Dell Dimension C521 Bedienungsanleitung

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Dell™ Dimension™ C521

Owner’s Manual

FlexBay for optional

floppy drive or Media

Card Reader

hard drive activity light

power button

microphone connector

CD or DVD activity light

CD or DVD eject button

diagnostic lights

USB 2.0 connectors (2)

Service Tag

headphone connector

power connector

USB 2.0 connectors (4)

VGA video connector (integrated)

network adapter

audio connectors

card slots for

PCI (1),

PCI Express x1 (1)

PCI Express x16 (1)

cover release latch

Model DCNE

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 "Glossary" on page 127.

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

Windows

operating systems are not applicable.

____________________

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.

Trademarks used in this text: Dell, the DELL logo, Inspiron, Dell Precision, Dimension, OptiPlex, Latitude, PowerEdge, PowerConnect,

PowerVault, PowerApp, XPS, Dell TravelLite, and Dell OpenManage are trademarks of Dell Inc.; Microsoft and Windows are registered

trademarks of Microsoft Corporation. AMD, AMD Athlon, and combinations thereof, and Cool ’n’ Quiet are trademarks of Advanced Micro

Devices, Inc; EMC is a registered trademark of EMC 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 DCNE

August 2006 P/N RP333 Rev. A00

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Contents

Finding Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

1 Setting Up and Using Your Computer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

Front View of the Computer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

Back View of the Computer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

Back Panel I/O Connectors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

Setting Up a Printer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

Printer Cable . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

Connecting a USB Printer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18

Connecting to the Internet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18

Setting Up Your Internet Connection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19

Playing CDs and DVDs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20

Adjusting the Volume . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21

Adjusting the Picture . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22

Copying CDs and DVDs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22

How to Copy a CD or DVD. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22

Using Blank CDs and DVDs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23

Helpful Tips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23

Using a Media Card Reader (Optional) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24

Setting Up a Home and Office Network . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26

Network Setup Wizard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27

Power Management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27

Standby Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27

Hibernate Mode. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28

Power Options Properties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28

Power Schemes Tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28

Advanced Tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29

Hibernate Tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29

Enabling Cool ’n’ Quiet™ Technology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30

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2 Solving Problems. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31

Troubleshooting Tips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31

Battery Problems. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31

Drive Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31

CD and DVD drive problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32

Hard drive problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33

E-Mail, Modem, and Internet Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33

Error Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34

Keyboard Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35

Lockups and Software Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36

The computer does not start up . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36

The computer stops responding . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36

A program stops responding . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36

A program crashes repeatedly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36

A program is designed for an earlier Windows operating system . . . . . 37

A solid blue screen appears . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37

Other software problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37

Media Card Reader Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38

Memory Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38

Mouse Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39

Network Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40

Power Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40

Printer Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41

Scanner Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42

Sound and Speaker Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43

No sound from speakers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43

No sound from headphones . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44

Video and Monitor Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44

The screen is blank . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44

The screen is difficult to read. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45

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3 Advanced Troubleshooting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47

Power Light and Diagnostic Lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47

Power Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47

Diagnostic Lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48

Dell Diagnostics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50

Dell Diagnostics Main Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51

Drivers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52

What Is a Driver? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52

Identifying Drivers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52

Reinstalling Drivers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53

Resolving Software and Hardware Incompatibilities . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54

Restoring Your Operating System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54

Using Microsoft® Windows®XP System Restore . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54

Using Dell™ PC Restore by Symantec . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56

Removing Dell PC Restore . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57

4 Removing and Installing Parts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59

Before You Begin. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59

Recommended Tools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59

Turning Off Your Computer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59

Before Working Inside Your Computer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60

Removing the Computer Cover. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60

Inside View of Your Computer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62

System Board Components. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63

Memory. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64

DDR2 Memory Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64

Installing Memory. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65

Removing Memory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68

Cards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68

Drives. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75

General Installation Guidelines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75

Drive Interface Connectors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76

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Power Cable Connector . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76

Connecting and Disconnecting Drive Cables. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76

Hard Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77

Removing a Hard Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77

Installing a Hard Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78

Floppy Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81

Removing a Floppy Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81

Installing a Floppy Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82

Media Card Reader . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83

Removing a Media Card Reader . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84

Installing a Media Card Reader. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85

CD/DVD Drive. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86

Removing a CD/DVD Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87

Installing a CD/DVD Drive. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87

Battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89

Replacing the Battery. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89

Replacing the Computer Cover . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90

5 Appendix . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93

Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93

System Setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97

Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97

Entering System Setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97

System Setup Options. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98

Boot Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102

Clearing Forgotten Passwords and CMOS Settings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104

Jumper Locations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104

Clearing Password Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104

Clearing CMOS Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105

Cleaning Your Computer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105

Computer, Keyboard, and Monitor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105

Mouse. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106

Floppy Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106

CDs and DVDs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106

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Dell Hardware Warranty Support Policy (U.S. Only) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107

Definition of "Dell-Installed" Software and Peripherals . . . . . . . . . 107

Definition of "Third-Party" Software and Peripherals. . . . . . . . . . . 107

FCC Notice (U.S. Only) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107

FCC Class B . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107

Contacting Dell. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108

Glossary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127

Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137

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Finding Information 9

Finding Information

NOTE: Some features or media may be optional and may not ship with your computer. Some features or

media may not be available in certain countries.

NOTE: Additional information may ship with your computer.

What Are You Looking For? Find It Here

• A diagnostic program for my computer

• Drivers for my computer

• My device documentation

• Desktop System Software (DSS)

Drivers and Utilities CD (also known as ResourceCD)

NOTE: The Drivers and Utilities CD may be optional and may

not ship with your computer.

Documentation and drivers are already installed on your

computer. You can use the CD to reinstall drivers (see

"Reinstalling Drivers" on page 53), to run the Dell

Diagnostics (see "Dell Diagnostics" on page 50), or to

access your documentation.

Readme files may be

included on your CD to

provide last-minute

updates about technical

changes to your computer

or advanced technical

reference material for

technicians or experienced

users.

NOTE: Drivers and documentation updates can be found at

support.dell.com.

• Warranty information

• Terms and Conditions (U.S. only)

• Safety instructions

• Regulatory information

• Ergonomics information

• End User License Agreement

Dell™ Product Information Guide

10 Finding Information

• How to set up my computer

Setup Diagram

• Service Tag and Express Service Code

• Microsoft Windows License Label

Service Tag and Microsoft

Windows

License

These labels are located on your computer (see "Front View

of the Computer" on page 13).

• Use the Service Tag to

identify your computer

when you use

support.dell.com

contact support.

• Enter the Express

Service Code to direct your call when contacting support.

What Are You Looking For? Find It Here

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