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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 ou r o wn person al sa f ety . :KHQ8VLQJ< RXU&RPS XWHU6VWHP As you use y our computer sy ste m, observe the fo llow ing saf ety guidelines .
vi B e sure not hing re sts on y ou r computer s y stem’ s cables a nd that the cables are not loca ted where the y can b e step ped on or tr ipped ov er . Do not spill fo od or liqu ids on you r comp uter . If the computer gets w et, co nsult you r Diagn ostic s and T rou bleshooti ng G uide.
vii :KHQ: RUNLQJ,QVLGH < RXU &RPSXWHU B ef ore y ou remo v e the computer c o ver , perf orm the fol lo wing s teps in the seque nce indi cated.
viii 3. Dis connec t you r computer a nd periph erals from their po w er sources . Also, dis- connec t an y telep hone o r teleco mmuni cation l ines fro m the compute r .
ix T he f ollo wing c aution m a y appear through out this do cumen t to remind y ou of thes e prec autions:.
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xi 3U H I D F H $ERXW7KLV*XLGH T his gui de is inte nded f or an yone who uses the Dell P recision 21 0 deskto p compute r sy stems . It can be us ed b y both fi rst-time and e xper ience d com puter users who w a nt to lear n about the f ea ture s and oper ation of the sys tems or who wa nt to upgrade their compu ter s .
xii Appen dix A, “T ec hnical Specifi cation s,” a nd Appe ndix B , “Hardw ar e Configura - tion F eat ures,” are in tended prim arily as ref erence materi al f or users intere sted in lear ni ng m ore a bou t the de tails of the sy s tem .
xii i Docum entation is incl uded with an y optio ns y ou purc hase se parately from y our sy ste m. T h is do cu men tation i nclud es in f ormat ion tha t y ou need to c on fig ure and ins tal l th ese optio ns i n your De ll co mpu ter .
xiv Command s presented in lo w ercase bold are f or ref erence purpos es onl y an d are not in te nde d to be t ype d w he n re ference d . Exampl e: “Use the format command t o . . . .” In contra st, co mmands presen ted in the Co urier Ne w f ont a re part of an ins tr uc- tion and intend ed to b e typed.
xv &RQWHQWV &KDS WH U ,QWU RGXFWLRQ System Features .
xvi Assigni ng an d Deleting a n Asset T ag Number . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-5 Assigni ng and Del eting an Owner Tag . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-5 Dell AutoSh utdown Se rvice . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
xvii Setup Pa ssword . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-14 Auto Powe r On . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-14 Power Ma nagemen t . .
xviii Saving the Syste m Configura tion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-14 Exiting the ICU. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-14 Lockin g and Unlo cking Ca rds .
xix &KDS WHU : RUNLQJ ,QVLGH <RXU&R PSXWH U Before You Begin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
xx Serial P ort Connecto rs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-8 Paralle l Port Conne ctor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-9 Keyboa rd and Mou se Connec tors .
xxi $S SHQGL[ ( 5HJ XODWR U1RWL FHV ( FCC Notices (U.S. Only ) .
xxii Figure 4 -3. Card Configura tion Dialo g Box. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-7 Figure 4 -4. Configura tion Se ttings Di alog Box for Assign ing an IRQ Line . . . . . . 4-7 Figure 4 -5. Available Setting s List Box . .
xxiii Figure B-5 . Pin Numbers for the Keyb oard Co nnector . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-10 Figure B-6 . Pin Numbers for the Mous e Conne ctor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-11 Figure B-7 . NIC Connector . . . . . . . . . .
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Intr odu ction 1- 1 FILE L OCATION: S:SYSTEMSAftershockUG9371D9371dc10.fm DELL CONFIDENTIAL - P reliminary 8/17/98 &+$37(5 ,QWURGXFWLRQ Dell P recis ion ™ 21 0 sys tems a re high -speed, u pgrada ble w orks tations des igned arou nd Intel ® Pe n t i u m ® II microp rocessor s.
1-2 Dell Precision 21 0 D esk top Systems U se r ’ s Guid e DELL CONFIDENTIAL - P reliminary 8/17/98 FILE L OCATION: S:SYSTEMSAftershockUG9371D9371dc10.fm A secon dar y cac he of 51 2 KB of static rando m-access memory (SRAM) inte- grate d in the s ingle-edg e contact (S EC) cartridg e.
Intr odu ction 1- 3 DELL CONFIDENTIAL - P reliminary 8/17/98 FILE L OCATION: S:SYSTEMSAftershockUG9371D9371dc10.fm Univ ersal Seria l Bus (US B) capabi lity , whic h simplifi es co nnecti on of pe ripheral dev ices s uc h as mice , printers, and c omputer speak ers.
1-4 Dell Precision 21 0 D esk top Systems U se r ’ s Guid e DELL CONFIDENTIAL - P reliminary 8/17/98 FILE L OCATION: S:SYSTEMSAftershockUG9371D9371dc10.fm c hec k the doc um entat ion tha t ca me w ith y our A G P vid eo c ar d f o r ins tr uctions on c hanging the re solution .
Intr odu ction 1- 5 DELL CONFIDENTIAL - P reliminary 8/17/98 FILE L OCATION: S:SYSTEMSAftershockUG9371D9371dc10.fm conf igu rati on inf ormation and m an ag eme nt in f orma t io n f o rmat (MI F) databas e v alue s (see Fi gure 1- 1). On sy ste ms r u nni ng Windo ws 95, WIn do ws 98 , and Windo ws NT 4.
1-6 Dell Precision 21 0 D esk top Systems U se r ’ s Guid e DELL CONFIDENTIAL - P reliminary 8/17/98 FILE L OCATION: S:SYSTEMSAftershockUG9371D9371dc10.
Intr odu ction 1- 7 DELL CONFIDENTIAL - P reliminary 8/17/98 FILE L OCATION: S:SYSTEMSAftershockUG9371D9371dc10.fm 3;( T he prebo ot e x ecuti on en v ironment (P XE) al lo ws a perso nal com puter to.
1-8 Dell Precision 21 0 D esk top Systems U se r ’ s Guid e DELL CONFIDENTIAL - P reliminary 8/17/98 FILE L OCATION: S:SYSTEMSAftershockUG9371D9371dc10.
Intr odu ction 1- 9 DELL CONFIDENTIAL - P reliminary 8/17/98 FILE L OCATION: S:SYSTEMSAftershockUG9371D9371dc10.fm Windo ws 95 or W indo ws 98 v ideo drive r disk et tes Windo ws 95 or W indo .
1-1 0 Dell P recision 2 1 0 Desktop Sy stems User’ s Guide DELL CONFIDENTIAL - P reliminary 8/17/98 FILE L OCATION: S:SYSTEMSAftershockUG9371D9371dc10.fm B ef ore y ou ca n perf orm the u pdate, y ou mu st mak e a disk et te cop y of the update sof t ware fr om th e di sk i ma g e o n th e har d- disk dri ve.
Intr odu ction 1- 1 1 DELL CONFIDENTIAL - P reliminary 8/17/98 FILE L OCATION: S:SYSTEMSAftershockUG9371D9371dc10.fm )UR QW 3D Q H O T he comp uter’ s front pa nel co ntains the f ollo wing indic ators an d cont rols (s ee Fig ure 1 -2) : Th e pow er but ton pro vides control o f the sy stem’ s A C input po w er .
1-1 2 Dell P recision 2 1 0 Desktop Sy stems User’ s Guide DELL CONFIDENTIAL - P reliminary 8/17/98 FILE L OCATION: S:SYSTEMSAftershockUG9371D9371dc10.fm %DFN3 DQHO T he comp uter’ s bac k panel contains vari ous po rts and c onnec tors f or at tac hing ex ter- nal de vices and incl udes a s ecurity cable slot.
Intro ductio n 1-13 DELL CONFIDENTIAL - P reliminary 8/17/98 FILE L OCATION: S:SYSTEMSAftershockUG9371D9371dc10.fm T he padloc k ring allow s y ou to sec ure the co mputer co v er to the c hassis to prev e nt unautho riz ed acc ess to the inside of the c omputer .
