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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 our o wn person a l saf et y . :KHQ8VLQJ< RXU&RPS XWHU6VWHP As you use y our computer s yste m , obser ve the follo wing s af et y guidelin es.
vi Do not spill fo od or liqu ids on you r computer . If the comp uter gets w et, consult you r Diagn ostic s and T rou bleshooti ng Guide. Do not pus h an y objec ts into the opening s of y our computer . Doing so can cause fire or elect ric shoc k by shorting o ut interi or compon ents.
vii :KHQ: RU NLQJ,QVLGH < RXU &RPSXWHU B ef ore y ou remo ve the computer c o ver , p erf orm the f ollowing steps in the se quenc e indi cated.
viii Whil e you work , per iod ical ly t ouch an unpa in t ed me t al sur face on the c o mput er c hassi s to d issip ate an y static el ectr icity that m ight harm interna l com ponent s.
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 $ERXW7KLV*XLGH T his gui de is inte nded f or any one who uses the Dell P recision 61 0 mini to wer co m- pute r systems . It can be used by both fi rst- time and expe rienc e d compu ter u ser s who wa nt to le arn abou t the f eat ures and operati on of th e sy stems or w ho w ant to upgr ade t h eir com puter s.
xii Appen dix A, “T ec hnical Spec ificat ions,” a nd Appe ndix B , “Hardw are Config ura- tion F eat ures,” are in tended prim arily as ref erence ma terial f or users intere sted in lear ni ng m ore a bou t the de tails of the sy stem.
xii i Docum entation is incl uded with an y optio ns y ou purc hase se paratel y from y our sy ste m. This do cu men tation i nc lud es inform at ion that yo u ne ed to c on f ig ure and ins tal l th ese optio ns i n your De ll co mpu t er .
xiv File names and di rec tor y na mes ar e p res ent ed i n lowercas e bol d. Exampl es: a ut o ex ec . bat and c: windo ws S yntax li nes cons ist of a co mman d and all its pos si b le pa ram eter s.
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xvi Microso ft Updated AT API Drivers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-6 Reinst alling t he Wind ows NT 4.0 Micros oft Upda ted ATAP I Driver . . . . . . . . 2-7 Removin g the Wi ndows N T 4.0 Mic rosoft Up dated ATAPI D river .
xvii Keyboa rd NumLock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-13 Report Key board Errors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-13 Auto Powe r On. . . . . .
xviii &KDS WHU 8VLQ JWKH1 HWZRUN,QWHUID FH&RQWURO OHU Connecti ng to a Network . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
xix &KDS WHU ,QVWDO OLQJ 6VWHP %RDUG2S WLRQV Expans ion Cards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
xx Serial a nd Paral lel Ports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-7 Adding a n Expansio n Card Conta ining Seri al or P arallel P orts . . . . . . . . . B-7 Serial P ort Connecto rs . . . . . . . . . .
xxi Power Pro tection Devices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . D-9 Surge Prote ctors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . D-9 Line Con ditioners .
xxii Figure 4 -4. Configura tion Se ttings Di alog Box for Assign ing an IRQ Line . . . . 4-8 Figure 4 -5. Available Setting s List Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-8 Figure 4 -6. Configura tion Se ttings Di alog Box for Assign ing a DMA Channe l .
xxiii Figure B-3 . Pin Numbe rs for th e Serial Po rt Connecto rs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-8 Figure B-4 . Pin Numbe rs for th e Paralle l Port Conne ctor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-9 Figure B-5 . Pin Numbe rs for th e External SCSI Connec tor .
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Intro ductio n 1-1 &+$37(5 ,QWURGXFWLRQ Dell P recis ion ™ 61 0 sys tems a re hig h-speed, u pgrada ble w orkstations de signe d arou nd In tel ® P entium ® II Xeon ™ proces sor s.
1-2 Dell Precision 610 Mini T o wer Systems User ’s Guide unde r op era ting sy stems t hat support multip roc es si ng, suc h as Micro so f t ® Win do ws N T ® 4.
Intro ductio n 1-3 A modula r compute r c hassis w ith a min imum n umber of s cre ws f or easy dis- assem bly and improv ed ser viceabi lity . A high- speed , high-reso lution A GP or PCI graph ics adap ter . (Docum entation from the gr aphics ada pter manu fact urer i s includ ed with th e sy stem.
1-4 Dell Precision 610 Mini T o wer Systems User ’s Guide V id eo driv ers for the Micros of t W indo ws NT 4.0 ope rati ng sy stem. NO TE: Some gr aphics adap ters su pport the Wind ows NT 4.0 o perating sy stem only . R ef er to the docu mentation that cam e with y o ur graphics ada pter fo r more inform ati on.
Intro ductio n 1-5 admini strators to remotel y manage c onnected Dell Preci sion 61 0 sys tems i n a Dell DMI client net work. F eatu res of D ell Op enMan age Cl ient A dmi nistrat or incl ude: — Compl iance w ith the DMI 2.0 s pecif icatio n — Suppo rt for th e Micr osof t W indow s NT 4 .
1-6 Dell Precision 610 Mini T o wer Systems User ’s Guide — A utoma ted mappi ng of one or more groups to a user -defined d irectory — A LAN A dapter compon ent that lists detailed inf ormation .
Intro ductio n 1-7 NO TE: Y ou mu st ins t all Windo ws NT 4.0 Service P ac k 3 and the Mic rosof t updated A T AP I dri ver befor e installin g the NIC driv ers. Other wis e, the i ntegra ted NIC wi ll not function properl y . See the Dell M icros of t Windo ws NT W orkstation 4.
1-8 Dell Precision 610 Mini T o wer Systems User ’s Guide T o complete ly remo ve al l po wer from the s y stem, unplug the A C po wer cable from its source.
Intro ductio n 1-9 F or info rmation a bout en abling, disa bling, or c onfiguring input/outp ut (I/O) ports and connectors, see Chapter 3, “U sing the S yste m Set up Pr ogram.” F or detailed descrip tions and il lustratio ns of eac h port and con nector on the bac k panel, se e “I/O P orts and Conne ctors” in Appe ndix B .
1-1 0 Dell Precis ion 610 Mini T ower Systems User ’s Guide *HWWLQJ+HOS If at an y time y o u don ’t un derstand a pro cedure describe d in this guide or if the sys - tem does not pe rfo rm as e xpecte d, Dell pro vides a number of tools t o help you.
Usin g th e So ftware Supp or t Ut ili tie s 2-1 &+$37(5 8VLQJWKH6RIWZDUH6XSSRUW 8WLOLWLHV Y our Dell sy stem co mes with sof t ware s upport util ities on disk et te or on yo ur com- pute r ’ s hard -d isk d rive.
2-2 Dell Precision 610 Mini T o wer Systems User ’s Guide In cas e yo u later need to rei nstall the f iles f or an y reaso n, yo u need to cop y the di s - ke t te imag es to a ba c kup disk et te (s ee the n ext s ectio n, “B ac king Up th e Sof t ware Support U tiliti es”).
Usin g th e So ftware Supp or t Ut ili tie s 2-3 5 HLQVWDOOLQJ WKH' HOO6 VWHP 8WLOLW LHVDQG 6HUYLFH VIRU :LQGRZV1 7 The system u ti litie s an d ser vic es ar e al read y ins t all ed a nd o perat ive on your har d-di sk driv e.
