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The following list defines (where appropriate) and illustrates typographical               
conventions used as visual cues for specific elements of text throughout this 
document:

Interface components
 are window titles, button and icon names, menu names 
and selections, and other options that appear on the monitor screen or display. 
They are presented in bold.
Example: Click OK.

Keycaps
, the labeling that appears on the keys on a keyboard, are enclosed in 
angle...

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Screen text
 is text that appears on the screen of your display or external monitor. 
It can be a system message, for example, or it can be text that you are instructed 
to type as part of a command (referred to as a command line)
. Screen text is    
presented in the Courier New font.
Example: The following message appears on your screen:
No boot device available

Variables 
are symbols for which you substitute a value. They are presented in 
italics.
Example: module n
 (where n
 represents the...

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Hardware Features  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  1-1
Front View of the Computer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  1-4
Back View of the Computer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  1-6
Software Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ....

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Modem  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  3-4
Drives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  3-4
Cleaning Diskette Drives  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  3-5
Look and Listen   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  3-6
System Setup Program Options  ....

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Using the Dell Diagnostics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  3-33
Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  3-33
Keys  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  3-33
Device Group  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  3-33
Device . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ....

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Technical Assistance   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  5-1
Help Tools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  5-2
World Wide Web . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  5-2
AutoTech Service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ....

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MOC Notice (South Korea Only) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . D-6
Class A Device . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . D-7
Class B Device . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . D-7
Polish Center for Testing and Certification Notice. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . D-8

	



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Figure B-1. Page 1 of the System Setup Program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  B-3
Figure B-2. Page 2 of the System Setup Program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  B-10
Figure B-3. Page 3 of the System Setup Program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  B-17
Figure B-4. Page 4 of the System Setup Program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  B-18
Figure C-1. Keyboard Status Indicators as Flash Code Indicators  . . . . . . . . . . . .  C-7
Figure D-1....

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FILE LOCATION:
  D:\projects\cypress\ref\2526tbk0LOF.fm
Figure 1-1. Front View of the Computer 1-4
Figure 1-2. Back View of the Computer1-6
Figure 2-1. Using the AC Adapter2-2
Figure 2-2. Removing a Device From the Media Bay2-4
Figure 2-3. Media Bay and Battery Bay Latches2-6
Figure 2-4. Removing a Battery From the Battery Bay2-6
Figure 2-5. Removing a Device From the Media Bay2-8
Figure 2-6. Using the Composite TV-Out Adapter Cable2-9
Figure 2-7. Removing...

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