Instruction/ maintenance manual of the product T5500 Dell
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DellPrecision™T5500ServiceManual Notes, Cautions, and Warnings IfyoupurchasedaDell™nSeriescomputer,anyreferencesinthisdocumenttoMicrosoft ® Windows ® operating systems are not applicable.
About Memory DellPrecision™T5500ServiceManual Memory Modules Supported Memory Configurations Memory Subsystem Memory Slots Memory Population Rules Your computer uses 1066 MHz and 1333Mhz DDR3 unbuffered or registered ECC SDRAM memory.
Memory Subsystem The memory subsystem consists of three DDR3 memory channels attached to each processor. All single - processor configurations have six DIMM slots (two per channel) attached to the primary processor located on the system board.
Memory Population Rules Your computer requires DIMMs within a channel to be populated starting with the DIMMs farthest from the processor first. This means the DIMM slots 1, 2 and 3 must be populated before DIMM slots 4, 5 and 6.
About Your System Board DellPrecision™T5500ServiceManual System Board Schematic Clearing Forgotten Passwords Clearing CMOS Settings System Board Schematic Clearing Forgotten Passwords 1. Remove the computer cover.
Ensure that the computer is off and not in a power management mode. If you cannot shut down the computer using the operating system, press and hold the power button for 4 seconds. 7. Disconnect the keyboard and mouse, then disconnect the computer and monitor from their electrical outlets.
System Setup DellPrecision™T5500ServiceManual POST Keystrokes Boot Menu Entering System Setup System Setup Navigation Keystrokes POST Keystrokes YourcomputerhasseveralkeystrokeoptionsavailableduringthePOSTprocessattheDell™Logoscreen.
Exit BIOS <Esc> — Remain in Setup, Save/Exit, Discard/Exit Change a setting Left - and right - arrow keys Select field to change <Enter> Cancel a modification <Esc> Reset defau.
Diagnostics DellPrecision™T5500ServiceManual Dell Diagnostics Power Button Light Codes Diagnostic Light Codes Pre - POST Diagnostic Light Patterns P.
2. If a problem is encountered during a test, a message appears with an error code and a description of the problem. Write down the error code and problem description and follow the instructions on the screen.
POST Diagnostic Light Patterns All POST codes except S0 are accompanied by a Solid Green Power light state. If the power light is not green, see Pre - POST Diagnostic Light Patterns . Pb2 1- Off 2- Off 3- Solid 4- Off - Reserved Reserved Pb3 1- Off 2- Off 3- Solid 4- Solid ACPI S3 Suspend to RAM Windows Standby State.
Beep Codes When errors occur during a boot routine that cannot be reported on the monitor, the computer may emit a beep code that identifies the problem.
2-2-1 1st 64 K RAM chip or data line failure - bit 4 4-2-4 Unexpected interrupt in Protected Mode 2-2-2 1st 64 K RAM chip or data line failure - bit 5 4-3-1 RAM test in progress or failure abov.
Adding and Replacing Parts DellPrecision™T5500ServiceManual Cover Battery Drives Bezel Hard Drive Tray Front Fan Assembly Memory Card Rea.
Specifications DellPrecision™T5500/T5500nServiceManual P rocessors System Information Memory Video Audio Exp.
Drives Externally accessible One 3.5 - inch drive bay (FlexBay) Two 5.25 - inch drive bays Internally accessible Two 3.5 - inch SATA drive bays Available devices Up to two of the following 5.25 - inch devices: SATA DVD - ROM/CD - RW Combo, DVD +/ - RWBlu - ray™drive, HD/DVD Combo Blu - ray drive One 3.
Networkactivitylight(onintegratednetwork adapter) Yellow blinking light P ower DC power supply: Wattage 875 W Voltage 100 240 VAC, 50 60 Hz, 12.0 A Coin - cell battery 3V CR2032 lithium coin cell Physical Height 44.
Battery DellPrecision™T5500ServiceManual Removing the Battery 1. Follow the procedures in Before Working Inside Your Computer . 2. Remove the computer cover . 4. Use a small screw driver or a scribe to press down the coin - cell release tab.
5. Remove the coin - cell from the computer. .
Cover DellPrecision™T5500ServiceManual Removing the Cover 1. Follow the procedures in Before Working Inside Your Computer . 2. Slide the cover release latch toward the back of the computer. 3. Draw the cover away from the computer.
