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v 6DIH W,QVWUXFWLRQV Use the f o llo wing sa f ety guid elines to h elp pro tect y our com puter sy s tem from p oten- tial da mage a nd to ens ure y our own person al sa f ety . :KHQ8VLQJ< RXU&RPS XWHU6VWHP As y ou use y our com puter s yste m, obs er ve the f ollo win g saf e ty guidelines .
vi Do not spill fo od or liqu ids on you r computer . If the computer gets we t, consult you r Diagn ostics a nd T roubleshooti ng Guide. Do not pus h an y object s into the opening s of your c omputer . Doing so can cause fire or el ectric shoc k by shorting out interi or compon ents.
vii :KHQ: RU NLQJ,QVLGH< R XU&RPSXWHU B ef ore y ou remov e the computer c over , perform the f ollo wing steps in the sequence indica ted.
viii Whil e you work, pe riod icall y touch an unpa inted met al su rface on the co mputer c hassi s to dissip ate any st atic electricity th at might har m inte rnal compon ents.
ix The follo wing c a utio n may app ear throughout this document to remi nd you of th ese prec autions:.
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xi 3U H I D F H $ERXW7KLV*XLGH Thi s guide is inte nded for an yone w ho uses the Dell Precision 61 0 mini to wer co m- pute r systems. It can be us ed by both first-t ime and experienc ed comp uter u sers wh o wa nt to learn abou t the f eatures a nd operation of th e systems or who want to upgr ade thei r com puters .
xii Appendix A, “T ec hnical Spec ifications,” a nd Appendix B , “Har dwa re Configura- tion F eatures,” are intended prim arily as ref erence material for us ers interested in lear ni ng m ore a bou t the de tails of the system .
xiii Docum entation is include d with an y optio ns you purc hase se parately from y our sy ste m. This do cu men tation i nc lud es in format ion tha t y ou need to c on figure and inst all these op tion s i n your Dell compu ter .
xiv Filena mes and dir ector y na mes are p resen ted i n lowercase b old. Exampl es: aut o ex ec .ba t and c: windo ws S yntax li nes consi st of a comman d and al l its pos sible param eters.
xv &RQWHQWV &KDS WHU ,QWUR GXFWLRQ System Features .
xvi Microso ft Updated ATAPI Dri vers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-6 Reinstal ling the Wind ows NT 4.0 Micros oft Updated ATAP I Driver . . . . . . . . 2-7 Removin g the Windows NT 4 .0 Microsoft Up dated ATAPI Drive r .
xvii Keyboa rd NumLock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-13 Report Key board Errors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-13 Auto Powe r On . . . . .
xviii &KDS WHU 8VLQJ WKH1HWZRUN ,QWHUIDFH&RQWURO OHU Connecti ng to a Network . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
xix &KDS WHU ,QVWDO OLQJ6VWHP %RDUG2S WLRQV Expansio n Cards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
xx Serial and Parallel Ports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-7 Adding a n Expansio n Card Containing Seri al or Parallel Ports . . . . . . . . . B-7 Serial P ort Connecto rs . . . . . . . . . . . .
xxi Power Pro tection Devices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . D-9 Surge Prote c tors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . D-9 Line Con ditioners .
xxii Figure 4 -4. Configura tion Settings Di alog Box for Assigning an IRQ Line . . . . 4-8 Figure 4 -5. Av ailable Setting s List Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-8 Figure 4 -6. Configura tion Settings Di alog Box for Assigning a DMA Channe l .
xxiii Figure B-3 . Pin Numbe rs for the Serial Port Co nnectors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-8 Figure B-4 . Pin Numbe rs for the Parallel Po rt Connector . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-9 Figure B-5 . Pin Numbe rs for the External SCSI Connec tor .
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Intro duction 1- 1 &+$37(5 ,QWURGXFWLRQ Dell Precis ion ™ 61 0 sys tems are hig h-speed, upgr adable w orkstations designe d around In tel ® P entium ® II Xeon ™ proc essor s. These DeIl ® system s supp ort th e high - perf ormance P eripheral Com ponent Inte rconnect (PCI) b us and th e accelerated graph ics po rt (A GP) bu s.
1-2 Dell Precision 610 Mini T o wer Systems User ’s Gu ide under op erating sy s tem s t hat suppo rt mu ltip roc es si ng, suc h as Micro so f t ® Win do ws NT ® 4.
Intro duction 1- 3 A modula r computer c hassis w ith a minimum n umber of scre ws f or easy dis- assem bly and impro ved ser vicea bility . A high-sp eed, hig h-reso lution A GP or PCI graphic s adap ter . (Documentation from the gr aphics ada pter manufa cturer i s included with the sy stem.
1-4 Dell Precision 610 Mini T o wer Systems User ’s Gu ide V id eo driv ers for the Micros of t W indo ws NT 4.0 operating sy stem. NO TE: Some grap hics adap ters support the Wind ows NT 4.0 operati ng sys tem only . Re fer to the documentation that cam e with your gra phics adapter f or more inform ation .
Intro duction 1- 5 admini strators to remotel y manage c onnected Dell P recision 61 0 sys tems in a Dell DMI client net w ork. F eatu res of Dell Op enManage Cl ient Admi nistrator incl ude: — Compl iance with the DMI 2.0 s pecificatio n — Support f or the Micr osof t W indo ws NT 4.
1-6 Dell Precision 610 Mini T o wer Systems User ’s Gu ide — A utomated mapping of one or more groups to a user -defin ed directory — A LAN A dapter compon ent that lists detailed inf ormation a.
Intro duction 1- 7 NO TE: Y ou must install Windows NT 4.0 Ser vice P ac k 3 and the Microsof t updated A T API driver befor e installin g the NIC drivers. Other wise, the i ntegrat ed NIC wi ll not function properly . See the Dell M icrosof t Windo w s NT W orkstation 4.
1-8 Dell Precision 610 Mini T o wer Systems User ’s Gu ide T o complete ly remov e all po wer from the s ystem, unplug the A C pow er cable from its sourc e.
Intro duction 1- 9 F or info rmation about en abling, disabling, or c onfiguring input/output (I/O) ports and connectors, see Chapter 3, “Usi ng the S ystem S etup P rogram.” F or detailed descrip tions and illu strations of eac h port and con nector on the bac k panel, se e “I/O P orts and Conne ctors” in Append ix B.
1-1 0 Dell Precision 610 Mini T ower Systems User ’s Guide *HWWLQJ+HOS If at an y time y ou don ’t un derstand a procedure describe d in this guide or if the sys - tem does not perfor m as e xpected, Dell provides a number of tools to help you.
Usin g th e Sof tware Support U t ilities 2-1 &+$37(5 8VLQJWKH6RIWZDUH6XSSRUW 8WLOLWLHV Y our Dell system co mes with sof t wa re support utiliti es on disk et te or on y our com- pute r’ s hard -dis k drive.
2-2 Dell Precision 610 Mini T o wer Systems User ’s Gu ide In cas e yo u later need to rei nst all the f iles for an y reason, y ou need to cop y the dis- ke tte images to a ba c kup disk et te (see the n ext sectio n, “Bac king Up the Sof t ware Support U tilities ”).
Usin g th e Sof tware Support U t ilities 2-3 5 HLQVWDOOLQJ WKH' HOO6VWHP 8WLOLWLHVDQG 6HUYLFHVIRU :LQGRZV1 7 The system u tilit ies an d ser v ices ar e alre ady ins ta lled a nd oper ative on your hard- disk driv e.
