Dell Precision YT583 User manual

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Dell Precision™ T7400 User’s Guide

Model DCDO

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Model DCDO

August 2007 P/N YT583 Rev. A00

Contents 3

Contents

1 Finding Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

2 About Your Computer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21

Front View of the Computer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21

Back View of the Computer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23

Back Panel Connectors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24

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

System Board Components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27

Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29

3 Advanced Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35

LegacySelect Technology Control . . . . . . . . . . . 35

Manageability . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35

Alert Standard Format . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35

Dell OpenManage™ IT Assistant . . . . . . . . . 37

Dell OpenManage Client Instrumentation . . . . . 37

Power Management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37

About RAID Configurations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39

RAID Level 0 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40

RAID Level 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41

4Contents

RAID Level 5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41

RAID Level 10 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43

Configuring Your Computer for RAID . . . . . . . . 44

RAID Configuration Utility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44

Entering the RAID Configuration Utility . . . . . . 44

Navigating Within the Configuration Utility . . . . 44

RAID Configuration and Management . . . . . . . . . 44

Exit Screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45

Performing Configuration Tasks . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45

Creating a RAID Level 0 Configuration . . . . . . . 45

Creating a RAID Level 1 Configuration . . . . . . . 46

Creating a Second RAID Volume . . . . . . . . . . 47

Viewing RAID Volume Properties . . . . . . . . . 47

Synchronizing a RAID Volume (Virtual Disk) . . . . 48

Activating a RAID Volume . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48

Deleting a RAID Volume . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48

Replacing and Rebuilding a Degraded RAID Volume 49

4 Setting Up Your Computer . . . . . . . . . . . . 51

Installing Your Computer in an Enclosure . . . . . . . 51

Connecting to the Internet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53

Setting Up Your Internet Connection . . . . . . . . 54

Transferring Information to a New Computer . . . . . . 55

Microsoft®Windows®XP . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56

Microsoft Windows Vista™ . . . . . . . . . . . . 59

Power Protection Devices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59

Surge Protectors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60

Line Conditioners . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60

Contents 5

Uninterruptible Power Supplies . . . . . . . . . . 60

5 Securing Your Computer . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61

Chassis Intrusion Detection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61

Removing the Chassis Intrusion Switch . . . . . . 61

Replacing the Chassis Intrusion Switch . . . . . . 62

Resetting the Chassis Intrusion Detector . . . . . 62

Security Cable Lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63

Passwords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64

About Passwords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64

Using a Primary (or System) Password . . . . . . 65

Using an Administrator Password . . . . . . . . . 68

Disabling a Forgotten Password and Setting a New Password

Trusted Platform Module (TPM) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71

Enabling the TPM Feature . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71

Security Management Software . . . . . . . . . . . . 72

Activating the Security Management Software . . 72

Using the Security Management Software . . . . 72

Computer Tracking Software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72

