Dell PRECISION 610 manuel d'utilisation

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    ______ ______ _______ _ Inf or mation in thi s docu ment is s ubject t o c hange without notice. © 1 998 Dell Comp uter Cor por ation. All r ight s r eserv ed. Reproduction in any manner wha tsoever without the writ ten perm ission of Dell Computer Corporat ion is stric tly forbidden. T rademarks used in this text: Dell and the DELL logo are regis[...]

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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 . :KHQ8VLQJ< RXU&RPS XWHU6VWHP As you use y our computer s yste m , obser ve the follo wing s af et y guidelin es.  T o help a void damagin g y our[...]

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    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.  Ke e p you r c o m p u t er away f r o m r a d i[...]

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    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. Doing so red uces the potentia l f or pers onal in jur y or sh oc k. monitor screen at or below eye level wrists relaxed and flat arms at desk level monitor and keyboard positioned direc[...]

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    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. In addi tion, tak e note of these saf ety guidelines w hen appro priate:  When y ou disconne ct a ca ble, pul l on its co nnecto r or on it s strain -relief [...]

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    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 $ERXW7KLV*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. The c hap t[...]

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    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. Users wh o ad d int ernal options ma y need to ref er to Appen dix B to c hange jum per or swi tc h [...]

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    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 . In st all ati on in structi o ns for th e opti ons a re i ncl ude d in t hi s User ’ s Guide or in the[...]

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    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. Co mman ds are d ispla ye d in lo w ercase bold; v ariable param eters (t hose f or whic h y ou sub- stit ute a v a lue) are disp la yed i[...]

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    xv &RQWHQWV &KDS WHU ,QWU RGXFWLRQ            System Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .[...]

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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 . . . . . . . . . 2-8 &KDS WHU 8VLQ JW KH6 VWHP 6HWXS 3UR[...]

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    xvii Keyboa rd NumLock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-13 Report Key board Errors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-13 Auto Powe r On. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-13 Wakeup O[...]

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    xviii &KDS WHU 8VLQ JWKH1 HWZRUN,QWHUID FH&RQWURO OHU       Connecti ng to a Network . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-2 Networ k Cable Re quirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [...]

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    xix &KDS WHU ,QVWDO OLQJ 6VWHP %RDUG2S WLRQV        Expans ion Cards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-2 Expans ion Slots . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [...]

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    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 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-8 Paralle l Port Conne ctor . . . . .[...]

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    xxi Power Pro tection Devices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . D-9 Surge Prote ctors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . D-9 Line Con ditioners . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .[...]

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    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 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [...]

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    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 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-11 Figure B-6 . Pin Numbe rs for th e Keyboa rd Conne[...]

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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. Thes e DeI l ® system s s upp ort t he high - perf ormance P eripheral Com ponent Inte rconne ct (PCI) b us and th e accel erated graph ics por t (A GP)[...]

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    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 ® 4.0 .  A 1 6-bit, inte gra ted P l ug and Pla y Cr ystal CS4237 B audio controll er tha t is Sou nd Blaster P ro-compatible and that s upports the Mi crosof t Windo ws ® Sound S ys-[...]

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    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.) A GP great ly impro ve s graphics perfo[...]

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    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. T o c hange the re soluti on[...]

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    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 .0 operatin g sy stem — R emote Fla sh BIOS s upport[...]

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    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 abo ut the NIC for the l ocal sys tem — An e vent log that stores e ven ts gen erated by th e sy stem — Suppo rt for th e app lication used t o cr[...]

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    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 4.0 Set up Gui de f or genera l installa- tion inf ormation for Windo w[...]

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    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. F or syste ms r unning Micro sof t Window s NT with the Dell A utoShutd own ser vice operat ional, p ressi ng the p o wer b ut ton ca uses the sy stem to per- f orm an ord erly op erating s [...]

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    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 . &RQQHFW LQJ[...]

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    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. F or more [...]

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    Usin g th e So ftware Supp or t Ut ili tie s 2-1 &+$37(5 8VLQJWKH6RIWZDUH6XSSRUW 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. These software s upp ort u til iti es i nclu de syst em ut il iti es, sy stem ser vices, an d Micros of t updat[...]

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    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”). F rom the bac kup disk et te, y ou can install the desired fi le(s[...]

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    Usin g th e So ftware Supp or t Ut ili tie s 2-3 5 HLQVWDOOLQJ WKH' HOO6 VWHP 8WLOLW LHVDQG 6HUYLFH VIRU :LQGRZV1 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. If , for an y reas on, y ou ne ed to reins tall the utili ties an d services[...]

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    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 . Use th e asset comm and from a n MS-DOS prom pt. T o v iew e[...]

