Dell WorkStation 210 User Manual

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Information in this document is subject to change without notice.

© 1998 Dell Computer Corporation. All rights reserved. Reproduction in any manner whatsoever without the written permission of Dell Computer Corporation is strictly forbidden. T rademarks used in this text:

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Use the follo wing sa f ety guid eline s to help pro tect y our c omputer sys tem from p otential damage and to ensure your own personal safety.

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As you use your computer system, observe the following safety guidelines.

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To help avoid damaging your computer, be sure the voltage selection switch on

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the power supply is set to match the AC power available at your location: — 115 v ol ts (V)/6 0 hertz ( H z) in mo st of No rth and South America and some Far

Eastern countries such as Japan, South Korea, and Taiwan — 230 V/50 Hz in most of Europe, the Middle East, and the Far East Also be sure your monitor and attached peripherals are electrically rated to oper-

ate with the AC power available in your lo cation. Before working inside the computer, unplug the system to help prevent electric

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shock or system board damage. Certain system board components continue to receive power any time the computer is connected to AC power.

To help avoid possible damage to the system board, wait 10 to 20 seconds after

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disconnecting the system from AC power (until the standby light-emitting diode [LED] on the syst em board go es out) b ef ore remo v ing a c omponent fro m the sy s tem board or disconnecting a peripheral device from the computer.

To help prevent electric shock, plug the computer and peripheral power cables

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into properly grounded power sources. These cables are equipped with three-prong plugs to help ensure proper grounding. Do not use adapter plugs or remove the grounding prong from a cable. If you must use an extension cable, use a three-wire cable with properly grounded plugs.

To help protect your computer system from sudden, transient increases and

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decreases in electrical power, use a surge suppressor, line conditioner, or uninterruptible power supply (UPS).

 Be sure nothing rests on your computer system’s cables and that the cables are

not located where they can be stepped on or tripped over.

 Do not spill food or liquids on your computer. If the computer gets wet, consult

Diagnostics and Troubleshooting Guide.

your

 Do not push any objec ts into the opening s of y our comp uter. Doing so can cause

fire or electric shock by shorting out interior components.

 Keep your computer away from radiators and heat sources. Also, do not block

cooling vents. Avoid placing loose papers underneath your computer; do not place your computer in a closed-in wall unit or on a bed, sofa, or rug.

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For comfort and efficiency, observe the following ergonomic guidelines when setting up and using your computer system:

 Posi tion y our s y stem so that the monitor and ke y board are directly in front of y ou

as you work. Specia l shelves are available (from Dell and other sources) to help you correctly position your keyboard.

 Set the monitor at a c omf o rtable vie w ing dis tance (us ually 510 to 610 millimeters

[20 to 24 inches] from your eyes).

 Make sure the monitor screen is at eye level or slightly lower when you are sitting

in front of the monitor.

 Adjust the tilt of the mo nitor, its contrast a nd bri ghtness settings, and the lighting

around you (such as overhead lights, desk lamps, and the curtains or blinds on nearby windows) to minimize reflections and glare on the monitor screen.

 Use a chair that provides good lower back support.  Keep your forearms horizontal with your wrists in a neutral, comfortable position

while using the keyboard or mouse.

 Always leave space to rest your hands while using the keyboard or mous e.  Let your upper arms hang naturally at your sides.  Sit erect, with your feet resting on the floor and your thighs level.  When sitting, make sure the weight of your legs is on your feet and not on the

front of your chair seat. Adjust your chair’s height or use a footre st, if necessary, to maintain proper posture.

 Vary your work activities. Try to organize your work so that you do not have to

type for extended periods of time. When you stop typing, try to do things that use both hands.

wrists relaxed and flat

arms at desk le vel

monitor screen at or below eye level

monitor and keyboard positioned directly in front of user

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Before you remove the computer cover, perform the following steps in the sequence indicated.

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1. Touch

2. Turn off your computer and any peripherals.

an unpainted metal surface on the chassis, such as the metal around the card-slot openings at the back of the computer, before touching anything inside your computer.

While you work, pe riodically touch an unpa inted metal surface on the computer chassis to dissipate any static electricity that might harm internal components.

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3. Disconnect your computer and peripherals from their power sources. Also, disconnect any telephone or telecommunication lines from the computer.

Doing so reduces the potential for personal injury or shock.

In addition, take note of these safety guidelines when appropriate:

 When you disco nnect a ca ble, pul l on it s conne ctor or on it s strain -relief loop , not

on the cable itself. Some cables have a connector with locking tabs; if you are disconnecting this type of cable, press in on the locking tabs before disconnecting the cable. As you pull connectors apart, keep them evenly aligned to avoid bending any connector pins. Also, before you connect a cable, make sure both connectors are correctly oriented and aligned.

 Handle components and cards with care. Don’t touch the components or con-

tacts on a card. Hold a card by its edges or by its metal mounting br acket. Hold a component such as a microprocessor chip by its edges, not by its pins.

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Static electricity can harm delicate components inside your computer. To prevent static damage, discharge static electricity from your body before you touch any of your computer’s electronic components, such as the microprocessor. You can do so by touching an unpainted metal surface on the computer chassis.

As you continue to work inside the computer, periodically touch an unpainted metal surface to remove any static charge your body may have accumulated.

You can also take the following steps to prevent damage from electrostatic discharge (ESD):

 When unpacking a static-sensitive component from its shipping carton, do not

remove the co mpone nt from the a ntistatic packing material until y ou are re ady to install the component in your computer. Just before unwrapping the antistatic packaging, be sure to discharge static electricity from your body.

 When transporting a sensitive component, first place it in an antistatic container

or packaging.

 Handle all sensitive components in a static-safe area. If possible, use antistatic

floor pads and workbench pads.

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The following caution may appear throughout this document to remind you of these precautions:

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This guide is intended for anyone who uses the Dell Precision 210 desktop computer systems. It can be us ed b y both fi rst-time and e xper ience d com puter users who w a nt to learn about the f eat ures a nd operati on of the sy stem s or who w ant to u pgrade the ir computers. The chapte rs and appendixes are summarized as follows:

Everyone should read Chapter 1, “Introduction,” for an overview of the system

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features and information on where to get help if you need it. Everyone should read the first few sections of Chapter 2, “Using the Software

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Support Utilities,” to find out which utilities and drivers have been included with the system. Only users who want to use one of the utilities or drivers need to read the rest of Chapter 2.

Everyone should read the first several sections of Chapter 3, “Using the System

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Setup Program,” to familiarize themselves with this important program. Only users who want to make configuration changes to their system or who want to use the password features need to read the rest of Chapter 3.

Users who add or remov e an Indus try-Standard Arc hitect ure (ISA) e xpansio n card

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should read Chapter 4, “Using the ISA Configuration Utility.” Users who want to connect their system to a network should read Chapter 5,

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“Using the Network Interface Controller.” This chapter provides information on connecting the system to a networ k, configuring the optional network interface controller (NIC), and installing drivers for the NIC.

Users who need information on the integrated sound features of the computer

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system should read Chapter 6, “Using the Integrated Audio Controller.” Chapter 6 provide s informatio n on connectin g audio equipment to your comp uter , installing audio drivers, and reconfiguring the integrated audio controller.

Chapter 7, “Worki ng Inside Your Computer,” Chapter 8, “Installing System Bo ard

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Options,” and Chapt er 9 , “In stalli ng Dri ves,” are intended for us ers wh o want to install or remove options inside the computer, such as dual in-line memory modules (DIMMs), expansion cards, or drives.

 Appendix A, “Technical Specifications,” and Appendix B, “Hardware Configura-

tion Features,” are intended primarily as reference material for users interested in learning more abou t the de tails of the system. Users who add internal options may need to refer to Appendix B to change jumper or switch settings.

 Appendix C, “ISA Configuration Utility Messages,” describes error messages

generated by the ISA Configuration Utility (ICU), possible causes, and corrective actions.

 Appendix D, “Maintaining the System,” describes preventive maintenance pro-

cedures that you should perform regularly to keep your computer system in top operating condition.

 Appendix E, “Regulatory Notices,” is for users who are interested in which regu-

latory agencies have tested and approved the Dell Precision WorkStation 410 desktop systems.

 Appendix F, “Warranties and Return Policy,” describes the warranty for your Dell

system and the “Total Satisfaction” Return Policy.

 The Glossary provides definitions of terms, acronyms, and abbreviations used in

this guide.

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Dell Computer Corporation (“Dell”) manufactures its hardware products from parts and components that are new or equivalent to new in accordance with industrystandard practices. For information about the Dell warranty for your system, see Appendix F, “Warranties and Return Policy.”

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Besides this

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computer system.

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and instructions for using the Dell Diagnostics

 Video card documentation from the card manufacturer describes the video card

and video driv ers included with the system. Refer to this documentation for information about configuring and optimizing your video subsystem.

You may also have one or more of the following documents.

NOTE : Docume ntation updates are some times inc luded with you r sys tem to desc ribe changes to your system or software. Always read these updates any other documentation because the updates often contain the latest information.

 Operating system documentation is included if you ordered your operating

system software from Dell. This documentation describes how to install (if necessary), configure, and use your operating system software.

User’s Guide

Getting Started

Diagnostics and Troubleshooting Guide

, the following documentation is included with your system:

sheet provides step-by-step instructions for setting up your

includes troubles hoo ting pro ced ure s

to test your computer system.

consulting

before

 Documentation is included with any options you purchase separately from your

system. T h is do cu men tation i nc ludes information that y o u ne ed to c onfigure and install these options in your Dell computer. Installation instructions for the options are included in this the options.

User’s Guide

or in the documentation tha t ca me wi th

 Technical information files—sometimes called “readme” files—may be installed

on your hard-di sk dri v e to pro vid e las t-minute update s abou t technical ch anges to your system or advanced technical reference material intended for experienced users or technicians.

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The following subsections describe notational conventions used in this document.

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Throughout this g uide, there may be bloc k s of te xt printed i n bold type or i n italic type. These blocks are warnings, cautions, and notes, and they are used as follows:

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NOTE: A NOTE indicates important information that helps you make better use of your computer system.

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The following list defines (where appropriate) and illu strates typographical conventions used as visual cues for specific elements of text throughout this document:

Interface components

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and selections, and other options that appear on the monitor screen or display. They are presented in bold.

Example: Click OK.

Keycaps

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angle brackets. Example: <Enter>

Key com bi nations

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wise indicated) to perform a single function. Example: <

are labels that appear on the keys on a keyboard. They are enclosed in

Ctrl><Alt><Enter

are window titles, button and icon names, menu names

are series of keys to be pressed simultaneously (unless other-

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Commands

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not intended to be typed whe n referenced.

Example: “Use the format command to . . . .”

In contrast, commands presented in the Courier New font are part of an instruction and intended to be typed.

Example: “Type format a: to format the diskette in drive A.”

presented in lowercase bold are for refe ren ce pu rpos es onl y an d are

Filenames

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Examples: aut o exec.bat and c:\win do ws

Syntax lines

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are presented in lowercase bold; variable parameters (those for which you substitute a value) are p resented in lowercase italics; constant parameters are presented in lowercase bold. The brackets indicate items that are optional.

Example: del [

Command lines

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mand’s possible parameters. Command lines are presented in the Courier New font.

Example: del c :\myfil e.doc

Screen text

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mand (referred to as a New font.

Example: The following message appears on your screen:

No boot device available

Example: “Type md c:\programs and press <

Variables

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italics. Example: DIMM_x (where x represents the DIMM socket designation).

directory names

and

consist of a command and all its possible parameters. Commands

drive

path] filename

:] [

consist of a command and may include one or more of the com-

is a message or text that you are instructed to type as part of a com-

command line

are placeholders for which you substitu te a val ue. Th ey are presente d in

are presen ted in lowercase bold.

[/p]

). Screen text is presented in the Courier

>.”

Enter

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System Features. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-1

Dell OpenManage Program. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-4

Fault Management. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-5

Configuration Management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-6

Asset Management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-6

Security Management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-6

PXE. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-7

Wakeup On LAN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-7

Auto Power On. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-7

Important Note to Windows 95, Windows 98, and Windows NT 4.0 Users . . . . . 1-8

Reinstalling Windows NT 4.0 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-8

Reinstalling Windows 95 or Windows 98 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-8

Intel PIIX4 INF Update Installer for Windows 95 or Windows 98. . . . . . . 1-9

Front Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-11

Back Panel. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-12

Connecting External Devices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-12

Security Cable Slot and Padlock Ring. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-12

Getting Help . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-13

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Dell-Installed Software Support Utilities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-2

Backing Up the Software Support Utilities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-2

Software Support Utilities on Diskette . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-2

System Utilities and Services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-2

Reinstalling the Dell System Utilities and Services for Windows 95

or Windows 98. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-3

Reinstalling the Dell System Utilities and Services for Windows NT 4.0. . . . . 2-3

Removing a Service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-4

Asset Tag Utility. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-4

Assigning and Deleting an Asset Tag Number . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-5

Assigning and Deleting an Owner Tag . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-5

Dell AutoShutdown Service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-5

How the AutoShutdown Service Works . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-6

If Your Operating System Locks Up . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-6

Dell ThermalShutdown Service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-6

Auto Power On Utility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-7

Installing the Auto Power On Utility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-7

Bus-Mastering EIDE Drivers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-8

Enabling the Windows 95 or Windows 98 Bus-Mastering EIDE Driver. . . . . . 2-8

Microsoft Updated ATAPI Drivers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-8

Reinstalling the Windows NT 4.0 Microsoft Updated ATAPI Driver . . . . . . . . 2-9

Removing the Windows NT 4.0 Microsoft Updated ATAPI Driver. . . . . . . . . . 2-9

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Entering the System Setup Program. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-2

System Setup Screens . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-2

Using the System Setup Program. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-4

System Setup Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-6

Time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-6

Date . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-6

Diskette Drive A and Diskette Drive B . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-6

Drives: Primary and Secondary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-7

EIDE Devices Other Than Hard-Disk Drives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-7

EIDE Hard-Disk Drives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-7

If You Have a Problem . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-8

Reserved Memory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-9

CPU Speed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-9

Num Lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-9

Chassis Intrusion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-9

Thermal Power-Off. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-10

Video DAC Snoop . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-10

Keyboard Errors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-10

System Password . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-10

Password Status . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-11

Using Password Status With a System Password Enabled . . . . . . . . . . 3-11

Using Password Status Without a System Password Enabled. . . . . . . . 3-11

Boot Sequence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-12

Diskette First. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-12

Hard Disk Only . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-12

CD-ROM First . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-12

Device List . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-12

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Setup Password . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-14

Auto Power On . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-14

Power Management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-14

Saving Monitor Power. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-14

Saving EIDE Hard-Disk Drive Power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-15

Wakeup On LAN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-16

Sound. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-16

NIC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-16

Mouse . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-16

Serial Port 1 and Serial Port 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-17

Parallel Port . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-17

Parallel Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-17

IDE Hard Disk . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-17

Diskette . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-18

Speaker . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-18

System Data. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-19

Using the System Password Feature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-19

Assigning a System Password. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-20