1-1 4 Dell P recision 2 1 0 Desktop Sy stems User’ s Guide DELL CONFIDENTIAL - P reliminary 8/17/98 FILE L OCATION: S:SYSTEMSAftershockUG9371D9371dc10.
Usin g th e So ftware Supp or t Ut ili tie s 2- 1 FILE L OCATION: S:SYSTEMSAftershockUG9371D9371dc20.fm DELL CONFIDENTIAL - P reliminary 8/17/98 &+$37(5 8VLQJWKH6RIWZDUH6XSSRUW 8WLOLWLHV Y our Dell sy stem co mes with sof tware sup port util ities on disk et te or on y our c om- pute r ’ s ha rd -d isk d rive.
2-2 Dell Precision 21 0 D esk top Systems U se r ’ s Guid e DELL CONFIDENTIAL - P reliminary 8/17/98 FILE L OCATION: S:SYSTEMSAftershockUG9371D9371dc20.
Usin g th e So ftware Supp or t Ut ili tie s 2- 3 DELL CONFIDENTIAL - P reliminary 8/17/98 FILE L OCATION: S:SYSTEMSAftershockUG9371D9371dc20.fm Th e Au t o Powe r O n utility (whic h runs under t.
2-4 Dell Precision 21 0 D esk top Systems U se r ’ s Guid e DELL CONFIDENTIAL - P reliminary 8/17/98 FILE L OCATION: S:SYSTEMSAftershockUG9371D9371dc20.fm 5. V erify that t he u til it ie s a nd /or ser vic e(s ) a r e ins t all ed a nd runn ing . Doub le- cli c k the Services icon in the Contr ol P anel .
Usin g th e So ftware Supp or t Ut ili tie s 2- 5 DELL CONFIDENTIAL - P reliminary 8/17/98 FILE L OCATION: S:SYSTEMSAftershockUG9371D9371dc20.fm An asset tag num ber can ha ve up to ten c h aracters; an y combi nation of c haracters e x clud ing spa ce s is v a li d.
2-6 Dell Precision 21 0 D esk top Systems U se r ’ s Guid e DELL CONFIDENTIAL - P reliminary 8/17/98 FILE L OCATION: S:SYSTEMSAftershockUG9371D9371dc20.
Usin g th e So ftware Supp or t Ut ili tie s 2- 7 DELL CONFIDENTIAL - P reliminary 8/17/98 FILE L OCATION: S:SYSTEMSAftershockUG9371D9371dc20.fm $XWR3RZHU2Q8WLOLW T he A uto P ow er On uti lity (av ailable f or MS-D OS only) enables your sy stem to a uto- matica lly perf orm routine tasks in y our absen ce.
2-8 Dell Precision 21 0 D esk top Systems U se r ’ s Guid e DELL CONFIDENTIAL - P reliminary 8/17/98 FILE L OCATION: S:SYSTEMSAftershockUG9371D9371dc20.
Usin g th e So ftware Supp or t Ut ili tie s 2- 9 DELL CONFIDENTIAL - P reliminary 8/17/98 FILE L OCATION: S:SYSTEMSAftershockUG9371D9371dc20.fm T he driv er f or Windo ws NT 4.0 has also been copi ed to y our h ard-disk driv e in disk et te-image form .
2-1 0 Dell P recision 2 1 0 Desktop Sy stems User’ s Guide DELL CONFIDENTIAL - P reliminary 8/17/98 FILE L OCATION: S:SYSTEMSAftershockUG9371D9371dc20.fm 3. R ename the e xisting atapi .sy s file to atapi.b ak . 4. R ename the atapi.000 file to a tapi.
Using the S ys tem S et up P r ogram 3-1 &+$37(5 8VLQJWKH6 VWH P6HWXS3 URJUDP Eac h time y ou t urn on you r comp uter sy stem or pres s the rese t but ton, the sys tem compare s.
3-2 Dell Precision 21 0 D esk top Systems U se r ’ s Guid e (QWHULQJW KH6VWHP6HWXS 3 URJUDP T o enter the S y stem Set up program, press the Sy s tem Set up ke y com binati on during the syst em’ s power -on self t est ( POST), a s follows: 1 .
Using the S ys tem S et up P r ogram 3-3 Help T he bo x on the upper -right hal f of both screens displa y s hel p info rmatio n f or the opti on wi th a cu rr ent ly hi ghl igh te d fiel d. S ys tem da ta T he bo x in the lo wer -right corner of both screen s di spla y s in f orma tio n abo ut y our system.
3-4 Dell Precision 21 0 D esk top Systems U se r ’ s Guid e 8VLQJWKH6V WHP6 HWX S3URJUDP T able 3 -1 lists the k ey s you u se to vie w or c hange inf orma tion on the S y stem S etup screens and to e xit the program. Mo ve s to the nex t field .
Using the S ys tem S et up P r ogram 3-5 Drives: Primary Type Cyls Hds Pre LZ Sec Size Drive 0:Auto 1023 64 -1 1023 63 2111 Drive 1:None Report Not Enabled Unlocked Diskette First Not Enabled Disabled.
3-6 Dell Precision 21 0 D esk top Systems U se r ’ s Guid e 6VWHP6HWX S2SWLRQV The following subs ec ti on s expl ai n i n det a il ea c h of the op tio ns o n th e System Setup screens. 7L PH Time r esets the time on the co mputer’ s interna l cloc k.
Using the S ys tem S et up P r ogram 3-7 'ULY HV3 ULPDUD QG6HF RQGDU Pr im ary ide ntifies dri v es at tac hed to the pr imar y enhanced i ntegrat ed dr ive electr on- ics (EIDE.
3-8 Dell Precision 21 0 D esk top Systems U se r ’ s Guid e If the sys tem gen erates a driv e erro r mess age the fi rst time you boot y our s yste m af ter in s t all ing an EI D E dri ve, it may mea n th at your p arti cula r dr i ve does not work with the automatic driv e- t ype dete ct f eatu re.
Using the S ys tem S et up P r ogram 3-9 NO TE: T he Usr 1 and Usr2 dr iv e types c an b e us ed f or both the Pr imary and Se cond- ary Driv e 0 an d Dr iv e 1 op t i on s . Howeve r , i f yo u s el e c t th e Usr1 or Usr2 driv e type, yo u ma y not o btain optim um hard-di sk driv e perform ance.
3-1 0 Dell P recision 2 1 0 Desktop Sy stems User’ s Guide T o clear thi s field a nd allo w future intr usions to be detected, m ake sure t he c hassis co v er i s clo se d, a nd the n en ter th e S yste m Se t up prog ram du ring the sy stem’ s POS T , as descri bed earli er in this c hapte r .
Using th e S y stem Set up P r ogra m 3-1 1 Disabl ed By Ju mper (ap pears onl y af ter the jum per plu g has bee n remo v ed from the PS WD ju mper on the sys tem bo ard) T o assi gn and en able a passw o rd, press the lef t- or right- ar ro w k e y , ty pe the pas s- wo rd, and press <E nter>.
3-1 2 Dell P recision 2 1 0 Desktop Sy stems User’ s Guide %RRW6HT XHQFH Boot Seq uence can be se t to Disk ett e Fir s t (the d ef ault), Har d Disk Only , CD-ROM Firs t , or Device List . The term boot ref ers to the sy stem ’ s start-up proced ure.
Using the S ys tem S et up P r ogram 3-1 3 Boot Dev ice Pr ior ity lis ts a ll boot ab le device s (h ard- disk dr ives, CD- ROM dri ves, an d so on) th at are controlled by t he sy stem BIOS and an y Plug and Pla y netw ork ada pters ins tal led in t he system .
3-1 4 Dell P recision 2 1 0 Desktop Sy stems User’ s Guide NO TE: If y ou e xit the De vice Lis t screen b y pressi ng <Es c> or <Al t><b> w ithout maki ng any c hang es, Boot Sequence is set to Device List .
