Dell Xps Gen 5 Manual
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www.dell.com | support.dell.com Dell™ Dimension™ XPS ABCD headphone connector microphone connector USB 2.0 connectors (2) IEEE 1394 connector PCI Express x16 card (1), PCI Express x1 card (1), PCI Express x4 card (1), PCI card (3) slotsdiagnostic lights (4) keyboard connector USB 2.0 connectors (5) VGA connector* cover latch release fans (2) network adapter connector security cable slot fans (2) modem connector* padlock ring sound card connectors* power connector DVI connector* mouse connector TV-OUT connector* 1394 connector Model WHL *Not present on certain computers. D8659bk0.book Page 1 Thursday, March 10, 2005 10:18 AM
www.dell.com | support.dell.com Notes, Notices, and Cautions NOTE: A NOTE indicates important information that helps you make better use of your computer. NOTICE: A NOTICE indicates either potential damage to hardware or loss of data and tells you how to avoid the problem. CAUTION: A CAUTION indicates a potential for property damage, personal injury, or death. If you purchased a Dell™ n Series computer, any references in this document to Microsoft® Windows® operating systems are not applicable. ____________________ Information in this document is subject to change without notice. © 2005 Dell Inc. All rights reserved. Reproduction in any manner whatsoever without the written permission of Dell Inc. is strictly forbidden. Trademarks used in this text: Dell, the DELL logo, Inspiron, Dell Precision, Dimension, OptiPlex, Latitude, PowerEdge, Po w e r Va u l t, Po w e r A p p, DellNet, PowerConnect, and Axim are trademarks of Dell Inc.; Intel and Pe n t i u m are registered trademarks of Intel Corporation; Microsoft, Windows, and Outlook are registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation. Other trademarks and trade names may be used in this document to refer to either the entities claiming the marks and names or their products. Dell Inc. disclaims any proprietary interest in trademarks and trade names other than its own. Model WHL March 2005 P/N D8659 Rev. A00 D8659bk0.book Page 2 Thursday, March 10, 2005 10:18 AM
Contents3 Contents Finding Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 1 Setting Up and Using Your Computer Opening the Drive Door . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 Changing the Front-Panel Light Color . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 Using a Media Card Reader (Optional) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 Connecting Two Monitors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 Connecting Two Monitors With VGA Connectors . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 Connecting One Monitor With a VGA Connector and One Monitor With a DVI Connector . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 Connecting a TV . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 Changing the Display Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 About Serial ATA Drives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 About Your RAID Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 RAID Level 0 Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 RAID Level 1 Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 Configuring Your Computer for RAID . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 Configuring for RAID Using the Intel® RAID Option ROM Utility. . . . . . 21 Configuring for RAID Using the Intel® Application Accelerator. . . . . . 23 Transferring Information to a New Computer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26 Playing CDs and Movies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 Playing a CD or DVD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 Adjusting the Volume . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29 Adjusting the Picture . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29 Copying CDs and DVDs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 How to Copy a CD or DVD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 Using Blank CD-Rs, CD-RWs, DVD+Rs, and DVD+RWs . . . . . . . . . . 31 Helpful Tips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31 Network Setup Wizard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32 D8659bk0.book Page 3 Thursday, March 10, 2005 10:18 AM
4Contents Power Management. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32 Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32 Standby Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32 Hibernate Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33 Power Options Properties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33 2 Optimizing Performance Hyper-Threading. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37 Overclocking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37 PCI Express Cards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38 3 Solving Problems Troubleshooting Tips. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39 Battery Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39 Drive Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39 CD and DVD drive problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40 Hard drive problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41 E-Mail, Modem, and Internet Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41 Error Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42 IEEE 1394 Device Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43 Keyboard Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44 Lockups and Software Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44 The computer does not start up . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44 The computer stops responding . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44 A program stops responding . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45 A program crashes repeatedly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45 A program is designed for an earlier Windows operating system . . . . . 45 A solid blue screen appears . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45 Other software problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46 Memory Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46 Mouse Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47 D8659bk0.book Page 4 Thursday, March 10, 2005 10:18 AM
Contents5 Network Problems. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48 Power Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48 Printer Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49 Scanner Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50 Sound and Speaker Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51 No sound from speakers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51 No sound from headphones . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52 Video and Monitor Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52 If the screen is blank . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52 If the screen is difficult to read . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53 4 Advanced Troubleshooting Diagnostic Lights. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55 Dell Diagnostics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58 When to Use the Dell Diagnostics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58 Drivers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60 What Is a Driver? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60 Identifying Drivers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60 Reinstalling Drivers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61 Using Microsoft ® Windows® XP System Restore . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62 Creating a Restore Point . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63 Restoring the Computer to an Earlier Operating State . . . . . . . . . . . 63 Undoing the Last System Restore . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63 Resolving Software and Hardware Incompatibilities . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64 Reinstalling Microsoft ® Windows® XP. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64 Before You Begin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64 Reinstalling Windows XP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65 D8659bk0.book Page 5 Thursday, March 10, 2005 10:18 AM