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    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. P ressin g the po wer b ut ton signa ls the ser v ice to perf orm an orderly opera ting sy stem shutd own (reducing the possibi lity of data los s and file cor r uption) befor [...]

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    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.bat autopowr /off[...]

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    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 . 5 H LQVWDOO LQJWK H:LQG RZV170 LFURVRIW8S GDWH[...]

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    2-8 Dell Precision 610 Mini T o wer Systems User ’s Guide 5 HPRYLQJWKH:LQGRZV17 0LFURVRIW8SGDWHG$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. sys atapi.bak atapi.000 at ap i.s ys[...]

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    Using the Sy stem S et up Pr ogram 3-1 &+$37(5 8VLQJWKH6 VWH P6HWXS3 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 the hard wa re installed in the s yste m to the ha rdw are lis ted in the s y stem conf igurati on inf ormation stor ed in non vol atile random -acces[...]

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    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. NO TE: T o ensure an orderly s y stem shutd o wn, cons ult the doc umen t ation that acco mpan i ed your ope rati[...]

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    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. C ycl es thro ugh the se t tings in th e select ed field’ s po p-up set ti n gs me nu. [...]

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    3-4 Dell Precision 610 Mini T o wer Systems User ’s Guide 6VWHP6HWX S2SWLRQV 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.dell.com)-Precision WorkStation 610 MT titl e box confi [...]

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    Using the Sy stem S et up Pr ogram 3-5 6VWHP7LPH 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 ) . T o c hange the time, press the lef t- or right-ar ro w ke y s to selec t a fi el d, a nd th en pres s < +> o r <-> to i nc rea se or decreas e t[...]

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    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 . F or e ac h driv e, fiv e par[...]

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    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.  Capaci ty (automatica lly calcu lated b y the sy stem) indicates th e numb er of mil- lions o f b ytes o[...]

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    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. If it do es not fin d a[...]

  • Page 49

    Using the Sy stem S et up Pr ogram 3-9 &386SHH 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 op ti on be t wee n th e re si- dent processo r’ s rated spe ed (the def ault set ting) and a lo wer co mpatib ility speed, whic h lets y ou ac comm[...]

  • Page 50

    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 stem aut omatical ly remaps the built-in port to the ne xt av ailable p ort designati on that sh ares the sa me IRQ set ting as f o ll o ws :  COM1[...]

  • Page 51

    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 . With A uto ( t he defau lt) se lected , the sy stem t urns o f f the bui lt-in disk et te driv e con - troller w hen ne cessar y to ac commoda te a contro ller card installed in an e xpansio n slot[...]

  • Page 52

    3-1 2 Dell Precis ion 610 Mini T ower Systems User ’s Guid e 6VWH P6HFX ULW S ys tem Se curity confi gures the pass w ord and c hassis intr usi on set tings. P ress <Ente r> to confi gure these s et tings. S ys tem Pa sswor d disp lay s the cu rr ent stat us of y our sy stem’ s passw ord secu rity f ea- t ure a nd all o ws y ou t o a[...]

  • Page 53

    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 . If the computer c o ver i s remo ved, the s et ting c han ges[...]

  • Page 54

    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 . If yo u pref er , y ou ca n type numbers in eac h of the field [...]

  • Page 55

    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. B y se t ting P o we r Management to Maxi[...]

  • Page 56

    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 . Y ou can t urn the sy ste m co mplete ly of [...]

  • Page 57

    Using th e S y stem Set up Prog ram 3-1 7 6VWHP 'DW D2 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.  L ev el 2 Cac he disp lay s the siz e of th e integr ated cac he.  Ser vic e [...]

  • Page 58

    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. T o assi gn a s ys tem pas sw ord, fo llow these steps : F or instr ucti ons o n c hangin g this se t ting, see ?[...]

  • Page 59

    Using the Sy stem S et up Pr ogram 3-1 9 8VLQ J< RXU6VWH P3 DVVZRUGW R6H 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 tem b y pres sing the <Ctrl> <Alt> <Del> ke y combination , the f ollowin g prompt a ppears on the scre en wh en the P assw ord St[...]

  • Page 60

    3-20 Dell Precision 610 Mini T o wer Systems User ’s Guide 'HOHW LQJRU&K DQJLQJ DQ([LVWL QJ6VWHP 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 >. F or instru cti ons on c hanging the set ting f or P assw [...]

  • Page 61

    Using th e S y stem Set up Prog ram 3- 21 $VVLJ QLQJ D6HWXS 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. NO TES: The setup pass word can b e the sam e as the sy stem passw ord. If the[...]

  • Page 62

    3-22 Dell Precision 610 Mini T o wer Systems User ’s Guide 'HOHWLQ JRU&KDQ JLQJD Q([LVWLQ J6HWXS 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. If the s et up passw ord is deleted , the Set up P assw ord [...]

