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Owner's Manual - Page 4
... Technology 27 DDR Memory and Processor Front-Side Bus 27 Hyper-Threading 27 Overclocking 28
3 Solving Problems
Finding Solutions 29
Finding Help Information 30
Battery Problems 31
Drive Problems 31 Floppy drive problems 31 CD drive problems 32 Problems writing to a CD-RW drive 33 DVD drive problems 33 Hard drive problems 33
E-Mail, Modem, and Internet Problems 34
Error Messages 35...
Owner's Manual - Page 5
... Diagnostics 52 Starting the Dell Diagnostics 52 Dell Diagnostics Main Menu 54
Drivers 55 What Is a Driver 55 Identifying Drivers 56 Reinstalling Drivers 56
Using Microsoft® Windows® XP System Restore 57 Creating a Restore Point 57 Restoring the Computer to an Earlier Operating State 58 Undoing the Last System Restore 58
Resolving Software and Hardware Incompatibilities 59...
Owner's Manual - Page 13
...
technical support
• Community Forum - Online discussion with other Dell customers
• Documentation for my computer
• Upgrades - Upgrade information for components, such as memory,
the hard drive, and the operating system
• Customer Care - Contact information, order status, warranty, and repair information
• Downloads - Drivers, patches, and software updates...
Owner's Manual - Page 15
... reinstall drivers for the devices that came with your computer.
The product key for your operating system is located on your computer.
• Service Tag and Express Service Code • Microsoft® Windows® License Label
Service Tag and Microsoft Windows Label
These labels are located on your computer.
•Use the Service Tag to identify your computer when you access Dell Support...
Owner's Manual - Page 24
www.dell.com | support.dell.com
How to Copy a CD or DVD
NOTE: If you have a DVD/CD-RW combo drive and you experience recording problems, check for available software patches at the Sonic support website at support.sonic.com.
NOTE: Most commercial DVDs have copyright protection and cannot be copied using Sonic RecordNow.
1 Click the Start button, point to All...
Owner's Manual - Page 27
...Your Dell™ Dimension™ XPS computer is equipped with the Intel 875P chip set, which utilizes Performance Acceleration Technology (PAT). PAT is designed to optimize performance by reducing the latency between DDR 400 memory and 800 front-side bus processors, and helps provide high performance to meet the requirements for today's demanding software.
DDR Memory and Processor Front-Side Bus...
Owner's Manual - Page 31
... Dell (see page 112).
Drive Problems
Floppy drive problems
ENSURE THAT MICROSOFT® WINDOWS® RECOGNIZES THE DRIVE - Click the Start button and click My Computer. If the floppy drive is not listed, perform a full scan with your antivirus software to check for and remove viruses. Viruses can sometimes prevent Windows from recognizing the drive.
TEST THE DRIVE - • Insert another disk...
Owner's Manual - Page 37
... IMMEDIATELY - If your computer has a CD-RW drive installed, see the drive's documentation for instructions.
ENSURE THAT YOU HAVE NOT MADE AN ERROR WHILE ENTERING DATA - See the program documentation to ensure that the values or characters you are entering are valid.
CHECK FOR VIRUSES - Use a virus-scanning program to check the hard drive, floppy disks, or CDs.
Solving...
Owner's Manual - Page 44
... following port(s): setting is USB.
REINSTALL THE PRINTER DRIVER - See the printer documentation for instructions.
Scanner Problems
NOTE: Dell does not cover the scanner's warranty. If you need technical assistance for your scanner, call the scanner's manufacturer. See the scanner documentation for the correct phone number.
CHECK THE SCANNER DOCUMENTATION - See the scanner documentation for setup...
Owner's Manual - Page 55
...Drivers
What Is a Driver?
A driver is a program that controls a device such as a printer, mouse, or keyboard. All devices require a driver program.
A driver acts like a translator between the device and any other programs that use the device. Each device has its own set of specialized commands that only its driver recognizes.
Dell ships your computer to you with required drivers already installed...
