Dell Precision WHL Bedienungsanleitung

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Dell™ XPS 600

Owner’s Manual

Model WHL

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operating systems are not applicable.

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Model WHL

November 2005 P/N HC098 Rev. A03

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Contents

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

1 Setting Up and Using Your Computer

Opening the Drive Door . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

Changing the Front-Panel Light Color . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

Using a Media Card Reader (Optional) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

Connecting Monitors. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18

Connecting a Monitor to a PCI Express Graphics Card

Dual Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18

Connecting Two Monitors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18

Connecting a TV . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20

Changing the Display Settings to Support Two Monitors . . . . . . . . . 20

About Serial ATA Drives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21

About Your RAID Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21

RAID Level 0 Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21

RAID Level 1 Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22

Configuring Your Hard Drives for RAID . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23

Creating an Array using the Nvidia MediaShield ROM Utility . . . . . . . 23

Using Nvidia MediaShield . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24

Transferring Information to a New Computer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27

Playing CDs and DVDs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28

Playing a CD or DVD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28

Adjusting the Volume . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29

Adjusting the Picture . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30

Copying CDs and DVDs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30

How to Copy a CD or DVD. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30

Using Blank CDs and DVDs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31

Helpful Tips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32

Network Setup Wizard. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32

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Power Management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33

Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33

Standby Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33

Hibernate Mode. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33

Power Options Properties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34

2 Optimizing Performance

Hyper-Threading . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37

PCI Express Cards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37

NVIDIA SLI Dual Graphics Technology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38

3 Solving Problems

Troubleshooting Tips. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39

Battery Problems. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39

Drive Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39

CD and DVD drive problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40

Hard drive problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41

E-Mail, Modem, and Internet Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41

Error Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42

IEEE 1394 Device Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43

Keyboard Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44

Lockups and Software Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44

The computer does not start up . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45

The computer stops responding . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45

A program stops responding . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45

A program crashes repeatedly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45

A program is designed for an earlier Windows operating system . . . . . 46

A solid blue screen appears . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46

Other software problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46

Memory Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47

Mouse Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47

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Network Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48

Power Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49

Printer Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50

Scanner Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51

Sound and Speaker Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51

No sound from speakers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51

No sound from headphones . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52

Video and Monitor Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53

If the screen is blank . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53

If the screen is difficult to read . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53

If 3-D image quality is poor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54

4 Advanced Troubleshooting

Diagnostic Lights. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55

Dell Diagnostics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58

When to Use the Dell Diagnostics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58

Drivers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60

What Is a Driver? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60

Identifying Drivers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60

Reinstalling Drivers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61

Using Microsoft®Windows®XP System Restore . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62

Creating a Restore Point . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63

Restoring the Computer to an Earlier Operating State . . . . . . . . . . . 63

Undoing the Last System Restore. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63

Resolving Software and Hardware Incompatibilities . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64

Reinstalling Microsoft®Windows®XP. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64

Before You Begin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64

Reinstalling Windows XP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65

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5 Removing and Installing Parts

Before You Begin. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69

Recommended Tools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69

Turning Off Your Computer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69

Before Working Inside Your Computer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70

Front and Back View of the Computer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71

Front View. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71

Front View (Doors Open) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72

Back View. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73

Opening the Computer Cover . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76

Inside View of Your Computer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77

System Board Components. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78

Memory. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79

Addressing Memory Configurations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80

Installing Memory. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80

Removing Memory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82

Cards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82

Removing a PCI Express Graphics Card from a Dual Configuration . . . . 84

Installing PCI Express Graphics Cards in a Dual Configuration . . . . . . 86

Removing PCI and PCI Express Cards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89

Installing PCI and PCI Express Cards. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91

Network Adapter and Sound Card Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94

Drives. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95

General Installation Guidelines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95

Connecting Drive Cables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96

Hard Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97

Removing a Hard Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97

Installing a Hard Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98

Floppy Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101

Removing a Floppy Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101

Installing a Floppy Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103

Media Card Reader . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105

Removing a Media Card Reader . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105

Installing a Media Card Reader. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106

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CD/DVD Drive. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108

Removing a CD/DVD Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109

Installing a CD/DVD Drive. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110

Processor Airflow Shroud . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112

Removing the Processor Airflow Shroud. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112

Installing the Processor Airflow Shroud . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113

Processor. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113

Removing the Processor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113

Installing the Processor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117

Front Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120

Removing the Front Panel. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120

Replacing the Front Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120

Drive Door . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121

Removing the Drive Door . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121

Replacing the Drive Door . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122

Battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124

Replacing the Battery. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124

Closing the Computer Cover . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125

6 Appendix

Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127

System Setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131

Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131

Entering System Setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131

System Setup Options. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132

Boot Sequence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136

Clearing Forgotten Passwords. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137

Clearing CMOS Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138

Cleaning Your Computer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139

Computer, Keyboard, and Monitor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139

Mouse. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139

Floppy Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139

CDs and DVDs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140

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Dell Technical Support Policy (U.S. Only) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140

Definition of "Dell-Installed" Software and Peripherals . . . . . . . . . 140

Definition of "Third-Party" Software and Peripherals. . . . . . . . . . . 141

FCC Notices (U.S. Only) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141

Class A . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141

Class B . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142

FCC Identification Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142

Contacting Dell. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142

Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161

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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)

Documentation and drivers are already installed on your

computer. You can use the CD to reinstall drivers or to run

the Dell Diagnostics.

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.

NOTE: The Drivers and Utilities CD is optional and may not

ship with your computer.

• How to set up my computer

• Basic troubleshooting information

• How to run the Dell Diagnostics

• How to set up a printer

• Additional information about setting up my computer

• How to troubleshoot and solve problems

• How to remove and install parts

• Specifications

• How to contact Dell

Owner’s Manual

NOTE: This document is available as a PDF at

support.dell.com.

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10 Finding Information

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• Warranty information

• Terms and Conditions (U.S. and Canada)

• Safety instructions

• Regulatory information

• Ergonomics information

• End User License Agreement

Dell™ Product Information Guide

• How to set up my computer

Setup Diagram

What Are You Looking For? Find It Here

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