Dell OptiPlex GX50 Bedienungsanleitung

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Dell™ OptiPlex™ GX50 Systems

User’s Guide

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.”

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Dell

, the

DELL

logo,

Inspiron

Dimension

Latitude

Dell Precision

DellNet

, and

OptiPlex

are trademarks of Dell Computer Corporation;

Intel

is a registered

trademark and

Celeron

is a trademark of Intel Corporation;

Microsoft, Windows NT, MS-DOS,

and

Windows

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IBM

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Machines Corporation;

NetWare

and

Novell

are registered trademarks of Novell, Inc. As an

ENERGY STAR partner, Dell Computer Corporation has determined that this product meets the

ENERGY STAR guidelines for energy efficiency.

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 Computer Corporation disclaims any

proprietary interest in trademarks and trade names other than its own.

Models: DHS, DHP, and DHM

January 2002

January 2002January 2002

January 2002 P/N 005VJ

P/N 005VJP/N 005VJ

P/N 005VJ Rev. A03

Rev. A03Rev. A03

Rev. A03

Contents iii

Contents

Safety Instructions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

When Working Inside Your Computer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

Protecting Against Electrostatic Discharge . . . . . . . . . . . 10

Ergonomic Computing Habits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

1About Your Computer

Front View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

Front Panel Door . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19

Speaker/Headphone Connector . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20

Power Button . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20

Power Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22

Floppy Drive Access Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23

Hard Drive Access Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23

Back View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23

Connecting Devices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26

Parallel Connector . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27

Mouse Connector . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27

USB Connectors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27

Integrated Network Adapter Connector . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27

Network Cable Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27

Line-In Jack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28

Line-Out Jack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28

Microphone Jack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28

Serial Port Connectors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28

Keyboard Connector . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28

Video Connector . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28

Inside Your Computer

Inside Your ComputerInside Your Computer

Inside Your Computer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29

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System Board Components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32

Removing and Attaching the Computer Stand . . . . . . . . . . 35

2Advanced Features

LegacySelect Technology Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40

Manageability . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40

Dell OpenManage IT Assistant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40

Dell OpenManage Client Instrumentation. . . . . . . . . . . . 41

Security . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41

Chassis Intrusion Detection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41

Security Cable Slot and Padlock Ring . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42

Password Protection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42

System Password . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42

Setup Password . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45

Disabling a Forgotten Password . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46

Computer Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47

Entering System Setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48

System Setup Screens . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48

Changing the Boot Sequence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50

Additional System Setup Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52

If You Have a Problem . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58

Jumper Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58

Software Installation and Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60

3Installing Upgrades

Opening the Computer Cover . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62

Closing the Computer Cover . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64

Expansion Cards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65

Installing an Expansion Card . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66

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Removing an Expansion Card . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73

Expansion Card Cage (Small Desktop Computer Only) . . . . . . 74

Removing the Expansion-Card Cage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74

Replacing the Expansion-Card Cage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75

Memory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76

Installing DIMMs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77

Removing DIMMs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79

Microprocessor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80

Front Panel Inserts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85

Removing FrontPanel Inserts—Small Form-Factor and SmallDesktop

Computers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85

Removing Front Panel Inserts—Small Mini-Tower Computer . . 88

Replacing Front Panel Inserts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89

Internal Drives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89

IDE Drive Addressing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92

Connecting Drives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93

Hard Drives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95

Detaching Hard Drive Cables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96

Removing a Hard Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99

Installing a Hard Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102

Reattaching Hard Drive Cables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103

Adding a Second Hard Drive — Small Mini-Tower Computer . 107

Floppy Drives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109

Detaching Floppy Drive Cables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109

Removing a Floppy Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113

Installing a Floppy Drive and Reattaching Cables . . . . . . . 116

CD Drives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121

Detaching CD Drive Cables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121

Removing a CD Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125

Installing a CD Drive and Reattaching Cables . . . . . . . . . 127

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Battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131

Replacing the Battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132

4Microsoft® Windows® XP Features

Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136

Help and Support Center . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136

New User Interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137

Switching to Classic View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137

Clean Desktop Wizard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138

Taskbar Grouping . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139

Notification Area Cleanup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139

Files and Settings Transfer Wizard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140

Application and Device Compatibility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141

Program Compatibility Wizard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141

System Restore . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142

Using System Restore . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143

Restore Process . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144

Driver Rollback . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145

User Accounts and Fast User Switching . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146

How to Use Fast User Switching . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146

What Happens When a Fast User Switch Occurs? . . . . . . . 147

Special Considerations With Fast User Switching . . . . . . . 147

How to Turn Off Fast User Switching . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148

How to Add Users . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148

Home and Small Office Networking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149

Network Setup Wizard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149

Internet Connection Firewall . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150

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5Technical Specifications

6Solving Problems

Finding Solutions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162

Power Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163

Video and Monitor Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163

Sound and Speaker Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165

Printer Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166

Serial or Parallel Device Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167

Mouse Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169

Keyboard Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170

Floppy Drive Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171

Hard Drive Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173

Battery Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176

Expansion Card Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177

Recover From a Program That Is Not Responding . . . . . . . 178

Restart a Computer That Is Not Responding . . . . . . . . . . 179

Repairing a Wet Computer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179

Repairing a Dropped or Damaged Computer . . . . . . . . . . 180

Hardware Conflicts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180

Computer Memory Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181

System Board Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182

Resetting a Damaged System Board . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183

Dell Diagnostics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184

When to Use the Dell Diagnostics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184

Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184

Before You Start Testing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184

Running the Dell Diagnostics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185

Advanced Testing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187

Advanced Testing Help Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188

Messages and Codes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189

Computer Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189

Computer Beep Codes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 196

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Warning Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 199

Diagnostics Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 199

Diagnostic Lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 199

Front Panel Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200

Back Panel Lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 201

Software Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 203

Operating System Compatibility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 204

Input Errors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 204

Error Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 204

Device Drivers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205

Memory-Resident Programs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205

Program Conflicts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205

Memory Address Conflicts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 206

Interrupt Assignment Conflicts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 206

BIOS Recovery Utility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 207

7Getting Help

Help Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 210

Technical Assistance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 210

Help Tools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 210

Problems With Your Order . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 213

Product Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 213

Returning Items for Warranty Repair or Credit . . . . . . . . . 213

Before You Call . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 214

Dell Contact Numbers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 216

8Additional Information

Regulatory Notices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 232

FCC Notices (U.S. Only) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 233

IC Notice (Canada Only) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 235

CE Notice (European Union) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 235

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Battery Disposal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 236

CCIB Notice (China Only) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 237

EN 55022 Compliance (Czech Republic Only) . . . . . . . . . 237

VCCI Notice (Japan Only) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 238

MIC Notice (Republic of Korea Only) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 239

Polish Center for Testing and Certification Notice . . . . . . . 241

Wymagania Polskiego Centrum BadaÒ i Certyfikacji . . . . . 241

PozostaŠe instrukcje bezpieczeÒstwa . . . . . . . . . . . . . 242

BSMI Notice (Taiwan Only) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 244

NOM Information (Mexico Only) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 245

Información para NOM (únicamente para México) . . . . . . 246

ENERGY STAR®Compliance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 247

Limited Warranty and Return Policy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 248

Glossary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 249

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