2-4 Dell Precision 610 Mini T o wer Systems User ’s Gu ide Y ou ca n use the A sset T ag utility to enter an asset tag number tha t you or y our com- pan y assi gn to the c omputer; you can also use it to reenter th e comput er’ s ser vic e tag number i f that becomes necessary .
Usin g th e Sof tware Support U t ilities 2-5 When the s ystem is on and the A utoShutdo wn ser vice is i nst alle d, the po wer but ton operat es in A utoShutdo wn mode.
2-6 Dell Precision 610 Mini T o wer Systems User ’s Gu ide The following examp le shows t he con t ents of a possi ble bat ch file. NO TE: The firs t three lines of y our batc h file must matc h the first th ree lines in the f ollow- ing example. autopowr if errorlevel 2 goto alarm if errorlevel 1 goto button :alarm call alarm.
Usin g th e Sof tware Support U t ilities 2-7 The driver f or W indows NT 4.0 has also been copied to y our hard-disk drive in disk et te-image f orm. If you need to reinstall or re move th is driver , you can do so as des cribe d in the followi ng s ubsec tio ns.
2-8 Dell Precision 610 Mini T o wer Systems User ’s Gu ide 5 H PRYLQJWKH:LQGRZV170LFURVRIW 8SGDWHG$ 7 $3, 'ULY HU T o r emove the M ic ros o f t up dated A T API driver , foll ow these s teps: system 32d rivers at api.
Using the Sy stem S etup P rogra m 3-1 &+$37(5 8VLQJWKH6V WHP6H WXS3 URJUDP Eac h time y ou t urn on y our computer system or p ress the rese t but ton, the system compare s the .
3-2 Dell Precision 610 Mini T o wer Systems User ’s Gu ide If y ou wait too long a nd your operating sy stem begin s to load into m emor y , let the system co mplet e the lo ad oper ation ; then sh ut down t he system and tr y agai n.
Using the Sy stem S etup P rogra m 3-3 Mov es to the ne xt field. Mov es to the pre vious field. C ycl es through the set tin gs in a fie ld. In man y fiel ds, y ou can also type the appropriate v alue. Enters the selected fiel d’ s pop-up s et tings menu.
3-4 Dell Precision 610 Mini T o wer Systems User ’s Gu ide 6VWHP6HWX S2SWLRQV The following subsec tion s explai n in det ail each of the op tion s on th e System Setup screen. to select SPACE,+,- to change ESC to exit F1=Help ke y function s Dell Computer Corporation (www.
Using the Sy stem S etup P rogra m 3-5 6VWHP7LPH Sy stem Ti me resets the time on the computer’ s inte rnal cloc k. Time is kept in a 24-hour f ormat ( hours : minutes : secon ds ) .
3-6 Dell Precision 610 Mini T o wer Systems User ’s Gu ide NO TE: F or all de vices obtained from Dell that use t he built-in EIDE co ntroller , set the appropri ate Driv e option to A uto. T he four P rimary Drive n and Sec ondar y n options identify the type o f EIDE devi ces installed i n t he com puter .
Using the Sy stem S etup P rogra m 3-7 The Primar y o r Seco ndar y Drive 0 and Drive 1 option s disp lay the fol lowing five p aram- eters f or eac h driv e: Driv e T ype is the driv e-type number f or the select ed hard-di sk drive.
3-8 Dell Precision 610 Mini T o wer Systems User ’s Gu ide Se le ct in g D is k et t e Dri ve A: as the firs t device cau ses the sy stem to boot from driv e A first . If the sy stem f inds a disk et te that i s not bo ot able in the driv e or finds a problem w i th t h e dr ive itself , it displ ays an error m essage.
Using the Sy stem S etup P rogra m 3-9 &386SHHG CPU Spe ed indica tes the processor s peed at w hic h your sy stem boots. Pr ess the lef t- or right-ar row key to toggle the CPU Sp eed opti.
3-1 0 Dell Precision 610 Mini T ower Systems User ’s Guide If y ou se t a s eria l port to A uto a nd add an ex pa ns io n c ard c ontaini ng a p ort configured to the sam e designatio n, the sy ste.
Using th e S ys te m Set up Pr og ram 3-1 1 Disk et te Interfac e controls the op eration of th e system’ s built-in disket te driv e cont roller . With A uto ( t he defau lt) selected , the syst em t urns of f the bui lt-in diske t te drive c on- troller w hen necessary to accommoda te a controller card insta l led in an e xpansion slot.
3-1 2 Dell Precision 610 Mini T ower Systems User ’s Guide 6VWH P6HFXULW S ys tem Security confi gures the password and c hassis intrusi on set tings.
Using the Sy stem S etup P rogra m 3-1 3 passw ord. See “Dis abling a F orgot ten P assword” found la ter in t his c hapter f or ins truc tions on d isabli ng a forg ot t en setup pas sword. Chassi s Intrus ion displa ys the stat us of the s ystem c hassis intr usion monitor .
3-1 4 Dell Precision 610 Mini T ower Systems User ’s Guide Time i s kept i n a 24- hour for mat ( hours : minutes ) . T o c han ge the time, press the lef t- or right-ar row k ey s to sele ct a field, and th en press <+> or <-> to i ncrease or decr ease the numb er .
Using the Sy stem S etup P rogra m 3-1 5 NO T ES: The power ma nagemen t f ea t u r e m on i to rs a ct iv ity of a mouse co nne cte d to the PS/2-com patible mouse port. Some 3D graphic s cards do not support DPMS . Ref er to the 3D grap hics card docu- mentation fo r DPMS co mpliance info rmation.
3-1 6 Dell Precision 610 Mini T ower Systems User ’s Guide $&3, A CPI contro ls the Adv anced Configurat ion and P ow er Interface. If the operating s ys- tem supp orts A CPI and A CPI is toggl ed On, pressing th e pow er but ton momentarily places the sy stem in a po w er -sav ing m ode.
Using th e S ys te m Set up Pr og ram 3-1 7 6VWHP 'DWD2 SWLRQV The followi ng op tions, whi c h are not sele cta ble, displ ay informa tion about the s ystem: The processor type and BIOS lev el are lis ted in the sy stem data bo xes.
3-18 Dell P recision 610 Mini T ower Systems User ’s Gu ide a new system pass word if the D isabl ed by Jumper opt ion is displ ayed. When a sy stem passwo rd is not assigne d, the Sy stem P assword set ting sh own i s Not Enab led.
Using the Sy stem S etup P rogra m 3-1 9 8VLQ J< RXU6VWH P3DV VZRUGWR6H FXUH< RXU6VWHP Whene ver y ou turn on y our system , press the reset b ut ton, or rebo ot the sys tem.
3-20 Dell Precision 610 Mini T o wer Systems User ’s Gu ide 'HOHWL QJRU&KD QJLQJDQ([LVWL QJ6VWHP 3DVVZRUG T o delete or c hange an existing sys tem pass word, fo llow thes e steps: Enter the S yst em Se t up program b y pressing <F2 >.
Using th e S ys te m Set up Pr og ram 3-21 $VVLJQ LQJD6 HWXS3DVV ZRUG T o assign a setu p passwo rd, follo w these step s: If a c haracter i s illega l f or passw ord use, the sy stem emit s a beep. The setup password is now as signed and is Enab led.
