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  • Dell G1 - page 1

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    _________ ______ _____ Inf or mation in this document is subj ect t o c hange without notice. © 1 994–1998 Dell Comput er Cor po ration. All r ights r eserved. Reproduction in any manner wha tsoever without the writ ten permission of Dell Computer C orporation is strictly forbidden. T ra demarks used in this t ext: Del l , OptiPl ex , and the DE ...

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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 and to ens ure you r o w n per sonal sa fety . :KHQ8VLQJ< RXU&RPS XWHU6VWHP As y ou use y our computer s ystem, obs er ve the follo wing saf ety guidelines . :$51,1* ' RQRW RSHU ...

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    vi  Do not spill fo od or liqu ids on y our comp uter . If the comp uter 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 components.  Kee p you r co m pu t er away f r o m r a di a t o ...

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    vii  :KHQ: RU NLQJ,QVLGH< RXU&RPSXWHU B ef ore y ou remov e the computer c ov er , perf orm the fol low ing steps in the sequence indica ted. &$87,216 ' RQRW DWWHP SWWR VHUYLF HWKH FRP SXWHU VVWHP RXU VHOIH[FHSW DVH[SODL QHGL QWKL VJXLG HDQG HOVHZ KHU ...

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    viii In addi tion, take note of these saf ety guideline s when appro priate:  When y ou dis conne ct a ca ble, pul l on its co nnecto r or on it s strain -relief loop, not on th e cab le it sel f . So me c ables h ave a conn ect or wit h locking t ab s; if you are d is- connec tin g this type of cable, press in on the loc king t abs bef ore disc ...

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    ix 3U H I D F H $ERXW7KLV*XLGH Thi s guide is intended f or an yone who uses a Dell OptiPlex G 1 midsi ze Manag ed PC sy stem. It can be u sed b y both first-time and experi enced computer users who w ant to learn a bout the f ea ture s and oper ation of the sys tems or who want to u pgrade their compu ters . The c h apte rs an d appe ndi xes ...

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    x  Appendix D , “W arranti es an d R et urn P olicy ,” describes the w a r ranty for y our Del l system an d the “ T otal Sati sfactio n” Return P olicy . : DUUDQWDQG5 HWXUQ3 ROLF,QIRUPDWLRQ Dell Comp uter Corporation (“Dell”) manuf actu res its hardw are products fro m parts and co mponents tha t are ne w or equiv alen ...

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    xi 1RWDWLRQDO&R QYHQWLRQV The following su bsec ti ons des cri be not ation al co nventi ons us ed in this d ocu ment. : DUQLQJV& DXWLRQV1RWHV Thro ughout thi s guide, th ere may be bloc ks of te xt printed i n bold type or i n italic type. The se bloc ks are warnings, cautions, and notes, and the y are use d as follo ws: :$5 ...

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    xii  Command lines consis t of a command and may i nclude one o r more of the co m- mand ’ s pos sib le pa ram et ers . Co mmand l ine s a r e pres ent ed i n the C our i er New f ont. Exampl e: GHOF?P ILOHGRF  Screen te xt is tex t that appear s on the screen of your monit or or displa y . It can be a sy stem messa ge, for e xamp ...

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    xiii &RQWHQWV &KDS WHU ,QWUR GXFWLRQ          System Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ...

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    xiv Diskette Drive A and Dis k ette Drive B . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-5 Primary Driv e n and Seco nda ry Dr ive n . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-5 EIDE Devic es . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-6 If You Hav e a Problem . ...

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    xv Using the Setup Password Fe ature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-19 Assigni ng a Setup Pass word . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-19 Operati ng With a Setup Pa ssword Enable d . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-19 Deleting or Changing an Exis t ...

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    xvi &KDS WHU :RUNLQJ ,QVLGH<RXU&R PSXWHU      Before You Begin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-1 Safety F irst—For You and Your Compute ...

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    xvii $S SHQGL[% ,6$& RQILJXUDWLRQ8WL OLW0 HVVDJHV    % ICU Error Mes s ages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-1 Configura tion Manager Mes sages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ...

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    xviii Figure 3 -3. Card Configura tion Dialog Box. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-7 Figure 3 -4. Configura tion Settings Dialog Box for Assigning an IRQ Line . . . . . . 3-7 Figure 3 -5. Available Settings List Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-8 Figure 3 -6. Configura tion Settings D ...

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    xix Figure 7 -9. Attaching Diske tte/Tape Drive and DC Powe r Cables . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-8 Figure 7 -10. Removin g the Hard-Disk Drive Bra cket . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-11 Figure 7 -11. Inserting the Hard -Disk Drive in the Bracket . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-12 Figure 7 -12. Attaching Ha rd-Disk Drive Cables . ...

