Dell Dimension 2400 Series Bedienungsanleitung

Dell™ Dimension™ 2400 Series

CD or DVD drive

activity light

CD or DVD

headphone

connector

CD or DVD eject button

floppy-drive

activity light*

floppy-drive eject button*

hard-drive activity light

power button

CD or DVD

volume

control dial

power light

USB 2.0 connectors (2) headphone connector

service tag

second bay for optional drive

*On computers with an optional floppy drive.

video connector

parallel connector

keyboard connector

USB 2.0 connectors (4)

microphone connector line-in connector

line-out connector

mouse connector

serial connector

PCI card slots (3)

voltage selection switch

power connector

network adapter

connector

diagnostic lights (4)

cover latch

Notes, Notices, and Cautions

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

NOTICE: A NOTICE indicates either potential damage to hardware or loss of data and tells you how to avoid the

problem.

CAUTION: A CAUTION indicates a potential for property damage, personal injury, or death.

Abbreviations and Acronyms

For a complete list of abbreviations and acronyms, see the

Tell Me How

help file. To access help files, see page 9.

If you purchased a Dell™ n Series computer, any references in this document to Microsoft

Windows

operating systems are not applicable.

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Information in this document is subject to change without notice.

Reproduction in any manner whatsoever without the written permission of Dell Inc. is strictly forbidden.

Trademarksusedinthistext:Dell,theDELLlogo,Inspiron,DellPrecision,Dimension,OptiPlex,Axim,PowerApp,PowerEdge,PowerConnect,

PowerVault, and Latitude are trademarks of Dell Inc.; Intel, Pentium, and Celeron are registered trademarks of Intel Corporation; Microsoft

and Windows are registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation.

Other trademarks and trade names may be used in this document to refer to either the entities claiming the marks and names or their products.

Dell Inc. disclaims any proprietary interest in trademarks and trade names other than its own.

Model MTC2

July 2004 P/N F7556 Rev. A00

Contents 3

Contents

Safety Instructions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

Finding Information for Your Computer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

1 Setting Up and Using Your Computer

Setting Up a Printer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

Printer Cable . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

Connecting a Parallel Printer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

Connecting a USB Printer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

Setting Up a Home and Office Network . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

Connecting to a Network Adapter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

Network Setup Wizard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

Connecting to the Internet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

Setting Up Your Internet Connection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

Copying CDs and DVDs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

How to Copy a CD or DVD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

Using Blank CD-Rs and CD-RWs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

Helpful Tips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

Hyper-Threading. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

Booting to a USB Device . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18

Turning Off Your Computer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18

2 Solving Problems

Battery Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19

Drive Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19

CD and DVD drive problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20

Hard drive problems. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21

E-Mail, Modem, and Internet Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21

Error Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22

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IEEE 1394 Device Problems. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23

Keyboard Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24

Lockups and Software Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24

The computer does not start up . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24

The computer stops responding . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24

A program stops responding . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25

A program crashes repeatedly. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25

A program is designed for an earlier Windows operating system. . . . . 25

A solid blue screen appears . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25

Other software problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26

Memory Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26

Mouse Problems. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27

Network Problems. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28

Power Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28

Printer Problems. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29

Scanner Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30

Sound and Speaker Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31

No sound from speakers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31

No sound from headphones . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32

Video and Monitor Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33

If the screen is blank . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33

If the screen is difficult to read. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33

3 Advanced Troubleshooting

Diagnostic Lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35

Dell Diagnostics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38

Starting the Dell Diagnostics. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38

Drivers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40

Identifying Drivers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40

Reinstalling Drivers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41

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Restoring Your Operating System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41

Using Microsoft Windows XP System Restore . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42

Using Dell PC Restore by Symantec . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43

Resolving Software and Hardware Incompatibilities . . . . . . . . . . . . 44

4 Removing and Installing Parts

Front and Back View of the Computer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45

Front View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45

Back View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47

Removing the Computer Cover . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49

Looking Inside Your Computer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50

System Board Components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51

Adding Cards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51

Adding a Floppy Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54

Adding a Second CD or DVD Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59

Adding Memory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64

Installing Memory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64

Removing Memory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66

Replacing the Battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66

Replacing the Computer Cover . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68

5 Appendix

Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69

Standard Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72

Viewing Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73

System Setup Program Screens . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74

Boot Sequence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74

Clearing Forgotten Passwords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75

Dell Technical Support Policy (U.S. Only) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76

Definition of "Dell-Installed" Software and Peripherals . . . . . . . . . 76

Definition of "Third-Party" Software and Peripherals . . . . . . . . . . 77

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FCC Notices (U.S. Only) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77

Class A . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77

Class B . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77

FCC Identification Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78

Contacting Dell . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78

Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97

Safety Instructions 7

Safety Instructions

See your Product Information Guide for safety instructions.

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Finding Information for Your Computer 9

Finding Information for Your Computer

What are you looking for? Find It Here

• How to set up my computer

Setup Diagram

• Tips on using Windows

• How to clean my computer

• How to use my mouse and keyboard

Tell Me How Help File

Click the

Start

button and click

Help and Support

Click

User and system guides

and click

User’s guides

Click

Tell Me How

• Express Service Code and Service Tag

• Microsoft

Windows

License Label

Express Service Code and Product Key Label

These labels are located on your

computer.

10 Finding Information for Your Computer

www.dell.com | support.dell.com

• Latest drivers for my computer

• Answers to technical service and support

questions

• Online discussions with other users and

technical support

• Documentation for my computer

Dell Support Website — support.dell.com

The Dell Support website provides several online tools, including:

• Solutions — Troubleshooting hints and tips, articles from technicians, and

online courses

• Community Forum — Online discussion with other Dell customers

• Upgrades — Upgrade information for components, such as memory, the

hard drive, and the operating system

• Customer Care — Contact information, order status, warranty, and repair

information

• Downloads — Drivers, patches, and software updates

• Reference — Computer documentation, product specifications, and white

papers

• How to use Windows XP

• Documentation for my computer

• Documentation for devices (such as a

modem)

Windows Help and Support Center

Click the

Start

button and click

Help and Support

Type a word or phrase that describes your problem and click the arrow

icon.

Click the topic that describes your problem.

Follow the instructions on the screen.

What are you looking for? Find It Here

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