2-4 Dell Precision 610 Mini T o wer Systems User ’s Guide Y ou c an use the A sset T a g utility to enter an asse t tag number tha t y ou or y our com- pan y assi gn to the c omputer; you can als o use it to reenter th e comput er ’ s s er vice tag numb er if that becomes nece ssary .
Usin g th e So ftware Supp or t Ut ili tie s 2-5 When the sy stem is on an d the A utoShutdo wn service is i nstalled, the p o wer b ut ton operat es in A utoShutdo wn mode.
2-6 Dell Precision 610 Mini T o wer Systems User ’s Guide The following exampl e shows th e con tent s of a po s si ble batch file. NO TE: T he first three line s of y our batc h file must matc h the first th ree lines in the follow- ing example. autopowr if errorlevel 2 goto a larm if errorlevel 1 goto b utton :alarm call alarm.
Usin g th e So ftware Supp or t Ut ili tie s 2-7 T he driv er for Windo ws NT 4.0 has also been copi ed to y our h ard-disk dri v e in disk et te-image f orm. If you need to reinstall or re mov e this driv er , you can do so as des cri bed in th e fo llowi ng sub se cti ons .
2-8 Dell Precision 610 Mini T o wer Systems User ’s Guide 5 HPRYLQJWKH:LQGRZV17 0LFURVRIW8SGDWHG$7 $3, 'UL YHU T o r emove th e Mic ros of t up da ted A T A PI dr iver , foll ow thes e s teps: system 32 dri vers at api.
Using the Sy stem S et up Pr ogram 3-1 &+$37(5 8VLQJWKH6 VWH P6HWXS3 URJUDP Eac h time y ou t urn on y our computer sy stem or p ress th e reset bu t ton, the sys tem compare s t.
3-2 Dell Precision 610 Mini T o wer Systems User ’s Guide If y ou wait too long a nd y our operat ing sy stem begin s to load into m emory , let the system co mpl ete the lo ad o perat ion ; then shut do wn t he sy stem and try again.
Using the Sy stem S et up Pr ogram 3-3 Mo ves to the ne xt field. Mo ves to the pre vious field. C ycl es through the set t ings in a fie ld. In man y fiel ds, y ou can also t ype the appropriate v alue. Enters the selec ted fiel d’ s pop-up set tings me nu.
3-4 Dell Precision 610 Mini T o wer Systems User ’s Guide 6VWHP6HWX S2SWLRQV The following subs ec ti on s expl ai n i n det a il ea c h of th e op tio ns o n th e System Setup screen. to select SPACE,+,- to change ESC to exit F1=Help k e y functions Dell Computer Corporation (www.
Using the Sy stem S et up Pr ogram 3-5 6VWHP7LPH S ys tem Ti me resets the time on the co mputer’ s inte rnal cloc k. Time is k ept in a 24- hour f ormat ( hours : minutes : secon ds ) .
3-6 Dell Precision 610 Mini T o wer Systems User ’s Guide NO TE: F or al l de vices obtained from Dell tha t use t he built-in EIDE co ntrolle r , set the appr opriate Driv e optio n to A u to. T he four Prim ar y Driv e n and Sec ond ar y n optio ns identif y the type of EIDE de vices installe d in t he com put er .
Using the Sy stem S et up Pr ogram 3-7 The Primar y or S eco ndar y Drive 0 and Drive 1 options d isp lay the followi ng five p ara m- eters for ea c h driv e: Driv e T y pe is the driv e-type number f or the selec ted har d-disk dr ive.
3-8 Dell Precision 610 Mini T o wer Systems User ’s Guide S e l e ct i n g D is k e t t e Drive A: as the first de vice causes the sys tem to boot from driv e A first . If th e sy stem f inds a disk et te th at is not bo otable in the driv e or find s a pro blem w ith t he dr ive itse lf , it displ a ys an er ror messag e.
Using the Sy stem S et up Pr ogram 3-9 &386SHH G CPU Spe ed indica tes the pro cessor s peed at w hic h y our syst em boots. P ress the lef t- or ri ght-ar ro w k ey to toggle the CPU Speed .
3-1 0 Dell Precis ion 610 Mini T ower Systems User ’s Guide If y o u se t a seria l port to Auto and add a n e x pa ns io n c ard c ontaini ng a p ort co nfig ured to the sam e designa tion, the sy .
Using th e S y stem Set up Prog ram 3-1 1 Disk et te Inte rfac e controls the op eration of th e sy stem’ s buil t-in di ske t te driv e cont roller .
3-1 2 Dell Precis ion 610 Mini T ower Systems User ’s Guid e 6VWH P6HFX ULW S ys tem Se curity confi gures the pass w ord and c hassis intr usi on set tings.
Using the Sy stem S et up Pr ogram 3-1 3 passw ord. See “Dis abling a F orgot ten P a ssword” fo und later in this c hapter f or ins truct ions on d isab li n g a forg ot ten setup pa s swor d. Chassi s Intrus ion di spla y s the stat us of the s yste m c hassis intr usion mon itor .
3-1 4 Dell Precis ion 610 Mini T ower Systems User ’s Guid e Tim e is kept in a 24- hou r forma t ( hours : minutes ) . T o c han ge the time, press the lef t- or right- arro w k e ys to sele ct a field , and th en press <+> or < -> to inc rease or decr ease the numb er .
Using the Sy stem S et up Pr ogram 3-1 5 NO T ES: The po w er manag ement f ea t u r e m o ni to rs a c ti vi ty of a mouse co nne cte d to the PS/2-com patible mouse port. Some 3D grap hics ca rds do not suppo rt DPMS . R ef er to the 3D grap hics ca rd docu- mentation fo r DPMS co mplia nce inf ormat ion.
3-1 6 Dell Precis ion 610 Mini T ower Systems User ’s Guid e $&3, A CPI contro ls the A dvanced Con figuration and P ow er Interf ace. If the opera ting sy s- tem supp orts A CPI and A CPI is toggl ed On , pressin g the po w er but ton momentarily places the sy stem in a po w er -sa vin g mode .
Using th e S y stem Set up Prog ram 3-1 7 6VWHP 'DW D2 SWLRQV The foll owing opt ion s, w hich are no t s ele cta b le, d is play in forma tion abo ut the syste m: T he proce ssor type and BIOS le vel a re lis ted in the sy stem data bo xe s.
3-18 De ll Precision 610 Mini T o wer Systems User ’s Guide a new system pass word if the Disabl ed by Jumper op tion is displ ayed. When a sy stem p asswo rd is not a ssigne d, the S ystem P assw ord set ting sh own i s Not Enab led.
Using the Sy stem S et up Pr ogram 3-1 9 8VLQ J< RXU6VWH P3 DVVZRUGW R6H FXUH< RXU 6VWHP Whene ver y ou t urn on y our sy stem, press the reset but ton, or rebo ot the s ys .
3-20 Dell Precision 610 Mini T o wer Systems User ’s Guide 'HOHW LQJRU&K DQJLQJ DQ([LVWL QJ6VWHP 3 DVVZRUG T o delete or c hange an e xisting sys tem pa ssw ord, f ollo w thes e steps: Enter the S yst em Se t up program b y pressing <F2 >.
Using th e S y stem Set up Prog ram 3- 21 $VVLJ QLQJ D6HWXS 3DVV Z RUG T o assi gn a set up passw ord, f ollo w these s teps: If a c haracter i s illega l f or pas sw ord use, th e system e mits a beep. T he set up pass word is no w assign ed and is Enab led.