3-22 Dell Precision 610 Mini T o wer Systems User ’s Gu ide 'HOHWLQJ RU&KDQJLQJ DQ([LVWLQJ 6HWXS3DVVZRUG T o delete or c hange an existing setu p passwo rd, f ollo w these steps: If a c haracter is i llegal f or passw ord use, the s ystem emit s a beep.
Using th e S ys te m Set up Pr og ram 3-23 NO TE: Af ter y ou remo v e and re plac e the c o ver , the c hassis intr usi on dete ctor will cause the follo wing mess age to be disp lay ed at the next sy stem start-up: ALERT! Cover was previously removed.
3-24 Dell Precision 610 Mini T o wer Systems User ’s Gu ide 5 HVSRQGLQJWR(UURU0HVVDJHV If an er ror message appears on y our monito r scree n while t he syst em is boo ting , mak e note of the messa ge.
Using the IS A Configuration Utility 4-1 &+$37(5 8VLQJWKH,6$&RQILJXUDWLRQ8WLOLW The ISA Config urati on Util it y (ICU ) is us ed by the system t o track what expans ion cards a re installed and w hat resources are used.
4-2 Dell Precision 610 Mini T o wer Systems User ’s Gu ide 4XLFN6 WDUW T o quic kly get started u s ing this utili t y , follo w these ste ps: See “When to Run the ICU” found la ter in this c hapter for d et ailed ins tructio ns.
Using the IS A Configuration Utility 4-3 If your system w as shi pped wi th Dell -ins tall ed software, 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 yo ur hard-d isk dri v e. (Y our syst em may also be accomp anied by an ISA Co nfiguration Uti lit y Disk et te .
4-4 Dell Precision 610 Mini T o wer Systems User ’s Gu ide 3 U HSDULQJWR8VH WKH,&8 B efore using the ICU f or the first time, y ou must complete t he follo wing steps: F or instru c .
Using the IS A Configuration Utility 4-5 $FFHVVLQJ+HOS Y o u c a n a cc es s o nl in e h el p in th e I CU in fou r ways: Select Co nten ts f r om th e He lp m en u to d is pla y a list of top ics . S ele ct a top ic and clic k Hel p. Help text o n that topi c appe ars in a di alog b ox.
4-6 Dell Precision 610 Mini T o wer Systems User ’s Gu ide $GGLQJD/LVWHG&DUG NO TE: If you w an t to add a conf igurati on file tha t yo u receiv e d on disk e t te with a new expans ion car d, you mu st copy th e confi gurat ion f i le to t he db subdirec tor y on the bac k up copy of the ICU disk et te.
Using the IS A Configuration Utility 4-7 If the ca rd is not list ed, see “ Ad ding an U nlisted Card” fou nd next in this c hapter . The ICU uses the defa ult resources set b y the card manuf acture r whene ver pos- sible.
4-8 Dell Precision 610 Mini T o wer Systems User ’s Gu ide Y ou cannot manu ally enter a v alue; y ou must c hoose a set ting from t he list. If there is only one se tti ng listed, no oth er set tings a re a va ilable. The set ti ng that y ou select ma y af f ect the resourc es av ailabl e.
Using the IS A Configuration Utility 4-9 Choo se the desired value and clic k OK. The value you se lect ed is di splayed und er the resou rce heading in the Configu ration Set tings dialog b ox. The Opti ons button is di sa ble d i f no al ternati ve values are av aila bl e for the select ed resourc e.
4-1 0 Dell Precision 610 Mini T ower Systems User ’s Guide The Configure Unlis ted Card d ia log box appears with blank fields . F or ex ample, if you clic k the bo x beneath IRQ, the but ton c hanges to Add Inter- rupt. Whe n you cl ic k th is button, a Sp ecify dialo g box (in t his cas e, Sp ecify Inter r upt) appears.
Using the IS A Configuration Utility 4 -1 1 If y ou are pro viding values f or the input/outp ut (I/O) port or mem or y resources, yo u must enter the st artin g and ending ad dresses in he xadecima l format u sing the two fi elds pro vided b y the Specify M emor y or Spec ify I/O P ort dialog box.
4-1 2 Dell Precision 610 Mini T ower Systems User ’s Guide only if it uses static de vice driv ers. See “Loc king and Unloc king Cards” found la ter in this c hapter for mo re informati on. NO TE: Y ou cann ot modi fy the re sources of a Plu g and P lay or PCI e xp ansion c ard.
Using the IS A Configuration Utility 4-1 3 A mess a ge box a ppears, notifying y ou either that the card is us ing its def ault set- tings or that it cannot us e its defau lt set tings and m ust be rec onfigured.
4-1 4 Dell Precision 610 Mini T ower Systems User ’s Guide See “R emoving an Expansion Card” in Chapter 9 for instr uctions. 9LHZL QJ5 H VRXUFH V The ICU disp lays all resou rces curre ntly use d by your system. T o v iew all syste m resour ces, select System Reso urces f rom t he View menu o r click V ie w .
Using the IS A Configuration Utility 4-1 5 6DYLQJWKH6VWHP&R QILJXUDWLRQ Y ou can sav e the syst em confi gurat ion to no nv olat ile ra ndom-a cces s me mor y (NVRAM) a s y ou configure eac h card’ s res ources. T o do so, s elect Sav e from th e File menu an d continue with your opera tion.
4-1 6 Dell Precision 610 Mini T ower Systems User ’s Guide A c hec k mark n ext to L oc king Enab led signif ies th at the f eatu re is act ive; a Loc k but ton appears on the tool bar .
Using t he N e twork Inter face Co nt rol ler 5-1 &+$37(5 8VLQJWKH1HWZR UN,QWHUIDFH &RQWUROOHU Thi s c hapt er describes ho w to conn ect your com puter sy stem to an Ethe rnet network using th e integrated 3Com P eripheral Compo nent Int erconnect (PCI) 3C905b-TX net- wo rk inte rface controller (NIC).
5-2 Dell Precision 610 Mini T o wer Systems User ’s Gu ide The NIC connector on th e computer’ s bac k panel (see Figure 5-1) has the follo wing indicators : A yellow activ ity indica tor flas hes when th e syste m is tr ansmit ting or rece iving network data.
Using t he N e twork Inter face Co nt rol ler 5-3 1HWZ RUN&DE OH5 HTXLUHPHQW V Y our com puter ’ s N IC connec tor (an RJ 45 connector loc ated on th e bac k panel; see Figure 5 -1) is designed for at tac hing an unshie lded twisted pair (U TP) Ethernet ca ble.
5-4 Dell Precision 610 Mini T o wer Systems User ’s Gu ide F or info rmation on admi nistrative us ers and privile ges, see y our W indo ws NT docu mentation. NO TE: If yo u are ins t alling ne t wor king on y our sy stem for the first time, the Win- dows NT ope rating system di splays a messa ge aski ng if you want to inst al l network ing .
Using t he N e twork Inter face Co nt rol ler 5-5 should use, and how t o ensu re that the NIC fu nctions p roperly w hen y ou are ins talling the J apanese v ersion of the Windo ws NT 4.
5-6 Dell Precision 610 Mini T o wer Systems User ’s Gu ide F or more in form ation on in st allin g 3Com 3C 905b NIC dr ivers , see “Windo ws NT 4.0 NIC Driv er .” Use the Windo ws NT 4.0 CD that ca me with your system. F or more info rmation on ins ta llin g Ser vi ce Pac k 3 for Wi ndows NT 4.
