem Reference Guide Configuration Manager Messages The Config uration Manager for t h e ISA Configuratio n Utility ident ifies problems followin g system boo t and generates messages if necessary . These messages alert you to any unsuccessful attempts to configure Plu g and Play or Peripheral Compo nent Interconnect[...]

Beep Codes an d System Messages A-1 1 T able A-4. Configuration Manager Messages Messag e Probabl e Cause Corre ctive Acti on ERROR: CM internal error= Internal Error Code . An internal error has occurred in the Config u ration Man- ager driver . See the chapter titled “Getting Help ” in your Diagnost ics and T roubl eshooting Gui de for instru[...]

A-12 Dell Dimension XPS H233 Sys tem Reference Guide Found Plug and Play ISA card: Plug and Play ISA Card Name . This message appears at sys- tem boot for each P lug and Play ISA card recog n ized by the Conf igu ration Manager. Status message; no action is required. NOTICE: Boot Device Not Active! CSN= Card Select Number . A boot device w as foun [...]

Beep Codes an d System Messages A-13 WARNING: Could not configure Plug and Play Card Name . WARNING: Could not con- figure 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 con- flicts. Press any key to continue. The card(s) mentioned are n ot fully[...]

A-14 Dell Dimension XPS H233 Sys tem Reference Guide WARNING:Could not con- figure Plug and Play Card Name . WARNING: Could not con- figure 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 con- flicts. Press any key to continue. The card(s) mention[...]

Regulatory Notices B-1 Appendix B Regulatory Notices F CC Notices (U.S. Only) Most Dell computer systems are clas sified by the Federal Commun ications Commissi on (F CC ) as Clas s B digital devices. However , the inclus ion of cer tain op tions changes th e rating of so me configurations to Class A. T o determine which classification applies to y[...]

B-2 Dell Dimens ion XPS H233 System Refe rence Guide booklet h elpful: FCC Interfere nce Handbook, 1986 , available from the U. S . Government Prin t ing Of fice, W ashin gton, DC 20402, S tock No. 004-000 -00450-7. This device complies with Part 15 of the FCC Rules. Operation i s subject to th e following tw o conditions: • This device may not c[...]

Regulatory Notices B-3 • IEC 801-2 — “Electromag n etic compatibility for industrial-process measurement an d control equipment Part 2: Electrostat ic dischar ge requir e- ments.” — Severity lev el 3. • IEC 801-3 — “Electromag n etic compatibility for indust rial-process m easurement and control equip- ment Part 3: Radiated electrom[...]

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Warran ties and Return Pol icy C-1 Appendix C W arranties and Return Policy L imited Three-Y ear Warranty (U.S . On ly) Dell Computer Corpo ration (“Dell”) manufactures its hardware pro ducts from parts and components that ar e new or equivalen t to new in accordance with indu s try- standard practices. Dell warrants that the h ardware products[...]

C-2 Dell Dimension XPS H233 Sys tem Reference Guide Coverage During Y ears T wo and Three During the second and thi rd years of this limited war- ranty , Dell will provide, on an exchan ge basis, replacement parts for the Dell hardware product(s) cov- ered under this limite d warranty when a part requir es replacement. Y ou must report each instanc[...]

Warran ties and Return Pol icy C-3 This warranty does n ot cove r any items that are in on e or more of the following categories: software; external devices (except as specifi cally noted); accessories or parts added to a Dell system after t he syst em is shipped from Dell; accessories or parts added to a Dell system through Dell’ s system integr[...]

C-4 Dell Dimension XPS H233 Sys tem Reference Guide THIS W ARRANTY ST A TEMENT . THESE W ARRAN- TIES GIVE YOU SPECIFIC LEGAL RIGHTS, AND YOU MA Y ALSO HA VE OTHER RIGHTS, W HICH V AR Y FROM ONE JURISDIC TION TO ANOTHER. DELL DOES NOT ACCEP T LIABILITY BEYOND THE REMEDIES SET FOR TH IN THIS W A RRANTY ST A TEMENT OR LIABILITY FOR INCIDENT AL OR CONS[...]

Inde x 1 Index A assistance, technical, 1-3 B basic inpu t/o utput sy stem See BI OS batte ry socket, 3-6 beep codes, A-1 BIOS, 1-1 C cables See DC power cables; interface cab l es; ribbon cables cache secondary, 1- 1 cautions, x CD-ROM dr iv es audio cable con n ector, 3-6 chassis. See computer computer cover, 3-2 features, 1-1 inter n al view, 3-[...]

2 Dell D imens ion XPS H233 System Reference Guide D DC power cables about, 3-3 location in chassis, 3-4, 3 -5 diagno sing problems, 1 -2 direct current. See DC disket te driv es interface cable, 3-3, 3-4, 3 -5 interface connector , 3-6 document ation avai lable, ix, 1-2 drives bays, 3- 5 cables, 3-3 drive cage, 3- 5 E ECC capability, 1-1 ECP mode,[...]

Inde x 3 I Indust ry-Standard Arch itecture See ISA interface cables about, 3-3 locatio n, 3-4, 3-5 ISA Configuration Utili ty, 2-4, A-6 ISA expansion cards, 3-6 J jacks line-in, 3-6 line-out, 3-6 microph one, 3-6 jumpers about, 3-3 list of, 3-9 location, 3-8 K keyboard conn ect or, 3-6 keys and key combinat ions ISA Configurat ion Utility, 2-6 sys[...]

4 Dell D imens ion XPS H233 System Reference Guide Peripheral Component Interconnec t. See PCI Plug and Play expansion cards, A-6, A-10 suppor t, 1-1 POST beep codes, A-1 power input connectors, 3-6 power supply cables. See DC power cables input co nnectors, 3-6 locatio n, 3-4, 3-5 power-on self-tes t See POST primary EIDE ch annel connector, 3 - 6[...]

Inde x 5 T technical assistance, 1-3 troublesh ooting about, 1-2 beep codes, A-1 ISA Configurat ion Utility mess ages, A-6 system error messages, A-4 typog raphical convent ions, x U upgrade o ptions unpacking, 3-3 USB conn ectors, 3-6 V video resoluti on, 1-2 W warnings, x , 3-1 warranty inform ati on, C-1[...]

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