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    Intro ductio n 1-1 &+$37(5 ,QWURGXFWLRQ Dell ® OptiPlex ® G1 midsiz e Managed P C system s are high-s peed, expa ndable per- sonal computers de signed around th e Intel ® Pe n t i u m ® II microproces sor . Eac h compute r system us es a high-perf ormance P eripheral Com ponent Interconne ct (PCI) design that allo ws you to configure ...

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    1-2 Dell Opt iP lex G1 Mi ds i ze Mana ge d PC Ref er ence an d I nst a l lati on Guide  A seco ndar y cac he of 5 1 2 KB of static random-ac cess memory (SRAM) included within t he single-edge c ont act (SEC) ca rtridge, whic h also contains the micro proc esso r .  S ys tem memory that can be increas ed up to 256 m egab ytes (MB) b y instal ...

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    Intro ductio n 1-3 random-a ccess memory (SGRAM) vide o memor y . Maximum res olutions are 1 600 x 1 200 with 256 col ors noninterlac ed and 1 280 x 1 024 with 65,536 colors noninterl aced. In 1 024 x 7 68, 800 x 600, and 640 x 480 res olutions , 16. 7 million colors are av a ilable f or true-colo r graphics usin g a 32-bits per p ixel (bpp) format ...

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    1-4 Dell Opt iP lex G1 Mi ds i ze Mana ge d PC Ref er ence an d I nst a l lati on Guide 6RIWZDU H)HDWX UHV The follo wing sof tware is in cluded with y our Dell c omputer sy stem:  Utiliti es that saf eguard y our sys tem and en hance the opera tion of its hardw are f eat ures, suc h as maximiz ing your m onitor’ s resolution capabilit ies. ...

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    Intro ductio n 1-5 If y our syst em included D ell-ins t alled sof tware, Del l pro vides a menu that all ows yo u to make p rogram disk et te sets of y our Dell-installed s of t ware (pro grams, driver s, and u tili ties; a CD- ROM with your oper ating system acco mp ani ed your compute r). A program di ske t te set is an u ninstalled vers ion of ...

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    1-6 Dell Opt iP lex G1 Mi ds i ze Mana ge d PC Ref er ence an d I nst a l lati on Guide conf igu rati on i nf ormation a nd m anagement i nf o rma t io n f o rmat (MIF) databas e v alues (see Fi gure 1- 1). )LJXUH 'HOO2SHQ 0DQDJH 3URJUDP On sy stems r unning WIndo ws 95 and Windo ws NT 4.0 , the Dell Op enManage prog ...

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    Intro ductio n 1-7 &RQI LJXUD WLRQ0DQ DJHP HQW Configura tion Managemen t fea t ures of the Dell OpenMana ge include:  W akeup On L AN s upport, whic h allows ne twork admin istrators to rem otely t urn on Mana ged PC sys tems with W a keup O n LAN capabil ity in a Del l DMI netw ork.  A Sy ste m Prop erties windo w that en ables netwo ...

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    1-8 Dell Opt iP lex G1 Mi ds i ze Mana ge d PC Ref er ence an d I nst a l lati on Guide  Do wnload diagn ostics and BIO S update util ities  F ormat the ha rd-disk drive , if required  Do wnload and i nst all the o perating sy stem, base d on prev iously establish ed profil es  Do wnload an d install appli c ations sof tware  Upda te ...

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    Intro ductio n 1-9 compu ters usua lly i ncl ude a se gme nt of galvani zed cabl e with an attac hed lo c k i ng dev ice and k ey . T o pre vent un author ized remo val of y our computer , loop the cable arou nd an imm ov able obj ect, insert the loc king de vice into th e security cable sl ot on the bac k of y our compu ter , and loc k the de vice ...

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    1-1 0 Dell Opt iP lex G1 Mi ds i ze Mana ge d PC Ref er ence an d I nst a l lati on Guide 8VLQJWKH2SWLRQDO6WDQGIRU9 HUWLFDO 2ULHQWDWLRQ Dell of f ers an optiona l stand that y ou can at tac h to th e computer for a mini tow er (ve r- tical) o rientation. Although you c an at t ac h (and remo ve ) the stand at an y time with a mini ...

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    Intr oduction 1- 1 1 T o remov e the stand, t urn the com puter o ver so the stand is a t the top, l oosen the sc r ew an d li ft t h e st an d away , a nd p la ce t he co m p u t er i n a h o r izo n t a l p o si t i o n . (QHUJ 6WDU&RPSOL DQFH Certain config urations of Dell c omputer sy stems comply with the requireme nts set f orth b ...

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    1-1 2 Dell Opt iP lex G1 Mi ds i ze Mana ge d PC Ref er ence an d I nst a l lati on Guide ,PSRUWDQW1RWH IRU:LQGRZV8VHUV Y our sy stem w a s con figured b y Del l to opti mi z e the f eature s of the Windo ws 95 oper- atin g s y stem. T o ensure tha t a ll of th es e f eature s a re maintained on y our sys t em , y ou must use t ...