Using Your System Password to Secure Your System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-21

Deleting or Changing an Existing System Password . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-22

Using the Setup Password Feature. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-23

Assigning a Setup Password . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-23

Operating With a Setup Password Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-23

Deleting or Changing an Existing Setup Password . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-24

Disabling a Forgotten Password . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-24

Responding to Error Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-25

&KDSWHU 8VLQJWKH,6$&RQILJXUDWLRQ8WLOLW\  

Quick Start . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-2

About the ICU . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-3

ICU Database. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-3

When to Run the ICU . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-3

Preparing to Use the ICU. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-4

Backing Up the ICU Diskette . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-4

Starting the ICU. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-5

Accessing Help. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-5

Making Selections in the ICU. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-5

Adding a Listed Card. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-6

Adding an Unlisted Card . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-9

Modifying a Card. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-11

Removing a Card . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-13

Viewing Resources . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-13

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Saving the System Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-14

Exiting the ICU. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-14

Locking and Unlocking Cards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-14

Locking and Unlocking All Resources . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-15

Locking and Unlocking Configuration Resources. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-15

&KDSWHU 8VLQJWKH1HWZRUN,QWHUIDFH&RQWUROOHU  

Connecting to a Network . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-2

Network Cable Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-3

Setting the Network Frame Type for Windows 95 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-3

Configuring the NIC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-4

Windows NT 4.0 NIC Driver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-4

Windows 95 NIC Driver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-5

Dell-Installed Windows 95 Service Release 2.1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-5

Windows 95 Operating Systems Not Installed by Dell. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-7

Using the NDIS 2.01 Driver With Windows 95. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-9

Using 3Com EtherDisk XL Version 3.01 Diskettes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-9

Windows 98 NIC Driver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-9

Reinstalling the NIC Driver for a New Windows 98 Installation . . . . . . . . 5-9

Reinstalling the NIC Driver for an Existing Windows 98 Installation. . . . 5-11

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Connecting Audio Devices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-1

Speakers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-2

Microphones . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-2

Record/Playback Devices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-2

CD-ROM Drives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-2

Adjusting Volume . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-3

Adjusting Volume in Windows 95 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-3

Adjusting Volume in Windows 98 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-3

Adjusting Volume in Windows NT 4.0 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-4

Muting the Internal Speaker . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-4

Adjusting 3D Sound. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-4

Using Audio Utilities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-5

Installing Audio Drivers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-5

Audio Drivers for Windows 95 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-5

Audio Drivers for Windows 98. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-6

Audio Drivers for Windows NT 4.0. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-7

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Before You Begin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-1

Safety First—For You and Your Computer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-1

Unpacking Your Hardware Option . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-2

Removing the Computer Cover. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-2

Replacing the Computer Cover . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-4

Inside Your Computer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-5

Rotating the Power Supply Away From the System Board. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-7

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Expansion Cards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-2

Expansion Slots . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-3

Installing an Expansion Card . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-4

Removing an Expansion Card . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-6

Adding Memory. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-7

DIMM Installation Guidelines. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-7

Installing a DIMM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-9

Removing a DIMM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-10

Microprocessor Upgrades . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-10

Adding or Replacing a Microprocessor. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-10

Replacing the System Battery. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-13

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Removing and Replacing Front-Panel Inserts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-2

Connecting Drives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-3

Installing a Drive in a 5.25-Inch Drive Bay . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-5

Installing an EIDE Hard-Disk Drive. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-10

EIDE Drive Addressing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-10

Installing an EIDE Hard-Disk Drive in the Hard-Disk Drive Bracket . . . . . . . . 9-10

Partitioning and Logically Formatting Your EIDE Hard-Disk Drive 9-14

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Jumpers and Switches—A General Explanation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-1

Jumpers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-1

Switches. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-2

System Board Labels. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-5

I/O Ports and Connectors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .B-6

Serial and Parallel Ports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-6

Adding an Expansion Card Containing Serial or Parallel Ports. . . . . . . . . . B-7

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Serial Port Connectors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-8

Parallel Port Connector . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-9

Keyboard and Mouse Connectors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-10

Keyboard Connector . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-10

Mouse Connector. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-11

Video Connector. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-12

NIC Connector . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-12

USB Connectors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-12

Microphone Jack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-13

Line-Out Jack. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-14

Line-In Jack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-14

Interrupt Assignments. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-14

Memory Allocations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-16

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ICU Error Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .C-1

Configuration Manager Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C-7

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Data Preservation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . D-1

Scheduling Backups. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . D-1

Backup Devices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .D-1

Recovering Data. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . D-2

Cleaning System Components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . D-2

Recommended Tools and Accessories . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . D-3

Cleaning the System, Monitor, and Keyboard Exteriors. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . D-3

Cleaning Drives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .D-4

Environmental Factors. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . D-4

Temperature. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .D-4

Humidity. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . D-5

Altitude. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . D-5

Dust and Particles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .D-5

Corrosion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . D-6

ESD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . D-6

Electromagnetic and Radio Frequency Interference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .D-6

Magnetism. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . D-7

Shock and Vibration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .D-7

Power Source Interruptions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . D-8

Power Protection Devices. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . D-8

Surge Protectors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .D-9

Line Conditioners. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .D-9

Uninterruptible Power Supplies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . D-9

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FCC Notices (U.S. Only) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . E-2

Class A. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . E-3

Class B. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . E-3

IC Notice (Canada Only). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . E-4

CE Notice (European Union) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . E-4

EN 55022 Compliance (Czech Republic Only). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . E-5

VCCI Notice (Japan Only) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . E-5

Class A ITE. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . E-5

Class B ITE. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . E-6

Polish Center for Testing and Certification Notice. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . E-6

Wymagania Polskiego Centrum BadaÒ i Certyfikacji . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . E-7

PozostaŠe instrukcje bezpieczeÒstwa . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . E-7

NOM Information (Mexico Only) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . E-8

Información para NOM

(únicamente para México) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . E-9

BCIQ Notice (Taiwan Only) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . E-9

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Limited Three-Year Warranty (U.S. and Canada Only). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F-1

Coverage During Year One. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F-1

Coverage During Years Two and Three . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F-2

General Provisions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F-2

“Total Satisfaction” Return Policy (U.S. and Canada Only). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F-3

Year 2000 Statement of Compliance for Dell-Branded Hardware Products . . . . . . F-4

Previous Products . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F-4

Software. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F-5

Additional Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F-5

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)LJXUHV Figure 1-1. Dell OpenManage Program. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-5

Figure 1-2. Front Panel. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-11

Figure 1-3. Security Cable Slot and Padlock Ring . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-13

Figure 3-1. System Setup Screens . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-5

Figure 3-2. Sample Device List Screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-13

Figure 4-1. ICU Window. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-5

Figure 4-2. Add Network Card Dialog Box. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-6

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Figure 4-3. Card Configuration Dialog Box. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-7

Figure 4-4. Configuration Settings Dialog Box for Assigning an IRQ Line. . . . . . 4-7

Figure 4-5. Available Settings List Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-8

Figure 4-6. Configuration Settings Dialog Box for Assigning a DMA Channel. . . 4-8

Figure 4-7. Specify Interrupt Dialog Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-10

Figure 4-8. Specify Interrupt List Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-10

Figure 4-9. Specify I/O Port Dialog Box. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-10

Figure 4-10. System Resource Usage Dialog Box. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-13

Figure 4-11. Card Resource Usage Dialog Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-14

Figure 5-1. NIC Connector and Indicators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-2

Figure 5-2. NIC Pop-up Window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-7

Figure 6-1. Audio Connectors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-1

Figure 7-1. Padlock Installed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-3

Figure 7-2. Removing the Computer Cover. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-3

Figure 7-3. Replacing the Computer Cover. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-4

Figure 7-4. Computer Orientation View. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-5

Figure 7-5. Inside the Chassis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-6

Figure 7-6. Rotating the Power Supply . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-7

Figure 8-1. System Board Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-2

Figure 8-2. Expansion Cards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-3

Figure 8-3. Removing the Filler Bracket . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-4

Figure 8-4. Installing an Expansion Card . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-5

Figure 8-5. DIMMs and DIMM Sockets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-7

Figure 8-6. Installing a DIMM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-9

Figure 8-7. Removing a DIMM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-10

Figure 8-8. SEC Cartridge/Heat Sink Assembly Removal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-11

Figure 8-9. System Battery and Battery Socket . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-14

Figure 9-1. Drive Locations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-2

Figure 9-2. Removing the Front-Panel Insert for a 5.25-Inch Bay . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-3

Figure 9-3. DC Power Cable Connector. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-3

Figure 9-4. Drive Interface Connectors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-4

Figure 9-5. Removing a Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-6

Figure 9-6. Attaching the Drive Bracket to the New Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-6

Figure 9-7. Inserting the New Drive Into the Drive Bay. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-7

Figure 9-8. Attaching EIDE Drive Cables. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-8

Figure 9-9. Removing the Hard-Disk Drive Bracket. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-11

Figure 9-10. Inserting a 1-Inch Hard-Disk Drive Into the Bracket . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-11

Figure 9-11. Inserting the Hard-Disk Drive Bracket Into the Chassis . . . . . . . . . 9-12

Figure 9-12. Attaching Hard-Disk Drive Cables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-13

Figure B-1. System Board Jumpers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-3

Figure B-2. I/O Ports and Connectors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-6

Figure B-3. Pin Numbers for the Serial Port Connectors. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-8

Figure B-4. Pin Numbers for the Parallel Port Connector. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-9

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Figure B-5. Pin Numbers for the Keyboard Connector. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-10

Figure B-6. Pin Numbers for the Mouse Connector. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-11

Figure B-7. NIC Connector . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-12

Figure B-8. Pin Numbers for the USB Connectors. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-13

Figure B-9. Microphone Jack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-13

Figure B-10. Line-Out Jack. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-14

Figure B-11. Line-In Jack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-14

Figure E-1. VCCI Class A ITE Regulatory Mark . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . E-5

Figure E-2. VCCI Class B ITE Regulatory Mark . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . E-6

7DEOHV Table 2-1. Asset Tag Command-Line Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-5

Table 3-1. System-Setup Navigation Keys . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-4

Table 3-2. Power Time-Out Periods . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-15

Table 4-1. ICU Keys . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-6

Table 8-1. Sample Unbuffered SDRAM DIMM Configuration Options . . . . . . . 8-7

Table A-1. Technical Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-1

Table B-1. System-Board Jumper Settings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-4

Table B-2. System Board Connectors and Sockets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-5

Table B-3. Pin Assignments for the Serial Port Connectors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-8

Table B-4. Pin Assignments for the Parallel Port Connector . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-9

Table B-5. Pin Assignments for the Keyboard Connector . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-11

Table B-6. Pin Assignments for the Mouse Connector . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-11

Table B-7. Pin Assignments for the USB Connectors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-13

Table B-8. Interrupt Assignments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-15

Table B-9. Conventional Memory Map . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-16

Table B-10. Upper Memory Map . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-17

Table C-1. Configuration Utility Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C-2

Table C-2. Configuration Manager Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C-7

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Dell Precision™ 210 systems are high-speed, upgradable workstations designed around Intel performance Peripheral Component Interconnect (PCI) bus and the accelerated graphics port (A GP) bus. Each system also has an Industry-Standard Architecture (ISA) design with one ISA slot that allows you to configure the computer system to your initial requirements and the n upgrade it as necessary.

This chapter describes the major hardware and software features of the system and provides information you will need to reinstall the operating system, if necessary. It also provides information about the indicators and controls on the computer’s front panel and discusses connecting external devices to the computer.

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An Intel Pentium II microprocessor. The following microprocessor options are

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available: — Single or dual Intel Pentium II microprocessor(s) with an internal speed of

350 megahertz (MHz) and an external speed of 100 MHz — Single or dual Intel Pentium II microprocessor(s) with an internal speed of

400 MHz and an external speed of 100 MHz — Single or dual Intel Pentium II microprocessor(s) with an internal speed of

450 MHz and an external speed of 100 MHz

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The Intel Pentium II microprocessor includes MMX dle complex multimedia and commu nications software. This microprocessor incorporates new instructions and data types as well as a technique called Single Instruction, Multiple Data (SIMD). SIMD allows the microprocessor to process multiple data elements in parallel, thereby improving system performance when you are running application programs written to take advantage of MMX technology.

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The Intel P e ntium II mic roprocesso r has a 16-kilobyte (KB) internal data cac he an d a 16-KB internal inst ruct ion cache, an internal math coprocessor, and other advanced internal logic.

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 A secondary cache of 512 KB of static random-access memory (SRAM) inte-

grated in the single-edge contact (SEC) cartridge. The secondary cache also provides error checking and correction (ECC) capability.

 Dual-processo r ca pabil ity. The syste m allo ws the i nstallatio n of a s econd SEC ca r-

tridge (operating at the same frequency as the installed microprocessor), which can be purchased as a kit from Dell. Dual processing improves performance under operating systems that support multiprocessing, such as Microsoft dows NT support dual processing.

4.0. Microsoft Windows® 95 and Microsof t Windows 98 do not

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 A 16-bit , inte gra t ed P lug and Play Crystal CS4237B audio controller that is Sou nd

Blaster Pro-co mpatib le and tha t supp orts the Micro soft Windows Sound Sys tem. See Chapter 6, “Using the Integrated Audio Controller,” for details.

 System memory that can be increased incrementally up to 512 megabytes (MB)

using unbuf f ered sync hronous dynamic random-access memory (SDRAM) dual in-line memory modules (DIMMs).

The memory subsy stem als o pro vides E CC capabi lity , which corrects all s ingle-bi t memory errors and detects all multibit errors. See “Adding Memory” in Chapter 8 for details on installing additional memory.

 Self-Monitoring Analysis and Reporting Technology (SMART) support, which

warns yo u at sy stem start-up if t he hard-di sk driv e ha s becom e unrelia ble. To take advantage of this technology, you must have a SMART-compliant hard-disk drive in the computer . All enhanced integrated drive electronics (EIDE) hard-disk drives shipped with Dell Precision 210 systems are SMART-compliant.

 The system’s basic input/output system (BIOS), which resides in flash memory

and can be upgraded remotely or by diskette if required.

 Plug and Play capability, which greatly simplifies the installation of expansion

cards. Plug and Play support included in the system BIOS allows you to install a Plug and Play expansion card without setting jumpers or switches or performing other configuratio n tasks . The ISA Configuration U til ity (ICU) a ll ows you to configure an existing ISA expansion card for conflict-free operation. Also, because the system BIOS is stored in flash memory, it can be updated to support future enhancements to the Plug and Play standard.

NOTE: The Windows NT operating system does not provide ISA Plug and Play support. Therefore, some ISA Plug and Play cards (such as modem, sound, and network cards) may not work with your Windows NT operating system unless you configure them manually.

 Wakeup On LAN capability, which, when enabled in the System Setup program,

allows the system to be started up from a server man age me nt c ons ol e. Wakeup On LAN capability also allo ws re mote com put er setup, BIOS upgrades, software downloading and installation, file updates, and asset tracking after hours and on weekends when local area network (LAN) traffic is at a minimum.