Usin g the Int egrat ed Aud io Contr oller 6- 1 &+$37(5 8VLQJWKH,QWHJUDWHG$ XGLR &RQWUROOHU Thi s c hapter describe s how to c onnect y our computer s ystem to e xternal audio devices t hat us e the 1 6 -bit in tegra ted au dio co ntroll er on your comput er ’ s system boa rd.
6-2 Dell Precision 610 Mini T o wer Systems User ’s Gu ide 6SHDNHUV Y our compute r system suppo rts mo s t st anda r d spea kers tha t have integ rate d ampl ifi- ers. Y ou can purchase spea kers sepa rate ly fro m Dell. Connect t he audio cable from the speak ers to the lin e-out jac k (see Fig ure 6-1).
Usin g the Int egrat ed Aud io Contr oller 6- 3 NO TES: The integrated a udio controll er allo ws you to manipulate m usical inst rument digital inter face (MIDI) files on y our computer and to hear output from those files o n ex terna l s pe ak e rs.
6-4 Dell Precision 610 Mini T o wer Systems User ’s Gu ide $GMXVWLQJ' 6RXQG The 4237B 3D soun d system c ont ains two con trols—a space c ontrol and a ce nter cont rol—f or adjus ting the spat ial ef f ect of sound pla yed throu gh speak ers conne cted to y our computer .
Usin g the Int egrat ed Aud io Contr oller 6- 5 a: Af ter the driv ers ha ve been installed, th ere will be a new A udio Co ntrol progra m fold er with two programs —Audio M ixer and Audio Input.
6-6 Dell Precision 610 Mini T o wer Systems User ’s Gu ide.
Using th e Integr at ed SCSI Contr ol l ers 7-1 &+$37(5 8VLQJWKH,QWH JUDWHG6&6, &RQWUROOHUV This c h apte r provid es instruct ions for inst alli ng dr ivers for the foll.
7-2 Dell Precision 610 Mini T o wer Systems User ’s Gu ide 6&6,' HYLFH& RQVLGHUDWLRQV The 5.25-inc h e xternally a ccessible driv e bay s at the front o f the computer 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 .
Using th e Integr at ed SCSI Contr ol l ers 7-3 6&6, 'ULYHUV IRU: LQGRZV1 7 T o reinstall th e SCSI d riv ers f or Windows N T 4.
7-4 Dell Precision 610 Mini T o wer Systems User ’s Gu ide Y ou cr eated thi s dis ket te using the Dell D i skMaker program w hen you ma de pro- gram dis ket te sets of your Dell-i nst alled s of t ware .
Working Inside Y our Computer 8-1 &+$37(5 : RUNLQJ,QVLGH< RXU&RPSXWHU Y our Dell Precision 61 0 sy stem supports a variety of inte rnal options that e xpand sy s- tem cap abilities . Th is c hapter prepares you to ins t all options inside the co mputer .
8-2 Dell Precision 610 Mini T o wer Systems User ’s Gu ide T o veri fy that all po wer has been remov ed from the sy stem, make s ure that the st andby lig ht-emi t ti ng diode (LED) on the syst em boa r d has go ne out. F or the loc a t ion of this LED , se e Figu re 9- 1 .
Working Inside Y our Computer 8-3 Fa cing the lef t side co ve r , press the release but ton (loca ted at the bot tom-lef t corner of the front bez el) and lif t the bot tom of the co ver , allo wing it to pi vot u p tow ard yo u (see Figure 8-2 ). Disengage the t abs tha t s ecure the co ver to the top of the c hassis, and lif t the cove r away .
8-4 Dell Precision 610 Mini T o wer Systems User ’s Gu ide 5 HSOD FLQJWKH&RPSXWH U&RYHU Use the f ollo w ing procedure to replace the co mputer co ver: Fa cing the lef t side of the c omputer , hold the cov er at a slight a ngle as sho wn in Figure 8 -3, and the n align the to p of the cov er with the top o f the c hassis.
Working Inside Y our Computer 8-5 NO TE: Af ter remo ving an d replacing the cha ssis, the c hassis intr usion dete ctor will c a use the fo llowing message to be displa yed at the ne xt system st art-up: ALERT! Cover was previously removed. See Chap ter 3, “Using the S yst em Set up Prog ram,” for instructio ns.
8-6 Dell Precision 610 Mini T o wer Systems User ’s Gu ide Figure 8 -5 sho ws your comput er with its co ve r remov ed. Ref er to this illu s tration to locate inte rio r f eat ures and co mpo nents discussed in this guid e.
Working Inside Y our Computer 8-7 5 RWDWLQJWKH 3 RZHU6XSSO$ ZD)URPWKH 6VWHP%RDUG T o access some comp onents on the syst em board, you ma y hav e to rotate the sy s- tem po wer supp ly out of the w ay .
8-8 Dell Precision 610 Mini T o wer Systems User ’s Gu ide The pow er supply bra c ket h as detents to hold the pow er supply up in one of sev- eral ex tended positi ons, w hic h are especi ally u seful w hen the c hassis is standin g upright .
Instal l i ng System Board Opti ons 9-1 &+$37(5 ,QVWDOOLQJ6VWHP%RDUG2SWLRQV This c h apte r descri bes how to ins ta ll the foll owing op tions : P eripheral Compone nt Intercon.
9-2 Dell Precision 610 Mini T o wer Systems User ’s Gu ide Use Figu re 9-1 to locate th e system b oard f eat ures. ([SDQVLRQ&DUGV The system accommodate s up to six expa nsion cards , including 32-bit PCI e xpansion cards, an 8- or 1 6-bit IS A expan s ion card, and a 32-bit A GP card.
Instal l i ng System Board Opti ons 9-3 ([SDQVLRQ6ORWV The re are se ven e xpansion-card connectors on the syst em board. Expan sion-card connec tors PCI1 through PCI5 support 32-bit PCI e xpansion.
9-4 Dell Precision 610 Mini T o wer Systems User ’s Gu ide ,QVWDOO L QJDQ ([SDQVLRQ&DUG F ollo w this general p rocedure to instal l an e xpansion ca rd: See Chap ter 4, “Using the IS A Configur ation Utility ,” for in structi ons.
Instal l i ng System Board Opti ons 9-5 If the e xpansion card is full-length, ins ert the front e nd of the c a rd in to the corre- spondi ng card guid e on the in side front of th e c hassis as you insert the card into its co nnect o r . Insert the card’ s edge connector fi rmly into the e xpansion-card slot.
9-6 Dell Precision 610 Mini T o wer Systems User ’s Gu ide 5 HPRYLQJDQ([SDQ VL RQ&D UG F ollo w this ge neral proc edure to remo ve an e xpansion ca rd: See Chap ter 4, “Using the IS A Configur ation Utility ,” for in structi ons.
Instal l i ng System Board Opti ons 9-7 Figure 9 -5 show s the DIM Ms and DIMM s oc ke ts. ',00, QVWDOOD WLRQ*X LGHOLQH V When adding system mem or y , you may inst al l DIMMs in any orde r .
9-8 Dell Precision 610 Mini T o wer Systems User ’s Gu ide F ollo w this pro cedure to p erform a mem or y upgrade: F ollo w the ins tr uctions i n “In st alli ng a DIMM” or “R emov in g a D IM M,” a s a ppr o- priate, f ound later in this section.