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    Intro ductio n 1-1 3 The follo wing procedu re describes ho w to install the up date:  ,QVHUWW KH :LQGRZV,QWHO6XSSRUW'ULYHU9 HU $ GLVNHWWHLQWR GULYH $  &OL FNWKH 6WD UWEX WWRQD QG FOLFN 5XQ  7 SH D?VHWXSH[H DQGSUHVV 2.   ...

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    1-1 4 Dell Opt iP lex G1 Mi ds i ze Mana ge d PC Ref er ence an d I nst a l lati on Guide  Connecti ng external devices  Maintaining the sys tem  Contacting Dell  Using the onlin e Adobe ™ Acro bat P DF docume nts The guide also contains a glo ssar y of co mmonly used term s and abbre viations. The online Sy stem User ’ s Guide is l ...

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    Using the Sy stem S etup P rogra m 2-1 &+$37(5 8VLQJWKH6V WHP6H WXS3 U RJUDP Eac h time y ou t u rn on you r computer sy stem or pres s the rese t but ton, the sy stem compare s the hard ware installed in the syste m to the hardw are listed in th e system conf igurati on inf ormation stor ed in non volatile random-acc ess mem ...

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    2-2 Dell Opt iP lex G1 Mi ds i ze Mana ge d PC Ref er ence an d I nst a l lati on Guide  :KHQ WKH 3UH VV) !WR (QWH U6HWX SZ LQGRZ DSSH DUVL QWK HXS SHU ULJKW FRU QHUR IWKH VFUHH Q SUHV V)!  If y ou wait too long a nd you r operat ing system begins to lo ad into m emor y , ...

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    Using the Sy stem S etup P rogra m 2-3 7 D EOH 6VWHP6HWXS1DYLJDW LRQ. HV  .HV $FWLRQ Mov es to the ne xt field. Mov es to the pre vious field. C y cles through the op tions in a field. In ma n y fields, y ou c an also type the appropriate v alue. Scrolls through help i nformatio n. Enters the selected fiel d? ...

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    2-4 Dell Opt iP lex G1 Mi ds i ze Mana ge d PC Ref er ence an d I nst a l lati on Guide ) LJXUH6VWHP 6HWXS6FUHHQ 6VWHP6 HWXS&DWHJRULH V The following su bsec ti ons explai n in det ail each of the cat e gor i es on the System Set up screen. 6VWHP7LPH ...

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    Using the Sy stem S etup P rogra m 2-5 6VWHP 7LPH Sy stem Ti me resets the time on the co mputer’ s internal cloc k. Time is kept in a 24-hour f ormat ( hours : minutes : secon ds ) . T o c hange the time, press the lef t- or right-ar ro w ke y s to selec t a fi el d, a nd th en pres s < + > or <-> to i nc rea se or decrease the n ...

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    2-6 Dell Opt iP lex G1 Mi ds i ze Mana ge d PC Ref er ence an d I nst a l lati on Guide NO TES: For all devi ce s obt ai ned from De ll tha t us e th e bui lt- in EI DE contr oll er , set the appropri ate Driv e categor y to A uto. Y ou must ha v e an EIDE de vi ce conn ected to the pri mary EIDE interf ace if y o u ha v e a n EIDE de vice conn ect ...

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    Using the Sy stem S etup P rogra m 2-7 number . If you pref er , you ca n press the right- or lef t-arro w ke y to increase or decr ease, res pectively , the drive -t ype numbe r until the co rrect one is displa yed. ,I< RX 'R1R W.Q RZWKH' ULYH  7 SH1 XPEHU The Driv e 0 a nd Driv e 1 categori es displ a y the f ...

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    2-8 Dell Opt iP lex G1 Mi ds i ze Mana ge d PC Ref er ence an d I nst a l lati on Guide 'LVN HWWH'ULY H$  Se le ct in g D is k et t e Dri ve A: as the first de vice causes the sy stem to tr y booting from dr iv e A first . If the sy stem fi nd s a disk et te that is not bootable in th e dri v e or finds a problem w ith the dr ive ...

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    Using the Sy stem S etup P rogra m 2-9 The Reserved Mem or y catego r y has th e follo wing options :  None Reser ved (the defau lt opt ion )  51 2KB - 640KB  15 M B - 16 M B &386SHHG  CPU Spe ed indica tes the processor s peed at w hic h your sy stem boo ts. Pr ess the lef t- or right-ar ro w k ey to toggle the CPU Sp eed c ateg ...