  • Page 63

    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. See “Cha ssis Intr usion” earli er in the c hapter f or instr uctions. NO TE: If a set up[...]

  • Page 64

    3-24 Dell Precision 610 Mini T o wer Systems User ’s Guide 5 HVSRQGLQJWR(UURU0HVVDJHV 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. The n, befo re entering the S y stem Set up program, re f er to you r Diagn ostic s and T rou bleshooti ng Guide f or an e xplanatio n [...]

  • Page 65

    Using the IS A Con figuration Utility 4-1 &+$37(5 8VLQJWKH,6$&RQILJXUDWLRQ8WLOLW 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. With this i nf ormatio n, the sys tem automat ically con figures Plug and Pla y expa nsion [...]

  • Page 66

    4-2 Dell Precision 610 Mini T o wer Systems User ’s Guide 4XLFN6 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. P repara tor y step s in clude ma king a progra m di sk et te, cop ying y our mouse d river to thi[...]

  • Page 67

    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 .) T he ICU i s also a vail able throu[...]

  • Page 68

    4-4 Dell Precision 610 Mini T o wer Systems User ’s Guide 3 U HSDU LQJWR8VHWKH ,&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 instru ctions o n how to create a program diske t te from the di ske t te image, see the online help pro vided in the P rogram Disk et te Maker , whic h i[...]

  • Page 69

    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.  F or mos t di alog boxes, you can cl ic k Hel p [...]

  • Page 70

    4-6 Dell Precision 610 Mini T o wer Systems User ’s Guide $ GGLQJD/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. Y ou should the n reboot [...]

  • Page 71

    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. If the ICU c annot find a resourc e that is v alid f or the card and a va ilabl e in the sy stem, the ut ility gene[...]

  • Page 72

    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. F or e xampl e, if you are of f ered the Di sable d [...]

  • Page 73

    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. NO TE: If yo u c hange one or more res o[...]

  • Page 74

    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. Figu re 4[...]

  • Page 75

    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. Clic k eac h bo x in suc ces sion to en ter th[...]

  • Page 76

    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. Y ou can on ly vi ew the resou rces curr ently a ssigned and[...]

  • Page 77

    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. NO TE: Af ter modifying the sys tem confi guration, y ou must t urn of f the sys tem to install, rem ove, or c hange j umper s et [...]

  • Page 78

    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 QJ5 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 . T he S y stem [...]

  • Page 79

    Using the IS A Con figuration Utility 4-1 5 6DYLQJWKH6VWHP&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. ([LWLQJWKH,&8 At the ICU w[...]

  • Page 80

    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. /RFNLQJDQG8QORFNLQJ&RQILJXUDWLRQ5HVRXUFHV Y ou c an al so lo c k and unloc k [...]

  • Page 81

    Using t he Ne t work Interface Co nt rol l er 5-1 &+$37(5 8VLQJWKH1HWZR 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). The N IC pro vid[...]

  • Page 82

    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. (A high volu me of net wo rk traf fic may ma ke this indic ator appear to[...]

  • Page 83

    Using t he Ne t work Interface Co nt rol l er 5-3 1HWZ RUN& DEOH5 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. P res s o ne e nd of the U TP cable in to the N IC co nne cto r unti l th[...]

  • Page 84

    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. Cli[...]

  • Page 85

    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 4.0 ope rating sy stem. 6HWW LQJWK H1HW ZRUN )UDPH7 SH If y our syst em is co nnecte d to a network, f ollo w these steps: T he 3Com E therDisk XL v er[...]

  • Page 86

    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. 0, see your ope rati ng s yste m docu ment[...]

  • Page 87

    Usi ng th e I nte grat ed A udio C ontr oll er 6-1 &+$37(5 8VLQJWKH,QWHJUDWHG$ 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. The inte gra ted Cr ys ta l 4 237[...]

  • Page 88

    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). NO T E: Wh en s pe akers a r[...]

  • Page 89

    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. Ho we v er , to comm uni cate w ith an e xternal MIDI de v ice, su c h as a synt hesiz er [...]

  • Page 90

    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 . T urnin g up th e le ve l of the spac e control increa [...]

  • Page 91

    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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  • Page 93

    Usin g th e Int egr at ed SCSI Con trol l ers 7-1 &+$37(5 8VLQJWKH,QWH JUDWHG6 &6, &RQWUROOHUV This c hapt er p rovid es in structi ons for inst allin g dr ivers for t he fol lowing SCS I cont rollers:  Integr ated A daptec 78 90 Ultra2/Wide lo w vol tage dif f erenti al (L VD) small com- puter sy stem int erfac e ([...]

