Dell Dimension E520 Bedienungsanleitung

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Dell™ Dimension™ E520

Owner’s Manual

Model DCSM

FlexBay for optional

floppy drive or Media

Card Reader

hard-drive activity light

microphone connector

headphone connector

CD or DVD activity light

CD or DVD eject button

diagnostic lights

USB 2.0 connectors (2)

cover latch

release

Service Tag

power button/

power activity light

power connector

USB 2.0 connectors (6)

optional VGA video connector

(integrated)

network

adapter

sound connectors (integrated) (6)

card slots for PCI Express x16 (1),

PCI (2), PCI Express x1 (1)

PCI Express graphics card

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.

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

Windows

operating systems are not applicable.

Abbreviations and Acronyms

For a complete list of abbreviations and acronyms, see the "Glossary" on page 147.

____________________

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, PowerVault,

PowerApp, DellNet, Dell TravelLite, Strike Zone, and PowerConnect are trademarks of Dell Inc.; Bluetooth is a registered trademark owned

by Bluetooth SIG, Inc. and is used by Dell under license; Intel and Pentium are registered trademarks of Intel Corporation; Microsoft, Windows,

andOutlookareregisteredtrademarksofMicrosoftCorporation;ENERGYSTARisaregisteredtrademarkoftheU.S.Environmental Protection

Agency.

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 DCSM

August 2006 P/N NH730 Rev. A01

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Contents

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

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

Setting Up a Printer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

Printer Cable . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

Connecting a Printer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

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

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

Playing CDs and DVDs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

Adjusting the Volume . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

Adjusting the Picture . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

Copying CDs and DVDs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18

How to Copy a CD or DVD. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18

Using Blank CDs and DVDs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18

Helpful Tips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19

Using a Media Card Reader (Optional) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20

Connecting Two Monitors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22

Connecting Two Monitors With VGA Connectors . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22

Connecting One Monitor With a VGA Connector and One

Monitor With a DVI Connector . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23

Connecting a TV . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23

Changing the Display Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23

Setting Up a Home and Office Network . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23

Connecting to a Network Adapter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23

Network Setup Wizard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24

Power Management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24

Standby Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25

Hibernate Mode. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25

Power Options Properties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26

Hyper-Threading . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27

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About RAID Configurations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27

Verifying That RAID Is Working. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28

RAID Level 1. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28

Troubleshooting RAID. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29

Recovering From a Multiple Hard Drive Failure Using the Intel®

RAID Option ROM Utility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29

Recovering From a Single Hard Drive Failure Using the Intel

Matrix Storage Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29

Setting Your Computer to RAID-Enabled Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30

Dell™ DataSafe (Optional). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30

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

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

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

Drive Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32

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 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37

A program is designed for an earlier Microsoft®Windows®

operating system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37

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

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

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

Memory Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39

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

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

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Power Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41

Printer Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42

Scanner Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43

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

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

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

Video and Monitor Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45

If the screen is blank . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45

If the screen is difficult to read . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45

3 Troubleshooting Tools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47

Diagnostic Lights. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47

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

Dell Diagnostics Main Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50

Drivers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51

What Is a Driver? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51

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

Reinstalling Drivers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52

Resolving Software and Hardware Incompatibilities . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53

Restoring Your Operating System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53

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

Using Dell PC Restore by Symantec . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55

Using the Operating System CD. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57

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

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

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

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

Before Working Inside Your Computer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59

Front View of the Computer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61

Back View of the Computer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63

Back Panel Connectors. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64

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Removing the Computer Cover. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65

Inside View of Your Computer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67

System Board Components. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68

Memory. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69

DDR2 Memory Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69

Addressing Memory With 4-GB Configurations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70

Installing Memory. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70

Removing Memory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72

Cards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73

PCI Cards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73

PCI Express Cards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77

Drive Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82

Removing the Drive Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83

Removing the Drive-Panel Insert . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84

Replacing the Drive-Panel Insert . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84

Replacing the Drive Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85

Drives. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86

Connecting Drive Cables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87

Drive Interface Connectors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87

Connecting and Disconnecting Drive Cables. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88

Hard Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88

Removing a Hard Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88

Installing a Hard Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90

Adding a Second Hard Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91

Floppy Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93

Removing a Floppy Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93

Installing a Floppy Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94

Media Card Reader . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97

Removing a Media Card Reader . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97

Installing a Media Card Reader. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99

CD/DVD Drive. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100

Removing a CD/DVD Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100

Installing a CD/DVD Drive. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102

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Battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105

Replacing the Battery. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105

Replacing the Computer Cover . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106

5 Appendix . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109

Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109

System Setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113

Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113

Entering System Setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113

System Setup Options. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114

Boot Sequence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119

Clearing Forgotten Passwords. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120

Clearing CMOS Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121

Cleaning Your Computer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121

Computer, Keyboard, and Monitor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121

Mouse. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122

Floppy Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122

CDs and DVDs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122

Dell Technical Support Policy (U.S. Only) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123

Definition of "Dell-Installed" Software and Peripherals . . . . . . . . . 123

Definition of "Third-Party" Software and Peripherals. . . . . . . . . . . 123

FCC Notice (U.S. Only) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123

FCC Class B . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123

Contacting Dell. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124

Glossary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147

Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157

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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

• Warranty information

• Terms and Conditions (U.S. only)

• Safety instructions

• Regulatory information

• Ergonomics information

• End User License Agreement

Dell™ Product Information Guide

• How to set up my computer

Setup Diagram

10 Finding Information

• Service Tag and Express Service Code

• Microsoft Windows License Label

Service Tag and Microsoft

Windows

License

These labels are located on your computer.

•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.

• Solutions — Troubleshooting hints and tips, articles

from technicians, and online courses, frequently asked

questions

• Community — 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, service call and

order status, warranty, and repair information

• Service and support — Service call status and support

history, service contract, online discussions with

technical support

• Reference — Computer documentation, details on my

computer configuration, product specifications, and

white papers

• Downloads — Certified drivers, patches, and software

updates

Dell Support Website — support.dell.com

NOTE: Select your region to view the appropriate support

site.

NOTE: Corporate, government, and education customers

can also use the customized Dell Premier Support website

at premier.support.dell.com.

• Desktop System Software (DSS)— If you reinstall the

operating system for your computer, you should also

reinstall the DSS utility. DSS provides critical updates

for your operating system and support for Dell™

3.5-inch USB floppy drives, Intel

processors, optical

drives, and USB devices. DSS is necessary for correct

operation of your Dell computer. The software

automatically detects your computer and operating

system and installs the updates appropriate for your

configuration.

To download

Desktop

System Software:

Go to

support.dell.com

and click

Downloads

Enter your Service Tag or product model.

In the

Download Category

drop-down menu, click

All

Select the operating system and operating system

language for your computer, and click

Submit.

Under

Select a Device

, scroll to

System and

Configuration Utilities

, and click

Dell Desktop System

Software

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