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Mini Tower Computer

Dell™ OptiPlex™ GX620
User's Guide

About Your Mini Tower Computer
Inside Your Computer

About Your Mini Tower Computer

Front View

1 CD/DVD

drive

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Insert a CD or DVD (if applicable) into this drive.

2 floppy drive Insert a floppy disk into this drive.

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3 USB 2.0

connectors
(2)

Use the front USB connectors for devices that you connect
occasionally, such as joysticks or cameras, or for bootable USB devices
(see "System Setup" for more information on booting to a USB device).

It is recommended that you use the back USB connectors for devices
that typically remain connected, such as printers and keyboards.

4 LAN

This light indicates that a LAN (network) connection is established.

indicator light

5 diagnostic

lights

Use the lights to help you troubleshoot a computer problem based on
the diagnostic code. For more information, see "Diagnostic Lights."

6 power button Press this button to turn on the computer.

NOTICE: To avoid losing data, do not turn off the computer by pressing
the power button for 6 seconds or longer. Instead, perform an operating
system shutdown.

NOTICE: If your operating system has ACPI enabled, when you press
the power button the computer will perform an operating system
shutdown.

7 power light The power light illuminates and blinks or remains solid to indicate

different operating modes:

8 hard-drive

activity light

9 headphone

connector

10 microphone

connector

Back View

No light — The computer is turned off.
Steady green — The computer is in a normal operating state.
Blinking green — The computer is in a power-saving mode.
Blinking or solid amber — See "Power Problems."

To exit from a power-saving mode, press the power button or use the
keyboard or the mouse if it is configured as a wake device in the
Windows Device Manager. For more information about sleep modes
and exiting from a power-saving mode, see "Power Management."

See "Diagnostic Lights" for a description of light codes that can help
you troubleshoot problems with your computer.

This light will flicker when the hard drive is being accessed.

Use the headphone connector to attach headphones and most kinds of
speakers.

Use the microphone connector to attach a microphone.

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1 cover release

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This latch allows you to open the computer cover.

latch
2 padlock ring Insert a padlock to lock the computer cover.
3 voltage

Your computer is equipped with a manual voltage selection switch.
selection
switch

To help avoid damaging a computer with a manual voltage selection

switch, set the switch for the voltage that most closely matches the AC

power available in your location.

NOTICE: The voltage selection switch must be set to the 115-V
position even though the AC power available in Japan is 100 V.

Also, ensure that your monitor and attached devices are electrically

rated to operate with the AC power available in your location.

4 power

Insert the power cable.
connector

5 back-panel

Plug serial, USB, and other devices into the appropriate connector.
connectors

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6 card slots Access connectors for any installed PCI and PCI Express cards.

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Back-Panel Connectors

1 parallel

connector

2 link integrity

light

3 network

adapter
connector

Connect a parallel device, such as a printer, to the parallel connector. If

you have a USB printer, plug it into a USB connector.

NOTE: The integrated parallel connector is automatically disabled if the

computer detects an installed card containing a parallel connector

configured to the same address. For more information, see "System

Setup Options."

Green — A good connection exists between a 10-Mbps network
and the computer.
Orange — A good connection exists between a 100-Mbps
network and the computer.
Yellow — A good connection exists between a 1-Gbps (or
1000-Mbps) network and the computer.
Off — The computer is not detecting a physical connection to the
network.

To attach your computer to a network or broadband device, connect

one end of a network cable to either a network jack or your network or

broadband device. Connect the other end of the network cable to the

network adapter connector on the back panel of your computer. A click

indicates that the network cable has been securely attached.

NOTE: Do not plug a telephone cable into the network connector.

On computers with a network connector card, use the connector on the

card.

It is recommended that you use Category 5 wiring and connectors for

your network. If you must use Category 3 wiring, force the network

speed to 10 Mbps to ensure reliable operation.

4 network

activity light

Flashes a yellow light when the computer is transmitting or receiving

network data. A high volume of network traffic may make this light

appear to be in a steady "on" state.

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5 line-in

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connector

Use the blue line-in connector to attach a record/playback device such

as a cassette player, CD player, or VCR.

On computers with a sound card, use the connector on the card.

6 line-out

connector

7 microphone

connector

8 USB 2.0

connectors
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9 video

connector

Use the green line-out connector to attach headphones and most

speakers with integrated amplifiers.

On computers with a sound card, use the connector on the card.

Use the pink microphone connector to attach a personal computer

microphone for voice or musical input into a sound or telephony

program.

On computers with a sound card, the microphone connector is on the

card.

Use the back USB connectors for devices that typically remain

connected, such as printers and keyboards.

Plug the cable from your VGA-compatible monitor into the blue

connector.

NOTE: If you purchased an optional graphics card, this connector will

be covered by a cap. Connect your monitor to the connector on the

graphics card. Do not remove the cap.

NOTE: If you are using a graphics card that supports dual monitors, use

the y-cable that came with your computer.

10 serial

connector

Connect a serial device, such as a handheld device, to the serial port.

The default designations are COM1 for serial connector 1 and COM2

for serial connector 2.

For more information, see "System Setup Options."

Inside Your Computer

CAUTION: Before you begin any of the procedures in this section, follow the safety instructions
located in the Product Information Guide.

CAUTION: To avoid electrical shock, always unplug your computer from the electrical outlet
before removing the computer cover.

NOTICE: Be careful when opening the computer cover to ensure that you do not accidentally
disconnect cables from the system board.

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1 CD/DVD drive 5 system board

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2 floppy drive 6 heat sink assembly
3 power supply 7 hard drive
4 chassis intrusion switch

System Board Components

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1 fan connector (FAN) 12 password jumper (PSWD)

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2 processor connector (CPU) 13 battery socket (BATT)
3 power connector (12VPOWER) 14 PCI Express x16 connector

(SLOT1)

4 memory module connectors (DIMM_1, DIMM_2, DIMM_3,

DIMM_4)
5 serial ATA drive connectors (SATA0, SATA2, SATA1, SATA3) 16 PCI connector (SLOT2)
6 front-panel connector (FNT_PANEL) 17 PCI connector (SLOT3)
7 CD drive analog audio cable connector for optional analog audio

cable (CD_IN)
8 power connector (POWER) 19 floppy drive connector (DSKT)
9 CD/DVD drive connector (IDE) 20 standby power indicator

10 RTC reset jumper (RTCRST) 21 system board speaker (BEEP)
11 intrusion switch connector (INTRUDER) 22 internal speaker (INT_SPKR)

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15 PCI Express x1 connector

(SLOT4)

18 serial connector (SER2)

(AUX_PWR)

Jumper Settings

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The jumper locations are shown below.

Mini Tower Computer

Jumper Setting Description

PSWD Password features are enabled (default).

Password features are disabled.
RTCRST Real-time clock has not been reset (default).

Resetting Real-time clock (jumpered temporarily).

jumpered unjumpered

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