  • Page 94

    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 . T hese ca n be enha nced in tegrated driv e elect[...]

  • Page 95

    Usin g th e Int egr at ed SCSI Con trol l ers 7-3 6&6, 'UL YHUV IRU: LQGRZV1 7 T o reinstall th e SCSI d riv ers f or Wi ndow s NT 4.0 , f ollo w thes e steps : a: ,QVWDOO LQJ6&6, 'ULYH UV'XULQJ: L QGRZV17  ,QVWDOOD WLRQ F ollo w these s teps to in stall SCSI dri v ers du[...]

  • Page 96

    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.[...]

  • Page 97

    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 . It describ es ho w to remo ve and re place the computer co ver[...]

  • Page 98

    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 . Whil e you work , per iod ical ly t ouch an unpa in t ed me t al sur[...]

  • Page 99

    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 ). Disenga ge the tabs that secure the c ov er to the top of th e c hassis, and l if t the cove r [...]

  • Page 100

    8-4 Dell Precision 610 Mini T o wer Systems User ’s Guide 5 HSODFLQJWKH &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. Hook [...]

  • Page 101

    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. NO TE: If a set up pas[...]

  • Page 102

    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. fr o nt back extern al drive bay s power supply intern al drive bay s to p system board bo tto m[...]

  • Page 103

    W orking In side Y our Com puter 8-7  5 RWDWLQJWKH3 RZH U6XSSO$ ZD)URPWKH 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 . Use the f o llowing p rocedu re to rotate the po wer supply : padlock ring NIC c onnec tor parall el po[...]

  • Page 104

    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 . DC po w e r cabl es power supply secu ri ng tab A C power cab le AC p o w e r recep t acle[...]

  • Page 105

    Inst al li ng System Board Opt i ons 9-1 &+$37(5 ,QVWDOOLQJ6VWHP%RDUG2SWLRQV This c hapt er d escri b es how to i ns ta ll the foll owing opt ions :  P eripheral Compone nt Intercon nect (PCI), a ccelerated graphics port (A GP), and Industry-Standard Arc hitect ure (ISA) e xpansion cards  S ys tem me mory  Proce ssor S [...]

  • Page 106

    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. (Se e Figure 9 -2 f or exampl es of th es e c ar[...]

  • Page 107

    Inst al li ng System Board Opt i ons 9-3 ([SDQVLRQ6ORWV 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 xpansion card s; e xpansion-c ard connec tor A GP supports a 3 2-bit A GP e xpansio n card; a nd ex pansio n-card co nnecto r IS A1 can accomm odate an[...]

  • Page 108

    9-4 Dell Precision 610 Mini T o wer Systems User ’s Guide ,QVWDOO LQJDQ([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. NO TE: If y ou install a PCI or P lug and Pla y e xpan sion ca rd, y our sy s[...]

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    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. Gently ro c k the card into t[...]

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    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. NO TE: Installing fi ller brac kets o ver empty card-s lot openin gs is ne cessar y to maintai[...]

  • Page 111

    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 . F or op timu m oper ation , Del l reco m men ds inst allin g the DI M Ms st ar ting wit h soc ket A (clo sest t o the top ed ge of th e sy [...]

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    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. NO TE: Af ter y ou remo v e and re place th e co v er , th e c hassis intr u sion detect[...]

  • Page 113

    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. R emov e the computer c o ver [...]

  • Page 114

    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). It sh ould p op out slight ly . 3 HQWLXP,,; HRQ3 URFHVVR U8SJ UDGHV T o take a dva ntage of fut ure optio ns in sp eed an d fun[...]

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    Inst al li ng System Board Opt i ons 9 -1 1 $GGLQJRU 5 HSODFLQJ D3 HQWLXP ,,; HRQ3URFHV 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. Use the f ollo wing proc edure to a dd or re place a Slot 2 SEC cartri dge. NO TE: Dell reco[...]

  • Page 116

    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. Pl a[...]

  • Page 117

    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. T he proce ssor speed j umper should be set f or the installe[...]

  • Page 118

    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 HSODFLQJWKH6VWHP%DWWHU A 3.0-V CR20 32 c oi n-c ell bat ter y installed on the s y stem boa rd m ai ntains sy stem[...]

  • Page 119

    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 5.25 -inc h drive bay obs truct s your ac cess to t h e ba tter y , you may fi nd it he lpf ul to r emove th e fro nt bez el and s lide the driv e [...]

  • Page 120

    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. 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 displa yed at [...]

  • Page 121

    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 3.5- inch drive bay (d e dic ate d to a 3.5 -in c h sliml i ne diske t[...]

