Dell Dimension YH242 Manuel utilisateur

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Dell™ Dimension™ 9200

Owner’s Manual

FlexBays (2) for optional

floppy drive or optional

Media Card Reader

hard drive activity light

power button

microphone connector

headphone connector

CD or DVD activity light

CD or DVD eject button

diagnostic lights

USB 2.0 connectors (2)

cover release latch

Service Tag

power connector

USB 2.0 connectors (4) (rear quad)

network adapter

audio connectors

card slots for PCI Express x1 (1),

PCI Express x16 (1), PCI Express x4 (1),

PCI (3)

USB 2.0 connectors (2) (rear dual)

Model DCTA

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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.

____________________

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,Latitude,PowerEdge,PowerVault,PowerApp,

PowerConnect, XPS, DellNet, Dell TravelLite,Dell OpenManage, and StrikeZone are trademarks of Dell Inc.; Core is trademark of Intel

Corporation;Intel, Pentium,IntelSpeedStep, Celeron,and Viiv areregisteredtrademarks of IntelCorporation;Microsoft,Windows,andOutlook

are registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation in the United States and/or other countries; EMC is a registered trademark of EMC

Corporation; the Bluetooth word mark is owned by Bluetooth SIG, Inc. and any use of such marks by Dell Inc. is under license.

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 DCTA

October 2007 P/N YH242 Rev. A02

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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 Connectors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

Connecting Monitors. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

Connecting Two Monitors With VGA Connectors . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18

Connecting One Monitor With a VGA connector and

One Monitor With a DVI Connector. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18

Connecting a Television (TV) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19

Changing the Display Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19

Setting Up a Printer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20

Printer Cable . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20

Connecting a USB Printer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20

Connecting to the Internet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21

Setting Up Your Internet Connection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21

Setting Up a Home and Office Network . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22

Connecting to a Network Adapter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22

Network Setup Wizard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23

Transferring Information to a New Computer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23

Running the Files and Settings Transfer Wizard With

the Operating System CD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24

Running the Files and Settings Transfer Wizard Without

the Operating System CD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25

Playing CDs and DVDs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26

Playing a CD or DVD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26

Adjusting the Volume . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28

Adjusting the Picture . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28

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Copying CDs and DVDs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28

How to Copy a CD or DVD. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29

Using Blank CDs and DVDs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29

Helpful Tips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30

Using a Media Card Reader (Optional) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31

IEEE 1394 (Optional) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32

Power Management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32

Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32

Standby Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32

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

Power Options Properties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33

Cleaning Your Computer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34

Cleaning the Computer, Keyboard, and Monitor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34

Cleaning the Mouse. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35

Cleaning the Floppy Drive. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35

Cleaning CDs and DVDs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35

2 Optimizing Performance. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37

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

About Your RAID Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37

RAID Level 0 Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38

RAID Level 1 Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38

Configuring Your Computer for RAID . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39

Using the Intel RAID Option ROM Utility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40

Using the Intel Application Accelerator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42

Dell DataSafe (Optional) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46

Intel® Viiv™ Technology (Optional). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46

Using Intel Viiv Quick Resume Technology (QRT) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46

Enabling the QRT Feature in System Setup. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47

Enabling the QRT Feature in the Operating system. . . . . . . . . . . . . 47

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3 Solving Problems. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49

Troubleshooting Tips. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49

Battery Problems. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49

Drive Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50

CD and DVD drive problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50

Hard drive problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51

E-Mail, Modem, and Internet Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51

Error Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53

Media Card Reader Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54

Keyboard Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54

Lockups and Software Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55

The computer does not start up . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55

The computer stops responding . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55

A program stops responding . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55

A program crashes repeatedly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55

A program is designed for an earlier Windows operating system . . . . . 56

A solid blue screen appears . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56

Other software problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56

Memory Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57

Mouse Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57

Network Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58

Power Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59

Printer Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60

Scanner Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60

Sound and Speaker Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61

No sound from speakers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61

No sound from headphones . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62

Video and Monitor Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62

The screen is blank . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62

The screen is difficult to read. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63

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4 Troubleshooting Tools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65

Diagnostic Lights. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65

Dell Diagnostics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68

Dell Diagnostics Main Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69

Drivers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70

What Is a Driver? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70

Identifying Drivers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70

Reinstalling Drivers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71

Resolving Software and Hardware Incompatibilities . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72

Restoring Your Operating System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72

Using Microsoft Windows XP System Restore . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72

Using Dell PC Restore by Symantec . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74

5 Removing and Installing Parts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77

Before You Begin. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77

Recommended Tools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77

Turning Off Your Computer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77

Before Working Inside Your Computer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78

Removing the Computer Cover. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78

Inside View of Your Computer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80

System Board Components. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81

Memory. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82

Memory Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82

Installing Memory. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83

Removing Memory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85

Cards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86

PCI Cards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86

PCI Express Cards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91

Drive Panels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100

Removing the Drive Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100

Removing the Drive-Panel Insert . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101

Replacing the Drive-Panel Insert . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102

Replacing the Drive Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103

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Drives. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103

General Installation Guidelines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104

Hard Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104

Removing a Hard Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105

Installing a Hard Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106

Adding a Second Hard Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107

Floppy Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109

Removing a Floppy Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109

Installing a Floppy Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111

Media Card Reader . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112

Removing a Media Card Reader . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112

Installing a Media Card Reader. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115

CD/DVD Drive. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116

Removing a CD/DVD Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117

Installing a CD/DVD Drive. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118

Battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120

Replacing the Battery. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120

Replacing the Computer Cover . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121

6 Appendix . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123

Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123

System Setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127

Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127

Entering System Setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127

System Setup Options. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129

Boot Sequence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132

Clearing Forgotten Passwords. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134

Clearing CMOS Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135

Dell Technical Support Policy (U.S. Only) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135

Definition of "Dell-Installed" Software and Peripherals . . . . . . . . . 135

Definition of "Third-Party" Software and Peripherals. . . . . . . . . . . 136

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FCC Notice (U.S. Only) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136

FCC Class B . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136

Contacting Dell. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137

Glossary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159

Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171

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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: This Owner’s Manual is available as a PDF at support.dell.com.

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 (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

"Drivers" on page 70), run the Dell diagnostics (see "Dell

Diagnostics" on page 68), or 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

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10 Finding Information

• Service Tag and Express Service Code

• Microsoft

Windows

Product Key Label

Service Tag and Microsoft Windows Product Key

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, online courses, and frequently asked

questions

• Community — Online discussion with other Dell

customers

• Upgrades — Upgrade information for components, such

as the memory, hard drive, and operating system

• Customer Care — Contact information, service call and

order status, and warranty and repair information

• Service and support — Service call status, support

history, service contract, and online discussions with

support

• Reference — Computer documentation, details on my

computer configuration, product specifications, and

white papers

• Downloads — Certified drivers, patches, and software

updates

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

operating system for your computer, you should also

reinstall the DSS utility. DSS automatically detects your

computer and operating system and installs the updates

appropriate for your configuration, providing 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.

Dell Support Website — support.dell.com

NOTE: Select your region or business segment to view the

appropriate support site.

To download Desktop System Software:

Go to

support.dell.com

, select your region or business

segment, then enter your Service Tag or product model.

Select

Drivers & Downloads

, then click

Select your operating system and language, and then

search for the keyword

Desktop System Software

NOTE: The support.dell.com user interface may vary

depending on your selections.

What Are You Looking For? Find It Here

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