Using the S ys tem S et up P r ogram 3-1 5 NO TES: Some 3D gr aphics ca rds do not sup port DPMS . Re f er to the docum entation f or yo ur particula r 3D graphic s card f or inf ormation. Th e po wer manage ment f e a t u r e m o n i t or s a c t iv i t y of a mouse conne cted to the P erso nal S ys tem/2 ( PS/2)-comp atible mouse po rt.
3-1 6 Dell P recision 2 1 0 Desktop Sy stems User’ s Guide When P owe r Manag ement is Disabled (the def ault), the dis ks spin cons t antly as long as the s yste m is t urned on. : DNHXS2Q/$1 W ak eup On LAN determine s whe ther the W ake up On LAN f eatur e is set.
Using the S ys tem S et up P r ogram 3-1 7 6HULDO 3RUWD QG6 HULDO3RUW Ser i al P ort 1 and Ser ial P ort 2 configure the sy stem ’ s integrat ed seria l ports.
3-1 8 Dell P recision 21 0 Desktop S yst ems User ’ s Guide As part of the boot routin e, the sy stem first c hec ks for a prim ar y hard-d isk dr ive con- troller c ard installed in an e xpansion s lot.
Using the S ys tem S et up P r ogram 3-1 9 6VWHP 'DWD T he f ollo win g field s, whic h ar e not s electable, displa y inf ormation about th e sy st em: The fir s t fiel d dis plays the t ype of mi cro proc es so r in st alle d in the co mpu ter .
3-20 Dell Precisi on 21 0 Deskto p Sy ste m s U se r ’ s Gu id e If y ou as sign a nd later for g e t a system pa ssword, you need your comp uter key to get inside the c hassis, w here yo u can c hange a jump er se t ting to disab le th e system pas sword feature (s ee “ D is ablin g a Forgot ten Password” foun d la ter in this c hapter).
Using the S ys tem S et up P r ogram 3-21 NO TE: T o es cape fro m the fi eld w ithout as signing a s yste m pass w ord, pr ess the <T ab> ke y or the <Shif t><T ab> k ey combination to mov e the highlight to another field or press the <Esc> k ey at an y time prior to completing step 5.
3-22 Dell Precisi on 21 0 Deskto p Sy ste m s U se r ’ s Gu id e T he thir d and su bsequ ent times an inc orrec t or in compl ete sy stem pass word is entere d, the sy stem displ ay s the fol lo wing me ssag e: ** Incorrect password. ** Number of unsuccessful password attempts: 3 System halted! Must p ower down.
Using the S ys tem S et up P r ogram 3-23 8VLQJWKH6H WXS3 DVVZ RUG) HDWXUH Y our De ll sy st em is s hipped to yo u with out the set up pas sw ord f eatu re ena bled. I f sy stem s ecurity is a conc ern, y ou sh ould op erate y our s ys tem wi th set up passw ord protec tion.
3-24 Dell Precisi on 21 0 Deskto p Sy ste m s U se r ’ s Gu id e If y ou do n ot enter the correct passw ord in three tries, the sys tem le ts you v ie w , but not modi fy , the Sy stem Set up scre ens—with the f ollo win g ex c eptions: Y ou c an still modif y Da te , Ti me , CPU Speed , Num Lo c k , and Spe ak er .
Using the S ys tem S et up P r ogram 3-25 NO TE: B ef ore y ou a ssign a ne w system and/ or set up pa ssw ord, y ou mu st replace the PSWD jumper plug.
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Using the IS A Configuration Ut ility 4-1 &+$37(5 8VLQJWKH,6$&RQILJXUDWLRQ8WLOLW The ISA Conf ig ur ation Util it y (ICU ) is used by the syste m to tr a c k what expa ns ion cards a re ins talled an d what res ources are u sed.
4-2 Dell Precision 21 0 D esk top Systems U se r ’ s Guid e 4XLFN6 WDU W T o quic kly get started usi ng this utility , follo w these ste ps: 1 . Determine whether y ou ne ed to r un the ICU . See “W hen to R un the ICU” f ound later in th is c hapter f or detailed instr uctio ns.
Using the IS A Configuration Ut ility 4-3 $ERXW WKH,&8 B ef ore y our sy stem w as shipped from Del l, a te c hn ician used the ICU to enter the cor rect in fo rmation f or the ex pansi on cards initia lly ins talled in y o ur comput er .
4-4 Dell Precision 21 0 D esk top Systems U se r ’ s Guid e Af ter y ou ha ve r un the I CU f or y our no n-Plug and Pla y IS A expansi on cards and i t has conf igured all y our Pl ug and Pl a y an.
Using the IS A Configuration Ut ility 4-5 6WDUWL QJWKH,&8 Af ter y ou ha ve compl eted the pro cedure in “P repari ng to Use th e ICU” f ound earli er in this c hapter , insert the bac kup copy of the I CU disk et te int o driv e A. Th en either t urn on y our c omputer or reboot it b y pressi ng the re set but ton.
4-6 Dell Precision 21 0 D esk top Systems U se r ’ s Guid e $ GGLQJD/LVWHG&DUG NO TE: If y ou w an t to add a conf igurati on file tha t yo u receiv e d on disk e t te with a ne w expans ion c ard , you mu st co py the conf igu rati on f ile to t h e db subdi rector y on the bac k up cop y of the ICU disk et te.
Using the IS A Configuration Ut ility 4-7 5. If y ou w ant the ICU to selec t the resou rces f or the ca rd, clic k OK . O ther wise, skip to s tep 6. T he ICU uses th e defa ult resou rces set b y the c ard manuf acturer when e ver p os- sible.
4-8 Dell Precision 21 0 D esk top Systems U se r ’ s Guid e 8. T o c hange the res ourc e se t ting s, cl ic k the d o wn-arro w ne xt to the Co nfigur ation Choice bo x. Then cli c k the new resou rce s et ting fr om the li st of availa ble settings (see Fi gure 4-5 ).
Using the IS A Configuration Ut ility 4-9 NO TE: If y ou c hange one or more res ource v a lues using th e Options but ton and later c hange the s et ting in the Con figur ation Choic e bo x, the c hanges tha t y ou made to the res ource v alues are o v er writ ten by the def ault v a lues f or the ne w conf igu r ati on c hoice.
4-1 0 Dell P recision 2 1 0 Desktop Sy stems User’ s Guide If y ou are pro vidi ng a v a lue f or th e IRQ or direct memory access (DM A) resou rce, clic k the do wn ar ro w benea th A v ail able Resour ces . A sm aller Specify list bo x appears (see Figure 4- 8).
Using the IS A Configuration Ut ility 4-1 1 8. When y o u ha v e fin ish ed sel ec ting res our ces f o r the unlis ted c ard, cl ic k OK in the Configur e Unliste d Car d dialog bo x.
4-1 2 Dell P recision 2 1 0 Desktop Sy stems User’ s Guide NO TE: When y ou modify an unlis ted card, th e ICU cannot s ho w y ou the val id resources for the card. There fore , yo u must ha v e doc umentation from the card manu facture r tha t de sc ri bes the res our ces a nd r eso urc e set ti n gs that t he c ard can us e.
Using the IS A Configuration Ut ility 4-1 3 5 HPRY LQJD&DUG B ef ore y ou remo v e a non-Plug a nd Pla y IS A expa nsion c ard from y ou r computer , y ou must u se t he I CU to re move the ca rd fr om t h e system con fig ura tio n .
4-1 4 Dell P recision 2 1 0 Desktop Sy stems User’ s Guide T o determi ne whic h card uses a p articul ar resourc e sho wn in th e S yst em Resour ce Usage dialog bo x, se lect th e resour ce in qu estion and th en cli c k Us ed By Car d . The Car d Resour ce Usag e dial og bo x appears with th e inf ormat ion.