6Contents 5 Removing and Installing Parts Before You Begin. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69 Recommended Tools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69 Turning Off Your Computer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69 Before Working Inside Your Computer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70 Front and Back View of the Computer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71 Front View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71 Front View (Doors Open) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72 Back View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73 Opening the Computer Cover . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75 Inside View of Your Computer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76 System Board Components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77 Memory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78 Installing Memory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79 Removing Memory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81 Cards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81 PCI Cards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82 PCI Express Cards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85 Serial Port Adapters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89 Installing a Serial Port Adapter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89 Removing a Serial Port Adapter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90 Drives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91 General Installation Guidelines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92 Connecting Drive Cables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92 Hard Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94 Removing a Hard Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94 Installing a Hard Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95 Adding a Second Hard Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98 Floppy Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99 Removing a Floppy Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100 Installing a Floppy Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101 Media Card Reader . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103 Removing a Media Card Reader . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103 Installing a Media Card Reader . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104 D8659bk0.book Page 6 Thursday, March 10, 2005 10:18 AM
Contents7 CD/DVD Drive. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105 Removing a CD/DVD Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106 Installing a CD/DVD Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107 Processor Airflow Shroud . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109 Removing the Processor Airflow Shroud . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109 Installing the Processor Airflow Shroud . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110 Processor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110 Removing the Processor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110 Installing the Processor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113 Front Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115 Removing the Front Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116 Replacing the Front Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116 Drive Door . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117 Removing the Drive Door . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117 Replacing the Drive Door . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118 Battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120 Replacing the Battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120 Closing the Computer Cover . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121 6 Appendix Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123 System Setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127 Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127 Entering System Setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128 System Setup Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129 Boot Sequence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132 Clearing Forgotten Passwords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134 Clearing CMOS Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135 Cleaning Your Computer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135 Computer, Keyboard, and Monitor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135 Mouse . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136 Floppy Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136 CDs and DVDs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136 D8659bk0.book Page 7 Thursday, March 10, 2005 10:18 AM
8Contents Dell Technical Support Policy (U.S. Only). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137 Definition of Dell-Installed Software and Peripherals . . . . . . . . . 137 Definition of Third-Party Software and Peripherals . . . . . . . . . . . 137 FCC Notices (U.S. Only) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137 Class A . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138 Class B . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138 FCC Identification Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139 Contacting Dell . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139 Index. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157 D8659bk0.book Page 8 Thursday, March 10, 2005 10:18 AM
Finding Information9 Finding Information NOTE: Some features may not be available for your computer or in certain countries. NOTE: Additional information may ship with your computer. What Are You Looking For? Find it Here A diagnostic program for my computer Drivers for my computer My computer documentation My device documentationResourceCD Documentation and drivers are already installed on your computer. You can use the CD to reinstall drivers (see page 61), run the Dell Diagnostics (see page 58), or access your documentation. Readme files may be included on your CD to provide last-minute updates about technical changes to your computer or advanced technical-reference material for technicians or experienced users. NOTE: Drivers and documentation updates can be found at support.dell.com. Additional information about setting up my computer How to troubleshoot and solve problems How to remove and install parts Technical specifications How to contact DellDimension Owner’s Manual NOTE: This document is available as a PDF at support.dell.com. D8659bk0.book Page 9 Thursday, March 10, 2005 10:18 AM
10Finding Information www.dell.com | support.dell.com Warranty information Terms and Conditions (U.S. only) Safety instructions Regulatory information Ergonomics information End User License AgreementDell™ Product Information Guide How to set up my computer Setup Diagram Service Tag and Express Service Code Microsoft Windows License LabelService Tag and Microsoft Windows License These labels are located on your computer. Use the Service Tag to identify your computer when you use support.dell.com or contact technical support. Enter the Express Service Code to direct your call when contacting technical support. What Are You Looking For? Find it Here D8659bk0.book Page 10 Thursday, March 10, 2005 10:18 AM