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    2-1 0 Dell Opt iP lex G1 Mi ds i ze Mana ge d PC Ref er ence an d I nst a l lati on Guide  Lik ewise, CO M2 (I/O address 2F 8h), whic h shares IRQ3 with COM4, is remappe d to COM4 (I/O ad dress 2E8 h). NO TES: When two COM ports share an IRQ set ting, y ou can use eith er port as nec- essary , but yo u ma y not be able to u se them both at the s ...

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    Using th e S ys te m Set up Prog ram 2-1 1 'LVN HWWH, QWHUIDF H Disk et te Interfac e controls the op eration of the sy stem’ s built-in disk et te driv e cont roller . With A uto ( the def ault option) s el ec ted, the sy stem t urns of f the buil t-in dis k et te driv e cont roller when ne cessary to acco mmodate a controlle r card i ...

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    2-1 2 Dell Opt iP lex G1 Mi ds i ze Mana ge d PC Ref er ence an d I nst a l lati on Guide 3 DVVZRUG6 WDWXV When Set up P assw ord is set to Enab led, P assword Stat us allows y ou to pre vent the sy stem passwo rd from being c hanged or di sabled at sy stem start-up. T o loc k the sys tem passw ord, you must first as sign a s etup pa ssword i ...

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    Using the Sy stem S etup P rogra m 2- 1 3 . HERDUG1XP/RFN Ke ybo ard N umLock determin es w hethe r your s ystem boots with the Num Lock mode a c t i v a t e d o n 101- o r 10 2 - k e y k e y b o a r d s ( i t d o e s n o t a p p l y t o 8 4 - k e y k e y b o a r d s ) . When Nu m Lo c k mode i s activ ated, the righ tmost bank of k ey s on ...

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    2-1 4 Dell Opt iP lex G1 Mi ds i ze Mana ge d PC Ref er ence an d I nst a l lati on Guide 6DYLQJ0 RQLWRU3RZHU If you ha ve a Vid eo Ele ctro nic s Standards A ss oc iat ion (VES A ® ) Di splay P ower Man- agemen t Signaling (DP MS)-compl iant monitor , enab ling the P ow er Managemen t category reduces mo nitor po w e r cons umptio n during ...

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    Using the Sy stem S etup P rogra m 2- 1 5 When P ower Man ag eme nt is set to Di sabl ed (the de fault) , the di sks spin co n- sta ntly as lo ng as the s ystem is turned on . $VVHW 7 DJ Asset T ag displ a y s the custo mer -programm able asse t tag number fo r the s y stem i f an asset tag numb er has been as signed. Y ou can use the Asset T ag ...

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    2-1 6 Dell Opt iP lex G1 Mi ds i ze Mana ge d PC Ref er ence an d I nst a l lati on Guide pass word is as sign ed, on ly t h ose w ho kn ow the pas sword h ave full use o f the system. When the S y stem Pas sw o rd c ategor y is set to Enabled, the computer sy stem prompts you f or the sys tem passw ord just af ter the syste m boots. T o c hange an ...

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    Using th e S ys te m Set up Prog ram 2- 1 7 exampl e, if you have a n M in y our p assw ord, the sy stem re cogni zes either M or m as corr ect. Certain k ey combin ations are not v alid. If y ou enter one o f these combi nations, the speak er emits a beep. T o e ras e a c h ar act er wh en ent erin g your pa s sword, pres s the <Backspace> k ...

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    2-18 Dell O pt iP lex G1 Mi ds i ze Mana ge d PC Ref er ence an d I nst a l lati on Guide If an inc orrect or in complete sy stem pass word is en tered again, the same message appears on the screen. The third and su bsequent time s an inc orrect or in complete sy stem pass word is entered, t he sys tem displa ys the f ollowi ng message: ,Q ...

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    Using the Sy stem S etup P rogra m 2- 1 9 8VLQJWKH6HWXS3 DVVZRUG) HDWXUH Y our Dell sy stem is shipped to y ou without the set up passw ord f eat ure e nabled. I f sy stem security is a concern, y ou should op erate your s ystem with setup password protectio n. Y ou can assign a setup p assword, as described i n the ne xt subsecti ...

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    2-20 Dell O pt iP lex G1 Mids ize Manage d PC Ref er en ce and Inst a l la tion Guide  If S ystem P assword is not enable d and i s not l oc ked vi a t h e Pass word Stat us cate- gory , y ou can ass ign a system passw ord (ho we ver , you c annot disable or c hange an e xisting sy stem pas swo rd). NO TE: Y ou c an use th e Passw ord Stat us ca ...

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    Using th e S ys te m Set up Prog ram 2- 21  (QWHU WKH 6VWH P6HW XSSU RJUDP DQG YHULI WKDW WKH SDVVZR UGLVG LV DEOHG 3UR FHHG WRVWH SLI RXZD QWWR DVVLJ QDQ HZSDVV ZRUG NO TE: Bef ore yo u assign a new sy stem and/ or set up passw ord, you mu st replace the P ...