Using the IS A Configuration Ut ility 4-1 5 T o determi ne wh ether y our e xpansion car d has static de vice driv ers, c hec k the docu - mentation tha t ca me wi th the dri v ers.
4-1 6 Dell P recision 2 1 0 Desktop Sy stems User’ s Guide 4. Select th e Plug and Pla y or PCI exp ansion c ard that y o u wa nt to loc k or unloc k from the Car ds Conf igur ed in S yst em list. 5. C lick Mo dify or select Modify Car d fr om the Config ure menu.
Using t he Ne t work Inter face Cont roller 5-1 &+$37(5 8VLQJWKH1HWZR UN,QWHUIDFH &RQWUROOHU T his c hapt er describes how to conn ect yo ur computer sy stem to an Ethe rnet network using th e integ rated 3Com P eriphera l Componen t Interco nnect (PCI) 3C905b -TX net- wo rk interf ace contro ller (NIC).
5-2 Dell Precision 21 0 D esk top Systems U se r ’ s Guid e T he NIC con nector o n the com puter’ s bac k panel (s ee Figure 5-1) ha s the f ollo wing indica tors: A yellow activ it y indi cator flas hes w hen th e sy ste m is tr ansmi t ting or r eceiv ing network data.
Using t he Ne t work Inter face Cont roller 5-3 4. R un the Network Interfa ce T est Grou p in the D ell Di agnostic s to v erify that the NIC is operati ng prop erl y . See th e c hapter title d “R unni ng the De ll Diag nosti cs” in y our Diagno sti cs an d T roubles hooting Guide for detaile d instr uctions.
5-4 Dell Precision 21 0 D esk top Systems U se r ’ s Guid e &RQI LJXUL QJWKH 1,& T his sec tion p ro vides in str ucti ons f or c onfigur ing the co mputer’ s inte grated, 1 0/1 0 0-megabit s-per -second ( Mbps) 3Com N IC under the fo llo win g operatin g systems: Microso f t W indo ws NT 4.
Using t he Ne t work Inter face Cont roller 5-5 9. When prompted, re mo ve t he NIC dri v er disk et te 2 from the disk et te driv e and insert th e NIC driv er di sket te 1 . 1 0. When the Set up Mes sa g e co nfirms tha t the 3Com d RMON SmartA gent PC Sof t ware h as be en su ccessf ully in stalled , cli c k OK .
5-6 Dell Precision 21 0 D esk top Systems U se r ’ s Guid e 4. Start the Windo ws 95 ope rating sy st em. 5. Clic k the Star t but ton, point to Set tings , a nd cli c k Control P anel . Th en doub le- clic k the Sy s te m icon. 6. I n th e Sy st em Pr oper ties windo w , clic k the Dev ice Manag er ta b.
Using t he Ne t work Inter face Cont roller 5-7 1 8. When y ou are prompte d for th e loc ation of a dditional files , specify the c:windo wsoptionsca bs direc tor y on your ha rd- dis k dr ive or th e win95 dir e c- tor y on y our CD-R OM d riv e. T hen cl ic k OK to ac cess t he S y st em Proper ties dial og bo x.
5-8 Dell Precision 21 0 D esk top Systems U se r ’ s Guid e 2. Connect t he netw ork cabl e to the bac k of yo ur com puter . See “N etwork Cab le R equireme nts” f ou nd earlie r in this c hapter f or detailed ins truct ions . 3. V erify that the in tegrated NIC i s enable d and conne cted to its network.
Using t he Ne t work Inter face Cont roller 5-9 T o i nst a ll t h e NDI S 2. 0 1 NIC dr iver in sys t ems runni ng D e ll- inst alled W i ndows 95 Ser- vice R e leas e 2.1,or a Window s 95 op erating sy stem not installe d b y De ll, perf orm the f oll o wing st e ps: 1 .
5-1 0 Dell P recision 2 1 0 Desktop Sy stems User’ s Guide 2. Connect t he netw ork cabl e to the bac k of yo ur com puter . See “N etwork Cab le R equireme nts” f ou nd earlie r in this c hapter f or detailed ins truct ions . 3. V erify that the in tegrated NIC i s enable d and conne cted to its network.
Using t he Ne t work Inter face Cont roller 5-1 1 T he sy stem detec ts a P CI Eth ernet contro ller . 22. At t he Ad d N e w H a rd w a re W i z a rd wi ndow , cl ic k Next .
5-1 2 Dell P recision 2 1 0 Desktop Sy stems User’ s Guide 7 . In the Ins tall F r om Disk w indo w , enter a: under Cop y Manuf actur er’ s Files From , and then c lic k OK . 8. I n th e Select Netw or k Adapt er win dow , cli c k 3Com F ast Ether link XL 1 0/ 1 00Mb TX Ether net NIC (3C905B-TX) , and then cl ic k OK .
Usi ng th e I nte grat ed A udio Con tro lle r 6-1 &+$37(5 8VLQJWKH,QWHJUDWHG$ XGLR &RQWUROOHU T his c hapter des cribe s ho w to conn ect y our compu ter sy stem to e xternal audio device s t hat us e th e 1 6-bi t int e gra ted au dio cont r oll er on your co mpu t er ’ s system boa rd.
6-2 Del l Precisi on 21 0 Desk to p Sy ste m s U se r ’ s Gu id e 6SHDNHUV Y our comp ute r system supp or ts mo st s t and ard spea kers t hat have integ rate d am pl if i- ers . Y ou c an pu rchase spea kers se pa r ate ly f rom D ell. Connect t he aud io cable from the speak ers to the lin e-out jac k (see Figure 6-1).
Usi ng th e I nte grat ed A udio Con tro lle r 6-3 synt hesiz er o r other m usical i nstr ument, y ou mus t install a M IDI-c ompatible e xpan - sion c ard. (F or instr ucti ons, see “Installing a n Expans ion Card” in Cha pter 8.) If you use a MI DI ca rd, se t Sound in the S ystem Set up p rogram to Of f .
6-4 Del l Precisi on 21 0 Desk to p Sy ste m s U se r ’ s Gu id e $GMXVWLQJ9 ROXPHLQ: LQGRZV1 7 Use th e f ollo wing proc edure to adjust the spe ake r or headp hone v olum e in th e Win- dows NT 4. 0 op e rat i ng syst em: 1 .
Usi ng th e I nte grat ed A udio Con tro lle r 6-5 8VLQ J$ X GLR 8WLOL WLH V The oper atin g system ins t all ed o n your De ll system has i ts own uti lit ies for playin g audio CD s and manip ulating .wa v files: F or W indo ws 95, us e Med ia Pla ye r under Multim edia in the Ac cess or ies pro- gra m fold er .
6-6 Del l Precisi on 21 0 Desk to p Sy ste m s U se r ’ s Gu id e $XGLR'ULYHUV IRU:LQG RZV T o reinstall the a udio drive rs f or Windo ws 98, y ou must fi rst remo v e the old driv ers and then install th e ne w d rivers . F ollo w these s teps: 1 .
Usi ng th e I nte grat ed A udio Con tro lle r 6-7 $XGLR'ULYHUVIRU:LQG RZV17 T o reinstall th e audio driv ers for Window s NT 4.
6-8 Del l Precisi on 21 0 Desk to p Sy ste m s U se r ’ s Gu id e.
W orking In side Y our Co mputer 7-1 &+$37(5 : RUNLQJ,QVLGH< RX U&RPSXWHU Y our Dell Pre cision 21 0 sys tem suppo rts a v arie t y of inte rnal optio ns that exp and sy s- tem cap abilities . T his c hapter pre pares y ou to install opti ons insi de the computer .
7-2 Del l Precisi on 21 0 Desk to p Sy ste m s U se r ’ s Gu id e T o veri fy that all po w er ha s been re mov ed from the sy stem, m ake sure that th e st andby li ght - emi t ting d iode (LED ) on t he syst em bo a rd h as go ne ou t. For the loc ati on of t his LED , se e Fi gure 9-1 .
