Manuale d’uso / di manutenzione del prodotto WorkStation 410 del fabbricante Dell
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_________ ______ _____ Inf or mation in this docu ment is s ubject to ch ange witho ut notice. © 19 98 Dell C omputer Cor por ation. Al l r ight s r eserv ed. Reproduction in any manner wha tsoever without the writ ten perm ission of Dell Computer Corporatio n is strictly forbidden.
v 6DIH W,QVWUXFWLRQV 8 se th e foll owing s afety gu ide lin es t o help pr otect your compu ter system f ro m pot en- tial da mage and to ensure you r o wn person al saf ety .
vi Kee p you r co m pu t er away f r o m r a di a t o r s a n d h e at s ou r ce s. A l so , d o n ot b l o ck coolin g ve nts. A void pla cing loos e papers undernea th yo ur compute r , an d do not place your comput er in a cl osed-in wal l unit or on a bed, s of a, or r ug.
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xi 3U H I D F H $ERXW7KLV*XLGH Thi s guide i s intende d for a ny one who uses the Dell P recision W orkStation 41 0 desk- top comp uter sy stems. It can be used b y both fi rst-time a nd ex perience d computer users w ho w ant to learn abo ut the f eatu res an d operatio n of the sys tems or w ho wa nt to upgra de their c omputers.
xii Appendix A, “T ec hnical Sp ecifica tions,” a nd Appendi x B , “Ha rdwa re Configura - tion F eat ures,” are intended primarily as ref erence material fo r users intere sted in lear ni ng m ore a bou t the de tails of the sys t em .
xiii Docum entation is in cluded w ith an y optio ns y ou purc hase separatel y from y our sy ste m. Th is do cu men tation i nc lud es in form at ion tha t y ou need to con f ig ure and inst al l the se op tion s in your D ell co mpu ter .
xiv Filena mes and dir ect or y name s are p res ente d in l owercase b old . Exampl es: au t oex ec.ba t and c: windo ws S yntax line s consi st of a comm and a nd al l its p ossi ble pa ram eter s.
xv &RQWHQWV &KDS WHU ,QWUR GXFWLRQ System Features .
xvi Bus-Mas tering EIDE Dri vers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-8 Reinstal ling t he Windows NT 4.0 Bus-Ma stering EI DE Driver. . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-8 Removin g the Windo ws NT 4.0 Bus-Master ing EIDE Dr iver .
xvii Mouse . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-17 Serial P ort 1 and Seria l Port 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-17 Paralle l Port .
xviii &KDS WHU 8VLQJ WKH1 HWZRUN, QWHUIDFH&RQW UROOHU Connecti ng to a Network . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
xix Removin g the Computer Co ver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-2 Replacing the Compute r Cover . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-4 Inside Your Compute r .
xx I/O Ports an d Connecto rs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-6 Serial and Parallel Port s . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-7 Adding a n Expansion Ca rd Containi ng Serial or P arallel P orts .
xxi Power Pro tection Devic es . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . D-9 Surge Prote ctors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . D-9 Line Con ditioners .
xxii Figure 4 -1. ICU Window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-5 Figure 4 -2. Add Network Ca rd Dialog Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-6 Figure 4 -3. Card Configura tion Dialog Bo x.
xxiii Figure B-1 . System Board Jump ers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-3 Figure B-2 . I/O Ports an d Connecto rs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-6 Figure B-3 . Pin Numbe rs for the Se rial Port Conne ctors .
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Intr oduct ion 1-1 &+$37(5 ,QWURGXFWLRQ Dell ® Pr ecision 41 0 syste ms are hi gh-speed, upgrad able w orkstations design ed around I ntel ® Pe n t i u m ® II microp rocessor s. Th ese sy stems su pport the hi gh- perf ormance P eripheral Component Interconne ct (PCI) bus and the acc elerated gra phi cs port (A GP) bus.
1-2 'HOO3U HFLVLRQ 'HVNWRS6 VWHPV8VHU ©V *XLGH A secon dar y cac he of 51 2 KB of static random-a ccess mem or y (SRAM) inte- grated in the sing le-edge c ontact (SEC) cart ridge. T he sec ondar y cac he also prov ides er ror c hec king and c orrectio n (ECC) capabi lity .