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 Universal Serial Bus (USB) capability, which simplifies connection of peripheral

devices such as mice, printers, and computer speakers. The USB connectors on the computer’s back panel provide a single connection point for multiple USB-compliant devices. USB-compliant devices can also be connected and disconnected while the system is running.

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 A modular computer chassis with a minimum number of screws for easy dis-

assembly and improved serviceability.

 A high-speed, high-resolution AGP video card. (Documentation from the video

card manufacturer is included with the system.) AGP greatly improves graphics performance by providing a dedicated bus for a faster interface between the video subsystem and system memory. AGP also allows conventional memory to be used for video-related tasks.

The system board includes the following integrated features:

 Three 32-bit PCI expansion slots, including one that is a shared PCI (32-bit)/ISA

(16-bit) expansion slot.

 One AGP expansion slot.  A diskette drive interface, which supports a 3.5-inch diskette drive.  Two ATA-33 channels that support up to four EIDE devices. The primar y and

secondary channels utilize the PCI bus to provide faster data throughput. The primary channel su pports u p to two e xtre mely h igh-capa city EIDE driv es , the sec ondary channel supports up to two devices such as EIDE CD-ROM drives.

 Two high-performance serial ports and one bidirectional parallel port for connect-

ing external devices.

 A Personal System/2 (PS/2)-style keyboard port and a PS/2-compatible mouse

port.

 An integrated 10/100-megabit-per-second (Mbps) 3Com

net network interface controller (NIC) with Wakeup On LAN support. The NIC is configured using software described in Chapter 5, “Using the Network Interface Controller.”

The following software is included with your Dell computer system:

PCI 3C905B-TX Ether-

 Utilities that safeguard the system and enhance the operation of its hardware

features; for example, the AutoShutdown service lets you perform an orderly shutdown with a sing le touch of the pow er but to n. F or mo re inf ormation on these utilities, see Chapter 2, “Using the Software Support Utilities.”

 Video drivers for the Microsoft Windows NT 4.0, Microsoft Windows 95, or

Microsoft Windows 98 operating system. To change the resolution, check the documentation that came with your monitor

to determine the resolutions and refresh rates supported by the monitor. Then

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check the documentation that came with your AGP video card f o r ins tructions on changing the resolution.

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 The System Setup program for quickly viewing and changing the system configu-

ration information. For more information on this program, see Chapter 3, “Using the System Setup Program.”

 Enhanced security f ea tu res a v ai lable throu gh the S y s tem Set u p progra m (a se tu p

password, a system password, a system password lock option , a write-protect option for diskette drives, an d au toma tic dis pl ay of the system’s service tag number). In addition, a customer-definable asset tag number can be assigned via a software support utility and viewed on the System Setup screens. A built-in chassis intrusion detector is also available. For more information, see Chapter 2, “Using the Software Support Utilities,” and Chapter 3, “Usin g th e System Setup Program.”

 Advanced power management options that can reduce the energy con sumption

of the system. For more information, see Chapter 3, “Using the System Setup Program.”

 The ICU, which allows you to configur e ISA expansion cards manually. After

resources have been assigned to these cards, the system BIOS can assign resources to PCI and Plug and Play expansion cards for a conflict-free configuration. For more information, see Chapter 4, “Using the ISA Configuration Utility.”

 Dell Diagnostics for evaluating the computer’s components and devices. For

information on using the diagnostics, see the chapter titled “Running the Dell Diagnostics” in the

Diagnostics and Troubleshooting Guide

 Network device drivers for severa l n etw ork op era t ing s ystems. These driv ers are

described in Chapter 5, “Using the Network Interface Controller.”

 Desktop Management Interface (DMI) support for managing the computer sys-

tem. DMI defines the software, interfaces, and data files that enable the system to determine and report information about system components.

If the system has a Dell-installed Microsoft Windows or Microsoft Windows NT operating system, DMI is already installed on the system’s hard-disk drive. To learn more abou t DM I, dou ble-cl ick the Dell DMI Help icon in the Dell DMI folder under the Start button.

 The Dell OpenMana ge

view your computer’s current hardware configuration and operating system version. The Dell O penManage prov ides inf ormati on y ou may need if y ou c all Dell for technical assistance or if you install hardware or software in your system. The Dell OpenManage program is located in the Dell Accessories folder. For more information on the De ll O pen Ma na ge pro gra m, se e the next section, “Dell OpenManage Program.”

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program, which is a DMI browser that allows you to

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configuration information and management inf ormation format (MIF) database values (see Figure 1-1).

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On systems r unning Windows 95, WIndows 98, and Windows NT 4.0, the Dell OpenManage program is available in client and administrator versions. The Dell OpenManage administrator version enables system administrators to view, manage, and inventor y remote systems in a Dell DMI client network and incorporates the following manageability features, which are based on the DMI 2.0 spec ification.

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Fault Management features of the Dell OpenManage include:

 Alerts to warn y ou about e v ents ge nerate d b y SMAR T driv es on a loca l or re mote

system and about thermal errors

 An event log that stores events in a text file and reports information about the

event under the following options: System Name, Component Name, Date and Time, Event Type, Event Severity, Event Class, and Event System

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Configuration Management features of the Dell OpenManage include:

 Wakeup On LAN support, which allows network administrators to remotely turn

on Managed PC systems with Wakeup On LAN capability in a Dell DMI network.

 A System Properties window that enables network administrators to view, set,

or disable c ertain hardware configuration settings for the loca l and remote systems in a Dell DMI network.

 Support for the Microsoft System Management Server (SMS), which allows the

exporting of one o r more groups to an SMS directory that the SMS admin is trator can access.

 A Monitor compon ent fo r sy stems r unning Windows 95 and h avin g a disp lay data

channel (DDC)-compliant video subsystem and monitor.

 Automated inventory control of one or more groups for the remote systems in a

Dell DMI network. Network administrators can automate inventory to occur every day, week, or mon th a t a certain hour , on the hour; or you can enable inventory as needed. The Dell OpenManage creates a text file for the group(s) and saves it to a user-defined directory.

 Support for the application program used to create user-definable attributes

(UDAs).

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Asset Management features of the Dell OpenManage include:

 Support that enables network admin istrators to remote ly vie w, enter , and modify

an asset tag for a remote system in a Dell DMI network

 Automated and manual mapping of one or more groups to a user-defined

Using the System Setup Program 3-1

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To enter the System Setup program, press the System Setup key combination during the system’s power-on self test (POST), as follows:

1. Restart your system.

2. During the boot routine, the message F2 = Setup appears on the screen. When the message appears,

NOTE: An alternate way to enter the System Setup program is to press the <Ctrl><Alt><Enter> keys instead of the <

The message Entering Setup a ppear s and i s soon replac ed b y P a ge 1 of th e System Setup screens.

immediately

press the <F2> key.

> key.

If you wait too long to pres s the < and your operatin g system begins to load into mem ory. If this situati on occurs,

the system complete the load operation NOTE: To ensure an orderly system shutdown, consult the documentation that

accompanied your operating system.

You can also enter the System Setup program by responding to certain error messages. See “Responding to Error Messages” at the end of this chapter.

key, the F2 = Setup message disappears

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; then shut it down and try again.

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The two System Setup screens, Page 1 and Page 2, display the current setup and configuration information and optional settings for your system. (Typical e x am pl es are illustrated in Figure 3-1.) Information on the two System Setup screens is organized in five boxed areas:

Title box



The box at the top of both screens lists the page number (Page 1 or Page 2) and the revision number of the basic input/output system (BIOS).

Configuration options



The box on the left half of both screens lists the options that define the installed hardware in your compu ter.

Fields beside the options contain settings or values. You can change those that appear bright on the screen. Settings or values that you cannot change because they are determined by the system appear less bright.

Some options have multiple fields, which may show settings or values as bright or less bright depen ding upon what setting s or values you entered in other fie lds .

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 Help

The box on the upper-right half of both screens displays help information for the option with a currently highlighted field.

 System dat a

The box in the lower-right corner of both screens displays information about your system.

 Key functions

The line of boxes across the bottom of both screens lists k e y s and their functions within the System Setup program.

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Table 3-1 lists the keys you use to view or change information on the System Setup screens and to exit the program.

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Moves to the next field.

Moves to the previous field.

Cycles th roug h th e s ettings in a field. In many fields, you can also type the appropriate value.

Scrolls through help information.

Switches between Pages 1 and 2.

Exits the System Setup program without rebooting the system and returns the system to its previous state—the boot routine or operating system prompt.

For most of the option s, an y changes you mak e are recorded but do not take effect until the next time you boot the system; for a few (as noted in the help area), the changes take effect immediately.

Exits the System Setup program and reboots the system, implementing an y changes you hav e ma de.

Restores the default value for the currently selected option.

3-4 Dell Precision 210 Desktop Systems User’s Guide

configuration opti ons

title box

help

Page 1 of 2

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Diskette Drive A: Diskette Drive B:

Drives: Primary Type Cyls Hds Pre LZ Sec Size Drive 0:Auto 1023 64 -1 1023 63 2111 Drive 1:None

Secondary Drive 0:Auto CD-ROM Device Drive 1:None

Reserved Memory:

CPU Speed:

Chassis Intrusion: Thermal Power-off:

Tab,Shift-Tab change fields

Num Lock:

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Date: Mon April 6, 1998

3.5 inch, 1.44 MB

Not Installed

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Disabled 00:00

Disabled

Off

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Asset Tag

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Page 2 of 2

Keyboard Errors: System Password: Password Status:

Boot Sequence:

Setup Password:

Auto Power On:

Power Management:

Wakeup On LAN:

Integrated Devices

Sound:

Serial Port 1: Serial Port 2: Parallel Port: Parallel Mode: IDE Hard Disk:

Tab,Shift-Tab change fields

Mouse:

Diskette:

Speaker:

BIOS Version:

This category sets the time in 24-hour format (hours:minutes: seconds) for the internal clock/ calendar.

To change the value in a field, enter a number or use the left- or right-arrow key.

Changes take effect immediately.

Pentium® II Processors 350 MHz

CPU IDs:

Level 2 Cache:

System Memory:

Service Tag:

Asset Tag:

Alt-P next

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Esc exit

system data

This category determines whether keyboard-related error messages are reported at system startup.

Pentium® II Processors 350 MHz

CPU IDs:

Level 2 Cache:

System Memory:

Service Tag:

Alt-P next

BIOS Version:

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The following subsections explain in detail each of the options on the System Setup screens.

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Time resets the time on the computer’s internal clock. Time is kept in a 24-hour format (

the right-arrow key to increase the number in the highlighted field or press the leftarrow key to decrease the number. If you prefer, y ou ca n type n um bers in ea ch of the appropriate fields.

hours:minutes:seconds

). To change the time, press

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Date resets the date on the computer’s internal calendar. Your system au tomatically displays th e d ay of the week corres ponding to the setti ngs

in the three fields that follow ( To change the date, press the right-arrow key to increase the number in the high-

lighted field or pres s the left-arrow k ey to decrease the number. If you prefer, you can type numbers in the

month

month, day-of-month

day-of-month

and

fields.

, and

year

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Diskette Drive A and Diskette Drive B identify the type(s) of diskette drive(s) installed in your computer. The standard configuration for this system is one 3.5-inch diskette drive installed at the top of the drive cage. This drive is designated Diskette Drive A and is normally the only diskette drive in the computer.

If you install a second diskette drive, it is normally designat ed as Diskett e Drive B. The relative positions of the two drive opti ons always match the physical locations of

the drives in your computer—the drive listed on top is the top drive in your computer. The settings are:

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5.25 Inch, 1.2 MB

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3.5 Inch, 720 KB

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3.5 Inch, 1.44 MB

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Primary identifies drives attached to the primary enhanced integrated drive electronics (EIDE) interface connector (labeled “IDE1”) on the system board; Secondary identifies drive s con nec ted to the secon da ry EIDE interfac e con nector (labeled “IDE2”).

For both the Primary and the Secondary drive sections, the Drive 0 and Drive 1 options identify the type of EIDE hard-disk drives installed in the computer. For each drive, se ven parameters can be chosen as a group by driv e-type nu mb er, entered individually from the keyboard or set automatically. A parameters of a hard-disk drive based on a table recorded in the system’s BIOS.

To choose a setting, type characters from the keyboard or use the left- or right-arrow key to cycle through the choices.

The settings are:

Auto



None



Usr1 or Usr2



drive-type number

spec ifies the

 A specific drive-type number

NOTES: The Operating systems that bypass the system BIOS may not obtain optimum hard-disk

drive performance.

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and

Secondary

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EIDE drives.

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For EIDE CD-ROM drives that use the integrated EIDE controller, it is recommended that you use the secon dary EIDE interface connector if a hard-dis k driv e is attached to the primary EIDE interface con nector.

For all EIDE devices, se t the appropriate Drive option to Auto.

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For EIDE hard-d isk drives, the system provides an au tomatic drive -type detect f eat ure. To use this f e ature for Dr ive 0, highlight the Drive 0 option a nd type a (f or To use it for Drive 1, type a at the Dr iv e 1 option. In each case, the setting changes to Auto. After you reb oot the system, the Sy ste m Setup program automatically sets the correct drive parameters for each drive.

Before ins talling a ne w EIDE ha rd-disk d riv e, also check the doc umentation that cam e with the drive to verify that all jumper settings on the drive are appropriate for your configuration.

NOTE: If you are using a hard-disk drive that was shipped by Dell, use the Auto setting.

Using the System Setup Program 3-7

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If the system generates a drive error message the first time you boot your system after installing an EIDE drive, it may mean that your particular drive does not work with the automatic drive-type detect feature. If you suspect that your problem is related to drive type, try entering your drive-type information in one of the following ways:

 If you know the drive-type number, you can type it.  If you don’t know the drive-type number, you can enter your own parameters.

See the next two subsections for instructions.

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Use the drive-type number you found in the documentation that came with the drive or, if the drive was installed by Dell when you purchased your system, on the manufacturing test report that was shipped with your system.

To set the drive-type number in the System Setup program, highlight the appropriate drive option (Dr ive 0 or Drive 1) and type the correc t drive-type number. I f you prefer, you can press the right- or left-arrow key to increase or decrease, respectively, the drive-type number until the correct one is displayed.

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The Drive 0 and Dr ive 1 options display the following seven parameters for each drive type:

Type is the drive-type number for the selected hard-disk drive.

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Cyls is the number of logical cylinders.

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Hds indicates the number of logical heads in the drive.

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(precompensation cylinder

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rent for the drive head changes to compensate for differences in data density across the disk surface (this parameter has no effect for EIDE drives).

LZ is the cylinder number that is used as the drive’s landing zone for the



heads when the drive is not in use. Sec is the number of logical sectors per track.



Size (automatically calculated by the system) indicates the number of millions of



bytes of storage provided by the drive.

If none of the suppo rted driv e types m atch the parameters of yo ur ne w dri ve, y ou ca n enter your ow n parameters . To do so, hig hlight the ap propriate d rive option (Drive 0 or Drive 1) and type u to display Usr1. You can then use the right- or left-arrow key to switch betw ee n the Usr1 and Usr2 settings. Then press the <Tab> key to highlight each of the p arameter fields in success ion, and ente r the appropriate number f or eac h field. You can have only two user-defined drive types.