3-22 Dell Precision 610 Mini T o wer Systems User ’s Guide 'HOHWLQ JRU&KDQ JLQJD Q([LVWLQ J6HWXS 3 DVVZRU G T o delete or c hange an e xisting set up pas swo rd, f ollo w these s teps: If a c haracter is i llegal f or passw ord use, the s yste m emit s a beep.
Using th e S y stem Set up Prog ram 3- 23 NO TE: Af ter y ou remo v e and re place th e co v er , th e c hassis intr u sion detector w ill cause the f ollo wing mess age to be disp lay ed at the ne xt sy stem start-up: ALERT! Cover was previ ously removed.
3-24 Dell Precision 610 Mini T o wer Systems User ’s Guide 5 HVSRQGLQJWR(UURU0HVVDJHV If an error message appea rs on y our monito r screen w hile t he sy stem is boo ting, mak e note of the mess age.
Using the IS A Con figuration Utility 4-1 &+$37(5 8VLQJWKH,6$&RQILJXUDWLRQ8WLOLW The ISA Conf ig ur ation Util it y (ICU ) is us ed by th e syste m t o tra c k what expa ns io n cards a re ins talled an d what res ources are u sed.
4-2 Dell Precision 610 Mini T o wer Systems User ’s Guide 4XLFN6 WDU W T o quic kly get started u sing this utili ty , f ollo w these steps : See “W hen to R un the ICU” f ound la ter in th is c hapter f or det ailed instr uctions.
Using the IS A Con figuration Utility 4-3 If your system was shi pped wi th Dell- ins t all ed so f tware, t he ICU dis ket te image (f rom whic h you ca n mak e an ICU disk et te) is installe d on y our ha rd-dis k driv e. (Y our syst em may also be ac comp an ied by an IS A Configura tion Ut ility Disk et te .
4-4 Dell Precision 610 Mini T o wer Systems User ’s Guide 3 U HSDU LQJWR8VHWKH ,&8 B ef ore using the ICU f or the fi rst time, y ou must c omplete t he f ollo wing ste ps: F or inst.
Using the IS A Con figuration Utility 4-5 $FFHVVLQJ+HOS Y o u ca n a c ce s s on l i n e h e lp in t he I C U in fo ur ways: Select Co nten ts from th e He lp m en u to d is pla y a list of top ics. S ele ct a top ic an d clic k Hel p. Help text on th at to pic a ppear s in a di alo g box.
4-6 Dell Precision 610 Mini T o wer Systems User ’s Guide $ GGLQJD/LVWHG&DUG NO TE: If yo u wan t to add a conf igur ation fil e that y ou rec eiv ed on di sk et te with a new expans ion c ard , you mu st co py the conf igu rati on f ile to th e db subdi rector y on the bac k up cop y of the ICU disk et te.
Using the IS A Con figuration Utility 4-7 If the card is n ot list ed, se e “ A dding an Un listed Card” f ound ne xt in this c hapter . T he ICU uses th e defa ult resou rces set b y the c ard manuf acture r whene ver pos- sible.
4-8 Dell Precision 610 Mini T o wer Systems User ’s Guide Y ou c annot ma nuall y enter a v alue; you must c hoose a s et ting fr om the l ist. If there is only o ne se t ting li sted, no oth er set tings ar e av ailable. T he set ti ng that y ou sele ct may af fe ct the resourc es av ail able.
Using the IS A Con figuration Utility 4-9 Choo se th e de sired value an d cl ic k OK. The value you se lec ted is di spl ayed under the re source heading in the Configu ration Set tings dialog b o x. The Opti ons b ut ton is disa ble d if no alt ern at ive value s are available for the sele cted re sour ce.
4-1 0 Dell Precis ion 610 Mini T ower Systems User ’s Guide T he Configu re Unlis ted Card d ialog bo x appears wi th blank fields. F or ex ample, if y ou clic k the bo x benea th IRQ, the but ton c hanges to Ad d Inter- rupt. W he n you c l ic k th is bu tton, a Sp ec if y di alo g box (i n th is ca s e, S pec ify Inter r upt) appears.
Using the IS A Con figuration Utility 4-1 1 If y ou are pro viding v alues f or the in put/outp ut (I/O ) port or mem or y resour ces, yo u must enter the st arting a nd ending addre sses in he xadeci mal f ormat using the two fi elds pro vided b y the Specify M emor y or Sp ecify I/O P ort dialog box.
4-1 2 Dell Precis ion 610 Mini T ower Systems User ’s Guid e only if it uses static de vice driv ers. See “L oc king and Unloc king Cards” fo und later in this c hapter for mo re inf ormation. NO TE: Y ou cann ot modi fy the re sourc es of a Plu g and P lay or PCI e xp ansion c ard.
Using the IS A Con figuration Utility 4-1 3 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 and m ust be rec onfigur ed.
4-1 4 Dell Precis ion 610 Mini T ower Systems User ’s Guid e See “R emovi ng an Ex pansion Card” i n Chapter 9 for instr uctions. 9LHZL QJ5 HVR XUFH V The ICU disp lays all reso ur ce s curre ntly used by y our syst em. T o v iew all s ystem r eso ur ces , se lect System Resourc es f r o m th e View menu o r cli c k V ie w .
Using the IS A Con figuration Utility 4-1 5 6DYLQJWKH6VWHP&R QILJXUDWLRQ Y ou can save the system conf ig urat ion t o nonvolat ile ra ndo m-a cces s mem or y (NVRAM) a s y ou conf igure eac h card’ s res ources . T o do so, s elect S av e from th e File menu an d con tinue with you r opera tion.
4-1 6 Dell Precis ion 610 Mini T ower Systems User ’s Guid e A c hec k mark n ex t to L oc king Enab led si gnifie s that the f eatu re is activ e; a Lo c k but ton appears on the tool bar . B oth option s toggle th e loc k st ate of the selec ted c ard.
Using t he Ne t work Interface Co nt rol l er 5-1 &+$37(5 8VLQJWKH1HWZR 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 Compo nent Int erconnect (PCI) 3C90 5b-TX net- wo rk interf ace contro ller (NIC).
5-2 Dell Precision 610 Mini T o wer Systems User ’s Guide T he NIC con nector o n the com puter’ s bac k pane l (see Figure 5-1 ) has the f ollo wing indica tors: A yellow activ it y indi cator flas hes w hen th e sy stem is tr ansmi t ting or r eceiving network data.
Using t he Ne t work Interface Co nt rol l er 5-3 1HWZ RUN& DEOH5 HTXLUHPHQW V Y our c omputer’ s NIC c onnector (an RJ 45 connec tor locate d on the b ac k panel; s ee Figure 5 -1) is designed fo r at tac hing an unshie lded twisted p air (U TP) Et hernet ca ble.
5-4 Dell Precision 610 Mini T o wer Systems User ’s Guide F or info rmation on administrativ e users and p rivile ges, see y our Windo ws NT docu mentation. NO TE: If yo u are i nstalling netwo rking o n yo ur syst em f or the firs t time, th e Win- dows NT ope rat ing sys t em di spl ays a message aski ng if you want to inst all network ing.
Using t he Ne t work Interface Co nt rol l er 5-5 should use, and how t o ensu re that the NIC fu nctions p roperly when y ou are ins talling the J apa nese v ersion of the Windo w s NT 4.