Intr oduct ion 1-3 USB-co mpli ant d evices. USB -comp lia nt devices c an al so be co nne ct ed a nd dis- connec ted while the sy stem is r unning. A modula r compute r c hassis with a m inimum n umber of s crews f or easy dis- assem bly and impro ved ser vicea bility .
1-4 'HOO3U HFLVLRQ 'HVNWRS6 VWHPV8VHU ©V *XLGH Vid eo driv er s f or the Microsof t W indow s NT 4.0 o r Micros of t Windows 95 operat - ing sy stem. NO TE: So me video cards su pport the Windo ws NT 4.0 ope rating sy stem only .
Intr oduct ion 1-5 f or tec hnic al assi stance or if yo u install h ardw are or sof tware in the sy stem. T he Dell I nspector p rogram is located in the De ll A ccess ories prog ram f older . The Dell Ins pec tor p rog r am is av ail abl e in c lie nt a nd admi nis trat or versi ons .
1-6 'HOO3U HFLVLRQ 'HVNWRS6 VWHPV8VHU ©V *XLGH ,PSRUWDQW1RWHWR:LQGRZVDQG :LQGRZV178VHUV Y our sy s tem w as configured b y Dell to optimiz e the f ea t ures of your com pute r and of the Micro sof t Windows NT 4.
Intr oduct ion 1-7 Windo ws NT 4.0 video dri vers — See the do cume nt ation f or yo ur video card. Windows NT 4.0 N IC driv er — See “Wi ndows NT 4 .0 NIC Driv er” in Cha pter 5. Windows NT 4.0 au dio driv ers — See “Audio Dri vers for Win dows NT 4 .
1-8 'HOO3U HFLVLRQ 'HVNWRS6 VWHPV8VHU ©V *XLGH ,QWH O3,, ;,1) 8SGDWH, QVWDO OHUI RU:LQ GRZV NO TE: T he f ollo w ing proc edure ap plies only to v ers ions of the M icros of t W indo ws 95 oper at ing sys t em inst alled by Dell .
Intr oduct ion 1-9 )UR Q W 3D Q H O The comp uter’ s front panel co ntains the follo wing indic ators an d controls (see Figur e 1 -2) : The pow er but ton pro vides c ontrol of the sy stem’ s A C inpu t pow er .
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Intr oduct ion 1- 1 1 NO TE: Antithe f t device s are of dif fe ring desi gns. B ef ore purc hasing suc h a de vice, mak e sure i t will w ork with the ca ble slot o n the compute r . The padloc k ring all ows y ou to secure the co mputer co ver to the c hassis to pre ve nt unautho rize d access t o the insi de of the c omputer .
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Usin g th e Software Supp ort Ut il i ties 2- 1 &+$37(5 8VLQJWKH6RIWZDUH6XSSRUW 8WLOLWLHV Y our Dell sys tem come s with sof t ware s upport util ities on disket te or on yo ur com- pute r ’ s hard -dis k dr ive.
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Using th e S yste m Se t up Prog ra m 3-1 1 suppres ses all er ror mess ages relatin g to the k eyboard or to the k ey board con troller during PO ST . T his set ting does not af f ect the ope ration of th e ke yboard itself , if a k ey - boa rd is attached to th e com put e r .
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Working Inside Y ou r Com puter 8-1 &+$37(5 : RUNLQJ,QVLGH< RXU&RPSXWHU Y our Dell Pr ecisi on 4 1 0 supports a v ariety of inte rnal op tions that e xpand sy stem capa - bilities . Th is c hapter prepa res y ou to ins t all opti ons insi de the co mputer .
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Instal l i ng System Board Opti ons 9-1 &+$37(5 ,QVWDOOLQJ6VWHP%RDUG2SWLRQV This c hapt er d escri bes how to i nst a ll the followin g op t ions : P eripheral Comp onent Interc.