Owner's Manual - Page 56
...dell.com and your Dell Dimension ResourceCD provide approved drivers for Dell™ computers. If you install drivers obtained from other sources, your computer might not work correctly.
Using Windows XP Device Driver Rollback If a problem occurs on your computer after you install or update a driver, use Windows XP Device Driver Rollback to replace the driver with the previously installed version...
Owner's Manual - Page 57
... Microsoft® Windows® XP System Restore
The Microsoft Windows XP operating system provides System Restore to allow you to return your computer to an earlier operating state (without affecting data files) if changes to the hardware, software, or other system settings have left the computer in an undesirable operating state. See the Windows Help and Support Center for information...
Owner's Manual - Page 60
... and possibly affect programs installed on your hard drive. Therefore, do not reinstall Windows XP unless a Dell technical support representative instructs you to do so.
NOTICE: To prevent conflicts with Windows XP, disable any virus protection software installed on your computer before you reinstall Windows XP. See the documentation that came with the software for instructions.
Booting From the...
Owner's Manual - Page 61
... recover your current Windows XP data, type r to select the repair option, and remove the CD.
4 If you want to install a new copy of Windows XP, press to select that option.
5 Press to select the highlighted partition (recommended), and follow the instructions on the screen.
The Windows XP Setup screen appears, and the operating system begins to copy files and install the devices. The computer...
Owner's Manual - Page 111
... system board (see page 73) and attach the jumper to pins 1 and 2 to reenable the password feature.
13 Replace the computer cover (see page 102).
NOTICE: To connect a network cable, first plug the cable into the network wall jack and then plug it into the computer.
14 Connect your computer and devices to electrical outlets, and turn them on.
Dell Technical Support...
Owner's Manual - Page 139
Index
A
AGP cards, 80 installing, 81 removing, 80
audio. See sound
B
battery problems, 31 replacing, 101
BIOS clearing passwords, 110 settings, 109
C
cards AGP, 80 PCI, 77 slots, 66
CD drive installing, 89 problems, 32 removing, 88
CD-RW drive problems, 33
CDs copying, 23
Check Disk, 33
computer crashes, 36-37 restore to previous state, 57 stops responding, 36
conflicts software and hardware ...
Owner's Manual - Page 141
..., 41
Network Setup Wizard, 25
O
Operating System CD, 15
operating system reinstalling Windows XP, 60
overclocking, 28
P
padlock ring, 66 passwords
clearing, 110 PCI cards, 77
installing, 77 removing, 79
performance chip set, 27 Hyper-Threading, 27 Intel® Performance Acceleration Technology, 27 memory and front side bus, 27 overclocking, 28
Performance Acceleration Technology, 27
power button...
Owner's Manual - Page 142
R
regulatory notices, 128 reinstalling
Windows XP, 60 ResourceCD, 57
Dell Diagnostics, 52
S
safety instructions, 9 scanner
problems, 44 screen. See monitor security cable slot, 66 serial
connectors, 67 Service Tag, 15 settings
BIOS, 109 setup diagram, 14 shutting down your
computer, 25 software
conflicts, 59 Hyper-Threading, 27 problems, 36-37 sound connectors, 66 problems, 45 volume, 45 speaker ...
Windows XP Tech Sheet - Page 2
... Intel(R)82801ER SATA RAID Controller and press . 10 Press again to continue. 11 Leave the Intel SATA Drivers floppy disk in the computer. 12 To complete the Windows XP installation, see the instructions for setting up Windows in the
"Reinstalling Microsoft Windows XP" section in the Dell Dimension XPS Owner's Manual.
NOTE: When Windows Setup completes, remove the floppy disk and store it...
Windows XP Tech Sheet - Page 5
....dell.com | support.dell.com
Microsoft Windows XP
CD』は、Microsoft Windows
注意:Microsoft Windows
1 CD
2
3 DELL F12
Windows
4 Press any key to boot from CD(CD
5 Windows Windows Setup
6 F6
Press F6 if you need to install a third party SCSI or RAID driver SCSI または RAID F6
7 s
2
8 Intel SATA...