5-6 Dell Precision 610 Mini T o wer Systems User ’s Guide F or more inf ormatio n on installing 3 Com 3C90 5b NIC driv ers, see “ W indo ws NT 4. 0 NIC Driv e r .” Use th e Windows NT 4.0 CD that ca me with your sy stem. F or mo re info rmatio n on i nst a llin g Se r vice Pac k 3 for W in dows NT 4.
Usi ng th e I nte grat ed A udio C ontr oll er 6-1 &+$37(5 8VLQJWKH,QWHJUDWHG$ XGLR &RQWUROOHU T his c hapter descr ibes ho w to connect y our computer s ys tem to e xternal audio device s t hat us e th e 1 6 -bi t int egr a ted aud io co nt ro ll er on your co mpu ter ’ s system boa rd.
6-2 Dell Precision 610 Mini T o wer Systems User ’s Guide 6SHDNHUV Y our comp ute r system supp or ts mo st s t a nd a r d sp eakers tha t have in t egr ated am pl ifi - ers . Y ou c an pu rchase spea kers se pa r ate ly f rom D ell. Connect t he audio cable from the speak ers to the lin e-out jac k (see Fig ure 6-1).
Usi ng th e I nte grat ed A udio C ontr oll er 6-3 NO TES: The integrated a udio c ontroll er allo ws y ou to manipu late musica l instr ument digital inter fa ce (MIDI) files on y our co mputer and to hear output from those f iles o n e xterna l s pe ak ers.
6-4 Dell Precision 610 Mini T o wer Systems User ’s Guide $GMXVWLQJ' 6RXQG T he 4237B 3D soun d system c ontains tw o control s —a spac e con trol and a cente r cont rol—f or adjus ting the spat ial ef f ect of sound pla yed t hrough speak ers conne cted to y our computer .
Usi ng th e I nte grat ed A udio C ontr oll er 6-5 a: Af ter the driv ers ha ve been installe d, there will be a new A ud io Control progra m fold er with two programs —A udio M ixer and A udio Input.
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Usin g th e Int egr at ed SCSI Con trol l ers 7-1 &+$37(5 8VLQJWKH,QWH JUDWHG6 &6, &RQWUROOHUV This c hapt er p rovid es in structi ons for inst allin g dr ivers for t he.
7-2 Dell Precision 610 Mini T o wer Systems User ’s Guide 6&6, 'HY LFH& RQVLGHUDW LRQV T he 5.25-i nc h e xternally a ccessi ble driv e bay s at the front o f the comp uter are nor- mally used f or non-hard-d isk d riv e de vices s uc h as CD-R O M driv es and/o r tape driv es .
Usin g th e Int egr at ed SCSI Con trol l ers 7-3 6&6, 'UL YHUV IRU: LQGRZV1 7 T o reinstall th e SCSI d riv ers f or Wi ndow s NT 4.
7-4 Dell Precision 610 Mini T o wer Systems User ’s Guide Y ou c reated thi s disk et te using the Dell Dis kMak er program when you made pro- gram disk et te sets of y our Dell-i nstalled sof tware.
W orking In side Y our Com puter 8-1 &+$37(5 : RUNLQJ,QVLGH< RXU&RPSXWHU Y our Dell Pre cision 61 0 sy stem supports a v ariety of inte rnal optio ns that e xpand sy s- tem cap abilities . T his c hapter prepares y ou to ins tall options i nside the compu ter .
8-2 Dell Precision 610 Mini T o wer Systems User ’s Guide T o veri fy that all po wer has been remo ved from the sy stem, m ake sure that th e st andby li ght - emi t t ing diode (LE D) on the sys t em bo ar d h as go ne ou t. For the loc ati on of t his LED , se e Fi gure 9-1 .
W orking In side Y our Com puter 8-3 F acing th e lef t side co ve r , press the release but ton (loca ted a t the bot tom-lef t corner of the front bez el) and lif t the bot tom of the co ve r , allo wing it t o pivot up to wa rd yo u (see Figure 8-2 ).
8-4 Dell Precision 610 Mini T o wer Systems User ’s Guide 5 HSODFLQJWKH &RPSXWHU&R YHU Use th e f ollo wing proc edure to replace the comp uter co ver: F acing th e lef t side of the compu ter , hold the co ver at a slight a ngle as sho wn in Figure 8 -3, and the n align th e top of the cov er with the top o f the c hassis.
W orking In side Y our Com puter 8-5 NO TE: Af ter remo ving an d repl acing the c hassis, th e c h assis intr usi on detecto r will c ause the follo wing messag e to be displ ay ed at the next system start-up: ALERT! Cover was previ ously removed. See Chap ter 3, “Us ing th e Sy stem Set up Prog ram,” f or instr uctions.
8-6 Dell Precision 610 Mini T o wer Systems User ’s Guide Figure 8 -5 sho ws y our com puter with its co ve r remo ved. R ef er to this illu stration to locate inte rior fea t ures and compo nen ts dis cu ss ed in this guid e.
W orking In side Y our Com puter 8-7 5 RWDWLQJWKH3 RZH U6XSSO$ ZD)URPWKH 6VWHP%RDUG T o acce ss some comp onents on the sy stem board, y ou ma y ha ve to r otate the sy s- tem po w er supply ou t of the w ay .
8-8 Dell Precision 610 Mini T o wer Systems User ’s Guide T he po wer su pply bra c ket h as deten ts to ho ld the po wer s upply up in on e of sev - eral ex tended positi ons, w hic h are especi ally u seful w hen the c hassis is standin g upright .
Inst al li ng System Board Opt i ons 9-1 &+$37(5 ,QVWDOOLQJ6VWHP%RDUG2SWLRQV This c hapt er d escri b es how to i ns ta ll the foll owing opt ions : P eripheral Compone nt Inter.
9-2 Dell Precision 610 Mini T o wer Systems User ’s Guide Use F igure 9-1 to locate th e system b oard f eat ures. ([SDQVLRQ&DUGV 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 expan sion ca rd, and a 32-bit A GP card.
Inst al li ng System Board Opt i ons 9-3 ([SDQVLRQ6ORWV T here a re se ven e xpansion-card conn ectors on the sy stem board. E xpan sion-ca rd connec tors PCI1 thro ugh PCI5 support 32-b it PCI e x.
9-4 Dell Precision 610 Mini T o wer Systems User ’s Guide ,QVWDOO LQJDQ([SD QVLRQ&DUG F ollo w this ge neral procedu re to instal l an e xpa nsion ca rd: See Chap ter 4, “Us ing th e ISA Configur ation Uti lity ,” for in str ucti ons.
Inst al li ng System Board Opt i ons 9-5 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 card guid e on the in side front of th e c hassi s as you insert the card i nto its co nne cto r . Insert the card’ s edge c onnector fi rmly into the e xpansion -card sl ot.
9-6 Dell Precision 610 Mini T o wer Systems User ’s Guide 5 H PRYLQJ DQ([SDQ VLRQ&DUG F ollo w this ge neral proc edure to remo v e an e xpans ion card: See Chap ter 4, “Us ing th e ISA Configur ation Uti lity ,” for in str ucti ons.
Inst al li ng System Board Opt i ons 9-7 Figu re 9-5 sho ws the DIM Ms an d DIMM s oc ke ts. ',00, QVWD OODWLRQ *X LGHOLQ HV When addi ng syst em me m or y , you may in st al l DIM Ms in any orde r .