) is the cylinder number at which the electrical cur-

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NOTE : The

ary Drive 0

you may not obtain optimum hard-disk drive performance. Also, the drive types cannot be used for hard-disk drives greater than 528 megabytes (MB) in capacity.

Usr1

and

Usr2

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Reserved Memory allows you to designate a region of system board memory that can be supplied by an expansion card. You should not enable the reserved memory feature unless you are using an expansion card that requires special addressing.

For example, you may have a memory expansion card that needs to be addressed starting at 15 MB. Selecting 15M - 16M for Reserved Memory specifies that only part of the base memory comes from the dual in-line memory modules (DIMMs) on the system boa rd, whe rea s the ba se memory from 15 MB to 16 MB comes from the memory expansion card.

Reserved Memory has the following settings:

None (the default)

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15M - 16M

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512K - 640K

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CPU Speed indicates the processor speed at which your system boots. Press the left- or right-arrow k e y to toggl e CPU Speed between the processor’s rated

speed (the default) and a lower compatibility speed, which lets you accommodate speed-sensitive application programs.

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Num Lock determines whether your system boots with the Num Lock mode acti- vated on 101- or 102-key k eyboards.

When Num Lock mode is activated, the rightmost bank of ke ys on your ke y bo ard pr o- vides the mathematical and numeric functions shown at the tops of the keys. When Num Lock mode is turned off, each key provides the cursor-control function (if any) indicated at the bottom of the key.

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Chassis Intrusion displays the status of the system’s chassis intrusion detector. If the c hass is is ope ned, the setting cha nges from Not Det ected to Det ected and the

following message is displayed during the boot routine at system start-up:

Alert! Cover was previously removed.

Using the System Setup Program 3-9

To clear this field and allow future intrusions to be detected, make sure the chassis cover is c lo sed, a nd the n en ter th e System Setup prog ram du ring the system’s POST, as described earlier in this chapter. At Chassis Intrus ion, use the left- or right-arrow key to choose Reset. This action changes the setting to its default, Not Detected.

NOTE: If a setup password has been assigned by someone else, contact your network administrator for information on resetting the chassis intrusion detector.

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Thermal Power-off, when enabled, sets a timer to shut down the system approximately 3 minutes after the system BIOS detects an overtemperature condition for a processor or hard-disk drive. This feature provides a safeguard in the event that another shutdown utility, such as the Dell AutoShutdown service, is not installed or fails to shut the system down after an overtemperature condition.

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Video DAC Snoop lets you correct video problems that may occur when certain video expansi on c ard s a re us ed. The default setting, Off, improves system compatibility, but may prevent some video expansion cards from working properly.

If you are usin g a v ideo e x pans ion c ard an d probl ems s uch as incorrect col ors or blank windows occur, set Video DAC Snoop to On.

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Keyboard Errors enables or disables reporting of keyboard errors during the POST, which is a series of tests that the system performs on the hardware each time you turn on the system or press the reset button.

This option is use ful when ap plied to self-s tarting servers or hos t sy stem s that do not have a permanently attached keyboard. In these situations, selecting Do Not Report suppresses all error messages relating to the keyboard or to the keyboard controller during POST. This setting does not affect the operation of the keyboard itself, if a keyboard is attached to the computer.

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System Password displays the current status of your system’s password security feature and allows you to assign and verify a new password. No one can assign a new password unless the current status is Not Enabled, which is displayed in bright characters.

The settings for System Password are:

Not Enabled (the default)

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Enabled (appears after password has been assigned)

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Disabled By Jumper (appears only after the jumper plug has been removed

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from the PSWD jumper on the system board)

To assign and enable a password, press the left- or right- arrow key, type the password, and press <Enter>. Then retype the password and press <Enter>. If the system beeps when you press a key, the key is illegal for password use. Press the <Esc> key to abort the password entry procedure.

To disable the system password, enter the password during system start-up but do not press <Ente r> to co ntinue th e sy stem s tart-up sequen ce. Inste ad, sim ultaneously press the <Ctrl> and <Enter> keys after typing the password.

To chang e the sy stem pa sswor d, disa ble the pa sswo rd (as des cribed ab ov e), and then enter the System Setup program and assign a new password.

NOTE: See “Using the System Password Feature” found later in this chapter for detailed instructions on assigning a system password and using or changing an existing system password. See “Disabling a Forgotten Password” found later in this chap ter f or ins t ructions on disabling a forgotten system password .

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Password Status provides an extra meas ure of sy stem sec urity by letting you set the system password to Locked.

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When Password Status is set to Unlocked, any user who already knows the system password can dis able the pass word at s yste m start-up by us ing <Ctrl> <Enter>—thu s (inadvertently or not) leaving the system without password protection.

When Password Status is set to system start-up, the following message is displayed:

Password locked, not disabled

To provide maximum security for your system, operate the system with System Password Enabled, Setup Password Enabled, and Password Status Locked.

Then, if you want to let selected individuals use your system, give them the system password password canno t disable it at system start-up and will not be able to unlock it in the System Setup program to change or disable it.

but not the setup p assword

Locked and a user tries to disable the password at

. In this wa y, even thos e who kn ow the system

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In situations where the network administrator does not want to use a system password, Pas sword Status can be used to guard against a user assigning a password. With Password Status Locked and Setup Password Enabled, a user who does not know the setup password cannot enter the System Setup program to unlock the system password and assign one.

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Boot Sequence First, or Device List.

can be set to Disket te First (the default), Hard Disk Only, CD-ROM

The term system “bootstraps” itself into an operational state by loading into memor y a small program, wh ich in turn loads the ne cessa r y ope ratin g system. Boot

Sequence

boot

refers to the system’s start-up procedure. When turned on, the

tells the system wher e to look for the file s that it need s to load .

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Selecting Di s kette First causes the system to try booting from drive A first. If the system finds a diskette that is not bootable in the drive or finds a problem with the drive itself, it displays an error message. If it does not find a diskette in the drive, the system tries to boot from the hard-disk drive (drive 0), then from the CD-ROM drive, and finally from the Plug and Play network adapters in the order found.

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Selecting Hard Disk Only causes the system to attempt to boot first from the hard-disk drive and then from the Plug and Play network adapters in the order found. The system wil l not a ttempt to bo ot fro m dri ve A or th e CD-ROM d rive.

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Selecting CD-ROM First causes the system to try booting from the CD-ROM drive first. If the system finds a CD that is not bootable in the drive or finds a problem with the drive itself, it displays an error message. If it does not find a CD in the drive, the system tries to boot from drive A, then from drive C, and finally from the Plug and Play network adapters in the order found.

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Device List provides access to the Device List screen (see Figure 3-2), where you can choose from a list of available boot devices and specify the order in which your computer at tempt s to boot fro m these d evices . To vie w the Device List screen, press <Ctrl> and the right-arrow key.

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The Device List screen provides three options for listing and prioritizing the available boot devices on your system:

Boot Device Priority

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Exclude From Boot Device Priority

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Device Controller Priority

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Boot Device Priority lists all bootable devices (hard-disk drives, CD-ROM drives, and so on) that are con trolled b y the s ys tem BIOS an d an y Plug an d Pla y network adapters install ed in the system.

Exclude From Boot Device Prio r ity a llo ws yo u to remo v e fro m Boot Device Priority any boot devi ce s that you want the system to ignore during sy s tem start-up.

Device Controller Priority lists the system BIOS controller; any non-Plug and Play devices, such as network adapter cards; and any secondary contr oller cards installed in the system.

NOTE: Non-Plug and Play devices appear in the list as

support

Adapters without ID

When determining the order of devices to boot from, the system first considers the order of the devices listed under Device Controller Priority and then considers the order of devices under Boot Device Priority.

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Device List

Boot Device Priority: Diskette drive A Hard drive C: CD-ROM device

Exclude from Boot Device Priority:

Device Controller Priority:

System BIOS boot devices

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The DEVICE LIST contains devices that may be bootable. The system attempts to boot from the devices in the list as ordered. If you ESC or ALT-B from this menu, the displayed order becomes the boot selection.

Ctrl-Ins moves items between “Boot Device Priority” and “Exclude from Boot Device Priority” only.

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To specify your prio rity pref erence s, order the de vice s under thes e options s o that the highest-priority controller is at the top of Device Controller Priority and the highest- priority device is at the top of Boot Device Priority. Order the remainder of the devices in Boot Device Priority according to your preferences. Move any devices that you want the system to ignore during start-up into Exclude From Boot Device Priority.

NOTE : The system defines drive C in

Boot Device Priority

as the first hard-di sk drive

attached to the highest-priority device controller.

To change the ord er of the de vices, pres s <Ctrl> and the up- or do wn-ar row k ey. If you want to revert to the original Boot Device Priority settings, press <Ctrl><Del>.

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NOTE: If you exit the making any changes,

Device List Boot Sequence

screen by pressing <Esc> or <Alt><b> without

is set to

Device List

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Setup Password lets you restrict access to your computer’s System Setup program in the same way that you restrict access to your system with the system password feature. The settings are:

Not Enabled (the default)

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Enabled



Disabled by Jumper

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NOTE: Read “Using the Setup Password Feature” found later in this chapter for instructions on assigning a setup password and using or changing an existing setup password. See “Disabling a Forgotten Password” found later in this chapter for instructions on disabling a forgotten setup password.

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Auto Power On allows you to turn on your computer system automatically. You can set Au to Power On to turn on the system either every day or every Monday through Friday at a preset time.

NOTE: This feature will not work if you turn off your system using a power strip or surge protector.

Select Everyday or Mon–Fri, and then use the down-arrow key to highlight first the hours field and then the minutes field. Time is kept in a 24-hour format

hours:minutes

( the number in the highlighted field or press the left-arrow key to decrease the number. If you prefer, you can type numbers in both fields.

The default for Auto Power On is Disabled.

). To change the st art-up time, press the right-arrow key to increase

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For certain types of monito rs and mo st EIDE hard- dis k driv es, y ou ca n reduc e sy stem power consumption by enabling the power management feature. With Power Man- agement enabled, these monitors and drives automatic al ly switch into low- power mode during periods of system inactivity.

Power Management can be implemented at three levels—Maximum, Regular, and Minimum. (The different levels apply to the monitor only; hard-disk drive operation is the same for all three.) The feature can also be set to Disabled.

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If you have a V id eo Ele ctro nic s Standards A ss oc iat ion (VESA®) Display Power Management Signaling (DPMS)-compliant monitor, enabling Power Management reduces monitor po w er con sump tion duri ng peri ods of k e ybo ard an d mouse in activ ity

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NOTES: Some 3D graphics cards do not support DPMS. Refer to the documentation for your particular 3D graphics card for information.

The power management

fe atur e m onito r s a c tivity of a mouse con nected to the Personal

System/2 (PS/2)-compatible mouse port.

By setting Power Management to Maximum, Regular, or Minimum, you can set predefined time-out periods (see Table 3-2) f or the two suc cessiv e monitor shutd o wn stages,

standby

and

off

NOTE: Each monitor manufacturer defines the details of the shutdown stages for its own monitors. But in all cases, power consumption decreases with each stage from “on” (full power) to “standby” (reduced pow er; the disp lay image usually disappears) to “off” (where power consumption is minimal). To define these stages for your monitor, see the documentation that came with the monitor.

For most DPMS-compliant monitors, any subsequent activity—including moving the mouse—returns full power to the monitor.

Check your monitor documentation for information on how your monitor is designed to operate.

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For most systems, enabling Power Management at any level causes EIDE hard-disk drives to switch to low-power mode after about 20 minutes of system inactivity.

NOTE: Not all EIDE hard-disk drives support this feature. Enabling this feature for drives that do n ot s upp ort i t may cause the EIDE drive to b ecome in ope rab le u nti l th e computer is restarted and

Power Management

In low -po wer mode, the disk s inside the driv e stop spi nning. Th ey remai n idle unti l the next drive access, which causes them to start spinning again. (Because the disks take a few seconds to regain full speed, you may notice a slight delay when you next access the ha rd-disk drive.)

is disabled.

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When Power Management is Disabled (the default), the disks spin constantly as long as the system is turned on.

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Wakeup On LAN determines whether the Wakeup On LAN feature is set. The settings for Wakeup On LAN are:

Off



On (Add-in NIC)



On (Integrated NIC)

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If On (Add-in NIC) or On (Integrated NIC) is set, the system can be started up by a special local area network (LAN) signal from a server management console. Wakeup On LAN capability also allows remote computer setup, BIOS upgrades, software downloading a nd ins tallation , file up dates , and a sset tracking after h ours a nd on w eekends when LAN traffic is typically at a minimum.

NOTE: The Wakeup On LAN feature functions even when the computer is turned off; however, the computer must be plugged into a working electrical outlet at all times and must be shut down in the normal method expected by the operating system. Thus, if you disconnect the system power cable from its electrical outlet, if a power failure occurs, or if you shut down the system abnormally, the Wakeup On LAN feature will not work.

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Sound determines whether the integrated audio controller is On (the default) or Off . When Sound is set to Off, no sounds are emitted from any attached external speak- ers or from the on-board speaker, except for beep codes. Set Sound to Off if you want to use a sound e xpan sion card ins tead of the integrated a udio control ler or if y ou need the resources used by the controller.

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The following user-selectable settings for the NIC option determine the state of the integrated NIC:

On (PXE Off) — NIC is enabled but no t set to b oot the sy stem remote ly from the

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Preboot eXecution Environment (PXE) on a network server. On — NIC is enabled and PXE is set to allow the system administrator to update

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the system remotely. Off — NIC is disabled.

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Mouse enables or disables the system’s integrated PS/2-compatible mouse port. Disabling the mouse allows an expansion card to use interrupt request (IRQ) 12.

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Serial Port 1 and Serial Port 2 configure the system’s integrated serial ports. These options can be set to Auto (the default) to automatically configure a port, to a particular designation (COM1 or COM3 for Serial Port 1 and COM2 or COM4 for Serial Port 2), or to Off to disable the por t.

If you set a serial port to Auto and add an expansion card containing a port config ured to the same designation, the system automatically remaps the integrated port to the next available port designation that s hares the same IRQ s etting:

 COM1 (input/output [I/O] address 3F8h), which shares IRQ4 with COM3, is

remapped to COM3 (I/O address 3E8h).

 Likewise, COM2 (I/O address 2F8h), which shares IRQ3 with COM4, is

remapped to COM4 (I/O address 2E8h).

(Note that when two COM ports sh are an IRQ setting, you can use e ithe r po rt as nec essary, but port (COM3 o r COM4) is also in use, the integrated p ort is turned off.

For more information about integrated ports, port designations, IRQs, and the remapping of ports, see “I/O Ports and Connectors” in Appendix B.

you may not be able to use them both at the same time

.) If the second

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Para llel Port configures the syste m’s integrated par allel port. Parallel Port can be set to 378h, to alternat e addresses 278h or 3BCh, or to Of f to disable the port.