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    Using the IS A Configuration Utility 3-1 &+$37(5 8VLQJWKH,6$&RQILJXUDWLRQ8WLOLW The ISA Config ur at ion U tili t y (IC U) is used by the syste m to tra c k wh at expa nsio n cards a re installed an d what res ources are u s ed. With this inf ormation, the system automat ically con figures Plug and Play e xpansion cards a ...

  • Dell G1 - page 56

    3-2 Dell Opt iP lex G1 Mi ds i ze Mana ge d PC Ref er ence an d I nst a l lati on Guide 4XLFN6 WDU W  T o quic kly get started u s ing this utili t y , follo w these ste ps:  'HWHUPLQ HZKHWKHU RXQHHG W RUXQ WKH,&8  See “When to Run the ICU” found later in th is c hapter for d et ailed inst r u ...

  • Dell G1 - page 57

    Using the IS A Configuration Utility 3-3 $ERXW WKH,&8 B ef ore y our system was ship ped from Del l, a tec hnician us ed the ICU to enter the cor rect inf ormation f or the e xpansion cards in itially installed in your com puter . If your system was shipp ed wit h Dell -i nst all ed so f tware, t he ICU d iskette image (fr om whic h you c ...

  • Dell G1 - page 58

    3-4 Dell Opt iP lex G1 Mi ds i ze Mana ge d PC Ref er ence an d I nst a l lati on Guide Af ter y ou hav e run t he ICU fo r you r non-Plug and Pl ay IS A expansi on cards and i t has configu red all y o ur Plug and Pl ay and PCI e xpansion cards, y ou can use th e utility to lock the c onfiguration of you r Plug and Pla y and PCI e xpansion cards s ...

  • Dell G1 - page 59

    Using the IS A Configuration Utility 3-5 6WDUWL QJWKH,&8 Af ter y ou hav e com pl eted the proc ed ures i n “P reparing to Us e th e ICU ” f o und ea rli er in this c hapter , insert th e bac kup copy of the ICU disket te into dri ve A. Then either t urn on your sys t em or r ebo ot it by pres sin g t he r e set but ton. $FFHVVLQ J ...

  • Dell G1 - page 60

    3-6 Dell Opt iP lex G1 Mi ds i ze Mana ge d PC Ref er ence an d I nst a l lati on Guide $GGLQJD/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 c ard , you must copy the co nf igu rati on f i le t o th e db subdirec tor y on the bac k up copy of the ICU disk et te ...

  • Dell G1 - page 61

    Using the IS A Configuration Utility 3-7  ,I RXZDQW WKH,&8 WRVHO HFWWKH UHVRXUFH VIRU WKHFD UG FOLFN2 . 2WKH U ZLVH VNLSW RVWHS  The ICU uses the defa ult resources set b y the card manuf acture r whenev er pos- sible. If the ICU cannot find a resource that is valid f o ...

  • Dell G1 - page 62

    3-8 Dell Opt iP lex G1 Mi ds i ze Mana ge d PC Ref er ence an d I nst a l lati on Guide  7 R FKDQ JHWK HUHV RXUF HVH WWLQJV FOL FN WKHG RZQDU URZQH[W WR WKH& RQ ILJX UDWLRQ &KRLFHE R[ 7KHQFOLF NWKHQHZ UHVRXUFHV HWWLQJIUR PWKHOLV W RIDYDL ODEOH VHW W ...

  • Dell G1 - page 63

    Using the IS A Configuration Utility 3-9 NO TE: If yo u c hange one or more resource values u sing the Option s but ton and later c hange the set ting in th e Configuration Cho ice box, th e c hanges that y ou made to the resource v alues are o ver writ ten b y the def ault valu es for the ne w conf igu rati on c ho ice.  &OLFN 2.? ...

  • Dell G1 - page 64

    3-1 0 Dell Opt iP lex G1 Mi ds i ze Mana ge d PC Ref er ence an d I nst a l lati on Guide ) LJXUH 6SHFLI,QWHUUXSW' LDORJ%R [ If y ou are prov iding a valu e for the inter rupt req uest (IRQ) or d irect memor y acces s (DMA) re source, clic k the do wn arro w beneath A vai lable Re sources . A small er Spe cif y l ...

  • Dell G1 - page 65

    Using the IS A Configuration Utility 3-1 1  :KHQ RX KDYH ILQLV KHG VHO HFWLQ JUH VRXUF HVI RUWK HXQOL VWHG FDUG FO LFN 2.LQW KH&R QILJXUH 8QOL VWHG&DU GGL DORJER[ A mess a ge box a ppears, notifying y ou either that the card is us ing its de fault set- tings or that it canno ...