4. Remove the cover from the computer. .
Hard - drive Bezel DellPrecision™T5500ServiceManual Removing the Hard - drive Bezel 1. Follow the procedures in Before Working Inside Your Computer . 2. Remove the computer cover . 3. Press and hold the sliding - plate lever toward the base of the computer to release the drives bezel.
4. Remove the hard drive bezel..
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Front Bezel DellPrecision™T5500ServiceManual Removing the Front Bezel 1. Follow the procedures in Before Working Inside Your Computer . 2. Remove the computer cover . 3. Pull up on the front bezel release tab. WARNING: Before working inside your computer, read the safety information that shipped with your computer.
4. Slide the front bezel toward the top of the computer. 5. Remove the front bezel from the computer..
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Front Fan Assembly DellPrecision™T5500ServiceManual Removing the Front Fan Assembly 1. Follow the procedures in Before Working Inside Your Computer . 2. Remove the computer cover . 3. Open the hard drive tray . 4. Remove the memory shroud .
6. Remove the screw that secures the front fan assembly. 7. Remove the fan assembly from the computer.
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Floppy Drive DellPrecision™T5500ServiceManual Removing the Floppy Drive 1. Follow the procedures in Before Working Inside Your Computer . 2. Remove the computer cover . 3. Remove the front bezel . 4. Remove the drives bezel . 5. Disconnect the power and data cables from the back of the floppy drive.
Hard Drives DellPrecision™T5500ServiceManual Removing the Hard Drives 1. Follow the procedures in Before Working Inside Your Computer . 2. Remove the computer cover . 3. Disconnect the power cable from the first hard drive. WARNING: Before working inside your computer, read the safety information that shipped with your computer.
4. Disconnect the power cable from the first hard drive. 5. Disconnect the data cable from the first hard drive..
6. Lift the two blue hard drive release tabs. 7. Remove the first hard drive assembly from the computer. Repeat these steps for any other installed hard drives.
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Hard Drive Tray DellPrecision™T5500ServiceManual Lifting the Hard Drive Tray 1. Follow the procedures in Before Working Inside Your Computer . 2. Remove the computer cover . . 3. Press the hard drive release lever toward the bottom of the computer.
4. Lift and rotate the hard drive tray toward the bottom of the computer..
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Chassis Intrusion Switch DellPrecision™T5500ServiceManual Removing the Chassis Intrusion Switch 1. Follow the procedures in Before Working Inside Your Computer . 2. Remove the computer cover . 3. Lift up the expansion card retention arm.
4. Disconnect the intrusion switch cable from the system board. 5. Slide the intrusion switch toward the center of the computer..
6. Remove the intrusion switch from the computer..
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I/O Data Cable DellPrecision™T5500ServiceManual Removing the I/O Data Cable 1. Follow the procedures in Before Working Inside Your Computer . 2. Remove the computer cover . 3. Raise the hard drive tray . 4. Remove the memory module shroud .
Memory and Memory Shroud DellPrecision™T5500ServiceManual Your computer features an optional dual - processor riser to accommodate dual processor and expanded memory options (see Dual Processor Riser (Optional) ).
5. Using your thumbs, gently push down on the memory module retention clips to release the module from the connector on the system board. 6. Lift the first memory module straight up and out of the computer, and repeat for any remaining memory modules.
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Memory Card Reader DellPrecision™T5500ServiceManual Removing the Memory Card Reader 1. Follow the procedures in Before Working Inside Your Computer . 2. Remove the computer cover . 3. Remove the front bezel . 4. Remove the drives bezel .
Optical Drive DellPrecision™T5500ServiceManual Removing the Optical Drive 1. Follow the procedures in Before Working Inside Your Computer .
4. Disconnect the data cable from the back of the optical drive. 5. Press down on the sliding - plate lever and hold..
6. Slide the optical drive out of the front of the chassis, and remove from the computer. .
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Heat Sink and Processor DellPrecision™T5500ServiceManual Removing the Heat Sink and Processor 1. Follow the procedures in Before Working Inside Your Computer . 2. Remove the computer cover . 3. Open the hard drive tray . 4. Loosen the four captive screws on the heat sink.