Instal l i ng System Board Opti ons 9-9 The sy stem should ha ve alre ad y c hanged the v alue of S y stem Memory to reflect the ne wly installe d memory . V erify the ne w total. NO TE: If the memo r y total is in corre c t, t urn of f and di sconnec t your comp uter and peri pherals from thei r powe r sources.
9-1 0 Dell Precision 610 Mini T ower Systems User ’s Guide T o r emove a DIMM, pr e ss the securin g clip s out ward sim ul t aneou sly unti l the DI MM diseng ages from the soc ket (see Fi gure 9-7).
Instal l i ng System Board Opti ons 9-1 1 $GGLQJRU 5H SODFLQJD3 HQWLXP ,,; HRQ3URFHV VRU A P entium II Xeon pr oce ss or upg rad e k it i nc lud es the ne w P entium II Xe on processor Slot 2 SEC c artridge with at t ac h ed heat sink.
9-1 2 Dell Precision 610 Mini T ower Systems User ’s Guide Pr ess the Slo t 2 SEC cartridge firmly into its c onnector until it is fully seated. Y ou mus t use up to 25 lb of force to fully seat the Slot 2 SEC ca rtridge in its connec tor . Install a seco nd Slot 2 S EC cartridge/heat sink assembly i nto its con- nector , if desired.
Instal l i ng System Board Opti ons 9-1 3 NO TE: Bo th proces sor slots mu st be popu lated with e ither a P entiu m II Xeon proce s- sor o r a De ll term ina tor car d. If a slo t is no t occu pied , or if a non- Dell termi nator card is inst all ed, the system wi ll not turn on .
9-1 4 Dell Precision 610 Mini T ower Systems User ’s Guide See y our Diag nos tic s and T rouble sh ooti ng Guide fo r inf ormat ion on r unning the diagno stics and troubl eshooting a ny p roblems that m ay occur . 5 HSODFLQJWKH6VWHP%DWWHU A 3.
Instal l i ng System Board Opti ons 9-1 5 correc t set tings. See Chapte r 3, “Using the Sy stem Setup Program,” f or ins tructio ns. NO TE: If a CD-R OM driv e or hard-dis k drive in the upper 5.
9-1 6 Dell Precision 610 Mini T ower Systems User ’s Guide Orient th e bat ter y with the side lab eled “+” fa cing up. T hen insert the ba t ter y into the s oc ket, and snap it into pl ace.
Installing Driv es 1 0-1 &+$37(5 ,QVWDOOLQJ'U LYHV Y our Dell compute r has eight dri ve b ay s f or installi ng the f oll owin g types of dr ives (see Figure 1 0-1): The externally accessible dri ve b ays at the front o f the computer consist of one 3.
10 - 2 Dell Precisio n 610 Mini T ower Systems User’s Guide 5 HPRYLQJDQG5 HSODFLQJWKH) URQW%H]HO The bezel is secured to the fro nt of the c hassis b y t w o ta bs a nd two ho oks.
Installing Driv es 1 0-3 While pre ssing the tab release, tilt the bez el aw ay from t he c hassis, disenga ge the t wo r e ta i ni ng ho o ks at th e bo ttom of t he be zel , a nd c ar ef ul ly p ul l t h e b eze l away f ro m the c hassi s.
10 - 4 Dell Precisio n 610 Mini T ower Systems User’s Guide T o replace a front-panel ins ert for a 5 .25-inc h bay , wo rk from i nside the be zel. Insert the two ri ng-t abs (on e on eac h end of the insert) over th e posts on the i nside of the ba y opening, and fi rmly press both ends of the in sert into plac e (see Figure 1 0-3).
Installing Driv es 1 0-5 The drive ’ s interf ace connec tor is a card-ed ge connecto r or a header con nector , as sho wn in Figur e 1 0-5. When at t ac hing the in terfac e cable to a dri ve, be sure to matc h the colored strip on the cab le to pin 1 of the driv e ’ s interfa ce connector .
10 - 6 Dell Precisio n 610 Mini T ower Systems User’s Guide I QVWDOOLQJD' ULYHLQD,QFK'ULYH%D The 5.25-inc h driv e bay s can acc ommodate any of the fol.
Installing Driv es 1 0-7 If a dr ive is already in st alled in the bay and you a re replacing it, be sure to dis- connec t the DC po wer c able and int erf ace cable fro m the bac k of the driv e befo re slidin g the brac ket out of the bay .
10 - 8 Dell Precisio n 610 Mini T ower Systems User’s Guide T o further ensu re proper positi oning of the driv e in the c hassis, insert an d tighten all f our screw s in the orde r in whic h the hol es are numbered (the hole s are marked “1 ” thr ough “4”).
Installing Driv es 1 0-9 If y our syst em came with an EIDE CD -ROM or t ape driv e, use the spare co nnec- tor on the existing i nterface ca ble. Other wise, us e the EID E or SCSI cable provide d in the dri ve kit.
10 - 10 Dell Precisio n 610 Mini T ower Systems User’s Guide See “R emoving and Repl acing F ront-Pa nel Inserts ” found ea rlier in this c hapter .
Installing Driv es 1 0-1 1 ,QVWDOOLQJ DQ(,'(+DUG'LVN'ULYH Thi s section inc ludes inform ation on installing, partiti oning, and fo rmat ting EIDE h a rd- dis k drives.
10 - 12 Dell Precision 610 Mini T ower Systems User ’s Guide If any hard-disk d rives a re already ins t alled i n the brac ke t, disconnect th e DC power cable and inte rface ca ble fro m eac h drive.
Installing Driv es 1 0-1 3 Insert th e b r ac ket into th e driv e cage b y sliding it i n until the tabs sna p into p lace. Rota te the d r ive cage d oor up an d toward the chassis un til i t snaps se cure ly into place.
10 - 14 Dell Precision 610 Mini T ower Systems User ’s Guide Chec k all connectors to be c ertain that the y a re prope rly cabl ed and firmly seated.
Installing Driv es 1 0-1 5 T o locate th e IDE1 connect or , see Figure 9 - 1 . NO TE: Af ter y ou remo v e and re plac e the c o ver , the c hassis intr usi on dete ctor will cause the follo wing mess age to be disp lay ed at the next sy stem start-up: ALERT! Cover was previously removed.
10 - 16 Dell Precision 610 Mini T ower Systems User ’s Guide See Chap ter 3, “Using the S yst em Set up Prog ram,” for instructio ns. NO TE: If a set up passw ord has been a s signed b y someone else, c ont act y our network administrator f or info rmation o n reset ting the c hassis in tr usion det ector .
Installing Driv es 1 0-1 7 Internal SCSI devices at t ac h ed to the integrated Adaptec 78 90 Ultra2/Wide low v olt- age dif f erential (L VD) controll er through the 68-p in primar y SCS I connector on the sy stem board mus t hav e a unique SCSI ID number fro m 0 to 1 5.
10 - 1 8 Dell Precisio n 610 Mini T ower Systems User ’s Gu ide Dell h ave a c tiv e terminat ion at the end of the cables, any SCSI devi ces y ou install should have termination d isabled on the device s.
Installing Driv es 1 0-1 9 *HQHU DO3 URFHGXUHIRU ,QVWDO OLQJ 6&6,'H YLFHV Configure and install one or more SCSI de vices in y our compute r as foll ows: See “SCSI Configuration Gu idelines” f ound earlier in this s e ct i o n .