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Hardware Co nfigur at i on Features B-9 3 DUDOOH O3 RUW&RQ QHFWR U If yo u reconf igure y our hardw are, y ou ma y need pin numbe r and signa l inf ormatio n for the para llel port con nector .
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Hardware Co nfigur at i on Features B-1 7 dev ice. T hen consult T able B-9 to configure ea c h de vice f or one of the a vaila ble IRQ or other lin es. NO TE: Int err upts f or the on-bo ard soun d, NIC, an d both SCSI c hannels are as signed dynami call y by the sy stem bas ic input /outpu t sy stem (BI O S).
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Maint aini ng t he System D-1 $33(1',;' 0DLQWDLQLQJWKH6VW HP Proper us e of preventive ma int ena nce p roc edur es ca n keep t he syst em in t op op erat - ing con dition and mini miz e the need for c ostly , time-co nsuming service procedures .
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Maint aini ng t he System D-5 If the sy stem has b een e xposed to abnorma lly col d temperat ures, allo w a two- hour w arm-up period to b ring it up to normal o perating te mperat ure b efore t ur nin g it on . F a il ure to do so ma y cause damage to int erna l comp onents, pa rtic u- larly the h ard-disk dri ve.
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Maint aini ng t he System D-7 T o r ed uce th e pos sib ilit y of EMI and R F I, fol low thes e gui del ine s: Operate the sy stem only wi th the com puter co ve r installe d.
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Regula tor y Notices E-1 $33(1',;( 5 H JXODWRU1RWLFHV ) &&1R WLFHV8 62QO Most D ell comp uter sy stems a re class ified b y the F ederal Communic ations Com mis- sion ( FCC) as Cla ss B d i git a l devices .
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Regula tor y Notices E-3 ,&1RWLF H&DQDGD2QO Most D ell comp uter sy stems (and other De ll digital appara tus ) are cla ssified b y the Industry Canada (IC) In terf erence-Causin g Equipme nt Standard #3 ( ICES-003) as Clas s B dig ital de vices.
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Regula tor y Notices E-5 Once y ou ha ve d etermined your sy stem’ s V CCI classification, re ad the approp riate V CCI notice. Note th at V CCI regulations prov ide that c h anges or modific ations not ex pressly a ppro ved b y Dell Comp uter Corpor ation could void your auth ority to operate this equ ipment.
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Warranties an d Return P o licy F-3 MA Y ALSO HA VE O THER RIGH TS, WHICH V ARY FR OM ST A TE T O ST A TE (OR JURISDICTION) . DELL D OES NO T A CCEPT LIABILIT Y BEY OND THE REMEDIES SE T FORTH IN THIS.
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Glossary 1 *ORVVDU The following li st d ef in es or i den ti fies tec hnical terms, a bbrevi ations, and acronyms us ed in De ll ® user documen ts. NO T E: Un les s othe r wise sp ecif ie d, these de finitions may not appl y to operatin g sy stems oth er than Mic rosoft ® Windows ® 95 and Win do ws NT ® .
2 Dell Precisi on 41 0 Desk to p Systems Use r ’ s Guide DWWULEXW H As it relates to DMI, an at tribute is a piec e of i nformat io n rela ted to a c ompo- nent. At tributes can be c ombined to f orm groups. If an at tribute is defined a s read- writ e, it may be de fine d by a man - agemen t applica tion.
Glossary 3 ERRWDEOH GLVNHWWH A diskette that can bo ot your comp uter to the operati ng system in the ev ent that the compute r will not boot from the ha rd-disk drive . ESL Abbrevia tion for bits p er inch. ESV Abbrevia tion for bits p er second. %78 Abbrevia tion for British thermal unit.
4 Dell Precisi on 41 0 Desk to p Systems Use r ’ s Guide FRQWURO SDQHO The part of the c omputer that conta ins in- dicat ors an d cont rols , such as th e powe r switc h, h a r d-d i sk dr ive acce ss i ndi cat or , and power ind ic ator. FRQYHQWL RQDOPHP RU The first 640 KB of RAM.
