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_________ ______ _____ Inf or mation in this docu ment is s ubject to ch ange witho ut notice. © 19 98 Dell C omputer Cor por ation. Al l r ight s r eserv ed. Reproduction in any manner wha tsoever without the writ ten perm ission of Dell Computer Corporatio n is strictly forbidden.
v 6DIH W,QVWUXFWLRQV 8 se th e foll owing s afety gu ide lin es t o help pr otect your compu ter system f ro m pot en- tial da mage and to ensure you r o wn person al saf ety .
vi Kee p you r co m pu t er away f r o m r a di a t o r s a n d h e at s ou r ce s. A l so , d o n ot b l o ck coolin g ve nts. A void pla cing loos e papers undernea th yo ur compute r , an d do not place your comput er in a cl osed-in wal l unit or on a bed, s of a, or r ug.
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xi 3U H I D F H $ERXW7KLV*XLGH Thi s guide i s intende d for a ny one who uses the Dell P recision W orkStation 41 0 desk- top comp uter sy stems. It can be used b y both fi rst-time a nd ex perience d computer users w ho w ant to learn abo ut the f eatu res an d operatio n of the sys tems or w ho wa nt to upgra de their c omputers.
xii Appendix A, “T ec hnical Sp ecifica tions,” a nd Appendi x B , “Ha rdwa re Configura - tion F eat ures,” are intended primarily as ref erence material fo r users intere sted in lear ni ng m ore a bou t the de tails of the sys t em .
xiii Docum entation is in cluded w ith an y optio ns y ou purc hase separatel y from y our sy ste m. Th is do cu men tation i nc lud es in form at ion tha t y ou need to con f ig ure and inst al l the se op tion s in your D ell co mpu ter .
xiv Filena mes and dir ect or y name s are p res ente d in l owercase b old . Exampl es: au t oex ec.ba t and c: windo ws S yntax line s consi st of a comm and a nd al l its p ossi ble pa ram eter s.
xv &RQWHQWV &KDS WHU ,QWUR GXFWLRQ System Features .
xvi Bus-Mas tering EIDE Dri vers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-8 Reinstal ling t he Windows NT 4.0 Bus-Ma stering EI DE Driver. . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-8 Removin g the Windo ws NT 4.0 Bus-Master ing EIDE Dr iver .
xvii Mouse . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-17 Serial P ort 1 and Seria l Port 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-17 Paralle l Port .
xviii &KDS WHU 8VLQJ WKH1 HWZRUN, QWHUIDFH&RQW UROOHU Connecti ng to a Network . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
xix Removin g the Computer Co ver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-2 Replacing the Compute r Cover . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-4 Inside Your Compute r .
xx I/O Ports an d Connecto rs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-6 Serial and Parallel Port s . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-7 Adding a n Expansion Ca rd Containi ng Serial or P arallel P orts .
xxi Power Pro tection Devic es . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . D-9 Surge Prote ctors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . D-9 Line Con ditioners .
xxii Figure 4 -1. ICU Window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-5 Figure 4 -2. Add Network Ca rd Dialog Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-6 Figure 4 -3. Card Configura tion Dialog Bo x.
xxiii Figure B-1 . System Board Jump ers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-3 Figure B-2 . I/O Ports an d Connecto rs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-6 Figure B-3 . Pin Numbe rs for the Se rial Port Conne ctors .
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Intr oduct ion 1-1 &+$37(5 ,QWURGXFWLRQ Dell ® Pr ecision 41 0 syste ms are hi gh-speed, upgrad able w orkstations design ed around I ntel ® Pe n t i u m ® II microp rocessor s. Th ese sy stems su pport the hi gh- perf ormance P eripheral Component Interconne ct (PCI) bus and the acc elerated gra phi cs port (A GP) bus.
1-2 'HOO3U HFLVLRQ 'HVNWRS6 VWHPV8VHU ©V *XLGH A secon dar y cac he of 51 2 KB of static random-a ccess mem or y (SRAM) inte- grated in the sing le-edge c ontact (SEC) cart ridge. T he sec ondar y cac he also prov ides er ror c hec king and c orrectio n (ECC) capabi lity .