5. Lift the heat sink straight up and remove the heat sink from the computer. 6. Press down and out on the processor release lever to release the processor.
7. Lift the processor cover. 8. Lift the processor straight up and remove it from the computer..
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Dual Processor Riser (Optional) DellPrecision™T5500ServiceManual Removing the Optional Dual Processor Riser 1. Follow the procedures in Before Working Inside Your Computer . 2. Remove the computer cover . 3. Pull down on the dual processor riser release lever.
4. Carefully slide the dual processor riser halfway out. 5. Disconnect the power cable from the dual processor board..
6. Remove the dual processor riser completely from the computer. 7. Disconnect the dual processor fan cable from the dual processor board..
8. While pressing on the blue release tab, remove the dual processor fan assembly from the dual processor assembly. 9. Gently press down on the memory module release tabs to release the first dual processor memory module from the connector.
10. Remove the first memory module from the dual processor board, and repeat with any remaining memory modules. 11. Disconnect the dual processor heat sink fan cable from the dual processor board.
12. Loosen the four captive screws on the dual processor heat sink/fan assembly. 13. Remove the dual processor heat sink fan assembly from the dual processor riser board.
14. Release the dual processor cover by pressing down and out on the release arm. 15. Open the dual processor cover..
16. Remove the dual processor from the dual processor board..
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Power Supply DellPrecision™T5500ServiceManual Removing the Power Supply 1. Follow the procedures in Before Working Inside Your Computer . 2. Remove the computer cover . 3. Remove the four screws securing the power supply on the outside of the computer.
4. Rotate the expansion card retention arm toward the outside of the computer. 5. Disconnect the power supply cable from the power supply..
6. Push down and hold the power supply release clip (1), then slide the power supply toward the center of the computer (2). 7. Remove the power supply from the system at an angle.
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System Board DellPrecision™T5500ServiceManual Removing the System Board 1. Follow the procedures in Before Working Inside Your Computer . 2. Remove the computer cover . 3. Lift the hard drive tray . 4. Remove the memory shroud . 5. Remove the front fan assembly .
10. Disconnect the intrusion switch cable from the system board. 11. Disconnect the I/O data cable from the system board..
12. Disconnect the hard drive and optical drive data cables from the system board. 13. Disconnect the power supply cable from the system board..
14. Disconnect the power supply data cable from the system board. 15. Remove the three screws that secure the dual processor riser to the system board.
16. Remove the dual processor riser. 17. Remove the eight screws that secure the system board to the computer chassis..
18. Disconnect the optical drive data cable. 19. Remove the system board..
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Expansion Cards DellPrecision™T5500ServiceManual Removing an Expansion Card 1. Follow the procedures in Before Working Inside Your Computer . 2. Remove the computer cover . 3. Squeeze the release tabs, then lift the expansion card retention arm away from the computer.
4. Pull back the expansion card retention clip. 4. Remove the expansion card from the computer..
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Working on Your Computer DellPrecision™T5500ServiceManual Before Working Inside Your Computer Use the following safety guidelines to help protect your computer from potential damage and to help to ensure your personal safety.
The computer turns off after the operating system shutdown process is complete. 2. Ensure that the computer and all attached devices are turned off. If your computer and attached devices did not automatically turn off when you shut down your operating system, press and hold the power button for about 6 seconds to turn them off.
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If you have not bought Dell T5500 yet, this is a good time to familiarize yourself with the basic data on the product. First of all view first pages of the manual, you can find above. You should find there the most important technical data Dell T5500 - thus you can check whether the hardware meets your expectations. When delving into next pages of the user manual, Dell T5500 you will learn all the available features of the product, as well as information on its operation. The information that you get Dell T5500 will certainly help you make a decision on the purchase.
If you already are a holder of Dell T5500, but have not read the manual yet, you should do it for the reasons described above. You will learn then if you properly used the available features, and whether you have not made any mistakes, which can shorten the lifetime Dell T5500.
However, one of the most important roles played by the user manual is to help in solving problems with Dell T5500. Almost always you will find there Troubleshooting, which are the most frequently occurring failures and malfunctions of the device Dell T5500 along with tips on how to solve them. Even if you fail to solve the problem, the manual will show you a further procedure – contact to the customer service center or the nearest service center