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    10 - 2 Dell Precision 610 Mini T ower Syst ems User ’s Guide 5 HPRYLQJDQG5 HSODFLQJWKH) URQW%H]HO  T he bez el is secured to the front of the c hassis b y two tabs and two hooks. T he tab rele ase for t he b ezel is at t he to p of the co mpu ter chassis and c an be ac ce ss ed on ly with the compu ter co ver r emov ed (see “R[...]

  • Page 123

    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. T o replace the bez el, fit the t wo retaining h ooks on the be zel into their corresponding sl[...]

  • Page 124

    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). &[...]

  • Page 125

    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 . F or the lo cation of pin 1 on the driv e’ [...]

  • Page 126

    10 - 6 Dell Precision 610 Mini T ower Syst ems User ’s Guide I QVWDOOL QJD'ULYHL QD,QFK'ULYH%D T he 5.25-i nc h driv e bay s can accom modate an y of the follo wing t ypes o f half- height drive s:  A CD -ROM or t ape dr ive t hat uses the seco nda r y EID E i nter face or the se c ond- ar y SCSI [...]

  • Page 127

    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 . T o remo ve th e old driv e from the bra c ket, t urn the dr ive/ brac ket as sembly u pside dow n and [...]

  • Page 128

    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”). Mak e su re that both brac k et tabs snap into pl ace in th e driv e ba y [...]

  • Page 129

    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. F or a SCSI dri ve, c onnect the cable fro m the d rive to the i nterf ace co nnecto r labele d “SCSI_ NARRO W” on the sy [...]

  • Page 130

    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 . NO TE: Af ter you re mov e and replace the c hassis, th e c hassis int ru sion dete ctor will c ause the follo wing messag e to be displ ay ed at the next system start-up: ALERT! Cover was pr[...]

  • Page 131

    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. For instruc tio ns on ins t all ing , par titi oni ng , a nd for mat ti ng SCS I ha rd -d i s k driv es, see “In stalling SC SI De vices” found [...]

  • Page 132

    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. Grasp the handl e of the driv e cage d oor on th e front of the c hassi s, and pu ll out and do wn until the arms on th e driv e cage doo [...]

  • Page 133

    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. Be su re to f old do wn th e driv e-cage doo r handle (see Fig ure 1 0-1 0) so that the bez el can be replac ed on the c hassis[...]

  • Page 134

    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. brac k et dri ve cage tab s ( 2 )[...]

  • Page 135

    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. See “ Driv es: P rimary and Sec ondary” in Chap t[...]

  • Page 136

    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 . Af ter y ou upd ate the S yst e[...]

  • Page 137

    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. Extern ally acce ssible SCSI devi ces at tac hed to the integrated Ad a[...]

  • Page 138

    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. F urthermore, when a t t ac hing e xternal SCSI de vices, y ou sh ould use only extern al SCSI c ables with activ e termina tion o n the c[...]

  • Page 139

    Installing Driv es 1 0-1 9 *HQHU DO3 URFHGXUHIRU ,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. Config ure the de vice f or a SCS I ID number and disa ble t ermination , if neces sar [...]

  • Page 140

    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. ) If yo u a t t ac h any SCSI h ard -di sk driv es to the host adapte r ca rd, c onnect the hard-di [...]

  • Page 141

    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. NO TE: If a set up passw ord h[...]

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    T e c h ni ca l Sp ec ificati ons A-1 $33(1',;$ 7 HFKQLFDO6SHF 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. Internal cac h e . . . . . . . .[...]

  • Page 144

    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 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . PCI, IS A, and A GP Bus spe ed . . . . . . .[...]

  • Page 145

    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 . . . [...]

  • Page 146

    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 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . o n e 68 - p in U l t r a 2 / W i d e S C S I c o n n e c t o r S e c o n [...]

  • Page 147

    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) . . . . . green LED Standb y po we r indicator (on sy stem board) . . . . . . . . [...]

  • Page 148

    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 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . h a l f - si n e wave fo r m : 1 1 0 G fo r 2 m s square w av e f orm: 27 G f or 1 5 ms Altit [...]

  • Page 149

    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 . It also p rov ides some ba sic i nf ormatio n on jump ers a[...]

  • Page 150

    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 . T he jumper se t ting is of ten sho wn in te xt as two nu [...]

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    Hardwar e Co nfigur at i on Feat ures B-3 jumpered unjumpered SPREAD[...]

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    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 ). R S VD1 R eser ved ( do no t install j umper plu g ). 450MHZ * Re se r ve d (do n[...]

  • Page 153

    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. A GP A GP gra phics a dapter con nector A UX LED Hard-d isk d riv e acce ss in dicator c onnector B A TTER Y B at tery soc ket CD-IN CD-R OM[...]