9-8 Dell Precision 610 Mini T o wer Systems User ’s Guide F ollo w this pro cedure to p erf orm a mem or y upgrad e: F ollo w the ins tr uctions i n “In s talling a DI MM” or “R emovin g a D IM M ,” a s appr o- pria te, fou nd late r in this s ection.
Inst al li ng System Board Opt i ons 9-9 T he sy stem should ha ve alre ad y c hanged the v a lue of S yst em M emo ry to reflect the ne wly installe d memory . V erify the new total. NO TE: If the memo r y total is incor rect, t urn of f and di sconnec t y our comp uter and peri pheral s from thei r po w er sourc es.
9-1 0 Dell Precis ion 610 Mini T ower Systems 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 aneo usl y unt il t h e DIM M dise ngages from the soc ket ( see Figure 9- 7).
Inst al li ng System Board Opt i ons 9 -1 1 $GGLQJRU 5 HSODFLQJ D3 HQWLXP ,,; HRQ3URFHV VRU A P entium II Xeon pr oce ssor upg rad e k it inc lud es the ne w P entium II Xe on proc es so r Slot 2 SEC cartridge with at tac hed heat sink.
9-1 2 Dell Precis ion 610 Mini T ower Systems User ’s Guid e P ress the Slo t 2 S EC cartridge firmly in to its connector until it is fully seated. Y ou m ust use u p to 25 lb of f orce to fully se at the Slot 2 SEC cartridge in its connec tor . Install a seco nd Slot 2 SEC cartri dge/heat s ink asse mbly into its con- nector , if des ire d.
Inst al li ng System Board Opt i ons 9-13 NO TE: Bo th proc essor sl ots mu st be p opulated with e ither a P entiu m II Xeon pr oces- sor o r a D ell te rmi nat or c ard. If a slo t is not occu pie d, or i f a non -D ell te rmi nat or ca rd is ins tal led , t he system will not turn on.
9-1 4 Dell Precis ion 610 Mini T ower Systems User ’s Guid e See y our Diag nos tic s and T rouble sh ooti ng Guid e fo r inf ormat ion on r unning the diag nostics and tro ubleshoo ting a ny p roblems that m a y occur . 5 HSODFLQJWKH6VWHP%DWWHU A 3.
Inst al li ng System Board Opt i ons 9-15 correc t set tings. See Chapte r 3, “Using the S ystem Set up Pr ogram,” f or ins truct ions . NO TE: If a CD-R OM driv e or hard-dis k driv e in the upp er 5.
9-1 6 Dell Precis ion 610 Mini T ower Systems User ’s Guid e Orient th e bat ter y w ith the si de lab eled “+” fa cing up . T hen inse rt the bat ter y into the soc ket, and snap it into pl ace.
Installing Driv es 1 0-1 &+$37(5 ,QVWDOOLQJ'U LYHV Y our Dell compute r has eight driv e bay s f or i nstalling the foll owin g types of dr ives (see Figure 1 0 -1): T he e xternally acces sible dri ve b a ys at the front o f the co mputer consist of one 3.
10 - 2 Dell Precision 610 Mini T ower Syst ems User ’s Guide 5 HPRYLQJDQG5 HSODFLQJWKH) URQW%H]HO T he bez el is secured to the front of the c hassis b y two tabs and two hooks.
Installing Driv es 1 0-3 While pre ssing the tab release, tilt the bez el a wa y from t he c hassis, di senga ge the t wo r e t a i ni n g h o o ks a t t h e b otto m o f t he be ze l , a nd ca ref u l l y p ul l t h e b e zel away f r o m the c hassi s.
10 - 4 Dell Precision 610 Mini T ower Syst ems User ’s Guide T o replac e a front-p anel i nsert f or a 5 .25-inc h bay , wo r k from inside the bez el. Insert the two ri ng-tabs (on e on eac h end of the insert) o ver the p osts o n the insi de of th e ba y opening, and fi rmly pr ess both ends o f the in sert in to plac e (se e Figure 1 0-3).
Installing Driv es 1 0-5 T he driv e’ s interf ace con nector is a ca rd-edge conne ctor or a header c onnec tor , as sho wn in Figur e 1 0-5. When at t ac hing the interf ace cable to a driv e, be s ure to mat c h the col ored st rip on the cab le to pin 1 of the d riv e ’ s interfa ce conn ector .
10 - 6 Dell Precision 610 Mini T ower Syst ems User ’s Guide I QVWDOOL QJD'ULYHL QD,QFK'ULYH%D T he 5.25-i nc h driv e bay s can accom modate an y of th.
Installing Driv es 1 0-7 If a d rive is already in stalled in the ba y and y ou ar e 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 driv e bef ore slidin g the brac ket ou t of the ba y .
10 - 8 Dell Precision 610 Mini T ower Syst ems User ’s Guide T o further ensu re proper pos itioni ng of the driv e in the c hassis, insert an d tighten all f our screw s in the or der in wh ic h the hol es ar e numbered (the ho les are mar ked “1 ” t hro ugh “4”).
Installing Driv es 1 0-9 If y our syst em came with a n EIDE CD -R OM or tape driv e, use the sp are conne c- tor on the e xisting i nterf ace ca ble. Ot her wise, use the E IDE or SCSI cable provide d i n t he dr ive k it.
10 - 10 Dell Precision 610 Mini T ower Syst ems User ’s Guide See “R emovi ng and R eplacing F ront-P anel Inserts ” f ound ea rlier in thi s c hapter .
Installing Driv es 1 0-1 1 ,QVWDOOLQJ DQ(,'(+D UG'LVN'ULYH T his sec tion inc ludes inf ormation on inst alling, partiti oning, and f ormat ting EIDE hard - dis k dri ves.
10 - 1 2 Dell Precision 610 Mini T ower Syst ems User ’s Guide If an y ha rd-dis k driv es are alre ady ins talled in th e brac ket, d isconne ct the DC pow er ca ble and i nte rface ca ble from e ac h dri ve.
Installing Driv es 1 0-1 3 Insert th e brac ket into th e drive cag e b y sliding it in until the tabs sna p into pla ce. Rota te th e drive ca ge d oor up an d t oward the chassis un ti l it s n aps se cur ely into place.
10 - 1 4 Dell Precision 610 Mini T ower Syst ems User ’s Guide Chec k all c onnec tors to be c ertain that th e y are pr operly ca bled a nd firmly seate d.
Installing Driv es 1 0-1 5 T o locat e the IDE1 conn ector , see F i gure 9 - 1 . NO TE: Af ter y ou remo v e and re place th e co v er , th e c hassis intr u sion detector w ill cause the f ollo wing mess age to be disp lay ed at the ne xt sy stem start-up: ALERT! Cover was previ ously removed.
10 - 1 6 Dell Precision 610 Mini T ower Syst ems User ’s Guide See Chap ter 3, “Us ing th e Sy stem Set up Prog ram,” f or instr uctions. NO TE: If a set up passw ord has been a ssigned b y someon e else, c ontact yo ur network admin istrator f or info rmation o n reset ting the c hassis in tr usion det ector .
Installing Driv es 1 0-1 7 Internal SCSI de vices at t ac hed to the in tegrated A daptec 7890 Ultra2 /Wide low vol t- age dif f erentia l (L VD) cont roller throug h the 6 8-pin prim ar y SCSI co nnector on the sy stem b oard mus t ha ve a unique SCSI ID nu mber from 0 to 1 5.