10 - 2 0 Dell Precision 610 Mini T ower Systems User ’s Guide If y ou a r e i nstalling a S C SI ho st ada pte r ca rd , co nfig ure the c a rd a nd i nst all it in an em pty expan sion slo t (see “Installi ng an Expa nsion Car d” in Chapte r 9.
Installing Driv es 1 0-21 NO TE: Af ter y ou remo v e and re plac e the c o ver , the c hassis intr usi on dete ctor will cause the follo wing mess age to be disp lay ed at the next sy stem start-up: ALERT! Cover was previously removed. See Chap ter 3, “Using the S yst em Set up Prog ram,” for instructio ns.
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T e c hnica l Sp ec ifi cat i ons A-1 $33(1',;$ 7 HFKQLFDO6SHFLILFDWLRQV Pr ocesso r t ype. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Int el P entium II Xeon processor th at runs at 400 MHz inte rna lly/1 0 0 MHz externally . A slo wer co mpatibili t y spee d can be set through the Sys tem Setu p program.
A-2 Dell Precisio n 610 Mini T ower Systems User ’s Gu ide NIC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3Co m 3C905b-TX W akeup On LAN- capabl e I/O control ler . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Nation al PC 8730 9 Bus types .
T e c hnica l Sp ec ifi cat i ons A-3 Arc hitecture . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72-bit ECC S D RAM DIMM soc kets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . four D I MM c a p a c i t i e s . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64- and 1 28-MB unbuf f ered , 72-bit SDRAM; 256-MB and 51 2-MB registered, 72-bit SDRAM Standard RAM .
A-4 Dell Precisio n 610 Mini T ower Systems User ’s Gu ide Inter n all y ac ce ssible: E ID E d r i v e. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . t w o 4 0 - p i n co nn e c to 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 n n e l . .
T e c hnica l Sp ec ifi cat i ons A-5 Link in tegrity indicator (on NIC con nector) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . green LED Net work activit y ind icator (on NIC con nector) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . yello w LED P ower in dicator (on sy stem board) .
A-6 Dell Precisio n 610 Mini T ower Systems User ’s Gu ide Maxim um shock: Op er a ti ng . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . h al f- si n e wave for m : 5 0 G for 2 ms St or a ge .
Hardware Co nfigurat i on Features B-1 $33(1',;% +DUGZDUH&RQILJXUDWLRQ)HDWXUHV This ap pendi x provid es spec ific i nformat ion a bout th e jump ers on your system board 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 Precisio n 610 Mini T ower Systems User ’s Gu ide A jumper is ref erred to as open or unjum pere d when the plug is pushed down o ver only o ne pin or if the r e i s no pl ug at all. When th e p lug is pus hed d o w n o ver tw o pi ns , the jump er is ref erred to as jumpered .
Hardware Co nfigurat i on Features B-3 jumpered unjumpered SPREAD.
B-4 Dell Precisio n 610 Mini T ower Systems User ’s Gu ide SPREAD R eser ved ( do not rem ove j umper ). R SVD 4 R eserved ( do not in st all jumper plu g ). R SVD 3 R eserved ( do not in st all jumper plu g ). R SVD 2 R eserved ( do not in st all jumper plu g ).
Hardware Co nfigurat i on Features B-5 6VWH P%RD UG/ DEHOV T able B-2 lists the la bels f or conn ectors and s oc k ets on your sy stem board an d give s a brief descripti on of their functio ns.
B-6 Dell Precisio n 610 Mini T ower Systems User ’s Gu ide ,23 RUWVDQG &RQQHFWRUV The I/ O p or ts an d c on ne ct or s o n t he ba c k pa ne l o f yo ur co mp ut er ar e t he ga teways through wh ic h your com puter sy stem c ommun icate s with e xterna l de vic es, suc h as a ke yboard, mou se, printer , and m onitor .
Hardware Co nfigurat i on Features B-7 6HULDO DQG 3DUDOOHO3RUWV The t w o built-in serial ports use 9 -pin D-submin iature con nectors on the ba ck panel.
B-8 Dell Precisio n 610 Mini T ower Systems User ’s Gu ide B efore adding a card that remaps the COM p orts, c hec k the documentation th at accompa nied your s of tware to m a k e sure that the s of tware c an be map ped to the new COM po rt desi gnat ion.
Hardware Co nfigurat i on Features B-9 If yo u reconf igure y our hardw are, y ou ma y need pin numbe r and signa l inf ormatio n for the para llel port c onnector .
B-1 0 Dell Precision 610 Min i T ower Systems User ’s Gu ide ([WHU QDO6 &6,&RQ QHFWRU The 68- pin external small compu ter sy stem interf ace (SCSI) conn ec tor on the s y stem bac k pane l supports e xternal Ul tra SCSI devi ces suc h as scann ers, ZIP driv es, and opti cal dr ives.
Hardware Co nfigurat i on Features B-1 1 1–1 6 GN D N /A Sign al ground 1 7 –1 8 TRMP WR N/ A T ermina tor power 1 9 RS VD N/A R eser ved 20– 34 GND N/ A Sig nal gr ound 35 D1 2 I/O SCSI data bi.
B-1 2 Dell Precision 610 Mini T o wer Systems User ’s Guid e . HERDUGDQG0 RXVH&RQQHFWRUV Y our sy stem uses a P ersonal S ystem/2 (PS/2)-style ke yboard and supports a PS/2- compati bl e mouse.
Hardware Co nfigurat i on Features B-1 3 If yo u reconf igure y our hardw are, y ou ma y need pin numbe r and signa l inf ormatio n for the mous e conne ctor . Figure B-7 illustra tes the pin n umbers f or t he mouse c onnector , and T able B-7 lis ts and defines the pin assign ments and interf ace sig nals fo r the mouse c onnector .
B-1 4 Dell Precision 610 Mini T o wer Systems User ’s Guid e 9LG HR&RQQHFWRU F or info rmation on y our video conn ector , see the manuf act urer’ s specific ations that accomp anied your grap hics ad apter .
Hardware Co nfigurat i on Features B-1 5 86%&R QQHFWRUV Y our syste m cont ains t wo Universal Seri al Bus (USB ) conne ctors for attac h ing USB- compl iant devic es. USB d evice s are t ypic ally pe r iphera ls suc h as keyboards, mice, printe rs, an d compute r speak ers.
B-1 6 Dell Precision 610 Mini T o wer Systems User ’s Guid e /LQH 2XW-DFN The 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 line- out j ac k is ampl ifie d, so s peakers w ith in tegra ted am plif iers a re not r equi red.
Hardware Co nfigurat i on Features B-1 7 ,QWHUUXSW$VVLJQPHQWV P roblems c an arise if tw o de vice s at temp t to use the s ame IRQ l ine. T o a void this type of confli ct, c hec k the docum ent ation f or the def ault IRQ line set ting f or eac h installed dev ice.
B-1 8 Dell Precision 610 Mini T ower Systems User ’s Guide divide d in to conv entional memor y (som etim es ca ll e d base memor y ) and upper memo ry .
Hardware Co nfigurat i on Features B-1 9 00 09FC0 0–0009FFFF PS/2-mous e data area 000A 0000 – 000BF F FF V ide o R AM 000C 0000 – 000C7 F FF V ide o B IOS 000C 8000 –000E FFF F A va ilab le 0.
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IS A Configuration Util ity Messages C-1 $33(1',;& ,6$&RQILJXUDWLRQ8WLOLW 0HVVDJH V The ISA Confi guration U tility (ICU) a nd its Configurat ion Manager are capable of ide n- tifying p roblems an d alerting you to them .