  • Dell G1 - page 66

    3-1 2 Dell Opt iP lex G1 Mi ds i ze Mana ge d PC Ref er ence an d I nst a l lati on Guide NO TE: When y ou modi fy an unlisted card, the ICU ca nnot show you the v alid resources for the card. Therefore , you must ha ve doc umentation from the card manu factur er tha t desc rib es t he res our ces a nd r es our ce se t t i ngs that the c ard can us ...

  • Dell G1 - page 67

    Using the IS A Configuration Utility 3-1 3 NO TE: Af ter modifying the s ystem confi guration, yo u must turn of f the system to install, rem ove, or c hange jumper s et tings on the non-Plug and Play IS A exp ansion cards t o matc h the set tings yo u selected in th e ICU. 5 HPRYLQJD&DUG  B ...

  • Dell G1 - page 68

    3-1 4 Dell Opt iP lex G1 Mi ds i ze Mana ge d PC Ref er ence an d I nst a l lati on Guide ) LJXUH 6VWHP5H VRXUFH8VDJ H'LDO RJ%R[ T o determine whic h card uses a particular resourc e shown i n the Sy stem Re source Usag e dialog box, se lect the resou rce in ques tion and th en clic k Used B y Card. T he Ca ...

  • Dell G1 - page 69

    Using the IS A Configuration Utility 3-1 5 If y ou clic k Y es, t he ICU sa ves t he updated system c onfiguration informati on into NVRAM. If you clic k No, yo u ex it the ICU withou t saving a ny of y our configurati on c hanges . If y ou clic k Cancel, noth ing is sa ved and th e utility continue s to operate. /RFNLQ JDQG 8QORFNLQJ & ...

  • Dell G1 - page 70

    3-1 6 Dell Opt iP lex G1 Mi ds i ze Mana ge d PC Ref er ence an d I nst a l lati on Guide /RFNLQJDQG8QORFNLQJ&RQILJXUDWLRQ5HVRXUFHV Y ou can also lo c k and unloc k indivi dua l re so urc es f or a Plug an d P lay or PCI e xpansion card. T o do s o, follo w these st eps:  ,IL WLV QRWD OUHD GLQ VWDOO HG LQ ...

  • Dell G1 - page 71

    Using I nt egr at ed Devices 4-1 &+$37(5 8VLQJ,QWHJUDWHG'HYLFHV This c h apte r de scri bes the co nfi g ura tio n s oftware provi ded with your syst em for the f oll o wing integrat ed de vices:  V id eo con trol ler  Optional net work in terface control ler (NIC) See the c orrespondi ng secti on in this c hapter f or th ...

  • Dell G1 - page 72

    4-2 Dell Opt iP lex G1 Mi ds i ze Mana ge d PC Ref er ence an d I nst a l lati on Guide  A green link in tegrit y indi cator lights up when there is a goo d connection between the ne twork and th e NIC. When th e gree n indi cator is of f , the c ompute r is not d e tecting a ph ysical connection to th e net w ork .  ) LJXUH ...

  • Dell G1 - page 73

    Using I nt egr at ed Devices 4-3  The maximum numb er of workstat ions (not counting conce ntrators) on a net - wo rk is 1 024.  F or 1 0BA SE-T network s , the ma ximum number of daisy-c hained con c entrators on one n et work segm ent is fo ur . &RQILJXULQJWKH1, & This su bsec tion provid es in struc tions for co nfig uri ng o ...

  • Dell G1 - page 74

    4-4 Dell Opt iP lex G1 Mi ds i ze Mana ge d PC Ref er ence an d I nst a l lati on Guide  'RXE OH FO LFN0&RPS XWHU GRXE OH FO LFN&R QWURO3DQHO DQG WKHQ GRXEOH  FO LFNWK H1H WZRU NLFR Q NO TE: If yo u are ins t alling netwo rking on yo ur syst em for the first time, Win- dows NT d ...

  • Dell G1 - page 75

    Using I nt egr at ed Devices 4-5  )URPWK H&RQWURO3 DQHOGR XEOH FOLFNWKH 1HWZRUNLF RQ The Net work Settings wi ndow app ear s .  )URP WKH,QVWDOOHG$GDSWH UVJURXSVHOHF WWKHH[LVWLQJ&RPGULYHUDQG FOLFN 5HPRYH  &OLF N< HVLQWKH 1HWZRUN ...

  • Dell G1 - page 76

    4-6 Dell Opt iP lex G1 Mi ds i ze Mana ge d PC Ref er ence an d I nst a l lati on Guide  9 HU LIWK DWW KHLQ WHJUD WHG 1,& LVHQ DEOH GLQW KH6 VWH P6HW XSS URJU DP DQGFRQQHF WHGWRLWVQHWZR UN See Chap ter 2, “Using the S ys tem Set up Prog ram,” for more info rmation.  6WDU W: ...