  • Page 154

    B-6 Dell Precis ion 610 Mini T ower Systems User ’s Guide ,23 RUWVDQG &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 he g a t eways throug h whic h your c ompute r sy stem c ommun icate s with e xt ernal de v ices, suc h as a ke yboard, mou se, pri nter , and m onito[...]

  • Page 155

    Hardwar e Co nfigur at i on Feat ures B-7 6HUL DOD QG3DUDOOH O3RUWV T he two b uilt-in se rial ports use 9 -pin D-s ubminiat ure connec tors on the bac k panel. T hese po rts sup port de vices suc h as e xternal modem s, prin ters, plot ters, and mice that requ ire seri al data trans mission (the trans mission of data one bit at a ti me ov[...]

  • Page 156

    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. T o avoid au to confi gur at io n, you m ay be abl e to r eset t he expa nsi on ca rd’ s[...]

  • Page 157

    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 . Figure B-4 il lustrates the pin n umbers f or the parallel port connec tor , and T able B-4 lists and d efines the pin a ssignmen ts an d interf ace signa ls f or the parall el port [...]

  • Page 158

    B-1 0 Dell Precision 610 Mini T ower Syst ems User ’s Guide ([WHU QD O6&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. If yo u reconfig ure yo ur hardw ar[...]

  • Page 159

    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 bit 1 2 36 D1 3 I/O SCSI data bit 1 3 37 D1 4 I/O SCSI data bit 1 4 38 D1 5 I/O SCSI data bit 1 5 39 DP ARH I/O SCSI d ata parit y high 40 D0 I/O SCS[...]

  • Page 160

    B-1 2 Dell Precision 610 Mini T ower Syst ems User ’s Guide . HERDUGDQG0 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. Ca ble s from bo th device s at t ac h to 6- pin miniat ure Deutsc he Indus- trie Norm ( DI N ) c o nnectors on the bac k panel of yo u[...]

  • Page 161

    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 . 1 KBD A T[...]

  • Page 162

    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 . 1,& &RQQH FWRU Y our sy stem contains an RJ45 conn ector (se e Figure B-8) on the bac k panel for at t ac h- ing an u[...]

  • Page 163

    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. If yo u recon figure y our hardw are, you ma y nee[...]

  • Page 164

    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. C on- nect the audio cabl e from the s peak ers to thi s jac k. . /LQH [...]

  • Page 165

    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. T hen consult T able B-9 to configur e eac h de vice f or one of the a va i[...]

  • Page 166

    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 . All sy ste m mem ory abo v e this 1 MB is call ed e xtended memor y and c anno t be di re ctly addr essed b y MS-D OS–ba sed pr ograms w ithout the ai d of so me speci al me mor y- mana gin[...]

  • Page 167

    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 abl e 000F 0 000– 000F FF F F S ys tem BIO S 00 1 00000– 00 1 0 FFEF Hig h me m ory ar ea 00 1 0FFF0–7 FFFFFFF Exten ded me mor y 8 0000000–F FF[...]

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    B-20 Dell Precis ion 610 Mini T ower Systems User ’s Guide[...]

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    IS A Configura tion Util ity Messages C-1 $33(1',;&  ,6$&RQILJXUDWLRQ8WLOLW 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. Bot h utilities can alert y ou to probl ems with card c onfiguratio n as w ell as prob lems t[...]

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    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.sy s In this statement, drive and direc[...]

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    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. P er form th [...]

  • Page 172

    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 . T r y eac h of the f ollowing option s until the pr oblem is re[...]

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    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 (.cf g) file exists for the c ard being modified. Do yo u want to load one? T his mes sage ap pears when y ou try to add a listed card an d the confi gurati on file[...]

  • Page 174

    C-6 Dell Precis ion 610 Mini T ower Systems User ’s Guide &RQILJX UDWL RQ0DQDJHU 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 . These mess ages al ert y ou to an y unsucc essfu l at tempts to c onfigu re Plug and Pla y or P [...]

  • Page 175

    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. NOTICE: Boot Device Not Active! CSN= Card Select Numb[...]

  • Page 176

    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. R un the Dell Di agnostics to v erify the integrity of y our sy stem NVRAM. See the c hapter titled “R unning the Dell Dia gnostic s” in your Diagnostics and T roubleshooting Guide fo r instr[...]

  • Page 177

    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. Press any key to continue. T he card (s) mentio ned are not f u[...]

  • Page 178

    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. Press any key to continue. T he card (s) ment[...]

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    Maint ain i ng t he System D-1 $33(1',;' 0DLQWDLQLQJWKH6VW 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 . T his app endix contains ma intena nce p rocedu res that y ou should p erform r[...]

  • Page 180

    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 .44-MB disk et tes). Th[...]