C-2 Dell Precisio n 610 Mini T ower Systems User ’s Gu ide No Configuration Manager. T he dev ice driver n eeded by th e ICU is corrup ted o r is not cor rectly config ured. V erify that the f ollowing device st ate- ment ap pears in y our config.sys file: device= driv e : directory driv- ersdosdwcfgmg.
IS A Configuration Util ity Messages C-3 This device is unconfig- urable because of a resource conflict with card card_name . The con- flicting resource is resource_name . To fix, reconfigure the conflicting card. T he selec ted card is unconfig urable beca use one of its re sourc es is alre ady bei n g used by anot her device .
C-4 Dell Precisio n 610 Mini T ower Systems User ’s Gu ide The ICU detects a resource conflict between this card and conflicting_card .The con- flicting resource was: resource. Y ou adde d or modif ied a card that no w requires a resource value a l ready in use by conflict ing_card .
IS A Configuration Util ity Messages C-5 The configuration (.cfg) file used by the ICU for this card is now invalid or does not exist. Do you wish to load the file? No configuration (.
C-6 Dell Precisio n 610 Mini T ower Systems User ’s Gu ide &RQILJX UDWLRQ0DQD JHU0HVVD JHV The Conf igurati on Mana ger f or the I CU iden tifies prob lems f ollo wing the s y stem bo ot routine a nd generates messag es if necessa r y .
IS A Configuration Util ity Messages C-7 Found Plug and Play ISA card: Plug and P lay ISA Card Name . T his me ssage appe ars at sy s tem start-up f or eac h Plug an d Play IS A expa n- sion ca rd reco gnized by the Co nfiguratio n Mana ger . St atus mess age; n o acti on is r equir ed.
C-8 Dell Precisio n 610 Mini T ower Systems User ’s Gu ide ERROR: Failed NVS write. Error= Internal Error Code . An at tempt to write to NVRAM f ailed.
IS A Configuration Util ity Messages C-9 WARNING: Could not configure Plug and Play Card Name. WARNING: Could not configure PCI device, ID= DeviceID . Failed to configure Number of Total Count Plug and Play ISA devices. Use your system’s configura- tion utility to resolve conflicts.
C-1 0 Dell Precision 610 Min i T ower Systems User ’s Gu ide 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 aining t he System D-1 $33(1',;' 0DLQWDLQLQJWKH6VW HP Proper us e of pr ev ent ive maint enanc e proc edur es can ke ep the syst em in t op ope rat- ing con dition and m inimize th e need fo r costly , time-co nsuming ser vice proced ures.
D-2 Dell Precisio n 610 Mini T ower Systems User ’s Gu ide As a last resort, y ou can bac k up a hard-di sk driv e’ s c ontents on disk et tes, a meth od that is both tim e-con suming a nd pro ne to h uman error . Also, bac king up a ful l 540- MB hard-dis k driv e requires ap proximatel y 375 disk et tes (when using 1 .
Maint aining t he System D-3 5 HFRPPHQGHG7 RROVDQG$FFHVVRULHV Dell re commends that you use the follo wing tools a nd accessorie s when y ou cle an the comp uter: A wrist groun ding s tra.
D-4 Dell Precisio n 610 Mini T ower Systems User ’s Gu ide &OHDQL QJ'ULY HV Y ou can clean t he heads of y our disk et te drives b y using a commercial ly a vailabl e disk et te-drive head-cleaning kit.
Maint aining t he System D-5 t ur nin g it on . F a il ure to do so ma y cause damag e to int erna l comp onents, particu- larly the h a rd-disk driv e. If in termittent system failures a re noti ced, tr y rese ating a ny soc keted c hip s, whic h might ha ve become loose due to tem perature fluct uations.
D-6 Dell Precisio n 610 Mini T ower Systems User ’s Gu ide &RUURVLRQ The oil from a perso n ’ s fing ers or prolong ed ex posure to high temp erat ure or humidity can c orrode t he go ld-p lated ed ge c onnec tors an d pin c onn ectors on variou s devic es in the comp uter .
Maint aining t he System D-7 T o r educ e the p ossib ilit y of EM I and R FI, fol l ow these g uidel ines : Operate the sys tem on ly with th e computer c ov er installed.
D-8 Dell Precisio n 610 Mini T ower Systems User ’s Gu ide Eac h Dell s ystem, w hen oper ating, is d esigned to withstand 0 .25 G (half-s ine w av e) at a sw eep of 3 to 200 hertz (Hz) f or 30 minutes. In storage, the s ys tem can withstand 0.5 G a t 3 to 200 Hz f or 30 minute s.
Maint aining t he System D-9 3 RZHU3 URWHFWLRQ 'HYLFHV A numb er of d evices are avail a b le tha t protec t agai nst power pro blems , suc h as power surg es, tra nsie nts, an d power failur es. The fol lowing su bsect ions d escri be some of these de vices.
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Regula tor y Notices E-1 $33(1',;( 5 HJXODWRU1RWLFHV Electrom agneti c Inter f erence (EM I) is an y si gnal or emi ssio n, radi ated i n f ree sp ace o r conduc ted along po wer or s ignal.
E-2 Dell Precisio n 610 Mini T ower Systems User ’s Gu ide Inf ormation T ec hnolog y Equipm ent (ITE), includi ng peripherals , ex pansion card s, print- ers, input/outpu t (I/O) devi ces, monitors.
Regula tor y Notices E-3 frequenc y energ y and, if not installed and used in accorda nce with the manuf act urer’ s instruc tion m anual , may cause harmfu l int erf erence with ra dio co mmuni cations .
E-4 Dell Precisio n 610 Mini T ower Systems User ’s Gu ide modific a tions not e x pressly app ro ved by Dell Comp uter Corporation could voi d yo ur authority to o perate this equip ment.
Regula tor y Notices E-5 (1&RP SOLDQFH&]HFK5 HSXEOLF 2QO 9&&,1RWLFH-DSDQ2 QO Most D ell comp uter system s are classified by the V oluntary Control Council for Inter- f erence (V CCI) as Class B inf ormation tec hnology e quipment (IT E).
E-6 Dell Precisio n 610 Mini T ower Systems User ’s Gu ide &ODVV %,7( Thi s is a Class B product based o n the standard of th e V oluntar y Control Counc il for Interf erence ( V CCI) fo r inform ation tec hnolog y equipmen t.
Regula tor y Notices E-7 Please note that this de vice has bee n approv ed for business purpo ses with reg a rd to electrom a gneti c inte rfere nce. If y ou find that thi s device is not suitable f or your use, yo u may e xc hange it f or a nonbus iness de vice.
E-8 Dell Precisio n 610 Mini T ower Systems User ’s Gu ide A protecti on mark “B” confi rms that the equi pment is in com pliance with the protec- tion usa ge requirements of standards P N-93/T -421 07 and PN -89/E-06251 .
Regula tor y Notices E-9 12 0,QIRUPDWLRQ 0H[L FR2QO The follo wing inf ormation is p rovided on the devi ce(s) desc ribed in this doc ument in compli ance with th e requireme nts of the.
E-1 0 Dell Precision 610 Min i T ower Systems User ’s Gu ide ,QIRUPDFL yQSDUD12 0~QLFDPHQWHS D UD 0p [LFR La inf ormación siguient e se proporci ona en el di sposit ivo o en lo.