  • Dell G1 - page 77

    Using I nt egr at ed Devices 4-7 :LQGRZ VIRU : RUN JURX SV1,& T o connect y our sy stem to, and co nfigure it f o r use on, an Eth ernet netw ork, follo w these steps :  8VH WKH3UR JUDP 'LVNHWWH0DNHUORFD WHGLQW KH'H OO$F FHVVRU LHV SUR JUDP JURXSW RPDNHDGL VN HWWH ? ...

  • Dell G1 - page 78

    4-8 Dell Opt iP lex G1 Mi ds i ze Mana ge d PC Ref er ence an d I nst a l lati on Guide  &OLFN 2.WR KDYH WKHR SHUDW LQJV VWHP PDNHEDFNXSF RSLHV RIWKH VV WHPI LOHV  5HPRYHW KH GLVNHWWHIUR PGUL YH$ VDYH FKDQJ HVW RDQ RSHQ ILOH VDQG  WKHQ ...

  • Dell G1 - page 79

    Working Inside Y ou r Com puter 5-1 &+$37(5 : RUNLQJ,QVLGH< RX U&RPSXWHU Y our Dell computer sys tem supports a v ariet y of internal optio ns that e xpand syste m capabili ties. Th is c hapter pre pares you to inst all opti ons inside the computer . It describ es how to r emov e and repla ce the co mputer co ver and ex pa ...

  • Dell G1 - page 80

    5-2 Dell Opt iP lex G1 Mi ds i ze Mana ge d PC Ref er ence an d I nst a l lati on Guide  7 RXF KDQXQSDLQWH GPHWDOVXUI DFHRQWKHFRPSX WHUFKDVV LVVXFKDVWKH SRZHU VXSSO EHIR UHWR XFKLQ JDQ WKLQJLQ VLGH RXU FRPSXW HU  :KLOH RXZRU N SHULRG LFDOO WRXFK DQX ...

  • Dell G1 - page 81

    Working Inside Y ou r Com puter 5-3  5 HPRYHWKHIOR RUVWDQGLI RQHLV DWWDFKHG See “U sing the O p tional Floor S t and” in Cha pter 1 f or instr uctions.  5H PR Y H W K H  F RY H U  F rom the front of th e computer , press in the t wo release but tons (located on the sides of the co ver to w ard the ba ...

  • Dell G1 - page 82

    5-4 Dell Opt iP lex G1 Mi ds i ze Mana ge d PC Ref er ence an d I nst a l lati on Guide c ha ssis . (I t may be he lpf ul to look down in to th e c ha ss is t o ve r ify that t he ho oks are in plac e.) Piv ot the cov er down to ward the bac k and into positi on. Make sure that the release but tons clic k into place . NO TE: The computer should be ...

  • Dell G1 - page 83

    Working Inside Y ou r Com puter 5-5 ) LJXUH&RPS XWHU2ULHQWDW LRQ9LHZ Figure 5 -5 sho ws your com puter 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 nen ts dis cu ss ed in this guid e. When y ou look ins ide y our computer , note the direct cur rent (DC) po wer ca ...

  • Dell G1 - page 84

    5-6 Dell Opt iP lex G1 Mi ds i ze Mana ge d PC Ref er ence an d I nst a l lati on Guide T o c ha nge a jumper set ting, pull the plug of f its pin(s) a nd ca refully fit it do w n onto the pin(s) i ndicated. & $8 7 , 2 1 0 D NH V X U H R X U V V W HP L V W X U Q H G R I I E H IR U H  R X F KD Q J H D M ...

  • Dell G1 - page 85

    Working Inside Y ou r Com puter 5-7  ) LJXUH,QVLG HWKH&KDV V LV             pow e r supp ly option al in te g ...

  • Dell G1 - page 86

    5-8 Dell Opt iP lex G1 Mi ds i ze Mana ge d PC Ref er ence an d I nst a l lati on Guide  ) LJXUH 6VWHP%RDUG-XPSH UV jumpered unjumpered ...

  • Dell G1 - page 87

    Working Inside Y ou r Com puter 5-9 7 D EOH6VWHP%RDUG- XPSHU6HWWLQJV -XPSHU 6HWW LQJ 'HVFULSWL RQ PSWD Pas sword f eatu res are enab led. P asswo rd fe atur es are disa bled. BIOS Re se r ve d (do not c hange) . BUS66M R eser ved (do not c hange) . 266M HZ * Ju mpered whe n the micropro cessor’ s int ernal spee ...