W orking In side Y our Co mputer 7-3 3. Remove th e cover . F rom the front of the computer , press in the two se curing but tons (located on the sides of the co v er to w ard the bac k). Wi th the but tons depres s ed, li f t the co v er at the b ac k, al lowing it to pivot u p toward you ( see Figu re 7 -2) .
7-4 Del l Precisi on 21 0 Desk to p Sy ste m s U se r ’ s Gu id e 5 HSODFLQJWKH &RPSXWHU&R YHU Use th e f ollo wing proc edure to replace the comp uter co v er: 1 . Chec k all cable connec tion s, espec ia ll y t hos e that mi ght ha ve come loo se during yo ur w ork.
W orking In side Y our Co mputer 7-5 5. Rese t the c hass is i n trusio n de tec tor by en ter in g the System Setup p rogr am an d set ting Chassis Intr usion to Not Detected . See Chap ter 3, “Us ing th e Sy s tem Set up P rogram,” f or ins tr uctions.
7-6 Del l Precisi on 21 0 Desk to p Sy ste m s U se r ’ s Gu id e Figure 7 -5 sho ws y our com puter with its co ve r remo v ed. R ef er to this illustratio n to locate inte rior f eat ures and co mpo nen ts dis cu ss ed in this guid e.
W orking In side Y our Co mputer 7-7 5 RWDWL QJWKH3 RZHU6XSSO $ ZD)URPW KH 6VWHP% RDUG T o acce ss some comp onents on the sy st em board, y ou ma y ha v e to r otate the sy s - tem po w er supp ly ou t of the w ay . Use the f ollo wing p rocedu re to rotate the po wer supply : 1 .
7-8 Del l Precisi on 21 0 Desk to p Sy ste m s U se r ’ s Gu id e.
Inst al li ng System Board Opt i ons 8-1 &+$37(5 ,QVWDOOLQJ6VWHP%RDUG2SWLRQV This c hapt er d escri b es how to i ns ta ll the foll owing opt ions : P eripheral Comp onent I nte.
8-2 Del l Precisi on 21 0 Desk to p Sy ste m s U se r ’ s Gu id e Use F igure 8-1 to locate th e sy stem b oard f eat ures. ([SDQVLRQ&DUG V 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 e xpansi on card, a nd a 32-bit A GP card.
Inst al li ng System Board Opt i ons 8-3 ([SDQVLRQ6ORWV T here are fiv e expa nsion -card co nnectors o n the s yste m board. E xpan sion-card c on- nect ors PCI1 throu gh PCI3 s upport 32 -bit PCI.
8-4 Del l Precisi on 21 0 Desk to p Sy ste m s U se r ’ s Gu id e ,QVWDOO LQJDQ([SD QVLRQ&DUG F ollow th is ge neral proc edure to install a n e xpans ion card: 1 .
Inst al li ng System Board Opt i ons 8-5 4. Insert the e xpansion c ard in to the e xpans ion-card connector . 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 ca rd guid e on the inside f ront of the c hassi s as y ou insert the card i nto its co nne cto r .
8-6 Del l Precisi on 21 0 Desk to p Sy ste m s U se r ’ s Gu id e 5 HPRYLQJ DQ([SDQ VLRQ&DUG F ollow th is genera l procedu re to rem ov e an expa nsion ca rd: 1 . If you are remo vin g a non-Pl ug an d Pla y IS A e xpansi on card, e nter the ICU and remo v e t he e x pa ns ion card from y our co nfig ura tion .
Inst al li ng System Board Opt i ons 8-7 $ GGLQJ0HPRU Dell P recision 21 0 sys tems c an use u nbu f f ered s yn c hronou s dy na mi c ra ndo m-acc es s memory (SDRAM) mod ules tha t pro vide er ror c hec king and c orrec tion (ECC) capa bil itie s.
8-8 Del l Precisi on 21 0 Desk to p Sy ste m s U se r ’ s Gu id e F ollow th is proced ure to perf orm a memory upgrade: 1 . Rem ov e the comp uter co v er acco rding to the in str uctio ns in “R emovin g the Computer Co v er” i n Chapter 7 . 2.
Inst al li ng System Board Opt i ons 8-9 7 . P r e ss < F2> to ent er the Sy stem Setup program, and c hec k the v alue for Syste m Memory in the low er -right corn er of P age 1 . T he sy stem shou ld ha ve already c hang ed the v alue of Sy s te m M e m o r y to reflect the ne wly installe d memo r y .
8-1 0 Dell P recision 2 1 0 Desktop Sy stems 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 an eo usl y unt il th e DI M M dise ngages from the soc ket ( see Figur e 8- 7).
Inst al li ng System Board Opt i ons 8 -1 1 2. Rot a te th e power su ppl y as des cri bed in “Rot at in g th e P ow er Sup ply A w a y F rom the S y stem B oard ” in Chapter 7 .
8-1 2 Dell P recision 2 1 0 Desktop Sy stems User’ s Guide 5. Insert the ne w SEC ca rtridge/hea t sink a ssembly into the s y stem boa rd connec tor . P ress the SEC cartridg e firmly into its connecto r until it is fully seated and the lat ches sna p int o pl ace .
Inst al li ng System Board Opt i ons 8-13 1 2. R un the De ll Diagno stics to v erify that th e ne w mic roprocess or is ope rating correct ly . See y our Diag nostic s and T rou bleshooti ng Guid e fo r inf ormat ion on r unning the diag nostics and tro ubleshoo ting a ny p roblem s that m a y occur .
8-1 4 Dell P recision 2 1 0 Desktop Sy stems User’ s Guide correc t set tings. See Chapter 3, “Using the S yste m Set up P rogram, ” f or ins truct ions . 2. R emo ve the co mputer co ver acco rding to the instr uctions in “R emo ving th e Computer Co v er” i n Chapter 7 .
Inst al li ng System Board Opt i ons 8-15 6. R otate the po w er suppl y bac k into position, maki ng sur e that the s ecuring tab snaps i nto p lace . 7 . R eplac e the c omputer cov er , and reconne ct y our com puter a nd peri pherals to their po wer source s and t urn the m on.
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Installing Driv es 9-1 &+$37(5 ,QVWDOOLQJ'U LYHV Y our Dell comp uter has fiv e driv e bay s f or installing the follo wing types of driv es ( see Fig ure 9- 1) : T he e xternally acces sible dri ve b a ys at the front o f the co mputer consist of one 3.
9-2 Del l Precisi on 21 0 Desk to p Sy ste m s U se r ’ s Gu id e 5 HPRY LQJDQG 5 HS ODFLQJ) URQW 3 DQHO ,QVHUWV Empty driv e ba y s c ontain a front-pa nel ins ert to prot ect the ins ide of the comp uter from dus t p arti cles an d a lso to e ns ure pro per airflo w w ithin the co mpu ter .
Installing Driv es 9-3 T o replac e a front-p anel i nsert f or a 5 .25-inc h bay , wor k from insid e the c ov er . Insert the two ri ng-tabs (on e on eac h end o f the ins ert) o v er the pos ts on th e inside of the ba y open ing, and fi rmly p ress both ends o f the in sert in to plac e (se e Figure 9-2).
9-4 Del l Precisi on 21 0 Desk to p Sy ste m s U se r ’ s Gu id e When at t ac h ing the in terf ace cab le to a dri v e, be sure to mat c h the colored st rip on the cab le to pin 1 of the d riv e ’ s inte rface conn ector .
Installing Driv es 9-5 I QVWDOOL QJD'ULYHL QD,QFK'ULYH%D T he upper 5.25-in c h drive can ac commo date an y of the f ollo win g types of hal f-heigh t drive s: A CD-R OM d rive that us es the se condary EIDE inte rface on the sy stem board An y 5.
9-6 Del l Precisi on 21 0 Desk to p Sy ste m s U se r ’ s Gu id e If a d rive is al ready in stalled in the ba y an d y ou a re 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 dri ve be fore slidin g the bra c ket out of the ba y .