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Glossar y 1 *ORVVDU The following li st defi nes or iden tifies tec hnical term s , abbreviati ons, and acronyms use d in De ll ® user documen ts. NO TE: Unles s othe r wi se spec ified, these de finitions ma y apply on ly to the Mic rosof t ® Windows ® 95 and Win do ws NT ® oper ating sys t ems.
2 Del l Precis i on 61 0 Mi ni T ower Sy st em s User ’ s Guide As it relates to DMI, an at tribute is a piec e of infor mati o n rela ted t o a comp o- nent. At tributes can be combined to f orm groups . If an at tribute is defined a s read- write , it may be de fine d by a man- agemen t applicatio n.
Glossar y 3 A diskette that can boot your c omputer to the operati ng system in the event that the compute r will not bo ot from the hard-disk drive . Abbrevia tion for bi ts per inch. Abbrevia tion for bi ts per second . Abbrevia tion for Briti sh therma l unit.
4 Del l Precis i on 61 0 Mi ni T ower Sy st em s User ’ s Guide The part of the c omputer that conta ins in- dicat ors an d cont rols , such as th e powe r switc h, har d -disk drive access i ndica tor, and power ind ic ator. The first 640 KB of RAM.
Glossar y 5 Abbrevia tion for direct m emory access. A DMA channel al lows certai n types o f data transfer b etween RAM and a device to bypas s the proc essor. Abbrevia tion for Des ktop Manage ment Interface . DMI enab les the m anagement of your comp uter system’s so ftware and hardware.
6 Del l Precis i on 61 0 Mi ni T ower Sy st em s User ’ s Guide Acronym for E x tende d Industry-Sta ndard Architec ture, a 32-bit exp a nsio n-bus de- sign. Th e expansion-ca rd connectors in an EISA c omputer are also comp atible with 8- or 16-b it ISA expansion cards.
Glossar y 7 Abbrevia tion for fil e transfer pr otocol. Abbrevia tion for gra m(s). Abbrevia tion for gra vities. Abbrevia tion for gi gabyte(s). A g i gabyte equa l s 1,02 4 mega bytes or 1,073,74 1,824 bytes. See coproces sor . A video mode that can be defined a s x hori zontal b y y verti c al pixel s by z colors.
8 Del l Precis i on 61 0 Mi ni T ower Sy st em s User ’ s Guide most users pre fer noninterlac ed video adapter resolu tio ns. An instru c tion a nd data cache bu ilt in to the proce ssor.
Glossar y 9 Abbrevia tion for lo w voltage di fferential, the techn ology used to impleme nt Ultra2/ Wide SCSI, whic h offers da ta rates of 80 MB /sec , di ffere ntia l da ta i nteg rity , ex - tended SCS I cable lengths , and su pport for up to 1 5 devices.
1 0 Dell Precisi on 61 0 Mi ni T ower Sy st em s User ’ s Guide Acronym for M otion Picture Experts Group. MPEG is a digi tal video file format. Abbrevia tion for millise cond(s). Abbrevia tion for Micr osoft Disk Opera ting System . Abbrevia tion for me an time betwe e n failures .
Glossar y 1 1 An interna l or external d evice—such as a printer, a disk drive, or a keyboard—con - nected to a computer. Abbrevia tion for pi n grid array, a type of processor so cket that allows you to re- move t he proc essor chip. A sing le poi n t on a vi deo di splay.
1 2 Dell Precisi on 61 0 Mi ni T ower Sy st em s User ’ s Guide Acronym for ra ndom-access memor y. The com puter’s primary te mporary stor- age a r ea for progr am inst ructi ons a nd data. Ea ch location i n RAM is identifie d by a numbe r called a memo ry address .
Glossar y 1 3 conven tional memo ry device s to ensure that timi ng signals ha ve been s et up correctly. In equiv alent config urations, a comput er with SDRAM w ill have faster memory per- forman ce th an a comp uter wi th EDO memory. Abbrevia tion for seco nd(s).
1 4 Dell Precisi on 61 0 Mi ni T ower Sy st em s User ’ 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 i ntegral comp onents, such a s the f.
Glossar y 1 5 program an d leave the TSR program resi- dent in m emory for later use. TSR p rogram s can somet imes ca use memory co nflicts. When troubles hooting, rule out the possib ility o f such a co nfli ct by rebooti ng your computer without s tart- ing any TS R programs.
1 6 Dell Precisi on 61 0 Mi ni T ower Sy st em s User ’ s Guide oper at ing sy st ems in a va riety o f video mode s. On some Dell computers, a vide o adapter is integr ate d into the system board. Also avail a ble a re many video adapter card s that plug int o an ex pansio n-card connec tor.
Glossar y 1 7 A start-up f ile for the Wi ndows operat ing system . When you start W indows, it c on- sults the win.ini file to determine a var iety of opt ions for the Window s ope rating en- vironme nt. Among other thin gs, the win.ini file records what printer(s) and fonts are installed for Wi ndows.
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Inde x 1 ,QGH[ $ AC power recepta c le, 8-7 adding . See install i ng; upgrade opti ons Advanc ed Configuration a nd Power Interface option, 3-16 AGP, 1-3 alternat ing current .
2D ell Precisio n 610 Mini T ower Systems User ’s Gu ide card. See expans ion card s card-ed ge connec tor, 10-5 cauti ons , x ii CD-ROM driv es, 6-2 Chass is In trusi on opt ion, 3-13 chassi s.
Inde x 3 DIMMs about, 9 -6 capaciti es su ppo rted, 1-2 conf iguring , 9-7 ins ta lling , 9-9 registere d, 1-2, 9-6 removin g, 9-10 socket s, 9 -2 unbuffere d, 1-2, 9-6 direct c urrent See DC Diskette.
4D ell Precisio n 610 Mini T ower Systems User ’s Gu ide expans ion slots about, 9 -3 exter ior cleani ng of system , D-3 ) failures , 1-10 fixed di sk.
Inde x 5 IRQ line s assignme nts table, B-17 conf licts, B-17 used by COM p orts, B-7 used by mouse, B -12 ISA Configu ration Utility about, 4 -1 back ing up di skett e, 4-4 conf igurati on files, 4-3.
6D ell Precisio n 610 Mini T ower Systems User ’s Gu ide 0 Manufac turing Test Report, 3-1 memory about, 1 -2, B-17 adding , 9-6 address maps, B-18, B-19 error mes sages after i n stalling, 3-24 res.
Inde x 7 pin as signments (continu ed) mouse c onnector, B-14 parallel p ort connector, B-10 seri al port co nne ct o r s, B-9 USB connectors, B -15 pin nu mber s external SCS I connector, B-11 keyboa.
8D ell Precisio n 610 Mini T ower Systems User ’s Gu ide 6 safety instruc tio ns for preventin g ESD, v ii general , iv healt h cons iderat ions, v lis t, 8-1 SCSI de vices See al so drives ; tape d.
Inde x 9 synchr onous dy namic random-acc ess memory. See SDRAM syste m See compute r syste m board feat ures, 1 -3, 9- 2 jumpers , B-1 system configuration i nformation, 3-1 system data options, 3 -1.
10 D ell Precisio n 610 Mini T ower Systems User ’s Gu ide upgrade options DIMMs, 9-6 driv es, 10-1 expans ion card s, 9-4 process or, 9-10 upper me mory address m ap, B-19 UPS, D-9 USB connectors a.
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