10 - 1 8 Dell Precision 610 Mini T ower Systems Us er ’s Guide Dell h a ve a ctiv e termination at the end of the cable s, an y SCSI de vice s yo u ins t all should have termination d isabled on the de vice s.
Installing Driv es 1 0-1 9 *HQHU DO3 URFHGXUHIRU ,QVWDO OLQJ 6&6,'H YLFHV Config ure and i nstall one or more SCSI de vices in y our compute r as f ollows : See “S CSI Configur ation Gu idelin es” f ound earlier in this s e c t i o n.
10 - 2 0 Dell Precision 610 Mini T ower Syst ems User ’s Guide If y ou are installing a S CSI ho st adapter card , co nfig ure the c a r d a nd i ns tall it in an empty exp ansion slo t (see “I nstalling an Expa nsion Car d” in Chapte r 9.
Installing Driv es 1 0-21 NO TE: Af ter y ou remo v e and re place th e co v er , th e c hassis intr u sion detector w ill cause the f ollo wing mess age to be disp lay ed at the ne xt sy stem start-up: ALERT! Cover was previ ously removed. See Chap ter 3, “Us ing th e Sy stem Set up Prog ram,” f or instr uctions.
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T e c h ni ca l Sp ec ificati ons A-1 $33(1',;$ 7 HFKQLFDO6SHF LILFDWLRQV P rocesso r type . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Intel P entium II X eon pro cessor that r uns at 400 MHz interna lly/1 00 MHz externally . A slo wer co mpatibili ty speed c an be se t through the S y stem Set up progra m.
A-2 Dell Precis ion 610 Mini T ower Systems User ’s Guide NIC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3Co m 3C905b-T X W akeup On LAN- capabl e I/O control ler . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . National PC 87309 Bus types .
T e c h ni ca l Sp ec ificati ons A-3 Arc hitect ure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72-bit ECC SDR AM DIMM soc kets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . four D I M M c a p a c i t i es . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64- and 1 28-MB unbuf fered, 72-bit SDRA M; 256-MB and 51 2-MB registered, 72-bit SDRAM Standard RAM .
A-4 Dell Precis ion 610 Mini T ower Systems User ’s Guide Inter n all y acce ss ibl e: 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 u s Pr i m a r y S C S I cha nn e l . .
T e c h ni ca l Sp ec ificati 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). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . yello w LED P ow er indica tor (on sy stem board) .
A-6 Dell Precis ion 610 Mini T ower Systems User ’s Guide Maxim um sh oc k: Op e r a t in g . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . h al f- s i ne wave fo r m : 5 0 G f or 2 ms S to r a g e . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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 your 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 compu ter .
B-2 Dell Precis ion 610 Mini T ower Systems User ’s Guide A jumper is ref erred to as open or unj ump ered when the plug i s pus hed do wn ov er only o ne pin or if the re is no pl ug at all. When th e p lug is p us hed do w n o ver tw o pi ns , the jump er is re f erred to as jumpe red .
Hardwar e Co nfigur at i on Feat ures B-3 jumpered unjumpered SPREAD.
B-4 Dell Precis ion 610 Mini T ower Systems User ’s Guide SPREAD R eser ved ( do not rem o v e jumper ). R S VD4 R eser ved ( do no t install j umper plu g ). R S VD3 R eser ved ( do no t install j umper plu g ). R S VD2 R eser ved ( do no t install j umper plu g ).
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.
B-6 Dell Precis ion 610 Mini T ower Systems User ’s Guide ,23 RUWVDQG &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 m p ut e r ar e t .
Hardwar e Co nfigur at i on Feat ures B-7 6HUL DOD QG3DUDOOH O3RUWV T he two b uilt-in se rial ports use 9 -pin D-s ubminiat ure connec tors on the bac k panel.
B-8 Dell Precis ion 610 Mini T ower Systems User ’s Guide B ef ore adding a card tha t remaps the COM p orts, c hec k the d ocumentation that accom panied y our sof t w are to m ake sure that the sof t ware can be mapped to the new COM po rt de sig nat ion.
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 .
B-1 0 Dell Precision 610 Mini T ower Syst ems User ’s Guide ([WHU QD O6&6, &RQ QH FWRU T he 68- pin e x tern al sm all co mpu ter sy stem interf ac e (S CSI) c onn ec tor on the s y stem bac k pane l supports e xternal Ul tra SCSI d evi ces s uc h as scann ers, ZIP dri v es, and opti ca l d rives.
Hardwar e Co nfigur at i on Feat ures B-1 1 1–1 6 GND N/A Sign al ground 1 7 –18 TRMP WR N/A T er min ato r power 1 9 RS VD N/A R eser ve d 20– 34 GND N/ A Signa l gr oun d 35 D1 2 I/O SCSI data.
B-1 2 Dell Precision 610 Mini T ower Syst ems User ’s Guide . HERDUGDQG0 RXVH& RQQHFWRUV Y our s ys tem us es a P ersonal S ystem/2 (PS/2)-s t yle k eyboa rd and su pports a PS/2- compati ble mouse.
Hardwar e Co nfigur at i on Feat ures B- 13 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-7 illustra tes the pi n numbers f or t he mouse connect or , and T able B-7 lis ts an d defines the pin assign ments and interf ace sig nals f or the mouse c onnec tor .
B-1 4 Dell Precision 610 Mini T ower Syst ems User ’s Guide 9LG HR&RQQHFWRU F or info rmation on your vide o conn ector , see the manufac ture r’ s specific ations th at acco mpan i ed your grap hics adap ter .
Hardwar e Co nfigur at i on Feat ures B- 15 86%& RQQHFWRUV Y our syste m cont ains t wo Univers al Se rial Bus (US B) co nne ctor s for at t aching USB- compl iant d evices . USB d evice s ar e t y pic ally pe rip h era ls suc h as keyboar ds , mi ce, printe rs, an d compute r spea k ers.
B-1 6 Dell Precision 610 Mini T ower Syst ems User ’s Guide /LQH 2XW-DFN T he line -out jac k (see Fi gure B-1 1) can be used to at tac h most co mputer sp eak ers. T he lin e-o ut jack is am plif ie d, so spe akers w ith inte gra ted ampl if iers are n ot r eq uir ed.
Hardwar e Co nfigur at i on Feat ures B-1 7 ,QWHUUXSW$VVLJQPHQWV P roblems c an aris e if two de vice s at temp t to use the s ame IRQ l ine. T o a void this type of co nflict, c hec k the docum entation f or the defa ult IRQ li ne se t ting fo r eac h installed dev ice.
B-1 8 Dell Precis ion 610 Mini T ower Systems User ’s Guide divi de d in to conv entional memor y (s ometi mes ca ll e d base memor y ) and upper memo r y .
Hardwar e Co nfigur at i on Feat ures B- 19 00 09FC00–0009FFFF PS/2-m ouse data are a 000A 0000 – 000BF F FF V ide o R AM 000C 0000 – 000C7 F FF V ide o B IOS 000C 8 000–000 E FF FF A v ail ab.
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IS A Configura tion Util ity Messages C-1 $33(1',;& ,6$&RQILJXUDWLRQ8WLOLW 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.