The defaul t is 378h; y ou should le av e it at that setting unless an expansio n card needs to use that address.

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Para llel Mode controls whether the system’s integrated parallel port acts as an ATcompatible (unidirectional) or PS/2-compatible (bidirectional) port.

Your system als o supports Ext ended Capab ilities Port (ECP) mode, whic h can be used by the Windows 95 or Windo w s 98 opera ting system. Windows 95 and Windows 98 use the ECP protocol automatically if an ECP-capable device is detected.

Set P ar allel Mode ac cording to the type of periph eral dev ice connec ted to the pa rallel port. To determine the correct mode to use, see the documentation that came with the device.

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IDE Hard Disk enables or disables the system’s integrated EIDE hard-disk drive interface.

With Auto (the default) selected, the system turns off the integrated EIDE interface as necessary to accommodate a controller card in stalled in an expansion slot.

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As part of the boot routine, the system first checks for a troller card installed in an expansion slot. If no card is found, the integrated EIDE interface is enabled and the controller on the master EIDE drive is designated as the primary controller, using IRQ14. If any EIDE drives are at tached to the secondary EIDE channel, IRQ15 is also used.

If a primary controller is detected on the e xpa nsion bus , the inte grated EIDE in terf ace is disabled.

Selecting Off disables the integrated EIDE interface.

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Diskette controls the operation of the system’s integrated diskette drive controller. With Auto (the default) selected, the system turns off the integrated diskette drive

controller as necessary to accommodate a controller card installed in an expansion slot.

With Write-Protect selected, nothing can be written to diskette drives using the sys- tem’s integrated diskette drive controller. (The system can still read from the drives.) When Write-Protect is selected, the Auto setting is also in eff e ct (the system turns off the integrated diskette drive controller as necessary).

Selecting Off turns off the integrated diskette drive controller; this setting is used primarily for troubleshooting purposes.

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Speaker determin es wh eth er s ystem sounds (other than beep codes) are emitted by the integrated speaker. A change takes effect immediately (rebooting the system is not required).

However, even with Speaker set to Off, sounds from the integrated audio controller will be emitted by the integrated speaker. To disable the integrated speaker completely, follow these steps:

1. Start the Windows 95, Windows 98, or Windows NT operating system.

2. Double-click the speaker icon in the right corner of the task bar.

3. From the Mast er Out panel , sel ect A dv a nced Contr ols from the Options menu.

4. Click the Advanced button under the Master Out column.

5. Click the PC Speaker Mute check box.

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The following fields, which are not selectable, display information about the system:

 The first field displays the type of microprocessor installed in the computer.  The three-digit number in the CPU IDs field indicates the f amil y and m odel of the

microprocessor that is installed in the computer. This information is useful for troubleshooting problems with the microprocessor.

Level 2 Cache displays the amount of integrated level-2 (L2) cache memory in



the single-edge contact (SEC) cartridge. System Memory indicates the entire amount of installed memory detected in



your system, except for memory on Expanded Memory Specification (EMS) expansion cards .

After adding memory, check System Memory to confirm that the new memory is installed correctly and is recognized by the system.

Service Tag displays the system’s five-character service tag number, which was



programmed into NVRAM by De ll during t he manuf act uring proc ess. R ef er to this number during technical assistance or service calls. The service tag number is also accessed by cer tain Dell support software, i ncluding the diagnostics software.

Asset T ag disp lay s th e customer-programmable asset tag number for the sys tem

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if an asset tag number has been assigned. You can use the Asset Tag utility, which is included with your software support utilities, to enter an asset tag number of up to ten characters into NVRAM. For information on using the utility, see “Asset Tag Utility” in Chapter 2.

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Your Dell system is shipped to you without the system password feature enabled. If system security is a concern, you should operate your system only with system password protection.

You can assign a system password, as de sc rib ed i n the next subsection, “Assigning a System Password,” whenever you use the System Setup program. After a system password is assigned, only those who know the password have full use of the system.

When System Password is set to Enabled, the computer system prompts you for the system password just after the system boots.

To change an existing system password, you must either know the password or have access to the inside of the computer (see “Deleting or Changing an Existing System Password” found later in this section).

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If you assign and later get inside the chassis, where you can change a jumper setting to disable the system password feature (see “ Dis abl in g a Forgotten Password” found l at er in this chapter). Note that you erase the

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Before you can assign a system password, you must enter the S ystem Setup program and che ck the System Password status.

With a system password assigned, the status shown in System Password is Enabled. With the system password feature disabled by a jumper setting on the system board, the st atus shown is Disabled By Jumper.

enter a new system password if either of these settings is displayed.

With no system passw ord ass ign ed and with the password jumper on the system board in the enabled position (its default), the status shown for System Password is Not Enabled.

system password

1. V eri fy that Password Status is set to Unlocked. For instructions on changing the setting for Password Status, see “Password

Status” found earlier in this chapter.

Only when

, using the fol lowing procedure:

System Password

is set to

You cannot change or

Not Enabled

can you assign a

2. Press the left- or right-arrow key. The heading changes to Enter Password, followed by an empty seven-character

field in square brackets.

3. Type the new system password. You can use up to seven characters in the password. As you press each character key (or the spacebar for a blank space), a placeholder

appears in the field. The passw ord a ssig nme nt operation recognizes ke ys by their location on the ke y -

board, without distinguishing between lowercase and uppercase characters. For example, i f y o u ha v e an as correct.

Certain key combinations are not valid. If you enter one of these combinations, the speaker emits a beep.

To erase a ch aracter when ente ring y our passw or d, press the <Backspace > k ey or the left-arrow key.

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in your password, the system recognizes either M or m

NOTE: To escape from the field without assigning a system password, press the <T ab> k ey or the <Shif t><Tab> ke y combination to move the highlight to another field or press the <Esc> key at any time prior to completing step 5.

4. Press <Enter >. If the new system password is less than seven characters, the whole field fills

with placeholders. Then the heading changes to Verify Password, followed by another empty seven-character field in square brackets.

5. To confirm your password, type it a second time and press <Enter>. The password setting changes to Enabled.

you can ex it the System Setup p rogram and begin using your system. Note, however, that password protection does not take effect until you reboot the system by pressing the reset button or by turning the system off and then on again.

Your system password is now set;

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Whenever you turn on your system, press the reset button, or reboot the system by pressing the <Ctrl><Alt><Del> key combination, the following prompt appears on the screen when Password Status is set to Unlocked:

Type in the password and... — press <ENTER> to leave password security enabled. — press <CTRL><ENTER> to disable password security. Enter password:

If Password Status is set to Locked, the foll owing prompt appears:

Type the password and press <Enter>.

After you type the correct system password and press <Enter>, your system boots and you can use the keyboard to operate your system as usual.

NOTE: If you have assigned a setup password (see “Using the Setup Password Feature” found later in this chapter), the system accepts your setup password as an alternate system password.

If a wrong or i ncomplete sy stem pa ssw ord is entered, th e fol lo wing mess age ap pears on the screen:

** Incorrect password. ** Enter password:

If an incorrect or incomplete system password is entered again, the same message appears on the screen.

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The third and subsequent times an incorrect or incomplete system password is entered, the system displays the following message:

** Incorrect password. ** Number of unsuccessful password attempts: 3 System halted! Must power down.

The number of unsuccessful attempts made to enter the correct system password can alert you that an unauthorized person has attempted to use your system.

Even after your system is turned off and on, the previous message is displayed each time an incorrect or incomplete system password is entered.

NOTE: You can use

Setup Password

to further protect your system from unauthorized changes. For

Password Status

in conjunction with

System Password

and

more information, see “Password Status” found earlier in this chapter.

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To delete or change an existing system password, perform the following steps:

1. Enter the System Setup program and verify that Password Status is set to Unlocked.

Enter the System Setup program by pressing the <Ctrl><Alt><Enter> key combination. Press the <Alt><p> key combination to move to Page 2 of the System Setup screens. For instructions on changing the setting for Password Status, see “Password Status” found earlier in this chapter.

2. Reboot your system to force it to prompt you for a system password.

3. When prompted, type the system password.

4. Press the <Ctrl><Ente r> key combinatio n to disa ble t he existing system password, instead of pressing <Enter> to continue with the normal operation of your system.

5. Reboot the system and enter the System Setup program as described in “Entering the System Setup Program” found earlier in this chapter.

6. Confirm that Not Enabled is displayed for System Password in the System Setup program.

If Not Enabled appears, the system password has been deleted. If you want to assign a new password, go to step 7.

If Not Enabled is the system, and then repeat steps 3 through 6.

7. To assign a new password, follow the procedure in “Assigning a System Password” found earlier in this section.

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displayed, press the <Alt><b> key combination to reboot

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Your Dell system is shipped to you without the setup password feature enabled. If system security is a concern, you should operate your system with setup password protection.

You can assign a setup password, as described in the next subsection, “Assigning a Setup Password,” whenever you use the System Setup program. After a setup password is assigned, only those who know the password have full use of the System Setup program.

To change an existing setup password, you must know the setup password (see “Deleting or Changing an Existing Setup Password” found later in this section). If you

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assign and later the chassis, where you can change a jumper setting to disable the password feature (see “Disabling a Forgotten Password” found later in this chapter). Note that you erase the

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A setup p as sword can be assigned ( or changed) only when Setup Password is set to Not Enabled. To assign a setup password, highlight Setup Password and press the

left- or righ t-arro w k e y. The system promp ts you to enter and v erify the password. If a character is illegal for password use, the system emits a beep.

NOTES: The setup password can be the same as the system password. If the two passwords are different, the setup password can be used as an alternate

system password. However, the system password cannot be used in place of the setup password.

a setup password, you need your computer key to get inside

at the same time.

After you verify the password, the Se tup Password setting changes to Enabled. The next time you enter the System Setup program, the system prompts you for the setup password.

A change to Setup Passwor d becomes effective immediately (rebooting the system is not required).

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If Setup Passw ord is set to Enabled, you must enter the correct setup password before you can modify the majority of the System Setup options.

When you start the System Setup program, Page 2 of the System Setup screens appears with Setup Password highlighted, prompting you to type the password.

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If you do not enter the correct password in three tries, the system lets you view, but not modify, the System Setup screens—with the following exceptions:

 You can still modify Date, Time, CPU Speed, Num Lock, and Speaker.  If System Password is not enabled and is not locked via Password Status, you

can assign a system password (however, you cannot disable or change an existing system password).

NOTE: You can use protect see “Password Status” found earlier in this chapter.

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To delete or change an existing setup password, perform the following steps:

1. Enter the System Setup program.

2. Highlight Setup Password, and press the left- or right-arrow key to delete the existing setup password.

The setting changes to Not Enabled.

3. If you want to assign a ne w set up pas swo rd, foll ow the procedure i n “Assigning a Setup Password” found earlier in this section.

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If you forget your system or setup password, you cannot operate your system or change settings in the System Setup program, respectively, until you open the computer, change the password jumper setting to disable the passwords, and erase the existing passwords.

To disable a forgotten password, perform the following steps:

1. Remove the computer cover according to the instructions in “Removing the Computer Cover” in Chapter 8.

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2. Refer to “Jumpers” in Appendix B for jumper information and to Figure B-1 for the location of the password jumper (labeled “PSWD”) on the system board.

3. Remove the jumper plug from the PSWD jumper (the disable setting).

4. Replace the computer cover.

5. Reconnect your computer to its power source, and turn it on. Booting your system with the PSWD jumper plug removed erases the existing

password(s).

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NOTE: Before you assign a new system and/or setup password, you must replace the PSWD jumper plug.

6. Repeat step 1.

7. Replace the PSWD jumper plug (the enable setting).

8. Replace the computer c ove r, and then reconnect the com puter and periphera ls to their power sources and turn them on.

Booting with the PSWD jump er installed ree nables the passw ord features. When you enter the System Setup program, both password fields appear as Not Enabled, meaning that password protection is no longer available because no passwords have been assigned.

9. Assign a new system and/or setup password. To assign a new system password, see “Assigning a System Password” found

earlier in this chapter. To assign a new setup password, see “Assigning a Setup Password” found earlier in this chapter.

10. Reset the chassis intrusion detector. See “Chassis Intrusion” found earlier in this chapter.

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If an error message appears on your monitor screen while the system is booting, make a note of the mess ag e. Then, before entering the System Setup program, refer

Diagnostics and Troubleshooting Guide

to your suggestions for correcting any errors. (However, it is normal to receive an error message the first time yo u boot the system af ter a mem ory upgrade. In th at c ase, you do not need to refer to the tions in “Adding Memory” in Chapter 8 of this guide.)

Diagnostics and Troubleshooting Guide

for an expl anati on of the mess age an d

—follow the instruc-

If you are given an option of pressing either <F1> to continue or <F2> to run the System Setup program, press the <F2> key.

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The ISA Configuration Utility (ICU) is used by the system to track what expansion cards are installed and what resources are used. With this information, the system automatically configures Plug and Play expansion cards and Peripheral Component Interconnect (PCI) expansion cards and can tell you how to configure non-Plug and Play Industry-Standard Architecture (ISA) expansion cards manually by setting jumpers or switches. Plug and Play and PCI expansion cards do not contain jumpers and switche s; the y are conf igu r ed on ly throug h so ftware in the basic input/output system (BIOS).

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NOTE: The Windows NT operating system does not provide full Plug and Play support. Therefore, some Plug and Play cards (such as modem, sound, and network cards) may not work with Windows NT. If your system is running a Dell-installed Windows NT operating system and you want to use Plug and Play cards, Dell recommends that y ou use th e card m anuf ac t urer’s configuration utility to se t the ca rd to legacy mode, enter the card’s resources through the manufacturer’s utility, and then use the ICU to add the Plug and Play card to your system configuration. On systems with a Dell-installed Windows NT operating system, the ICU is installed on the hard-disk drive as a diskette image. Use the Program Diskette Maker (located in the

Dell Accessories

program folder) to make an ICU diskette from this diskette image.

The remainder of this chapter describes the various features of, and t he various ways to use, the ICU.

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To quickly get started using this utility, follow these steps:

1. Determine whether you need to run the ICU. See “When to Run the ICU” found later in this chapter for detailed instructions.

2. Perform any required preparatory steps before starting the utility. Preparatory steps include making a program diskette, copying your mouse driver

to this diskette, and making a bac k up cop y of this di ske t te. See “Prepa ring to Use the ICU” found later in this chapter for detailed instructions.

3. Start the system using your ICU diskette. V erify that Boot Sequenc e in the S y s tem Setup program is set to Diskette First.

Then insert the backup copy of the ICU diskette into drive A, and turn on your computer or press the reset button.

NOTE: The ICU takes a few minutes to load. During this time, the cursor may appear as a pointer rather than as an hourglass.

When the utility has finished loading, the ICU window (see Figure 4-1) is displayed.

4. Add, modify, or remove a card, or view resources for a card or other device. Depending on what you need to accomplish with the ICU, you may need to per-

form one or more of these tasks:

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Listed Card” found later in this chapter for detailed instructions. If the card you are adding does not have a configuration file, see “Adding an Unlisted Card” found later in this chapter for detailed instructions.