Glossary 5 '0$ Abbrevia tion for direct m emory access. A DMA channel allow s cer tain ty pes o f data transfer b etween RAM an d a device to bypass the micro proc esso r. '0, Abbrevia tion for Deskto p Managemen t Interface . DMI enab les the m anagement of your comp uter system’s so ftware and hardware.
6 Dell Precisi on 41 0 Desk to p Systems Use r ’ s Guide (,6$ Acronym for E x tended In dustry-Standa rd Architec ture, a 32-b it expansio n-bus de- sign. Th e expansi on-card c onnectors in an EISA c ompute r are al so comp atible with 8- or 16-b it ISA expa nsion c ards.
Glossary 7 )73 Abbrevia tion for file tra nsfer protocol . J Abbrevia tion for gram(s ). * Abbrevia tion for gravit ies. *% Abbrevia tion for gigab yte(s). A gigaby te equa l s 1, 024 m ega byt es or 1,073,74 1,824 byte s. JUDSKL FVFRSURFHVVRU See coproces sor .
8 Dell Precisi on 41 0 Desk to p Systems Use r ’ s Guide LQWHUQDOPLFURSURFH VVRUFDFKH An instru ction and da ta cache bu ilt in to the mi cro proc esso r. The In tel Pent ium micropro cessor includ es a 16-KB in ternal cache, whi ch is set up as an 8 - KB re ad- only in stru ction ca che and an 8-KB read/ write dat a cach e.
Glossary 9 /37 Q The dev ice names for th e first through third para llel prin ter ports on y our comput- er ar e LPT 1 , LP T2, an d LP T3. /9 ' Abbrevia tion for low vol tage differe ntial, the.
1 0 Dell Precision 4 1 0 Desktop S ystems User’ s Guide PRGH P A devi ce tha t al lo ws yo ur c omput er to commu nica te w ith othe r co mput ers over telephon e lines. PRX VH A pointin g device that c ontrols the moveme nt of the cursor on a screen .
Glossary 1 1 3&, Abbrevia tion for Periph eral Componen t Interconn ect. A standa rd for local-b us impleme ntatio n develop ed by Inte l Corporatio n. SHULSKHUDOGH YLFH An interna l or external d evice—such as a printer, a disk dri ve, or a k eyboard— con- nected to a compu ter.
1 2 Dell P recision 41 0 Desktop S ystems User’ s Guide info rma tion s tor e d in RAM i s los t whe n you turn off your computer. 5$0'$& Acronym for ra ndom-acce ss memory digital -to-analo g converter. UHDGRQO ILOH A read -only fil e is one tha t you ar e prohib- ited from editing or deleting.
Glossary 1 3 that timi ng signa ls have be en set up correctly. In equiv alent co nfigura tions, a comput er with SDRAM w ill have fas ter mem ory per- forman ce t h an a co mpu ter wi th EDO memory. VHF Abbrevia tion for second( s). 6(& Abbrevia tion for si ngle-edge contact.
1 4 Dell P recision 41 0 Desktop S ystems User’ s Guide VVWHP ERDUG As the ma in circuit boa rd, the system boar d usua lly c ont ains most of your c om- puter’s i ntegral comp onents, such a s.
Glossary 1 5 program an d leave the TSR program resi- dent in m emory for late r use. TSR p rogr ams c an so met ime s ca us e memory co nflicts. When troubleshoo ting, rule out th e poss ibi lity o f such a con flict by rebooti ng your compute r without start- ing any TS R programs .
1 6 Dell P recision 41 0 Desktop S ystems User’ s Guide oper at ing sy ste ms in a va riety o f vi de o mode s. On some Dell computers , a video a dapter is integr ate d into the system board. Also avail able are many vi deo adap ter cards that plug i nto an expa nsio n- card connec tor.
Glossary 1 7 ZLQLQL ILOH A start-up f ile for the Wi ndows operat ing system . When you start W indows, it c on- sults the win.ini file to de termine a var iety of opt ions for the Window s ope rating en- vironme nt. Among ot her things , the win.
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Inde x 1 ,QGH[ $ AC, 8-1 adding . See install ing; upgrade options Advanc ed Configura tion and Power Interface op tion, 3-9 AGP, 1-3 alternat ing current.
