Dell Precision NX046 Manuel utilisateur

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Dell Precision™ T5400 User’s Guide

Model DCTA

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.

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or death.

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Model DCTA

August 2007 P/N NX046 Rev. A00

Contents 3

Contents

1 Finding Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

2 About Your Computer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19

Front View of the Computer (Tower Orientation) . . . . 19

Back View of the Computer (Tower Orientation) . . . . 21

Back Panel Connectors (Tower Orientation) . . . 22

Front View (Desktop Orientation) . . . . . . . . . . . . 24

Back View (Desktop Orientation) . . . . . . . . . . . . 25

Inside View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26

Inside View – Hard Drive Bay Rotated Out . . . . 27

System Board Components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28

Cable Colors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29

Changing Between Tower and Desktop Modes . . . . 30

Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36

3 Advanced Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45

LegacySelect Technology Control . . . . . . . . . . . 45

Manageability . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45

Alert Standard Format . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45

Dell OpenManage™ IT Assistant . . . . . . . . . 47

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Dell OpenManage Client Instrumentation . . . . . 47

Power Management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47

About RAID Configurations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49

RAID Level 0 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50

RAID Level 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51

RAID Level 5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51

Configuring Your Computer for RAID . . . . . . . . 53

Configuring Your Computer for RAID Using the

Intel Matrix Storage Manager . . . . . . . . . . . 53

Configuring Your Computer for RAID Using the

Intel®RAID Option ROM Utility . . . . . . . . . . 61

4 Setting Up Your Computer . . . . . . . . . . . . 65

Installing Your Computer in an Enclosure . . . . . . . 65

Connecting to the Internet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67

Setting Up Your Internet Connection . . . . . . . . 68

Transferring Information to a New Computer . . . . . . 69

Microsoft®Windows®XP . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70

Microsoft Windows Vista™ . . . . . . . . . . . . 73

Power Protection Devices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73

Surge Protectors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74

Line Conditioners . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74

Uninterruptible Power Supplies . . . . . . . . . . 74

5 Securing Your Computer . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75

Chassis Intrusion Detection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75

Removing the Chassis Intrusion Switch . . . . . . 75

Replacing the Chassis Intrusion Switch . . . . . . 76

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Resetting the Chassis Intrusion Detector . . . . . 76

Security Cable Lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77

Passwords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78

About Passwords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78

Using a Primary (or System) Password . . . . . . 79

Using an Administrator Password . . . . . . . . . 82

Disabling a Forgotten Password and Setting a

New Password . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84

Trusted Platform Module (TPM) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85

Enabling the TPM Feature . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85

Security Management Software . . . . . . . . . . . . 86

Activating the Security Management Software . . 86

Using the Security Management Software . . . . 86

Computer Tracking Software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86

If Your Computer Is Lost or Stolen . . . . . . . . . . . 87

6 System Setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89

Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89

Entering System Setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89

System Setup Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89

Boot Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97

Option Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98

Selecting the Boot Device for the Current Boot . . 98

Changing Boot Sequence for Future Boots . . . . 99

Booting to a USB Device . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99

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7 Clearing Forgotten Passwords . . . . . . . 101

Clearing CMOS Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103

Flashing the BIOS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103

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

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

Floppy Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105

CDs and DVDs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105

9 Troubleshooting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107

Solving Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107

Battery Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107

Drive Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107

E-Mail and Internet Problems . . . . . . . . . . . 109

Error Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110

IEEE 1394 Device Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111

Keyboard Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112

Lockups and Software Problems . . . . . . . . . . 112

Memory Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114

Mouse Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115

Network Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116

Power Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116

Printer Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117

Scanner Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118

Sound Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119

10 Troubleshooting Tools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121

Diagnostic Lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121

Contents 7

Diagnostic Light Codes Before POST . . . . . . . 121

Diagnostic Light Codes During POST . . . . . . . 123

Beep Codes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129

Error Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130

Dell Diagnostics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136

When to Use the Dell Diagnostics . . . . . . . . . 136

Starting the Dell Diagnostics From Your Hard

Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137

Starting the Dell Diagnostics From the Drivers and

Utilities Disc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137

Dell Diagnostics Main Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . 138

11 Reinstalling Software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141

Drivers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141

What Is a Driver? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141

Identifying Drivers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141

Reinstalling Drivers and Utilities . . . . . . . . . . 142

Troubleshooting Software and Hardware Problems in

the Microsoft®Windows®XP and Microsoft Windows

Vista™ Operating Systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143

Restoring Your Operating System . . . . . . . . . . . . 144

Using Microsoft Windows System Restore . . . . 144

Using Dell™ PC Restore and Dell Factory Image

Restore . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146

Using the Operating System Disc . . . . . . . . . 149

12 Adding and Replacing Parts . . . . . . . . . 151

Before You Begin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151

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Recommended Tools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151

Turning Off Your Computer . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151

Before Working Inside Your Computer . . . . . . . 152

Removing the Computer Cover and Front Panel . . . . 153

Removing the Computer Cover . . . . . . . . . . . 153

Removing the Front Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155

Rotating the Hard Drive Carrier Out of the

Computer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156

Replacing the Front Panel and Computer Cover . . . . 158

Rotating the Hard-Drive Carrier Back into the

Computer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159

Replacing the Front Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160

Replacing the Computer Cover . . . . . . . . . . . 161

I/O Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163

I/O-Panel Components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164

Removing the I/O Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165

Replacing the I/O Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167

Power Supply . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167

Power Supply DC Connector Pin Assignments . . 167

Removing the Power Supply . . . . . . . . . . . . 174

Replacing the Power Supply . . . . . . . . . . . . 176

Battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176

About the Battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176

Replacing the Battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177

Processor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179

Removing the Processor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179

Installing the Processor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183

Memory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187

Fully Buffered DIMM (FBD) Memory Overview . . 187

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Addressing Memory With 4-GB or Greater

Configurations (32-bit Operating Systems Only) . . 188

Removing Memory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189

Installing Memory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190

Cards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193

Expansion Card Support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193

Installing an Expansion Card . . . . . . . . . . . . 194

Removing an Expansion Card . . . . . . . . . . . 201

Drives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205

Tower Computer Drives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205

Desktop Computer Drives . . . . . . . . . . . . . 206

Controller Card Data Cable Connectors . . . . . . 212

Hard Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 212

Drive Panels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 233

Floppy Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 239

Media Card Reader . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 254

Optical Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 268

System Board . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 281

Removing the System Board . . . . . . . . . . . . 281

Replacing the System Board . . . . . . . . . . . . 284

13 Getting Help . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 289

Obtaining Assistance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 289

Technical Support and Customer Service . . . . . 290

Online Services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 290

AutoTech Service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 291

Automated Order-Status Service . . . . . . . . . 291

Problems With Your Order . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 291

Product Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 291

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Returning Items for Warranty Repair or Credit . . . . . 292

Before You Call . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 292

Contacting Dell . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 295

A Appendix . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 297

FCC Notice (U.S. Only) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 297

FCC Class B . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 297

Glossary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 299

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