If you are modifying a card that is already installed, see “Modifying a Card”

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found later in this chapter for detailed instructions. If you are removing a ca rd, see “Remo ving a Card” f ound later in this c hapter

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for detaile d instructions. If you want to examine the resources already assigned in the system, see

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“Viewing Resources” found later in this chapter for detailed instructions.

5. Save your configuration, and exit the utility. See “Saving th e System Configuration” and “Exiting the ICU” found later in this

chapter for detailed instructions.

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Before your system was shipped from Dell, a technician used the ICU to enter the correct information for the expansion cards initially installed in your computer.

If your system was shipped with Dell-installed software, the ICU diskette image (from which y ou can ma k e an ICU disk ette) is installed on your hard-d isk dri v e. (Your system may also be accompanied by an

The ICU is also available through online services such as Dell’s TechConnect bulletin board service (BBS). See the chapter titled “Getting Help” in your

Troubleshooting Guide

Whenever you add or remove a no n-Plug and Play ISA e xpa nsi on ca rd, us e th e ICU to reconfigure your system. The utility reads the card’s corresponding configuration file (.cfg file), which describes the card’s characteristics and required system resources. After the resources identified in these configuration files are assigned to all non-Plug and Play ISA expansion cards, the system assigns resources to all Plug and Play expansion cards, as well as PCI expansion cards, thereby creating a conflict-free configuration.

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The ICU provides a database of configuration files for a large variety of non-Plug and Play ISA expansion cards. The database is located in the \db subdirectory. are non-Plug and Play ISA expansion cards that have configuration files stored in this database.

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Listed cards

Unlisted cards

tion files stored in the ICU database. Unlisted cards are not displayed in the list of cards provided for the various card categories. The unlisted cards may be cards for which no configuration file exists or new cards that include a manufacturer-supplied configuration file on diskette.

When you supply a configuration file and the ICU is running from the hard-disk drive, the configuration file is copied to the directory that contains the rest of the ICU database.

are non-Plug and Play ISA expansion cards that do not have configura-

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Whenever you add or remove non-Plug and Play ISA expansion cards, you must run the ICU to ensure that no two cards attempt to use the same resources (such as interrupt request [IRQ] lines).

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Run the program cards. The ICU c an id enti f y an d re solve any resource conflicts and indicate the prope r jumper and switch settings for each expansion card to avoid such conflicts. Running the program first helps you determine how to configure a non-Plug and Play ISA expansion card before you install it in your computer.

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After you have run the ICU for your non-Plug and Play ISA expansion cards and it has configured all your Plug and Play and PCI expansion cards, you can use the utility to

lock

the configuration of your Plug and Play and PCI expansion cards so that they are always assigned the same resources. See “Locking and Unlocking Cards” found later in this chapter for details.

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Before using the ICU for the first time, you must complete the following steps:

1. If your system includes Dell-installed software, make a program diskette of the

ICU from the diskette image on your hard-disk drive. For instructions on how to create a program diskette from the diskette image,

see the online help provided in the Program Diskette Maker, which is available in the Dell Accessories program folder.

NOTE : If you receiv ed an to step 2.

2. If you want to use your mouse with the ICU, copy your mouse driver file

(mouse.exe) to your ICU disk ette.

3. Make a backup copy of your ICU diskette, as descr ibed in the next subsection,

“Backing Up the ICU Diskette.” Use the backup copy whenever you run the utility; store the original diskette in a

safe place.

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Before using the ICU, make a backup copy of the ICU diskette by performing the following steps.

NOTE: If you received an should use this procedure to create a backup of that diskette.

1. Make sure you have a blank, high-density, 3.5-inch diskette.

2. Turn on your computer system if it is not already on.

3. Make a copy of the ICU program diskette.

See your operating system documentation for instructions on making a copy of a diskette.

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4. Store your original ICU diskette in a safe place.

Use only the backup diskette when running the ICU.

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After you have completed the procedure in “Preparing to Use the ICU” found earlier in this c hapter, insert the bac kup copy of the ICU diskette into drive A. T hen eith er tu rn on your computer or reboot it by pressing the reset button.

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You can access online help in the ICU in four ways:

Select Contents from the Help menu to display a list of topics. Select a topi c and

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clic k Help. Help text on that topic appears in a dialog box. For most dialog boxes, you can click Help to displa y inf ormation on th e action y ou

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topics. To redisplay the last message you received from the ICU, select Previous

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The ICU window is the main window of the utility and the starting point for making expansion-card changes. This window lists all non-Plug and Play ISA, P lug and Play, and PCI expansion cards currently installed in the computer. The ICU window contains menus and a tool bar, as shown in Figure 4-1. When you choose a course of action, the ICU displays dialog boxes to guide you through the various steps.

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You can maneuver through each menu and dialog box using a mouse. If a mouse is not available, you can use the keys shown in Table 4-1.

Each menu and menu option has an underlined character in its name; when you press the <Alt> key in conjunction with the key for the underlined character, that menu or menu option is selected.

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and performs the operation indicated by the menu item containing the underlined letter y. For example, to save a file (that is, to display the File menu and select the Save menu option), press <Alt><f> and

<s>. <Tab> Moves from one control button or list to another. Up- and down-arrow keys Moves up and down through items in a list. <Spacebar> Highlights an item in a list. <Enter> Selects the highlighted button or item in a list.

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NOTE : If y ou w ant to add a configu rati on file tha t yo u receiv e d on disk e tte with a new expansion card, you must copy the configuration file to the backup copy of the ICU disk et te. You should then reboot your sy stem and pe rform the followi ng proc ed ure to add the ex pa ns io n card .

Use the following procedure to add a listed card with the ICU:

1. Start the ICU as described in “Starting the ICU” found earlier in this chapter.

2. From the ICU window, click Add or select Add Card from the Configure menu.

3. Click the name of the category of card that you want to add. If you cli cked Add in step 2, click OK.

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4. Select the name of the card you want to add. If the card is not listed, see “Adding an Unlisted Card” found next in this chapter.

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5. If you want the ICU to select the resources for the card, click OK. Otherwise, skip to step 6.

The ICU uses the default resources set by the card manufacturer whenever possible. If the ICU cannot find a resource that is valid for the card and available in the system, the utility generates an error message. See Appendix C, “ISA Configuration Utility Messages,” for an explanation of the message and a possible solution to the conflict.

If you are satisfied with the default resources assigned to the card, you can skip the remainder of this procedure.

6. To select the resources yourself, click Advanced. The Card Configuration dialog box (see Figure 4-3) displays all resources used

by the card. Some cards have multiple functions, each having one or mo re resources associated with it. For example, a communications card can have fax, modem, and scanner functi ons , ea ch of which may have one or more associat ed resources.

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7. To change any of the resource settings for the card, select the resource setting and then click Settings.

The Configuration Settings dialog bo x (see Fi gure 4-4 ) displa y s the n ame of the resource that you selected in the upper-left corner of the box. The resource values currently associated with the selected function are displayed in the

Resources for Choice box. The resource values displayed are IRQ, DMA, Memory (Hex), and I/O Port (Hex).

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8. To change the resourc e settings, click the down-arrow next to the Configuration Choice box. Then click the new resource setting from the list of available settings (see Figure 4-5).

You cannot manually enter a value; you must choose a setting from the list. If there is only one setting listed, no other settings are available.

The set ting tha t y ou select ma y af f e ct the resourc es av ail able. F or e xampl e, if you are offered the Disabled option and select it, all resource values are blank, indicating that a disabled setting uses no resources.

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9. To change individual resource values for the current configuration setting, select the resource value that you want to change and click the Options button located below the resource values (see Figure 4-6).

For example, when you click the value under DMA, the Options button changes to the DMA Options button. When you click this button, a smaller dialog box appears. By clicking the down arrow next to the current resource value, you can display a list of the available values for the resource.

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Choose the desired va lue and click OK. The v a lu e y ou selec ted i s dis pla y ed un der the resource heading in the Configuration Settings dialog box.

The Options button is disabled if no alternative values are available for the selected resource.

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NOTE: If you change one or more resource values using the later change the setting in the made to the resource values are overwritten by the default values for the new configuration choice.

10. Click OK in the Configuration Settings dialog box when you have finished selecting resources for the function.

NOTE: After modifying the system configuration, you must turn off the system to install, remove, or change jumper settings on the non-Plug and Play ISA expansion cards to match the settings you selected in the ICU.

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Unlisted cards are non-Plug and Play ISA expansion cards that do not have configuration files stored in the ICU database.

NOTE : If y ou w ant to add a configu rati on file tha t yo u receiv e d on disk e tte with a new expansion card, see “Adding a Listed Card” found earlier in this chapter.

To add an unlisted card with the ICU, perform the following steps:

1. Start the ICU as described in “Starting the ICU” found earlier in this chapter.

2. From the ICU window, click Add or select Add Card from the Configure menu.

3. Click the name of the category of card that you want to add. If you cli cked Add in step 2, click OK.

A dialog box appears, listing the names of all available cards of that type.

4. Select Unlisted Card from the bottom of the list of cards displayed in the dialog box that appears. Then click OK.

5. Click No when the ICU asks if you have a configuration file for the card. The Configure Unlisted Card dialog box appears with blank fields.

6. Enter the name of the card that you want to add in the Card Name field.

7. For each resource y ou w ant to as sign to the ca rd, cli ck the box beneath the name of the resource to be assigned and then click Add.

For example, if you click the box beneath IRQ, the button changes to Add Inter-

rupt. When you click this button, a Specify dialog box (in this case, Specify Interrupt) appears. Figure 4-7 shows the Configure Unlisted Card dialog box

with the Specify Interrupt dialog box opened.

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If you are pro vidi ng a v a lue f or th e IRQ or direct memory access (DM A) resou rce, click the down arrow beneath Available Resources. A smaller Specify list box appears (see Figure 4- 8). Clic k the value y ou w ant to assi gn to the resource . Then clic k OK.

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If none of the values for the DMA or IRQ resources match the allowable values for your u nlisted card (as indica ted in the c ard’s documentation), sele ct one of th e available values offered by the utility and click OK.

If you are providing values for the input/output (I/O) port or memory resources, you must enter the starting and ending addresses in hexadecimal format using the two fields provided by the Specify Memory or Specify I/O Port dialog box. Click each box in succession to enter the beginning and ending addresses, and then click OK to complete the selection. Figure 4-9 shows the two fields.

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8. When you have finish ed sel ect ing res our ces for the unlisted card, clic k OK in the Configure Unlisted Card dialog box.

A message box appears, notifying you either that the card is using its default settings or that it cannot use its default settings and must be reconfigured.

9. Click OK. If the card must be reconfigured, record the resource settings recommended by the ICU. Click Close to accept the resource settings currently displayed.

10. If you had to assign a disallowed resource value to the card in steps 7, 8, and 9, click each of the other cards, and then click View until you find anoth er card usin g a resource value that is allowed for the unlisted card. Reassign the resource setting for this other card using the procedure in the next section, “Modifying a Card.” Then modify the resource settings for the unlisted card so that it uses an allowable value.

NOTE: After modifying the system configuration, you must turn the system off to install, remove, or change jumper settings on the non-Plug and Play ISA expansion cards to match the settings you selected in the ICU.

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Modifying a card allows you to change the system resources used by a card. This feature is helpful when you want to add a card that requires resources already in use by other cards or devices in your computer. You can allocate different resources to the cards currently in your computer to free the resources necessary for the card you want to install.

You can also use this feature to force Plu g and Pla y or PCI expansion cards to use spe-

locking

cific resource values. This proced ure is called only if it uses static device drivers. See “Locking and Unlocking Cards” found later in this chapter for more information.

a card. You should lock a card

NOTE : You cannot modify the resources of a Plug and P la y or PC I e xpansio n card . You can only view the resources currently assigned and lock or unlock them.

To modify t he resource settings for a listed or unlisted card, complete the following steps:

1. Start the ICU as described in “Starting the ICU” found earlier in this chapter.

2. Select the card from the list of installed cards in the ICU window, and choose Modify Card from the Config ur e menu or click Modify .

If the Card Configurat ion dia lo g b ox appears, the selected ca rd i s l is ted (it has a configuration file in the ICU database). Continue with step 3.

If the Configure Unlisted Card dialog box appears, the card is unlisted (it does not have a configuration file). Proceed to step 5.

Using the ISA Configuration Utility 4-11

NOTE: When you modify an unlisted card, the ICU cannot show you the valid resources for the card. Therefore, you must have documentation from the card manufacturer th at describes the resources and reso urce settings that the card can use.

3. Follow steps 7 through 9 in “Adding a Listed Card” found earlier in this chapter. Then continue with step 4 of this p rocedure.

4. Click OK to complete the card modifications and return to the ICU window. You have completed this procedure; do not proceed to step 5.

5. To add, modify, or remove a resource value, select the box beneath the resource to be assigned, and then click Add, Modify, or Remove, respectively.

For example, if you click the box beneath IRQ, the Add, Modify, and Remove buttons change to Add Interrupt, Modify Interrupt, and Remove Interrupt. When you click one of these buttons, a smaller Specify list box (in this case, Specify Interrupt) appears.

If you are providing a value for the IRQ or DMA resource, click the down arrow beneath Available Res ource s. Clic k the va lue y ou w ant to assign to the res ource. If the resource can be shared with another card or device, click Sharable. Then clic k OK.

If none of the value s f or the DMA or IRQ resou rce ma tch the allowable v alue s f or your unlisted card (as indicated in the card’s documentation), select one of the available values offered by the utility and click OK.

If you are providing values for the I/O port or memory resource, you must enter the starting and ending addresses in hexadecimal format using the two fields provided by the Specify Memory or Specify I/O Port dialog box.

6. When you have finish ed sel ect ing res our ces for the unlisted card, clic k OK in the Configure Unlisted Card dialog box.

A message box appears, notifying you either that the card is using its default settings or that it cannot use its default settings and must be reconfigured.

7. C l i c k OK. If the card must be reconfigured, record the resource settings recommended by the ICU. Click Close to accept the resource settings currently displayed.

8. If you had to assign a disallowed resource value to the card in steps 5, 6, and 7, click each of the other cards, and then click View until you find anoth er card usin g a resource value that is allowed for the unlisted card. Reassign the resource setting for this other card. T hen modi fy the resourc e set ting s for the un listed card so that it uses an allowable value.

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Before you remove a non-Plug and Play ISA expansion card from your computer, you must use the ICU to remove the card from the system configura tion.

NOTE: When you remove a Plug and Play or PCI expansion card from your computer, you do not need to run the ICU. To remove a Plug and Play or PCI expansion card, complete steps 2 through 8 in “Removing an Expansion Card” in Chapter 8.

Use the following procedure to remove a non-Plug and Play ISA expansion card from your computer:

1. Start the ICU as described in “Starting the ICU” found earlier in this chapter.

2. Select the card from the current system configuration list in the ICU window.

3. Select Remove Card The ICU requests verification that you want to remove the card.

4. Click Yes to free the resources allocated to the card and remove the card’s name from the list of active cards, or click No to cancel the operation.

The ICU returns to the ICU window.