Installing Driv es 9-7 T o further ensu re proper pos itioni ng of the driv e in the c h assis , insert and tigh ten all f our s crew s in the o rder in whic h the hol es ar e numb ered (the ho les are mar ked “1 ” t hro ugh “4”) . 5. Slide the ne w driv e into the driv e ba y u ntil it sna ps secu rely into plac e (see Figure 9- 7).
9-8 Del l Precisi on 21 0 Desk to p Sy ste m s U se r ’ s Gu id e 8. Conne ct the appro priate interf ace ca ble to the in terf ace co nnecto r on the ba c k of the dr ive (s e e F igure 9-8). If y our sy st em came with an E IDE CD-R OM drive , use th e spar e connec tor on the e xist ing in terf ace cable.
Installing Driv es 9-9 1 1 . R eplac e the c omputer cov er , and re conne ct y our com puter a nd periph erals to their po wer source s and t urn the m on.
9-1 0 Dell P recision 2 1 0 Desktop Sy stems User’ s Guide ,QVWDOOLQJ DQ(,'(+D UG'LVN'ULYH T his sec tion inc ludes inf ormation on installing, partitioni ng, and f ormat ting EID E hard- disk d riv es. Up to two 1 -inc h hard-disk dri v es or one 1 -inc h and one 1 .
Installing Driv es 9-1 1 . 4. S lide th e dr ive int o t he c h os en b ay of the b rack et, o rie nt ing i t so t hat the c onn ec- tors on th e bac k of the driv e f ace the i nside of th e c hassis wh en the brac ket i s reinstalled an d so th at t he d r iv e is in the lef t-most p os itio n i n th e b r ac k et (s ee Fi g- ure 9- 1 0).
9-1 2 Dell P recision 2 1 0 Desktop Sy stems User’ s Guide 5. Align the f our screw holes of th e driv e a nd brac ket. Insert a nd tigh ten the s crew s that cam e with y our upgrade kit. Use the four s crew ho les in the top and bot tom of the brac ket (s ee Figure 9-1 0) to secure the ins talled har d-disk dr iv e(s).
Installing Driv es 9-1 3 8. Connect o ne of th e dev ice con nectors o n the EIDE cabl e to the 40- pin in terf ace con ne cto r on the ba ck of the har d- dis k dri ve (see Fig ure 9-1 2) . 9. I f th e othe r en d of the EI DE c abl e is no t al rea dy c onn ect ed, co nne ct it to th e ID E1 connec tor on th e sy stem boa rd.
9-1 4 Dell P recision 2 1 0 Desktop Sy stems User’ s Guide 1 3. Whil e in t he System Setup p r ogr am, res et th e c hass is in trusi on det ect or by ch a n g i n g Chas sis Intr usion to Not Detect ed . See Chap ter 3, “Us ing th e Sy s tem Set up P rogram,” f or ins tr uctions.
T e c h nica l Sp ec ifi cat i ons A-1 $33(1',;$ 7 HFKQLFDO6SHF LILFDWLRQV Micropro cess or type . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Intel P entium II mic roproc essor tha t r uns at 350 , 400, or 450 MHz intern ally/ 1 0 0 MHz exter nal ly . A sl ower compat ibil it y speed c an be set through the S y stem Set up p rogram .
A-2 Dell Precision 21 0 Desk to p Sy stem s U se r ’ s Guide NIC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3Com 3C905 b-TX W akeup On LAN- capabl e I/O control ler . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . National PC 87 309 Bus types .
T e c h nica l Sp ec ifi cat i ons A-3 Arc hitect ure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72-bit ECC S DRAM DIMM soc ke ts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . fo ur D I M M c a p a c i t i es . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 2 - , 64-, and 128-MB unbuf f ered, 72-bit SDRAM Standard RAM .
A-4 Dell Precision 21 0 Desk to p Sy stem s U se r ’ s Guide Inter n all y acce ss ible: 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 us Disk et te driv e . . . . . . . . .
T e c h nica l Sp ec ifi cat i 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). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . y ello w LED P ow er in dicator ( on sy stem board) .
A-6 Dell Precision 21 0 Desk to p Sy stem s U se r ’ s Guide Maxim um sh oc k: Op e r a t in g . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . h a l f - s i ne wave fo r m : 5 0 G f or 2 ms S to r a g e . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Hardwar e Co nfigur at i on Feat ures B-1 $33(1',;% +DUGZDUH&RQILJXUDWLRQ)HDWXUHV This ap pen dix p rovid es sp ec if ic i nform ati on a bout the j ump ers on you r 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 co mputer .
B-2 Dell Precision 21 0 Desk to p Sy stem s U se r ’ s Guide A jumper is ref erred to as open or unj ump ered when the plug i s pus hed do wn o v er only o ne pin o r if the re is no plug at all. When the p lug is p ushed d o w n o v er t wo pi ns , the jump er is re f err ed to as jumpe red .
Hardwar e Co nfigur at i on Feat ures B-3 jumpered unjumpered.
B-4 Dell Precision 21 0 Desk to p Sy stem s U se r ’ s Guide 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 ). 450M HZ * J u mpe red when the mic r op roc ess or’ s interna l speed is 45 0 MH z.
Hardwar e Co nfigur at i on Feat ures B-5 6VW HP% RD UG/ DEH OV T a ble B-2 lists the labe ls f or connect ors and so c k ets on y our sy stem board and giv es a brief descripti on of th eir functio ns.
B-6 Dell Precision 21 0 Desk to p Sy stem s U se r ’ s Guide ,23 RUWVDQG& RQQHFWRUV Th e I / O p o rt s a nd c o n ne c to r s o n t h e b a ck pa n e l o f you r c o mp u t e r a r .
Hardwar e Co nfigur at i on Feat ures B-7 Most sof tware uses th e term CO M (fo r COMmun ications) p lus a number to d esignate a seria l port ( for exa mple, COM 1 or COM 2). T he default d esign ations of y our com- puter’ s built-in s erial ports are COM1 an d COM2.
B-8 Dell Precision 21 0 Desk to p Sy stem s U se r ’ s Guide 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 jum pers or swit c hes s o t hat its port d esignati on c hanges to the ne xt a v ail able COM numbe r , lea v- ing t he design ation f or the built-i n port as is.
Hardwar e Co nfigur at i on Feat ures B-9 If yo u recon figure y our hardw are, you ma y need pin numbe r and si gnal inf ormatio n for the para llel port c onnector .
B-1 0 Dell P recision 2 1 0 Desktop S y stems User’ s Guide . HERDUGDQG0 RXVH&RQQHFWRU V Y our s ys tem us es a P ersonal S y stem/2 (PS/ 2)-style k e yboa rd and su pports a PS /2- compati ble mous e.
Hardwar e Co nfigur at i on Feat ures B -1 1 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-6 illustrates the pin n umbers f or the mouse c onnector , and T able B-6 lis ts an d defines the pin assign ments and interf ace signa ls f or the mouse c onnec tor .
B-1 2 Dell P recision 2 1 0 Desktop S y stems User’ s Guide 9LGHR&R QQHFWRU F or informa tion on you r video c onnec tor , see the ma nuf act urer’ s spec ification s that acco mp ani ed your vi deo ca rd.
Hardwar e Co nfigur at i on Feat ures B-1 3 0LFURSKRQ H-DF N T he micro phone jac k (see Figu re B-9) can be used to at tac h a s t andard personal com- puter mic rophon e. Conn ect the au dio ca ble from th e micr ophone to the mic rophone jac k.
B-1 4 Dell P recision 2 1 0 Desktop S y stems User’ s Guide /LQH 2XW-DFN T he line- out jac k (see Figure B-1 0) c an be use d to at tac h m ost comp uter spe ake rs. T he line- out ja c k is ampl ified, so speak e rs with i ntegrat ed amp lifiers are n ot requ ired.
Hardwar e Co nfigur at i on Feat ures B-1 5 IRQ0 S ys tem timer IRQ1 K eyboa rd cont roller IRQ2 Inter r upt controlle r (enables IRQ8 through IRQ1 5) IRQ3 and IRQ4 Serial p orts (if ena bled in S y s.