C-2 Dell Precis ion 610 Mini T ower Systems User ’s Guide No Configuration Manager. T he dev ice dri ver n eeded by th e ICU is c orrupted or is not co rrec tly config ured. V erify tha t the f ollowing device st ate - ment appears in y our config.sys file: device= driv e : directory driv- ersdosdwcfgmg.
IS A Configura tion Util ity Messages C-3 This device is unconf ig- urable because of a resource conflict wit h card card_name . The con- flicting resource is resource_name . To fix, reconfigure the conflicting card. T he se lected card is unco nfigurable beca use one of it s r eso urc es is alre ady b ein g use d by anot her devi ce.
C-4 Dell Precis ion 610 Mini T ower Systems User ’s Guide 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 lready in use by confl icting_ card .
IS A Configura tion Util ity Messages C-5 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 (.
C-6 Dell Precis ion 610 Mini T ower Systems User ’s Guide &RQILJX UDWL RQ0DQDJHU 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 necessa r y .
IS A Configura tion Util ity Messages C-7 Found Plug and Play ISA card: Plug and Play ISA Ca rd Nam e . T his me ssage appe ars at sy s tem start- up f or ea c h Plug an d Pla y ISA e xpan- sion ca rd r ecogn ized by the Co nfiguratio n Mana ger . St atus me ss ag e; n o ac t ion is r equ ire d.
C-8 Dell Precis ion 610 Mini T ower Systems User ’s Guide ERROR: Failed NVS write. Error= Internal Error Code . An at tempt to w rite to NVRAM f a iled.
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.
C-1 0 Dell Precision 610 Mini T ower Syst ems 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.
Maint ain i ng t he System D-1 $33(1',;' 0DLQWDLQLQJWKH6VW HP Proper use o f prevent ive ma in te nanc e pr oced ur es ca n keep t he syst em in top ope rat- ing con dition and m inimi ze th e need fo r cost ly , time-cons uming serv ice procedures .
D-2 Dell Precis ion 610 Mini T ower Systems User ’s Guide As a last resort, y ou can bac k up a h ard-di sk driv e’ s c ontents on disk et tes, a method that is both tim e-con sumin g and pro ne to h uman error . Al so, ba c king up a full 5 40-MB hard-dis k driv e requires ap pro ximatel y 375 disk et tes (whe n using 1 .
Maint ain i ng t he System D-3 5 HFRPPHQGHG 7 RROVDQG$FFHVVRULHV Dell re comm ends that you use the fo llo win g tools a nd acce ssories wh en yo u cle an the comp uter: A wrist groun din.
D-4 Dell Precis ion 610 Mini T ower Systems User ’s Guide &OHDQL QJ 'ULY HV Y ou c an clea n the h eads of y our disk et te drive s b y usin g a co mmercial ly a vailabl e disk et te-drive head-c leaning kit.
Maint ain i ng t he System D-5 t ur nin g it on . F a il ure to do so ma y cause damage to int erna l c omp one nts , pa rtic u- larly the h ard-disk driv e. If in term it tent system fail ures a re n oti ce d, t r y re seati ng a ny soc keted c h ips, whic h might ha ve become loose due to tem perat ure fluct uatio ns.
D-6 Dell Precis ion 610 Mini T ower Systems User ’s Guide &RUURVLRQ T he oil from a perso n ’ s fing ers or prolong ed ex posure to high t emperat ure or humi dity can c orrod e th e go ld- pla ted edg e con nec tors an d pi n con nec tors on variou s devic es in the comp uter .
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 R FI , foll ow thes e gui del ine s: Oper ate the sy stem on ly with th e com puter c ov er in stalled.
D-8 Dell Precis ion 610 Mini T ower Systems 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 minutes. In storag e, the s ys tem ca n withstand 0.5 G a t 3 to 2 00 Hz for 30 minute s.
Maint ain i ng t he System D-9 3 RZHU3 URWHFWLRQ 'HYLFHV A numb er of device s are avail able t hat prot ect ag ains t power pro ble ms, suc h as power surg es, t ra nsie nt s, an d p ower failu r es. The followi ng su bsec ti ons d escr ibe some of these de vices.
D-1 0 Dell Precision 610 Mini T ower Syst ems User ’s Guide.
Regula tor y Notices E-1 $33(1',;( 5 HJXODWRU1RWLFHV Electrom agneti c Inter f erence (EM I) is an y si gnal or emi ssio n, radi ated i n f ree sp ace o r conduc ted al ong po wer or s igna.
E-2 Dell Precis ion 610 Mini T ower Systems User ’s Guide Inf ormation T ec hnolog y Equipment (I TE), incl uding periphera ls, e xpansion c ards, prin t- ers, input/outpu t (I/O) devi ces, m onitor.
Regula tor y Notices E-3 freque ncy energ y and, if not installed and used in accorda nce with the manuf act urer’ s ins tructio n man ual , may cau se ha rmfu l in terference wit h radi o co mmun ica tio ns.
E-4 Dell Precis ion 610 Mini T ower Systems User ’s Guide modific ations no t e xpressl y appr ov ed by D ell Comp uter Corpor ation co uld v oid your authority to o perate t his eq uipment.
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E-6 Dell Precis ion 610 Mini T ower Systems User ’s Guide &ODVV %,7( T his is a Class B produc t based o n the standard of th e V oluntar y Control Co uncil f or Interf erence ( V CCI) fo r inform ation tec hnolog y equipmen t.
Regula tor y Notices E-7 Please note th at this de vice has bee n app rov ed for business purpose s with reg ard to electrom agnetic interf erence. If you find that this de vice is no t suitable f or your use, yo u may e xc hange it f or a n onbusine s s de vice.
E-8 Dell Precis ion 610 Mini T ower Systems User ’s Guide A prote ction mar k “B” confi rms tha t the equi pment i s in com pliance with th e protec- tion usage req uirements of standards P N-93/T -421 07 and P N-89/E-06 251 .
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F-2 Dell Precision 610 Mini T o wer Systems User ’s Guide produ cts to y ou freight prepa id if you u se an a ddress in the co ntinental U .S. or Ca n- ada, wh er e app lic able .
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Glossar y 1 *ORVVDU The following list d efi nes or ide nti fies tec hnical term s, abbre viations, and acr onyms u sed in D ell ® user docu ments. NO T E: Un les s othe r wise spec ifi ed, these de finitio ns ma y apply on ly to th e Mic ros of t ® W indo ws ® 95 and Win do ws NT ® oper ati ng system s.
2 D ell Precis i on 61 0 Mi ni T ower S ystems Us er ’ s Guide As it relates to DMI, an at tribute is a pie ce of i nform ati on re la ted t o a co mpo- nent. At tributes can be combined to f orm groups . If an at tribute is defined a s read- wr ite, it may be defi ned by a man- agemen t applicatio n.
Glossar y 3 A diskette that ca n boot your c omputer to the oper ating syste m in the event that t he compute r will not boot from the hard-d isk driv e. Abbrevia tion for bi ts per inch. Abbrevia tion for bi ts per second . Abbrevia tion for Briti sh therma l unit.
4 D ell Precis i on 61 0 Mi ni T ower S ystems Us er ’ s Guide The part of the c omputer that conta ins in- dica tor s and cont rols , such as th e powe r switc h, h ard -di s k dri ve acc ess i ndi cat or, and power ind ic ato r. The f irst 640 KB o f RAM.