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5. Remove the non-Plug and Play ISA expansion card from the computer.

from the Configuration menu, or click Remove.

See “Removing an Expansion Card” in Chapter 8 for instructions.

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The ICU displays all reso urces currently used by your system. To view all system resources, select System Resources from th e View menu or click

View. The System Resource Usage dialog box (see Figure 4-10) displays all resources curr e ntly u sed b y the system.

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To determine which card uses a particular resource shown in the System Resource

Usage dialog box, select the resource in question and then click Used By Card. The Card Resource Usage dialog box appears with the information.

To view the resources that a particular card is using, select the card from the list displayed in the ICU window, and then select Card Resources from the View menu or clic k View . The Card Resource Usage dialog box displays the resources assigned to that card. Figure 4-11 shows resources that might be assigned to a network adapter card.

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You can save the information displayed in the resource usage dialog box by clicking Print To File. The ICU then prompts you for a filename.

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You can save the system configuration to nonvolatile random-access memory (NVRAM) as you config ure each card’s resources. To do so, select Sa v e from the File menu and continue with your operation.

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At the ICU window, select Exit from the Fi le menu to e xit the utility. If you hav e made any changes to the system configuration, you are asked whether you want to save the chan ges.

If you click Yes , the ICU saves the updated system configuration information into NVRAM. If you click No, you exit the ICU without saving any of your configuration changes. If you click Cancel, nothing is saved and the utility continues to operate.

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The ICU includes a locking mechanism that enables you to allocate the system resources for all or for some functions of Plug and Play and PCI expansion cards. These expansion cards are system start-up. Device drivers that do not support this dynamic card configuration are referred to as

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, which means that they are allocated resources at

To determine whether your expansion card has static device drivers, check the documentation that came wi th th e dri vers. If you are using a static device driver, you need to permanently associate resources with a Plug and Play expansion card, instead of relying on the default Plug and Play behavior. Otherwise, the device driver might not be able to find the card the next time the system boots. This procedure is referred to

locking

a card.

NOTE : The locking feature of the ICU is valid only for Plug a nd Pl ay and PCI expansion cards.

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To lock or u nlo ck all the resources an d co nfi gura tions for a Plug and Play or PCI expansion card, perform the following steps:

1. If it is not already installed, install the Plug and Play or PCI expansion card. Then turn on the system.

Complete steps 2 through 8 in “Installing an Expansion Card” in Chapter 8.

2. Start the ICU. See “Starting the ICU” found earlier in this chapter.

3. Select Locking Enabled from the Adv anced menu in the ICU window. A check mark next to Locking Enabled signifies that the feature is active; a Lock

button appears on the tool bar.

4. Select the Plug and Play or PCI expansion card that you want to lock or unlock from the Cards Configured in System list.

5. Click Lock or select Lock/Unlock Card from the Advanced menu. Both options toggle the lock state of the selected card.

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You can also lo ck and unlock individual resources fo r a P lug and Play or PCI expans io n card. To do so, perform the following steps:

1. If it is not already installed, install the Plug and Play or PCI expansion card. Then turn on the system.

Complete steps 2 through 8 in “Installing an Expansion Card” in Chapter 8.

2. Start the ICU. See “Starting the ICU” found earlier in this chapter.

3. Select Locking Enabled from the Advanced menu in the ICU window. A check mark next to Lock ing Enabled

button appears on the tool bar.

signifies that the feature is active; a Lock

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4. Select the Plug and Play or PCI expansion card that you want to lock or unlock from the Cards Configured in System list.

5. Click Modify or select Modify Card from the Configure menu.

6. From the Card Configuration dialog box, select the function you want to lock or unlock.

7. C l i c k Settings.

8. Modify the resource setting and/or resources offered on the Configuration Set- tings dialog box, if necessary.

See “Modifying a Card” found earlier in this chapter for more information.

9. Select Lock Resources. The Lock Resources box toggles the lock state of the selected configuration

setting.

10. Repea t steps 6 through 9 for any other configuration settings that you want to lock or unlock.

11. Click OK in the Card Configuration dialog box when you have finished making your selections.

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This c hapter des cribes ho w to connec t your com puter sy stem to an Etherne t network using the integrated 3Com Peripheral Component Interconnect (PCI) 3C905b-TX network interface controller (NIC). The NIC provides all the functions normally provided by a separate network expansion card.

The integrated NIC includes a Wakeup On LAN feature that enables the computer to be started up by a special local area network (LAN) signal from a server management console. Wakeup On LAN capability allows remote computer setup, basic input/ output system (BIOS) upgrades, soft ware downloading and installation, file updates, and asset trac ki ng a fter hours and on week e nds wh en LAN tra ffic is typically at a minimum. For instructions on using this feature, see “Wakeup On LAN” in Chapter 3.

NOTES: The Wakeup On LAN feature functions even when the computer is turned off; however, the computer must be plugged into a working electrical outlet at all times and must be shut down in the normal method expected by the operating system. Thus, if you disconnect the system power cable from the electrical outlet, if a power f ailure oc curs, or if y ou sh ut down t he sy stem abn ormally, the Wak eup On LAN feature will not work.

When Wakeup On LAN is enabled in the System Setup program, the green link integrity indicator on the NIC connector (see Figure 5- 1) rem ai ns on when the c omp uter is turned off.

This chapter also provides instructions for configuring the NIC under the following operating syst ems:

Microsoft Windows NT 4.0

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Microsoft Windo w s 95

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Microsoft Windo w s 98

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NOTE: The NIC drivers for systems running a Dell-installed Windows NT 4.0, Windows 95, or Windows 98 operating system are automatically detected and installed. Instructions for reinstalling these NIC drivers are included later in this chapter.

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The NIC connector on the computer’s back panel (see Figure 5-1) has the following indicators:

 A yellow

network data. (A high volume of netwo rk traf fic may ma ke this indic ator appear to be in a steady “on” state.)

 A green

between the network and th e NIC. When th e gree n indi cator is off, the com puter is not detecting a physical connection to the network or the power source to the computer has been shut off.

activity indicator

flashes when the system is transmitting or receiving

link integrity indicator

lights up when there is a good connection

link integrity indicator

NIC connector

activity indicator

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To connect your system to and configure it for use on an Ethernet network, you must complete the following steps:

1. Connect the network cable to the back of your computer. See the following subsection, “Network Cable Requirements,” for detailed

instructions.

2. Verify that the NIC is enabled in the System Setup program. See “NIC” in Chapter 3 for instructions.

3. Configure the NIC and install the network driver. See “Configuring the NIC” found later in this chapter for detailed instructions.

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4. Run the Network Interface Test Group in the Dell Diagnostics to verify that the NIC is operating properly.

See the chapter titled “Running the Dell Diagnostics” in your

Troubleshooting Guide

for detailed instru cti ons .

Diagnostics and

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Your computer’s NIC connector (an RJ45 connector located on the back panel; see Figure 5-1) is designed for attaching an unshielded twisted pair (UTP) Ethernet cable. Press one end o f the UTP cable into the NIC connector until the cable snaps securely into place.

Connect the other end of the cab le to an RJ45 ja ck wall plate or to an RJ45 port on an Ethernet UTP concentrator or hub, depending on your network configuration. Observe the following cabling restrictions for 10BASE-T and 100BASE-TX networks:

 For 10-megabit (Mb) opera tion, us e Category 3, 4, or 5 wiring and co nnectors. F or

100-Mb operation, use Category 5 wiring and connectors. Voice and data lines should be in separate sheaths.

 The maximum cable run length (from a workstation to a concentrator) is

100 meters (m) (328 feet [(ft]).

 The maximum number of workstations (not counting concentrators) on a net-

work is 1024.

 The maximum number of daisy-chained concentrators on one network segment

is four.

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This section descr ibe s how to set the network frame type for an Internetwork P acket eXchange/Sequenced Packet eXchange (IPX/SPX)-compatible network protocol.

If your system is connected to a network, follow these steps:

1. Right-click the Network Neighborhood icon on the Windows desktop , and cli ck Properties in the pop-up menu.

2. Under the Configuration tab in the Network window, click IPX/SPX- compatible Protocol if it is not already selected.

3. Click Properties to open the IPX/SPX-com patibl e Protocol Propert ies window.

4. Click the Advanced tab, and then click Frame Type from the Property list .

5. Select the appropriate frame type (according to your network requirements) from the V alue menu, and click OK.

6. Follow the instructions on your screen to complete the configuration.

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This section provides instructions for configuring the computer’s integrated, 10/100-megabits-per-second (Mbps) 3Com NIC under the following operating systems:

Microsoft Windows NT 4.0

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Microsoft Windo w s 95

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Microsoft Windo w s 98

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NOTE: If you reinstall Windows NT 4.0, you must install Service Pack 3 and the bus-mastering EIDE device driver before you can install the NIC drivers.

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The Windows NT 4.0 operating system automatically detects and installs the NIC driver. To reinstall the driver, complete the following steps:

1. Use the Program Disk et te Maker (l ocated in the Dell A ccessor ies program f older) to make a diskette copy of the NIC drivers installed on your hard-disk drive.

2. Connect the network cable to the back of your computer. See “Network Cable Requirements” found earlier in this chapter for detailed

instructions.

3. Verify that the NIC is enabled in the System Setup program. See “NIC” in Chapter 3 for more information.

4. Start the Windows NT operating system, and log in as user Administrator or as a user with Administrator privileges.

For information on administrative users and privileges, see your W indows NT documentation.

5. Double-click My Computer, double-click Control Panel, and then double-click th e Network icon.

NOTE: If you are installing networking on your system for the first time, the Windows NT operating system displays a message aski ng if you want to install networking. Click instructions.

6. Click the Adapters tab in the Network Control Panel, and then click Add to access the Select Network Adapter window.

7. C l i c k Have Disk. Insert the click OK.

The Select OEM Option dialog box appears.

8. Select 3Com Fast EtherLink/EtherLink XL PCI Busmaster NIC (3C905B) for the 10/100-Mbps NIC, and then click OK.

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, and refer to your Windows NT documentation for

NIC driver diskette 2 into drive A, type a:\, and then

9. When prompted, remove the NIC driver diskette 2 from the diskette drive and insert the NIC driver diskette 1.

1 0 . When the Setup Message confirms that the 3Com dRMON SmartAgent PC

Software has been successfully installed, click OK. The operating s ystem continues copying the appropriate driver fil es.

11. When the operating system has finished copying files from the NIC driver diskette 1, click Close in the Windows Welcome screen. Then click Close in the Network window.

12. If you are prompted to do so, enter information about your specific network. See your network administrator for information.

13. Click Ye s in the Network Settings Change window to restart your system.

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The Windows 95 operating system automatically detects and installs the NIC driver. This subsection provides instructions for reinstalling the NIC driver on systems running a Dell-installed W indows 95 Service Release 2.1 operating system. Instructions for reinstalling the NI C driver on sys tems r unning a Windo ws 95 operating sy stem n ot installed by Dell are also provided.

To determine your o perati ng sy s tem vers ion, click the Start but to n, poin t to Set tings , and clic k the Contr ol Panel. Double-click the System icon to access the System Properties window, and click the General tab. If your system version is 4.00.950 B, then the operating system is Dell-installed Windows 95 Service Release 2 or later. The system version is 4.00 for Windows 95 operating systems not installed by Dell.

NOTE: If you reinstall Windows 95, you must use either the Windows 95 operating system release version provided by Dell or its equivalent. Because of the advanced architecture of your Dell Precision 210 system, some components will not function correctly with Windows 95 versions earlier than Service Release 2.0 or 2.1.

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To reinstall the NIC driver in a system running Dell-installed Windows 95 Service Release 2.1, perform the following steps:

1. Use the Program Disk et te Maker (l ocated in the Dell A ccessor ies program f older) to make a diskette copy of the NIC drivers installed on your hard-disk drive.

2. Connect the network cable to the back of your computer. See “Network Cable Requirements” found earlier in this chapter for detailed

instructions.

3. Verify that the integrated NIC is enabled and connected to its network. See “NIC” in Chapter 3 for more information.

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4. Start the Windows 95 operating system.

5. Click the Start button, point to Settings, and click Control Panel. Then double- clic k the System icon.

6. In the System Properties window, click the Device Manager tab.

7. In the list of system devices, double-click Unknown Devices. Then click PCI Ethernet Controller.

8. Click Properties to access the PCI Ethernet Controller window.

9. Select the Driver tab, and then click Update Driver. The Update Device Driver Wizard starts.

10. Insert the NIC driver diskette 2 into drive A, and click Yes (Recommended).

11. Click Next and then click Finish to access the Insert Disk dialog box.

12. Click OK to access the Copying Files dialog box. Type a:\, and then click OK. The Windows 95 operating system begins to copy files to the system’s hard-disk

drive.

13. Follow the instructions in the Update Device Driv er wi ndow by in serting the NIC driver diskette 2 and continuing the installation procedure.

As files are copied to the system’s hard-disk drive, a pop-up window asks you to provide computer and workgroup names that will identify your computer on the network.

14. Click OK.

15. The Network dialog window appears. It contains t abs and text fields in which you must supply identifying information about your computer and network.

Contact your network administrator for information.

16. When you have supplied the necessary computer and network identification information, click Close to exit the Network window.

17. If a pop-up window like the one in Figure 5-2 appears, click the check box beside the message Device can be removed safely and then click the Test button.

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18. When you are prompted for the location of additional files, specify the c:\windows\options\cabs directory on your hard-disk drive or the \win95 direc- tory on your CD-ROM drive. Then click OK to access the System Properties dialog box.

The Windows 95 operating system finishes copying all of the files to the system’s hard-disk drive.

NOTE : To make future updates eas ie r, Dell recommends th at the contents of the

directory is on your hard-disk drive. You can copy the contents of

cabs \win95\cabs

within the Windows directory; for example,

19. When the System Settings Change dialog box appears, remove the diskette from drive A and click Yes to restart the system.

20. When the system restarts, the Enter Network Password dialog box appears. Enter the username and password you want to use for network access.

See your Windows 95 documentation for information about usernames and passwords.

from the Windows 95 CD to a directory on your hard-disk drive

c:\windows\options\cabs

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To reinstall the NIC driver in a system running a Windows 95 operating system not installed by Dell, perform the foll owi ng steps:

1. Use the Program Disk et te Maker (l ocated in the Dell A ccessor ies program f older) to make a diskette copy of the NIC drivers installed on your hard-disk drive.

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2. Connect the network cable to the back of your computer. See “Network Cable Requirements” found earlier in this chapter for detailed

instructions.

3. Verify that the integrated NIC is enabled and connected to its network. See “NIC” in Chapter 3 for more information.

4. Start the Windows 95 operating system.

5. Click the Start button, point to Settings, and click the Control Panel. Then double-click the System icon.

6. In the System Properties window, click the Device Manager tab.

7. In the list of system devices, double-click Unknown Devices. Then click PCI Ethernet Controller.

8. Click Properties to access the PCI Ethernet Controller window.

9. Select the Driver tab, and then click Change Drive r to access the Select Hard- ware Type dialog box.

10. Select Network Adapter, and th en click OK to access the Select Device window.

11. Click Have Disk to access the Install From Disk dialog box.

12. Insert the NIC driver diskette 2 into drive A, and click OK. The sys tem rea ds the fi les on the dis k ette and then display s the Selec t Netw or k

Adapters window.