  • Dell G1 - page 88

    5-1 0 Dell Opt iP lex G1 Mi ds i ze Mana ge d PC Ref er ence an d I nst a l lati on Guide 6VWHP %RDUGD QG5LVHU%RD UG/DEHOV T able 5-2 lists the labels f or connectors and soc kets on y our sy stem board a nd riser boa rd , an d it gi ves a br ief de scr ipti on of thei r f un cti ons . 7 DEOH 6VWHP%RDUGDQ ...

  • Dell G1 - page 89

    Working Inside Y ou r Com puter 5 -1 1 5 HPRYLQJDQG5 HSODFLQJWKH([SDQVL RQ &DUG&DJH Y our D ell c omput er ha s a removable expansi on-c ard cage , which greatly simp lifi es man y installation pro c edures by allo wing you to remov e the riser boar d and all installe d expansi on cards in a single s tep. 5 H PRYLQJ WKH ...

  • Dell G1 - page 90

    5-1 2 Dell Opt iP lex G1 Mi ds i ze Mana ge d PC Ref er ence an d I nst a l lati on Guide ) LJXUH5 HPRYLQJWKH ([SDQVLRQ&DUG& DJH  6OLG HWKHH[ SDQVLRQFDU GFDJHR XWRIW KHFKD VVLV  /LIWW KHH[SD QVLRQ FDU GFD JHX SDQG DZDIU RPWKH FKDV VLV 5 ...

  • Dell G1 - page 91

    Working Inside Y ou r Com puter 5-1 3 5 RWDWLQJWKH3 RZHU6XSSO$ ZD) URPWKH 6VWHP%RDU G T o access some comp onents on the syst em board, you ma y hav e to rotate the sys - tem po wer supp ly out of the w ay . T o rotate the po wer sup ply , foll ow these s teps:  5HPRYHW KH FRPS XWHUFR YHU DVL QVWU XFW ...

  • Dell G1 - page 92

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  • Dell G1 - page 93

    Instal l i ng System Board Opti ons 6-1 &+$37(5 ,QVWDOOLQJ6VWHP%RDUG2SWLRQV This c h apte r de scri bes how to ins t all the foll owing opt io ns:  P eripheral Compone nt Interconnect (P CI) and Industry-Standard Arc hitect ure (ISA) expa nsio n car d s  S ys tem memory  V id eo mem ory  Micro process or This c h apt ...

  • Dell G1 - page 94

    6-2 Dell Opt iP lex G1 Mids ize Manage d PC Reference and Inst a l lati on Guide ) L J X U H     6 V W H P % R D U G ) H D W X U H V        ? ...

  • Dell G1 - page 95

    Instal l i ng System Board Opti ons 6-3 )LJXUH  ([SDQVL RQ& DUGV ([SDQVLRQ6 ORWV Six e xpansio n-card c onnectors re side on the riser board (s ee Figure 6-3). B ecause two of the exp ansion-card co nnectors sh are an exp ansion-slot sp ace, a maxim um of fiv e e xpansi on cards ca n be ins t alled.  Expans io n-c ...

  • Dell G1 - page 96

    6-4 Dell Opt iP lex G1 Mids ize Manage d PC Reference and Inst a l lati on Guide ) LJXUH5LVHU%RDUG ([SDQVLRQ &DUG&RQQHF WRUV ,QVWDO OLQJDQ([SDQVL R Q&DUG T o in sta ll an expans ion c a r d, follow th es e st eps :  ,IRXDUH LQVWDOOL QJDQRQ3O XJDQG3OD , ...

  • Dell G1 - page 97

    Instal l i ng System Board Opti ons 6-5 )LJXUH 5HPRYLQJWKH)LOOHU%UD FNHW  ,QV WDOOWK HH[SDQ VLR QFDUG  Insert the card-edge conn ector firmly into the expansio n-card connecto r on the riser board. Gently roc k the card into the connector un til the card i s fully seated (see Fi gure 6-5). )LJXUH? ...

  • Dell G1 - page 98

    6-6 Dell Opt iP lex G1 Mids ize Manage d PC Reference and Inst a l lati on Guide  ,IRX DUHLQVWD OOLQJDQ RSWLR QDO: DN HXS2Q/ $1QHWZRUN FDUGDW WDFK WK H W K U H H  Z L U H S R Z H UF D E O H W K D W F D P H Z L W K W K H F D U G W R W K H 3  F R Q Q H F W R U  ...

  • Dell G1 - page 99

    Instal l i ng System Board Opti ons 6-7  ,IRX DUHUHPRY LQJWKHFDUG SHUPD QHQWO LQVWDO ODPHWDOILOO HUEUDFNHW RYHU WKHHPSW FDUG VORW RSHQLQJ  NO TE: Installing filler brac kets o ver em pty card-slot openin gs is necessary to maintain F ederal Co mmunica tions Comm issi on (FCC) c ertif ...

  • Dell G1 - page 100

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  • Dell G1 - page 129

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