2D HOO 3U HFLV LRQ 'HVN WRS 6VW HPV8 VHU©V *XLG H card. See expans ion cards card-ed ge connec tor, 10-4 cauti ons , xii i CD-ROM driv es, 6-2 CD-ROM First s etting, 3-12 Chass is In tr u sion opt ion , 3-1 0 chassi s.
Inde x 3 diag nosti cs syste m, 1-4 DIMMs about, 9 -6 capaciti es su ppo rted, 1-2 conf iguring, 9- 7 ins ta lli ng, 9-9 registere d, 1-2, 9-7 removin g, 9-10 socket s, 9-2 unbuffere d, 1-2, 9-7 direc.
4D HOO 3U HFLV LRQ 'HVN WRS 6VW HPV8 VHU©V *XLG H expans ion cards about, 9 -2 conf iguring, 4- 1 connec tors, 9-3 ins ta lli ng, 9-4 removin g, 9-6 reso urces, viewin.
Inde x 5 ins talli ng DIMMs, 9-6, 9- 9 driv es, 10-4 expans ion cards, 9-4 process or, 9-10 SCSI de vices, 10-1 5 syste m boa rd op tions , 9- 1 inte grat ed au di o co ntro lle r about, 6 -1 adjus ti.
6D HOO 3U HFLV LRQ 'HVN WRS 6VW HPV8 VHU©V *XLG H keys ISA Configu ration Utili ty, 4-5 System Setup progra m, 3-1, 3-4 , 3-26 / line co nditioners preve nt ing po wer.
Inde x 7 3 pad lo ck , 1- 10, 8-2 Paralle l Mode op tion, 3-18 paralle l port compa tib il it y, 3-1 8 IRQ line, B-7 paralle l port connec tor about, B-7 , B-10 loc a t ion , 9 - 2, B- 6 pin as signme.
8D HOO 3U HFLV LRQ 'HVN WRS 6VW HPV8 VHU©V *XLG H recovering da ta, D-2 redunda nt array of inexpensiv e disks See RAID registere d SDRAM, 9-6 regul atory n otice s, E.
Inde x 9 speake rs connec ting, 6-2 specifi cations, A-1 speed j umpers setting, 9-12, B-4 stan dby LED, 9- 2 start-up, 3-12 support, 1-1 1 surge pro tector preve nt ing po wer sourc e in terr upt ions , D-9 switc hes about, B-2 synchr onous dyna mic rando m-access memory.
10 D HOO 3U HFLV LRQ 'HVN WRS 6VW HPV8 VHU©V *XLG H 8 unbuffere d SDRAM, 9-6 uninterru ptib le pow er sup ply . See UPS upgrade option s DIMMs, 9-6 driv es, 10-1 expan.
Un punto importante, dopo l’acquisto del dispositivo (o anche prima di acquisto) è quello di leggere il manuale. Dobbiamo farlo per diversi motivi semplici:
Se non hai ancora comprato il Dell WorkStation 410 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 WorkStation 410 - in questo modo è possibile verificare se l’apparecchio soddisfa le tue esigenze. Esplorando le pagine segenti del manuali d’uso Dell WorkStation 410 imparerai tutte le caratteristiche del prodotto e le informazioni sul suo funzionamento. Le informazioni sul Dell WorkStation 410 ti aiuteranno sicuramente a prendere una decisione relativa all’acquisto.
In una situazione in cui hai già il Dell WorkStation 410, 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 WorkStation 410.
Tuttavia, uno dei ruoli più importanti per l’utente svolti dal manuale d’uso è quello di aiutare a risolvere i problemi con il Dell WorkStation 410. Quasi sempre, ci troverai Troubleshooting, cioè i guasti più frequenti e malfunzionamenti del dispositivo Dell WorkStation 410 insieme con le istruzioni su come risolverli. Anche se non si riesci a risolvere il problema, il manuale d’uso ti mostrerà il percorso di ulteriori procedimenti – il contatto con il centro servizio clienti o il servizio più vicino.