13. Select 3Com Fast EtherLink XL 10/100Mb Ethernet Adapter, and click OK to access the PCI Ethernet Controller Properties dialog box.

14. Click OK to access the Network dialog box. Enter your computer name and workgroup/doma in. Then click Close.

15. Click OK in the Insert Di sk dialog box.

16. When prompted for the location of additional files, insert the Windows 95 CD and specify the \win95 directory on y our CD-R OM dri v e. T hen cli ck OK to access the System Properties dialog box, and click OK.

17. Remove the diskette from drive A. Click the Start button, click Shut Down, and then click Restart the Computer.

18. Click Ye s when prompted to restart the system.

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To install the NDIS 2.01 NIC driver in systems running Dell-installed Windows 95 Service Releas e 2.1,or a Window s 95 op erating sy stem not installe d b y De ll, perf orm the follo wi ng st e ps:

1. Install the Windows 95 NIC driver. See the appropriate instructions for your Windows 95 operating system found

earlier in this chapter.

2. Start the Windows 95 operating system.

3. Click the Start button, point to Settings, and click Control Panel. Then double- clic k the Networ k icon.

4. In the Network window, click 3Com Fast EtherLink XL 10/100Mb TX Ethernet Adapter, and then click Properties.

5. Select Real Mode (16bit) NDIS driver, and click OK to return to the Network window.

6. Click OK, and then click Yes to restart your system.

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The 3Com EtherDisk® XL version 3.01 diskettes provided by Dell are compatible with the 3C905 fam ily of NICs. I f y ou p urchased a 3Com 3C905b-TX NI C se parately, do not attempt to use the 3Com EtherDisk XL diskettes that came with the NIC. Use only the 3Com EtherDisk XL version 3.01 diskettes that were provided by Dell.

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If Dell installed the Windows 98 operating system on your computer, Windows 98 automatically detects and installs the NIC driver. This subsection describes how to reinstall the Windows 98 NIC driver under these two scenarios:

 You need to reinstall the NIC driver for a completely new Windows 98

installation.

 You need only to reinstall the NIC driver for an existing Windows 98 installation;

for example, you need an updated driver or suspect that you need to replace a corrupted driver.

See the appropriate section for your situation.

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Follow these steps to reinstall the NIC driver for a new Windows 98 installation:

1. Use the Program Disk et te Maker (l ocated in the Dell A ccessor ies progra m folder) to make a diskette copy of the NIC drivers installed on your hard-disk drive.

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2. Connect the network cable to the back of your computer. See “Network Cable Requirements” found earlier in this chapter for detailed

instructions.

3. Verify that the integrated NIC is enabled and connected to its network. See “NIC” in Chapter 3 for more information.

4. Start the Windows 98 operating system.

5. Click the Start button, point to Settings, and click Control Panel. Then double- clic k the System icon.

6. In the System Properties window, click the Device Manager tab.

7. C l i c k Other Devices.

8. Click PCI Ethernet Controller, and then click Remove. When prompted to remove the device, click OK.

9. In the System Properties window, click Close.

10. In the Control Panel, double-click Network.

11. Click any devices listed in the Configuration window, and then click Remove.

12. Click Add, click Adapter in the Configuration window, and then click Add again.

13. Insert the NIC driver diskette 2 into drive A.

14. In the Select Network Adapters window, click Have Disk.

15. In the Install From Disk window, enter a:\ under Copy Manufacturer’s Files From, and then click OK.

16. In the Select Network Adapter window, click 3Com Fast Etherlink XL 10/ 100Mb TX Ethernet NIC (3C905B-TX), and then clic k OK.

A notification pop-up window tells you that you have installed a Plug and Play adapter and that y ou mu st turn off the syste m a nd in stall the a da pte r. Your NIC is already integrated on the system board. Do not turn off the system at this time.

17 . Click OK in the notification pop-up window.

18. At the empty Network window, click OK.

19. After the files have finished copying, close the Contr ol Panel, click the Start but- ton, and click Shut Down. When the Shut Down Windows dialog box appears, select Shut Down the Computer? and click Ye s.

20. After the system turns off, remove the NIC driver diskette from drive A, wait 10 seconds, and then press the power button.

21. When the Windows 98 logo screen appears, reinsert NIC driver diskette 2 into drive A.

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The system detects a PCI Ethernet controller.

22. At the Add New Hardware W izard window, click Next.

23. When prompted to search for a driver, click Next.

24. When prompted for th e l oca tio n o f the dri ver, click the Specify a Location checkbox and verify that c:\windows\options\cabs is the search location. Then click Next.

25. When a message appears indic ating that Windows 98 has found the best driver for the device, click Next.

26. When prompted to insert the NIC driver diskette, click OK.

27. At the Copying Files window, click the down arrow and click a:\.Then click OK.

28. When a message a pp ea r s tell ing you that Windows 98 has fin is hed i ns talling the software, click Finish.

29. When prompted to restart your computer, remove the NIC driver diskette from drive A and click Yes.

30. When the Enter Network Password dialog box appea rs, enter the user name and password you want to use for network access.

31. From the desktop, right-c lick the Network Neighborhood icon and click Proper- ties. Then configure the NIC properties as instructed by your network administrator.

NOTE: The IPX/SPX-compatible protocol is not loaded by default. It must be loaded manually.

32. When prompted to restart the system, click Yes.

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Follow these steps to reinstall the NIC driver for an existing Windows 98 installation:

1. Use the Program Disk et te Maker (l ocated in the Dell A ccessor ies progra m folder) to make a diskette copy of the NIC drivers installed on your hard-disk drive.

2. Remove the existing driver (if any) by ri ght-clicking the Network Neighborhood icon and clicking Properties. Then clic k Co nfigu r ation, s ele ct t he existing driver, and clic k Remove. You should also remove the drivers for any other adapters listed as well.

3. Insert NIC driver diskette 2 into drive A.

4. In the Configuration window, click Add.

5. In the Select Network Component Type window, click Adapter, and then click Add.

6. In the Select Network Adapters window, click Have Disk.

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7. In the Install From Disk window, enter a:\ under Copy Manufacturer’s Files From, and then click OK.

8. In the Select Network Adapter window, click 3Com Fast Etherlink XL 10/ 100Mb TX Ethernet NIC (3C905B-TX), and then clic k OK.

A notification pop-up window tells you that you have installed a Plug and Play adapter and that you must turn off your system and install the adapter. Your NIC is already integrated on the sy st em board. Do not turn off the sys tem at th is tim e.

9. Click OK in the notification pop-up window.

10. When prompted, insert the NIC driver diskette into drive A, and click OK.

11. At the Copying Files window, click the down arrow and click a:\. Then click OK.

12. When prompted to restart your computer, remove the NIC driver diskette from drive A and click Yes.

13. When the Enter Network Password dialog box appears, enter the user name and password you want to use for network access.

14. When prompted to retain your previous network settings, click Yes.

15. At the Add New Hardware W izard window, click Next.

16. When prompted to search for a driver, click Next.

1 7. When prompted for th e l oca tio n o f the dri ver, click the Specify a Location check-

box and verify that c:\windows\options\cabs is the search location. Then click Next.

18. When a message appears indic ating that Windows 98 has found the best driver for the device, click Next.

19. When prompted,insert the NIC driver diskette into drive A and click OK.

20. At the Copying Files window, click the down arrow and click a:\. Then click OK.

21. When a message confirms that Windows has finished installing the software, click Finish.

22. When prompted to restart your computer, remov e the N IC driver diskette 2 from drive A and click Yes.

23. When the Enter Network Password dialog box appears, enter the user name and password you want to use for network access.

24. From the deskt op, righ t-c lick the Network Neighborhood icon and click Proper- ties. Then configure the NIC properties as instructed by your network administrator.

NOTE: The IPX/SPX-compatible protocol is not loaded by default. It must be loaded manually.

25. When prompted to restart the system, click Yes.

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Time resets the time on the computer’s internal clock. Time is kept in a 24-hour format (

Date resets the date on the computer’s internal calendar. Your system au tomatically displays th e d ay of the week corres ponding to the setti ngs

Reserved Memory allows you to designate a region of system board memory that can be supplied by an expansion card. You should not enable the reserved memory feature unless you are using an expansion card that requires special addressing.

CPU Speed indicates the processor speed at which your system boots. Press the left- or right-arrow k e y to toggl e CPU Speed between the processor’s rated

Num Lock determines whether your system boots with the Num Lock mode acti- vated on 101- or 102-key k eyboards.

Chassis Intrusion displays the status of the system’s chassis intrusion detector. If the c hass is is ope ned, the setting cha nges from Not Det ected to Det ected and the

Video DAC Snoop lets you correct video problems that may occur when certain video expansi on c ard s a re us ed. The default setting, Off, improves system compatibility, but may prevent some video expansion cards from working properly.

Keyboard Errors enables or disables reporting of keyboard errors during the POST, which is a series of tests that the system performs on the hardware each time you turn on the system or press the reset button.

System Password displays the current status of your system’s password security feature and allows you to assign and verify a new password. No one can assign a new password unless the current status is Not Enabled, which is displayed in bright characters.

Password Status provides an extra meas ure of sy stem sec urity by letting you set the system password to Locked.

Selecting Hard Disk Only causes the system to attempt to boot first from the hard-disk drive and then from the Plug and Play network adapters in the order found. The system wil l not a ttempt to bo ot fro m dri ve A or th e CD-ROM d rive.

The Device List screen provides three options for listing and prioritizing the available boot devices on your system:

Setup Password lets you restrict access to your computer’s System Setup program in the same way that you restrict access to your system with the system password feature. The settings are:

Auto Power On allows you to turn on your computer system automatically. You can set Au to Power On to turn on the system either every day or every Monday through Friday at a preset time.

If you have a V id eo Ele ctro nic s Standards A ss oc iat ion (VESA®) Display Power Management Signaling (DPMS)-compliant monitor, enabling Power Management reduces monitor po w er con sump tion duri ng peri ods of k e ybo ard an d mouse in activ ity

Wakeup On LAN determines whether the Wakeup On LAN feature is set. The settings for Wakeup On LAN are:

Mouse enables or disables the system’s integrated PS/2-compatible mouse port. Disabling the mouse allows an expansion card to use interrupt request (IRQ) 12.

Para llel Port configures the syste m’s integrated par allel port. Parallel Port can be set to 378h, to alternat e addresses 278h or 3BCh, or to Of f to disable the port.

Para llel Mode controls whether the system’s integrated parallel port acts as an ATcompatible (unidirectional) or PS/2-compatible (bidirectional) port.

IDE Hard Disk enables or disables the system’s integrated EIDE hard-disk drive interface.

Diskette controls the operation of the system’s integrated diskette drive controller. With Auto (the default) selected, the system turns off the integrated diskette drive

Speaker determin es wh eth er s ystem sounds (other than beep codes) are emitted by the integrated speaker. A change takes effect immediately (rebooting the system is not required).

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Time resets the time on the computer’s internal clock. Time is kept in a 24-hour format (

Date resets the date on the computer’s internal calendar. Your system au tomatically displays th e d ay of the week corres ponding to the setti ngs

Reserved Memory allows you to designate a region of system board memory that can be supplied by an expansion card. You should not enable the reserved memory feature unless you are using an expansion card that requires special addressing.

CPU Speed indicates the processor speed at which your system boots. Press the left- or right-arrow k e y to toggl e CPU Speed between the processor’s rated

Num Lock determines whether your system boots with the Num Lock mode acti- vated on 101- or 102-key k eyboards.

Chassis Intrusion displays the status of the system’s chassis intrusion detector. If the c hass is is ope ned, the setting cha nges from Not Det ected to Det ected and the

Video DAC Snoop lets you correct video problems that may occur when certain video expansi on c ard s a re us ed. The default setting, Off, improves system compatibil­ity, but may prevent some video expansion cards from working properly.

Keyboard Errors enables or disables reporting of keyboard errors during the POST, which is a series of tests that the system performs on the hardware each time you turn on the system or press the reset button.

System Password displays the current status of your system’s password security feature and allows you to assign and verify a new password. No one can assign a new password unless the current status is Not Enabled, which is displayed in bright characters.

Password Status provides an extra meas ure of sy stem sec urity by letting you set the system password to Locked.

Selecting Hard Disk Only causes the system to attempt to boot first from the hard-disk drive and then from the Plug and Play network adapters in the order found. The system wil l not a ttempt to bo ot fro m dri ve A or th e CD-ROM d rive.

The Device List screen provides three options for listing and prioritizing the available boot devices on your system:

Setup Password lets you restrict access to your computer’s System Setup program in the same way that you restrict access to your system with the system password feature. The settings are:

Auto Power On allows you to turn on your computer system automatically. You can set Au to Power On to turn on the system either every day or every Monday through Friday at a preset time.

If you have a V id eo Ele ctro nic s Standards A ss oc iat ion (VESA®) Display Power Man­agement Signaling (DPMS)-compliant monitor, enabling Power Management reduces monitor po w er con sump tion duri ng peri ods of k e ybo ard an d mouse in activ ity

Wakeup On LAN determines whether the Wakeup On LAN feature is set. The set­tings for Wakeup On LAN are:

Mouse enables or disables the system’s integrated PS/2-compatible mouse port. Dis­abling the mouse allows an expansion card to use interrupt request (IRQ) 12.

Para llel Port configures the syste m’s integrated par allel port. Parallel Port can be set to 378h, to alternat e addresses 278h or 3BCh, or to Of f to disable the port.

Para llel Mode controls whether the system’s integrated parallel port acts as an AT­compatible (unidirectional) or PS/2-compatible (bidirectional) port.

IDE Hard Disk enables or disables the system’s integrated EIDE hard-disk drive interface.

Diskette controls the operation of the system’s integrated diskette drive controller. With Auto (the default) selected, the system turns off the integrated diskette drive

Speaker determin es wh eth er s ystem sounds (other than beep codes) are emitted by the integrated speaker. A change takes effect immediately (rebooting the system is not required).

Using the ISA Configuration Utility 4-1

Video DAC Snoop lets you correct video problems that may occur when certain video expansi on c ard s a re us ed. The default setting, Off, improves system compatibility, but may prevent some video expansion cards from working properly.

If you have a V id eo Ele ctro nic s Standards A ss oc iat ion (VESA®) Display Power Management Signaling (DPMS)-compliant monitor, enabling Power Management reduces monitor po w er con sump tion duri ng peri ods of k e ybo ard an d mouse in activ ity

Wakeup On LAN determines whether the Wakeup On LAN feature is set. The settings for Wakeup On LAN are:

Mouse enables or disables the system’s integrated PS/2-compatible mouse port. Disabling the mouse allows an expansion card to use interrupt request (IRQ) 12.

Para llel Mode controls whether the system’s integrated parallel port acts as an ATcompatible (unidirectional) or PS/2-compatible (bidirectional) port.