If Your Computer Is Lost or Stolen . . . . . . . . . . . 73

6 System Setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75

Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75

Entering System Setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75

System Setup Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75

Boot Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84

6Contents

Option Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84

Selecting the Boot Device for the Current Boot . . 84

Changing Boot Sequence for Future Boots . . . . 85

Booting to a USB Device . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85

7 Clearing Forgotten Passwords . . . . . . . . 87

Clearing CMOS Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89

Flashing the BIOS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89

8 Cleaning Your Computer . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91

Computer, Keyboard, and Monitor . . . . . . . . . 91

Floppy Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91

CDs and DVDs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91

9 Troubleshooting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93

Solving Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93

Battery Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93

Drive Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93

E-Mail and Internet Problems . . . . . . . . . . . 95

Keyboard Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96

Lockups and Software Problems . . . . . . . . . . 96

Memory Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98

Mouse Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99

Network Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99

Power Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100

Printer Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101

Scanner Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102

Sound Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103

Contents 7

10 Troubleshooting Tools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105

Diagnostic Lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105

Diagnostic Light Codes Before POST . . . . . . . 105

Diagnostic Light Codes During POST . . . . . . . 108

Power Lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113

Beep Codes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115

Error Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116

Dell Diagnostics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123

When to Use the Dell Diagnostics . . . . . . . . . 123

Starting the Dell Diagnostics From Your Hard Drive 124

Starting the Dell Diagnostics From the Drivers and Utilities Media

124

Dell Diagnostics Main Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . 125

11 Reinstalling Software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129

Drivers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129

What Is a Driver? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129

Identifying Drivers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129

Reinstalling Drivers and Utilities . . . . . . . . . . 130

Troubleshooting Software and Hardware Problems in the Microsoft®

Windows®XP and Microsoft Windows Vista™ Operating Systems

131

Restoring Your Operating System . . . . . . . . . . . . 132

Using Microsoft Windows System Restore . . . . 132

Using Dell™ PC Restore and Dell Factory Image Restore 134

Using the Operating System Disc . . . . . . . . . 137

8Contents

12 Adding and Replacing Parts . . . . . . . . . 139

Before You Begin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139

Recommended Tools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139

Turning Off Your Computer . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139

Before Working Inside Your Computer . . . . . . . 140

Removing the Computer Cover and Front Panel . . . . 141

Removing the Computer Cover . . . . . . . . . . . 141

Removing the Front Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143

Replacing the Front Panel and Computer Cover . . . . 144

Replacing the Front Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144

Replacing the Computer Cover . . . . . . . . . . . 145

I/O Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146

I/O-Panel Components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147

Removing the I/O Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148

Replacing the I/O Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149

Processor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150

Removing the Processor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150

Installing the Processor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154

Power Supply . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160

DC Connector Pin Assignments . . . . . . . . . . 160

Replacing the Power Supply . . . . . . . . . . . . 169

Battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169

About the Battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169

Removing the Battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170

Replacing the Battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171

Memory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172

Fully Buffered DIMM (FBD) Memory Overview . . 173

Memory Installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173

Contents 9

Addressing Memory With 4-GB or Greater Configurations (32-bit

Operating Systems Only) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174

Removing Memory Without Memory Riser Cards . 175

Memory Installation (With Optional Memory Riser Cards) 179

Installing Memory (With Optional Memory Riser Cards) 180

Removing Memory (With Optional Memory Riser Cards) 187

Cards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 194

Expansion Card Support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 194

Installing an Expansion Card . . . . . . . . . . . . 195

Removing an Expansion Card . . . . . . . . . . . 202

Removing a PCI Express Graphics Card from an SLI Configuration

208

Installing PCI Express Graphics Cards in a Dual Configuration

215

Removing the Optional Graphics Riser Card . . . . 223

Replacing the Optional Graphics Riser Card . . . . 225

Drives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 225

General Drive Installation Guidelines . . . . . . . 227

Controller Card Data Cable Connectors . . . . . . 230

Hard Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 230

Removing a Hard Drive (Hard Drive Bays 1-4) . . . 230

Installing a Hard Drive (Hard Drive Bays 1-4) . . . 235

Removing a Fifth SATA Hard Drive (Optional) . . . 239

Installing a Fifth SATA Hard Drive (Optional) . . . 242

Drive Panels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 246

Removing a Drive-Panel Insert . . . . . . . . . . 247

Replacing a Drive-Panel Insert . . . . . . . . . . 249

Replacing the Drive Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . 249

Floppy Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 251

Installing a Floppy Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 254

Media Card Reader . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 258

Installing a Media Card Reader . . . . . . . . . . 261

Optical Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 265

10 Contents

System Board . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 271

Removing the System Board . . . . . . . . . . . . 271

Replacing the System Board . . . . . . . . . . . . 277

13 Getting Help . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 281

Obtaining Assistance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 281

Technical Support and Customer Service . . . . . 282

Online Services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 282

AutoTech Service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 283

Automated Order-Status Service . . . . . . . . . 283

Problems With Your Order . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 283

Product Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 283

Returning Items for Warranty Repair or Credit . . . . . 284

Before You Call . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 284

Contacting Dell . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 287

14 Appendix . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 289

FCC Notice (U.S. Only) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 289

FCC Class B . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 289

Glossary 291

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