Intr oduct ion 1-3 USB-co mpli ant d evices. USB -comp lia nt devices c an al so be co nne ct ed a nd dis- connec ted while the sy stem is r unning. A modula r compute r c hassis with a m inimum n umber of s crews f or easy dis- assem bly and impro ved ser vicea bility .
1-4 'HOO3U HFLVLRQ 'HVNWRS6 VWHPV8VHU ©V *XLGH Vid eo driv er s f or the Microsof t W indow s NT 4.0 o r Micros of t Windows 95 operat - ing sy stem. NO TE: So me video cards su pport the Windo ws NT 4.0 ope rating sy stem only .
Intr oduct ion 1-5 f or tec hnic al assi stance or if yo u install h ardw are or sof tware in the sy stem. T he Dell I nspector p rogram is located in the De ll A ccess ories prog ram f older . The Dell Ins pec tor p rog r am is av ail abl e in c lie nt a nd admi nis trat or versi ons .
1-6 'HOO3U HFLVLRQ 'HVNWRS6 VWHPV8VHU ©V *XLGH ,PSRUWDQW1RWHWR:LQGRZVDQG :LQGRZV178VHUV Y our sy s tem w as configured b y Dell to optimiz e the f ea t ures of your com pute r and of the Micro sof t Windows NT 4.
Intr oduct ion 1-7 Windo ws NT 4.0 video dri vers — See the do cume nt ation f or yo ur video card. Windows NT 4.0 N IC driv er — See “Wi ndows NT 4 .0 NIC Driv er” in Cha pter 5. Windows NT 4.0 au dio driv ers — See “Audio Dri vers for Win dows NT 4 .
1-8 'HOO3U HFLVLRQ 'HVNWRS6 VWHPV8VHU ©V *XLGH ,QWH O3,, ;,1) 8SGDWH, QVWDO OHUI RU:LQ GRZV NO TE: T he f ollo w ing proc edure ap plies only to v ers ions of the M icros of t W indo ws 95 oper at ing sys t em inst alled by Dell .
Intr oduct ion 1-9 )UR Q W 3D Q H O The comp uter’ s front panel co ntains the follo wing indic ators an d controls (see Figur e 1 -2) : The pow er but ton pro vides c ontrol of the sy stem’ s A C inpu t pow er .
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Intr oduct ion 1- 1 1 NO TE: Antithe f t device s are of dif fe ring desi gns. B ef ore purc hasing suc h a de vice, mak e sure i t will w ork with the ca ble slot o n the compute r . The padloc k ring all ows y ou to secure the co mputer co ver to the c hassis to pre ve nt unautho rize d access t o the insi de of the c omputer .
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Usin g th e Software Supp ort Ut il i ties 2- 1 &+$37(5 8VLQJWKH6RIWZDUH6XSSRUW 8WLOLWLHV Y our Dell sys tem come s with sof t ware s upport util ities on disket te or on yo ur com- pute r ’ s hard -dis k dr ive.
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Using th e S yste m Se t up Prog ra m 3-1 1 suppres ses all er ror mess ages relatin g to the k eyboard or to the k ey board con troller during PO ST . T his set ting does not af f ect the ope ration of th e ke yboard itself , if a k ey - boa rd is attached to th e com put e r .
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Working Inside Y ou r Com puter 8-1 &+$37(5 : RUNLQJ,QVLGH< RXU&RPSXWHU Y our Dell Pr ecisi on 4 1 0 supports a v ariety of inte rnal op tions that e xpand sy stem capa - bilities . Th is c hapter prepa res y ou to ins t all opti ons insi de the co mputer .
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Instal l i ng System Board Opti ons 9-1 &+$37(5 ,QVWDOOLQJ6VWHP%RDUG2SWLRQV This c hapt er d escri bes how to i nst a ll the followin g op t ions : P eripheral Comp onent Interc.
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Hardware Co nfigur at i on Features B-9 3 DUDOOH O3 RUW&RQ QHFWR U 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 con nector .
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Hardware Co nfigur at i on Features B-1 7 dev ice. T hen consult T able B-9 to configure ea c h de vice f or one of the a vaila ble IRQ or other lin es. NO TE: Int err upts f or the on-bo ard soun d, NIC, an d both SCSI c hannels are as signed dynami call y by the sy stem bas ic input /outpu t sy stem (BI O S).