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    Maint ain i ng t he System D-3 5 HFRPPHQGHG 7 RROVDQG$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 ding s trap — The prope r use of a w rist groun ding s trap reduces the ef f ect of electrosta tic disc harge (ESD), wh ic h can damag e ce rtain com p[...]

  • Page 182

    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. T hese kits include disk et tes pretreated with a c hemi- cal so lution to nonabra siv ely r[...]

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    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. +X PLG LW High-h umidi [...]

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    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 . Th is cor rosion on co mputer con nectors i s a gradu al proce[...]

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    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.  Ensure th at all exp ansion s lots are co ver ed either b y a ca rd-mounting brac ket or b y a metal fil ler bra c ket an d that a ll driv e bay s hav e a dri [...]

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    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. 3 R ZHU6RXU FH,QWHUU XSWLRQV Compu ter s y stems are esp e[...]

  • Page 187

    Maint ain i ng t he System D-9 3 RZHU3 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. 6XUJ H3U RWHFWRUV Surg e pr otec to rs a re availab le i n a varie t y[...]

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    Regula tor y Notices E-1 $33(1',;( 5 HJXODWRU1RWLFHV 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 ignal l eads, th at end angers th e functio ning of a r adio na vi- gation o r other s af et y ser vice or seriousl y degrades, obstr ucts, or repe atedl[...]

  • Page 190

    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 onitors, a nd so on , that a re integr ated into or connec ted to th e sy stem sho uld matc h the electro magnetic en vironme nt classifi ca- tion of the co[...]

  • Page 191

    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. Oper- atio n of this e quipme nt in a residenti al ar ea is lik ely to ca use ha rmful i nterf erence, in whic h case y ou will b e requi r[...]

  • Page 192

    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. &(1RWL FH(XURSHDQ8QLRQ Marki ng by th e symb ol indi ca tes comp lia nce o f thi s De ll system to th e EM C Direct iv e and the L ow V[...]

  • Page 193

    Regula tor y Notices E-5 (1&RP SOLDQFH&]HFK5 HSXEOLF 2QO 9&&,1RWLFH-DSDQ2 QO Most Dell comp uter sy stems are c lassified b y the V oluntary Control Council fo r Inter- f erence (V CCI) as Class B i nforma tion tec hnology e quipment (ITE). Howe v er , the inclus ion of certain op[...]

  • Page 194

    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. If this e quipme nt is used near a radio or tele vision recei v er in a d omestic e n vironmen t, it ma y caus[...]

  • Page 195

    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. &ODVV %'HYLFH Please note th at this de vice ha s been a ppro ved for n[...]

  • Page 196

    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 . 8ZNBHBOJB1PM TLJFHP$FOUSVN#BE BËJ $FSUZGJLBDKJ - - - - 1P[PTUBFJOTUSVLDKF CF[QJFD[FËTUXB ?[...]

  • Page 197

    Regula tor y Notices E-9 12 0,QIR UPDWLRQ 0H [LFR2QO T he f ollowin g inf ormation is p ro vided on the de vice(s) describe d in this docum ent in compli ance with th e requireme nts of the of ficial Me xica n standards (NOM): Exporter: Dell Compu ter Corpor ation One De ll W ay Ro und R oc k, T X 78682 Importer: Dell Compu ter de M[...]

  • Page 198

    E-1 0 Dell Precision 610 Mini T ower Syst ems User ’s Guide ,QIRUP DFLyQSD UD12 0~ QLFDPHQWHS DUD 0p [LFR La inf ormación siguient e se proporci ona en el disp ositiv o o en l os dispo sitiv os descri- tos e n este doc ument o, en cump limiento co n los requisitos de la N orma Oficial Mexicana (NO M): Exportador: D ell Compu[...]

  • Page 199

    W arra nt ie s an d Return P olicy F- 1 $33(1',;) : DUUDQWLHVDQG5 HWXUQ3 ROLF /LPLWHG 7KUHH < HDU: DUUDQW8 6 DQG &DQDGD2QO  Dell Co mputer Corpo ration (“Dell” ) manuf actu res its ha rdwa re prod ucts from p arts and co mponents that are ne w or equiv alent to ne w in accord ance with[...]

  • Page 200

    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 . Shi pmen ts to othe r lo catio ns wi ll be made fr ei ght col lec t. NO T E: Before you sh ip th e pr oduc t( s) to D e ll, ba ck up the d at a on th e har d-d isk driv[...]

  • Page 201

    W arra nt ie s an d Return P olicy F- 3 MA Y AL SO HA VE O THER RIGH TS , WHICH V ARY FR OM S T A TE T O S T A T E (OR JURISDICTIO N). DELL D O ES NO T A CCEPT LIABILIT Y BEY OND THE REMEDIES S ET F ORTH I N THIS W ARRANTY ST A TEMENT OR LIABILI TY FOR INCIDENT AL OR CONSEQUENTIAL D AMA GES, INC LUDING WI THO U T LIMIT A TION ANY L IABILI TY FOR P [...]