Glossar y 5 Abbrevia tion for dire ct memory acces s. A DMA chann el al lows cert ain ty pes o f dat a transfer b etween RAM and a de vice to bypas s the proc essor. Abbrevia tion for Des ktop Manage ment Interface . DMI en ables the m anagement of your c omputer sys tem’s software an d hardware.
6 D ell Precis i on 61 0 Mi ni T ower S ystems Us er ’ s Guide Acronym for Extende d Industry-Sta ndard Architec ture, a 3 2-bit exp ansion-b us de- sign. Th e expa nsion- card conn ectors in an EISA c ompute r are also comp atible with 8- or 16-bit ISA ex pansion cards.
Glossar y 7 Abbrevia tion for fil e transfer p rotocol. Abbrevia tion for gra m(s). Abbrevia tion for gra vities. 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.
8 D ell Precis i on 61 0 Mi ni T ower S ystems Us er ’ s Guide most users pre fer noni nterlac ed vi deo adapter resolu tio ns. An instru ction and data ca che buil t in to the pr ocessor.
Glossar y 9 Abbrevia tion for lo w voltage di fferential, the techn ology use d to impleme nt Ultra2/ Wide SCSI, whic h off ers data rates of 80 M B/s ec, di ff eren tia l dat a i nt egr ity , e x- tended SCS I cable lengths , and su pport for up to 1 5 devices.
1 0 Del l Precis ion 61 0 Mini T ower S ystems Us er ’ s Guide Acronym for Motion P icture Exp erts Group. MPEG is a digi tal v ideo file format. Abbrevia tion fo r millise cond(s). Abbrevia tion for Mic rosoft Disk Opera ting Syste m. Abbrevia tion for me an time be tween failures .
Glossar y 1 1 An interna l or external d evice—such as a printe r, a disk drive, or a keyboa rd—con - nect ed to a co mputer. Abbrevia tion for pi n grid arra y, a type of process or socket th at allows you to re- move t he p roc es so r chip . A sing le p oin t on a vi deo disp lay.
1 2 Dell Precision 61 0 Mi ni T ower S ystems Us er ’ s Guide Acronym for random- access memor y . The com puter’s primary te mpora ry stor- age a rea f or p rogr am in str u cti ons an d data. Ea ch locati on in RAM is id entifie d by a numbe r called a memo ry address .
Glossar y 1 3 conven tional memo ry device s to e nsure that timi ng sig nals ha ve been s et up correctly. In eq uivalen t config uratio ns, a comput er with SDRAM w ill have faster memory per- form ance t han a comp uter with EDO memo ry. Abbrevia tion for se cond(s).
1 4 Dell Precision 61 0 Mi ni T ower S ystems Us er ’ s Guide As the ma in circuit b oard, the s ystem boar d usua lly c ont ains most of your c om- puter’ s integral components, s uch as the foll.
Glossar y 1 5 progra m and leave the TSR program resi- dent in m emory for l ater use. TSR p rog ram s c an some tim es ca use memory co nflicts . When troubles hooting, rule out th e po ssib ili t y of su ch a co nfl ict by rebooti ng your comp uter with out start- ing any TSR progra ms.
1 6 Dell Precision 61 0 Mi ni T ower S ystems Us er ’ s Guide oper ating syst e ms in a var ie ty of vide o mode s. On some De ll compu ters, a vide o adapter is integr ate d into the system board. Also avail able ar e many video adapter c ards that plu g into an ex pans ion -car d connec tor.
Glossar y 1 7 A start-up f ile for the Wi ndows operat ing system . When you st art Window s, it con- sul ts th e win.ini file to de termine a va riety of opt ions fo r the Win dows ope rating en- vironme nt. Amon g other things, the win.ini file records what printer(s) a nd fonts are insta lled for Wi ndows.
1 8 Dell Precis ion 61 0 Mi ni T ower S ystems User ’ s Guide.
Inde x 1 ,QGH [ $ AC power rece ptacle, 8-7 adding . See install ing; upgra de opti ons Advanc ed Confi guratio n and Pow er Interface option , 3-16 AGP, 1-3 alterna ting curren t.
2D ell Precis ion 610 Mini T ower Systems User ’s Guide card. See expans ion card s card-ed ge con nector, 10 -5 caut i ons , x ii CD-ROM driv es, 6-2 Cha s s is Intr usi on op ti on, 3-1 3 chas si s.
Inde x 3 DIMMs about, 9 -6 capaciti es su ppo rted, 1-2 conf iguring , 9-7 ins tal ling , 9- 9 regist ered, 1-2, 9-6 removin g, 9-10 sock ets, 9- 2 unbuffere d, 1-2, 9 -6 direct c urrent See DC Disket.
4D ell Precis ion 610 Mini T ower Systems User ’s Guide expans ion s lots about, 9 -3 ext er io r cl eani ng o f sys tem , D -3 ) failures , 1-10 fixe d disk. See driv es; EIDE ha rd-disk driv es; SCSI devices fixi ng prob lems, 1-10 flopp y drives .
Inde x 5 IRQ line s assig nments tab le, B-17 conf licts, B-17 used by COM ports, B-7 used by mouse, B -12 ISA Conf iguration Utility about, 4 -1 back ing up di sk ett e, 4- 4 conf igurati on files, 4.
6D ell Precis ion 610 Mini T ower Systems User ’s Guide 0 Manufac turing Test Report, 3-1 memory about, 1 -2, B-17 adding , 9-6 addr ess maps, B- 18, B-19 error mes sages after i nstallin g, 3-24 re.
Inde x 7 pin as signm ents (continu ed) mouse c onnector, B-14 paralle l port connec tor, B-10 seri al por t co nne ctors, B-9 USB connecto rs, B-15 pin numb ers external SCS I connecto r, B-11 keyboa.
8D ell Precis ion 610 Mini T ower Systems User ’s Guide 6 safety instruc tio ns for preventin g ESD, vii gene ral, iv hea lth co nsid er at ion s, v lis t, 8- 1 SCSI de vices See al so driv es; tape.
Inde x 9 synch ronous dy namic ra ndom-acc ess memo ry. See SDRAM syste m See compute r syste m boa rd fea t ure s, 1 -3, 9- 2 jumpers , B-1 system confi guration i nformati on, 3-1 system data opti o.
10 D ell Precision 610 Mini T o wer Systems User ’s Guide upgrade options DIMMs, 9-6 driv es, 10 -1 expans ion card s, 9-4 proc essor, 9-1 0 upper me mory a ddress m ap, B-19 UPS, D-9 USB connectors.
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Se non hai ancora comprato il Dell PRECISION 610 è un buon momento per familiarizzare con i dati di base del prodotto. Prime consultare le pagine iniziali del manuale d’uso, che si trova al di sopra. Dovresti trovare lì i dati tecnici più importanti del Dell PRECISION 610 - in questo modo è possibile verificare se l’apparecchio soddisfa le tue esigenze. Esplorando le pagine segenti del manuali d’uso Dell PRECISION 610 imparerai tutte le caratteristiche del prodotto e le informazioni sul suo funzionamento. Le informazioni sul Dell PRECISION 610 ti aiuteranno sicuramente a prendere una decisione relativa all’acquisto.
In una situazione in cui hai già il Dell PRECISION 610, ma non hai ancora letto il manuale d’uso, dovresti farlo per le ragioni sopra descritte. Saprai quindi se hai correttamente usato le funzioni disponibili, e se hai commesso errori che possono ridurre la durata di vita del Dell PRECISION 610.
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