B-1 6 Dell P recision 2 1 0 Desktop S y stems User’ s Guide 0HPRU $OORF DWLRQV A microp rocess or and pro grams op erating under MS-D OS (real- mode o peratio n) can addr ess only 1 megaby te (MB) (1 024 kil ob ytes [KB]) of sy stem m emor y .
Hardwar e Co nfigur at i on Feat ures B- 1 7 00 09FC00–0009FFFF PS/2-m ouse data are a 000A 0000 – 000 B F F F F V i d e o R AM 000C 0000 – 000 C 7 F F F V i d e o B IO S 000C 8 000–000 E FF F.
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IS A Configura tion Util ity Messages C-1 $33(1',;& ,6$&RQILJXUDWLRQ8WLOLW 0HVVDJH V T he IS A Confi guration U tility (ICU) a nd its Con figurat ion Ma nager are capable of ide n- tifying p roblems an d alerting you to th em.
C-2 Dell Precision 21 0 Desk to p Sy stem s U se r ’ s Guide Out of memory Memory allocation fai led Either of these me ssages can appea r if the sy s t em runs ou t of m emo r y duri ng you r opera tion. Disa ble an y terminat e-an d-stay -resi dent (TSR) programs o r any unne eded de vi ce driv ers.
IS A Configura tion Util ity Messages C-3 At least one Plug and Play card in your sys tem is not configured due to conflicts. These are marked “config err” i n the list of configure d cards. Due to conflic ts, the ICU could on ly configure some Plug and Play cards i n your system.
C-4 Dell Precision 21 0 Desk to p Sy stem s U se r ’ s Guide The loaded card is no t a category card. Press OK to proceed. The cat e gor y you have c hosen is not t he cor rect category under whic h to add this card. Sel ec t OK . T he ICU autom atica lly o pens the cor rect c ategory’ s dialog bo x.
IS A Configura tion Util ity Messages C-5 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 lread y in use by confl icting_ card .
C-6 Dell Precision 21 0 Desk to p Sy stem s U se r ’ s Guide 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.
IS A Configura tion Util ity Messages C-7 &RQILJX UDWL RQ0DQDJHU 0HVVD JHV T he Conf igurati on Mana ger f or the I CU iden tifies problem s f ollo wing th e sy ste m boot routin e and gen erates messag es if n ecessa r y .
C-8 Dell Precision 21 0 Desk to p Sy stem s U se r ’ s Guide ERROR: Could not read NVS, Error=Internal Error Code. An at tempt to read the NVRAM f ailed. See th e c hapter titled “Get ting Help ” in y our Diag nos tic s and T ro ubl esh ooti ng G ui de for instr uctions on obtai ni ng t ec hnical as si stance .
IS A Configura tion Util ity Messages C-9 WARNING: Could not configure Plug and Play Card Name. WARNING: Could not configure PCI device, ID=DeviceID. Failed to configure Number of Total Count Plug and Play ISA devices. Use your system’s configura- tion utility to resolve conflicts.
C-1 0 Dell P recision 2 1 0 Desktop S y stems User’ s Guide WARNING: Could not configure Plug and Play Card Name. WARNING: Could not configure PCI device, ID=DeviceID. Failed to configure Number of Total Count Plug and Play ISA devices. Use your system’s configura- tion utility to resolve conflicts.
Maint ain i ng t he System D-1 $33(1',;' 0DLQWDLQLQJWKH6VW HP Proper use o f prevent ive ma in te nanc e pr oced ur es ca n keep t he sys t em in top ope rat- ing con dition and m inimi ze th e need fo r cost ly , time-cons uming se r vice proc edures.
D-2 Dell P recision 2 1 0 Desktop Sy stems User’ s Guide As a last resort, y ou can bac k up a h ard-disk dri v e’ s contents on disk et tes, a method that is both tim e-consum ing and p rone to human er ror . Also, b ac k ing up a full 4-G B hard-dis k driv e requires appro ximately 277 disk et tes (whe n using 1 .
Maint ain i ng t he System D- 3 5 HFRPPHQGHG 7 RROVDQG$FFHVVRULHV Dell re comm ends that y ou use the fo llo win g tools a nd ac cessorie s wh en yo u cle an the sy stem: A wrist-gro undi.
D-4 Dell P recision 2 1 0 Desktop Sy stems User’ s Guide &OHDQL QJ 'ULY HV Y ou c an clea n the h eads of y our disk et te driv es b y us ing a commerc ially av ailable disk et te-driv e head-cle aning ki t.
Maint ain i ng t he System D- 5 If the sys tem ha s been exp osed to abnorma lly col d tempe rat ures, allo w a two- hour w a rm-up period to b ring it up to no rmal oper ating te mperat ure b ef ore t ur nin g it on . F a il ure to do so ma y cau se dam ag e to int erna l c omp one nts , pa rtic u- larly the h ard-disk driv e.
D-6 Dell P recision 2 1 0 Desktop Sy stems User’ s Guide &RUURVLRQ T he oil from a perso n ’ s fing ers or prolong ed expos ure to high temp erat ure or humidity can c orrod e th e go ld- pla ted edg e con nec tor s an d pi n con nec tor s on variou s devic es in the sy stem.
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 RFI , foll ow thes e gui del ine s: Opera te t h e syste m onl y wit h the system cover in st al le d.
D-8 Dell P recision 2 1 0 Desktop Sy stems 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 minu tes. In sto rage, t he sy stem can w ithstand 0.5 G a t 3 to 2 00 Hz for 30 minute s.
Maint ain i ng t he System D- 9 6XUJH 3 URW HFWRUV Surg e pr otec to rs a re availab le i n a varie t y of t yp es an d usu al ly provi de a l evel of pr o- tec t ion comm ens ura te wi th the c o st of the d evice.
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Regula tor y Notices E-1 $33(1',;( 5 H JXODWRU1RWLFHV Electrom agnetic I nterf erence (EMI ) is an y sign al or e mission, ra diated in free sp ace or conducte d along p ow e r or signal le.
E-2 Dell Precisi on 21 0 Desk to p Sy ste m s U se r ’ s Gu id e Inf ormation T ec hnolog y Equipm ent (I TE), includi ng periph erals, e xpansion c ards, prin t- ers, input/outpu t (I/O) devi ces, .
Regula tor y Notices E-3 &ODVV $ T hi s e qu ipm ent ha s b een tes ted and f ound to comp ly wi th th e l imits f or a Cl ass A di g- ital de vice pursuant to P art 1 5 of th e FCC R ules.
E-4 Dell Precisi on 21 0 Desk to p Sy ste m s U se r ’ s Gu id e Compan y name: Dell Computer Corporation R egulatory Department One Del l W ay R ound R oc k , T ex as 7868 2 US A 51 2-338-4400 .
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E-6 Dell Precisi on 21 0 Desk to p Sy ste m s U se r ’ s Gu id e &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) for in form ation tec hnolog y equip ment.
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F-2 Del l Precisi on 21 0 Desk to p Sy ste m s U se r ’ s Gu id e A uthori zation Nu mber . Y ou mu st ship th e produ cts bac k to D ell in the ir origi nal or equi valent pa c kag ing, prepay shipping c harge s, and insure the shi pment or accept the risk of loss or da mage during sh ipmen t.
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F-4 Del l Precisi on 21 0 Desk to p Sy ste m s U se r ’ s Gu id e damage during s hipmen t. Y ou ma y ret urn so f t ware f or refund or cr edit only if the sealed pac kage containi ng the d isk et te(s) or CD(s ) is unop ened.
W arrant y , Return P olicy , and Y e ar 20 0 0 St at em ent of Co mpl ia nc e F- 5 6RIWZDU H Dell s pecif ically ex clu des all non-Del l-de v eloped sof tware fro m this co mplia nce state- ment. All sof tware r u n on Dell-b randed hardw are pr oducts s hould be indepe ndentl y ve rified b y cu stome rs to be y ear 20 0 0-complia nt.