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Maint aini ng t he System D-1 $33(1',;' 0DLQWDLQLQJWKH6VW HP Proper us e of preventive ma int ena nce p roc edur es ca n keep t he syst em in t op op erat - ing con dition and mini miz e the need for c ostly , time-co nsuming service procedures .
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Maint aini ng t he System D-5 If the sy stem has b een e xposed to abnorma lly col d temperat ures, allo w a two- hour w arm-up period to b ring it up to normal o perating te mperat ure b efore t ur nin g it on . F a il ure to do so ma y cause damage to int erna l comp onents, pa rtic u- larly the h ard-disk dri ve.
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Maint aini ng t he System D-7 T o r ed uce th e pos sib ilit y of EMI and R F I, fol low thes e gui del ine s: Operate the sy stem only wi th the com puter co ve r installe d.
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Regula tor y Notices E-5 Once y ou ha ve d etermined your sy stem’ s V CCI classification, re ad the approp riate V CCI notice. Note th at V CCI regulations prov ide that c h anges or modific ations not ex pressly a ppro ved b y Dell Comp uter Corpor ation could void your auth ority to operate this equ ipment.
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Glossary 1 *ORVVDU The following li st d ef in es or i den ti fies tec hnical terms, a bbrevi ations, and acronyms us ed in De ll ® user documen ts. NO T E: Un les s othe r wise sp ecif ie d, these de finitions may not appl y to operatin g sy stems oth er than Mic rosoft ® Windows ® 95 and Win do ws NT ® .
2 Dell Precisi on 41 0 Desk to p Systems Use r ’ s Guide DWWULEXW H As it relates to DMI, an at tribute is a piec e of i nformat io n rela ted to a c ompo- nent. At tributes can be c ombined to f orm groups. If an at tribute is defined a s read- writ e, it may be de fine d by a man - agemen t applica tion.
Glossary 3 ERRWDEOH GLVNHWWH A diskette that can bo ot your comp uter to the operati ng system in the ev ent that the compute r will not boot from the ha rd-disk drive . ESL Abbrevia tion for bits p er inch. ESV Abbrevia tion for bits p er second. %78 Abbrevia tion for British thermal unit.
4 Dell Precisi on 41 0 Desk to p Systems Use r ’ s Guide FRQWURO SDQHO The part of the c omputer that conta ins in- dicat ors an d cont rols , such as th e powe r switc h, h a r d-d i sk dr ive acce ss i ndi cat or , and power ind ic ator. FRQYHQWL RQDOPHP RU The first 640 KB of RAM.
Glossary 5 '0$ Abbrevia tion for direct m emory access. A DMA channel allow s cer tain ty pes o f data transfer b etween RAM an d a device to bypass the micro proc esso r. '0, Abbrevia tion for Deskto p Managemen t Interface . DMI enab les the m anagement of your comp uter system’s so ftware and hardware.
6 Dell Precisi on 41 0 Desk to p Systems Use r ’ s Guide (,6$ Acronym for E x tended In dustry-Standa rd Architec ture, a 32-b it expansio n-bus de- sign. Th e expansi on-card c onnectors in an EISA c ompute r are al so comp atible with 8- or 16-b it ISA expa nsion c ards.
Glossary 7 )73 Abbrevia tion for file tra nsfer protocol . J Abbrevia tion for gram(s ). * Abbrevia tion for gravit ies. *% Abbrevia tion for gigab yte(s). A gigaby te equa l s 1, 024 m ega byt es or 1,073,74 1,824 byte s. JUDSKL FVFRSURFHVVRU See coproces sor .
8 Dell Precisi on 41 0 Desk to p Systems Use r ’ s Guide LQWHUQDOPLFURSURFH VVRUFDFKH An instru ction and da ta cache bu ilt in to the mi cro proc esso r. The In tel Pent ium micropro cessor includ es a 16-KB in ternal cache, whi ch is set up as an 8 - KB re ad- only in stru ction ca che and an 8-KB read/ write dat a cach e.
Glossary 9 /37 Q The dev ice names for th e first through third para llel prin ter ports on y our comput- er ar e LPT 1 , LP T2, an d LP T3. /9 ' Abbrevia tion for low vol tage differe ntial, the.