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    F-4 Dell Precision 610 Mini T o wer Systems User ’s Guide[...]

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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. Abbrevia tion fo r ampere(s ). Abbrevia[...]

  • Page 204

    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. The autoex ec. bat file (Wi ndows 95 and MS-D[...]

  • Page 205

    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. An informa tion p athway betwee n the compon ents o f a com puter. Your c omput- er[...]

  • Page 206

    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. Conven tional memo ry is foun d in all co mputers. U nless they are specially de signe d, [...]

  • Page 207

    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. DM I collec ts informat ion about the s ystem ’s[...]

  • Page 208

    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. To av oi d a co nfi guratio n conflict whe n in- stal ling an EISA e xpansio[...]

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    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. As it relates to DM I, a gr[...]

  • Page 210

    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. The Int el Pentium proces- sor inclu des a 16 -KB internal ca che, wh ich is se t up as an 8- KB re ad- only i nst ruc tion cach e an d an 8-KB read /wr ite d [...]

  • Page 211

    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. Ultra2/Wide (LVD) driv es and c ontroll ers are back ward c om- pat ib le w ith Ult r a[...]

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    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 . A monitor that supports several vi deo standa rds. A multifre q[...]

  • Page 213

    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. Pix e ls are arr ang ed i n row s an d co lum ns to cr e- ate[...]

  • Page 214

    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 . An y info rma tio n st ored in RA M i s los t whe n you turn off your com[...]

  • Page 215

    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). An I/O port used most often to co nnect a modem to y our com puter. You ca n us[...]

  • Page 216

    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 follo wing:  P roces sor  RAM  Controlle rs f or standard periphera l dev ices, s uc h as th e ke yboard  V a rious R OM c hips Frequ ently us[...]

  • Page 217

    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. Abbrevia tion for Unde rwriters Laboratorie s. Abbrevia tion[...]

  • Page 218

    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. Video a dapters oft en include mem ory separa te from[...]

  • Page 219

    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. Th e win.ini fil e als o usua lly i ncl[...]

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    1 8 Dell Precis ion 61 0 Mi ni T ower S ystems User ’ s Guide[...]

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    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. See AC asset t ag number assi gni ng, 2- 3 Asset Ta g opti on, 3-16 Asset Ta g util ity, 2-3 assi sta nc e, t ech ni cal, 1- 10 ATAPI dr ivers, Mi crosoft upd ated, 1-6,[...]

  • Page 222

    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. See compute r cleani ng acce ss ori es, D- 3 dri v e s , D-4 intern al comp onents , D-2 soluti ons, D-3 system exterior, D-3 tools, D-3 COM po rt [...]

  • Page 223

    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 Diskette Drive A and Diskette Drive B opti ons, 3-5 Diskette Driv e A: option, 3-8 dis ket te d riv es acce ss in dic ator, 1-8 cleani ng, D -4 connec ting,[...]

  • Page 224

    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 . See dis ket te dr ives formatting EIDE hard-d isk d rives, 10 -16 SCSI ha rd-disk drives, 1 0-21 [...]

  • Page 225

    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, 4-3 Configura tion Ma nager , 4-16, C-7 databa se, 4-3 error mes sages, C- 1 exit ing, 4- 15 hel p, 4 -5 key fun ctions, 4-5 list ed car ds, 4-6, 4- 11[...]

  • Page 226

    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 reserved memo ry, 3-8 mess age s Configura tion Ma nager , C-7 inv alid co nfi gura tio n in form ati on , 3- 1, 9-8 ISA Conf iguration Utility, C-1 pro[...]

  • Page 227

    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 rd con nec tor , B-13 mouse c onnector, B-14 paralle l port connec tor, B-9 seri al por t co nne ctors, B-8 USB connecto rs, B-15 Plug and Play expa [...]

  • Page 228

    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 d rives about, 1 0-16 conf igu rati on guidel ine s, 10- 16 external c onnector, B- 10 formatting SCSI hard-di sk drives, 10 -21 ID numbers , 10-17 i[...]

  • Page 229

    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 ons, 3 -17 System Da te opti on, 3-5 system envir onment altitude , D-5 corrosion, D-6 dus t, D- 5 EMI and RFI, D-6 ESD, D-6 humidity , D-5 magn et is [...]

  • Page 230

    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 about, B-1 5 loc ati on, 8 -7, 9 -2 pin as signments , B-15 pin numb ers, B- 15 9 VESA and power manageme nt, 3-14 video c onnector, 8-7, B-1 4 Video[...]