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Glossary 1 *ORVVDU The following list d efi nes or ide nti fies tec hnical terms, a bbre viations , and acr onyms u sed in D ell ® user docu ments. NO TE: Unle ss ot he r wise spec ifie d, these de finitio ns ma y not apply to operat ing sy stems other th an Mic ros of t ® W indo ws ® 95 and Win do ws NT ® .
2 Dell Precis ion 21 0 Deskto p Sy ste m s U se r ’ s Gu id e read- wr ite, it may be defi ned by a man- agemen t appli catio n. The autoex ec. bat file (Wi ndows 95 and MS-DO S only) is execu ted wh en you boot your computer ( after exec uting any comma nds i n th e config.
Glossary 3 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.
4 Dell Precis ion 21 0 Deskto p Sy ste m s U se r ’ s Gu id e The f irst 640 KB o f RAM. Conven tional memo ry is foun d in a ll co mputers. U nless they are spec ially de signe d, MS-DO S ® progra ms are limite d to ru nning in conv en- tional m emory.
Glossary 5 hardware. DM I collec ts informat ion about the s ystem ’s com ponen ts, su ch as t he operat ing syst em, memo ry, peri pherals, expans ion card s, and a sset tag. Informa- tion about the s ystem’s componen ts is disp layed as a MIF file or throug h the Del l Inspec tor progra m.
6 Dell Precis ion 21 0 Deskto p Sy ste m s U se r ’ s Gu id e expans ion s lot co ntains the card an d ob- tains i nformation ab out the ca rd’s required system re sources from a corre- spondi ng EISA c onfigu ration file. Abbrevia tion for Ele ctromagne tic Compatib ility.
Glossary 7 Abbrevia tion for gi gabyte(s). A g igabyte equ a l s 1 ,024 m ega by tes or 1,073 ,741,824 b ytes. See coproces sor . A video mode th at can be defined a s x hori zonta l by y vert ic al pixel s by z colors.
8 Dell Precis ion 21 0 Deskto p Sy ste m s U se r ’ s Gu id e Abbrevia tion for in terrupt reque st. A sig- nal that data is ab out to be sent to or rece ived by a pe riphera l device travel s by an IR Q line to the mic roproc essor. Ea ch periphera l con nection m ust be as signed an IRQ number.
Glossary 9 Abbrevia tion for me gabyte(s). Th e term megab yte means 1,048,5 76 bytes ; how- ever, wh en refe rring to hard-disk drive storage, the term is often ro unded to mean 1, 000,00 0 bytes. Abbrevia tion fo r megabyte s per sec ond. Abbrevia tion fo r megabits per seco nd.
1 0 Dell P recision 21 0 Desktop S y stems User’ s Guide Abbrevia tion fo r millivo lt(s). Abbrevia tion for Netwo rk Driver Interface Specifi cation . Acronym for n etwork interface control l er. Abbrevia tion for NetWare ® Loadabl e Modu le. Abbrevia tion for nonmask able inter rupt.
Glossary 1 1 Acronym for power-on s elf-test. Bef ore the o perating s ystem load s when y ou turn on y our co mpu ter, the P OST tes ts va riou s system comp onents such as RAM, the disk d rives, and th e keyboa rd. Abbrevia tion for pa ges per m inute.
1 2 De ll P recision 21 0 Desktop S yst ems User’ s Guide An operat ing mo de support ed by 80286 or high er microproc essors, rea l mode im- itate s the arch itecture of an 80 86 micro pr oces sor. The rate a t whic h the monitor redraws the video im age on the monitor sc reen.
Glossary 1 3 screen. To take ad vantage of th is techn ol- ogy, you mus t have a SMART -compl iant hard-dis k dri ve an d th e p rop er s up port in the syst em BIOS. Abbrevia tion for Sim ple Network Manage ment Pro tocol. SN MP is an industry -standard in terface that allows a network manager to remotely monitor and mana ge work s tati ons.
1 4 De ll P recision 21 0 Desktop S yst ems User’ s Guide mouse, a nd key board drive rs are ins talle d for Window s. Running the Contro l P anel or Window s Setup pro gram may cha nge opti ons i n the syst em. ini fil e. On othe r occasi ons, y ou may nee d to chang e or add opti ons to the syst em.
Glossary 1 5 Abbrevia tion for vo lt(s) alterna ting current. Abbrevia tion for Volun tary Control Council for Interfere nce. Abbrevia tion for vi deo casse tte recorder. Abbrevia tion for vo lt(s) direct c urrent. Acronym for Video Ele ctronics Stan dards Asso ciat ion.
1 6 De ll P recision 21 0 Desktop S yst ems User’ s Guide A method for incre asing addr essa ble RAM b y usin g th e har d-d isk driv e. Fo r ex - ample, in a computer wi th 16 MB of RAM and 16 MB of vi rtual memo ry set up on the hard -disk drive, the operating sy stem would m anage th e system as thoug h it had 32 MB of physica l R AM.
Glossary 1 7 Abbrevia tion fo r extended memory ma n- ager , a utility that a llows applic ation progra ms and operating syste ms to use exten ded memo ry in ac cor dan ce with the XMS. Abbrevia tion for eXte nded Mem ory Specifi cation . Acronym fo r zero insertion force.
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Inde x 1 ,QGH [ $ AC, 1- 11, 7-1 adding . See install ing; upgra de opti ons AGP, 1-3 alterna ting curren t. See AC asset t ag number assi gni ng, 2- 4 viewin g, 3-19 Asset Ta g setting, 3-19 Asset Ta.
2 Dell Precis i on 21 0 Desk top Systems Use r ’ s Gu ide chas sis. 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 tool.
Inde x 3 Diskette Drive A and Diskette Drive B opti ons, 3-6 dis ket te d riv es acce ss in dic ator, 1- 11 cleani ng, D -4 connec ting, 9 -3 hea d- cle aning kit , D- 3 ins tal ling , 9- 5 interfac e.
4 Dell Precis i on 21 0 Desk top Systems Use r ’ s Gu ide * gett ing hel p, 1 -13 groun ding proc edure, 7 -1 groun ding stra p, D-3 + Hard Disk Only setting, 3-12 hard-dis k drives acce ss in dic a.
Inde x 5 - jack s line -in jack , 6-1, B- 14 lin e-o ut jac k, 6- 1, B-1 4 loc ati on on back pane l, B -6 micr ophone ja ck, 6 -1, B-13 jumpers about, 7 -6, B-1 BIOS jumper, B-4 location, B-3 PSWD jumpe r, 3-24, B-4 settings (table), B- 4 speed j umpers , 8-12, B-4 .
6 Dell Precis i on 21 0 Desk top Systems Use r ’ s Gu ide 1 network drivers Windows 95, 5 -5 Windows 98, 5 -9 Windows NT 4.0, 5-4 network frame type, 5- 3 NIC cable requiremen ts, 5-2 conf iguring ,.
Inde x 7 power bu tton, 1- 11 power in dicator, 1-11 power LE D, 8-2 Power Ma nagem ent option , 3-14 power source inte rrupt ion s prev enting, D -8 power s upply inpu t connecto rs, 8-2 rotating awa.
8 Dell Precis i on 21 0 Desk top Systems Use r ’ s Gu ide Speake r option , 3-18 speake rs connec ting, 6 -2 specifi cations , A-1 speed j umpers setting, 8-12, B-4 stan dby LED , 8-2 start- up, 3-1.
Inde x 9 driv es, 9-1 expans ion card s, 8-4 micropro cessor, 8-10 upper me mory a ddress m ap, B-17 UPS, D-9 USB connectors about, B-1 2 loc ati on, 8 -2 pin as signments , B-13 pin numb ers, B- 13 9 VESA and power m anageme nt, 3-14 VGA DAC Sno op opti on, 3-10 video c onnector, 7-6, B-1 2 Vide o Electroni cs Standard s Associati on.
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