1 0 Dell Precision 4 1 0 Desktop S ystems User’ s Guide PRGH P A devi ce tha t al lo ws yo ur c omput er to commu nica te w ith othe r co mput ers over telephon e lines. PRX VH A pointin g device that c ontrols the moveme nt of the cursor on a screen .
Glossary 1 1 3&, Abbrevia tion for Periph eral Componen t Interconn ect. A standa rd for local-b us impleme ntatio n develop ed by Inte l Corporatio n. SHULSKHUDOGH YLFH An interna l or external d evice—such as a printer, a disk dri ve, or a k eyboard— con- nected to a compu ter.
1 2 Dell P recision 41 0 Desktop S ystems User’ s Guide info rma tion s tor e d in RAM i s los t whe n you turn off your computer. 5$0'$& Acronym for ra ndom-acce ss memory digital -to-analo g converter. UHDGRQO ILOH A read -only fil e is one tha t you ar e prohib- ited from editing or deleting.
Glossary 1 3 that timi ng signa ls have be en set up correctly. In equiv alent co nfigura tions, a comput er with SDRAM w ill have fas ter mem ory per- forman ce t h an a co mpu ter wi th EDO memory. VHF Abbrevia tion for second( s). 6(& Abbrevia tion for si ngle-edge contact.
1 4 Dell P recision 41 0 Desktop S ystems User’ s Guide VVWHP ERDUG As the ma in circuit boa rd, the system boar d usua lly c ont ains most of your c om- puter’s i ntegral comp onents, such a s.
Glossary 1 5 program an d leave the TSR program resi- dent in m emory for late r use. TSR p rogr ams c an so met ime s ca us e memory co nflicts. When troubleshoo ting, rule out th e poss ibi lity o f such a con flict by rebooti ng your compute r without start- ing any TS R programs .
1 6 Dell P recision 41 0 Desktop S ystems User’ s Guide oper at ing sy ste ms in a va riety o f vi de o mode s. On some Dell computers , a video a dapter is integr ate d into the system board. Also avail able are many vi deo adap ter cards that plug i nto an expa nsio n- card connec tor.
Glossary 1 7 ZLQLQL ILOH 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 de termine a var iety of opt ions for the Window s ope rating en- vironme nt. Among ot her things , the win.
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Inde x 3 diag nosti cs syste m, 1-4 DIMMs about, 9 -6 capaciti es su ppo rted, 1-2 conf iguring, 9- 7 ins ta lli ng, 9-9 registere d, 1-2, 9-7 removin g, 9-10 socket s, 9-2 unbuffere d, 1-2, 9-7 direc.
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Inde x 5 ins talli ng DIMMs, 9-6, 9- 9 driv es, 10-4 expans ion cards, 9-4 process or, 9-10 SCSI de vices, 10-1 5 syste m boa rd op tions , 9- 1 inte grat ed au di o co ntro lle r about, 6 -1 adjus ti.
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Inde x 7 3 pad lo ck , 1- 10, 8-2 Paralle l Mode op tion, 3-18 paralle l port compa tib il it y, 3-1 8 IRQ line, B-7 paralle l port connec tor about, B-7 , B-10 loc a t ion , 9 - 2, B- 6 pin as signme.
8D HOO 3U HFLV LRQ 'HVN WRS 6VW HPV8 VHU©V *XLG H recovering da ta, D-2 redunda nt array of inexpensiv e disks See RAID registere d SDRAM, 9-6 regul atory n otice s, E.
Inde x 9 speake rs connec ting, 6-2 specifi cations, A-1 speed j umpers setting, 9-12, B-4 stan dby LED, 9- 2 start-up, 3-12 support, 1-1 1 surge pro tector preve nt ing po wer sourc e in terr upt ions , D-9 switc hes about, B-2 synchr onous dyna mic rando m-access memory.
10 D HOO 3U HFLV LRQ 'HVN WRS 6VW HPV8 VHU©V *XLG H 8 unbuffere d SDRAM, 9-6 uninterru ptib le pow er sup ply . See UPS upgrade option s DIMMs, 9-6 driv es, 10-1 expan.
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