Dell XPS 730X User manual

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Dell™ XPS™ 730/730X Service Manual

Model DCDO

Notes, Cautions, and Warnings

NOTE: A NOTE indicates important information that helps you make better use of

your computer.

CAUTION: A CAUTION indicates potential damage to hardware or loss of data if

instructions are not followed.

WARNING: A WARNING 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.

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Model DCDO

November 2008 Rev. A00

Contents 3

Contents

1 Technical Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

Inside View of Your Computer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

System Board Components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

Dell™ XPS™ 730 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

Dell XPS 730X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

Master Control Board . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

2 Before You Begin. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

Technical Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

Recommended Tools. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

Turning Off Your Computer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

Safety Instructions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

3 Replacing the Computer Stand . . . . . . . . 15

4 Replacing the Computer Cover . . . . . . . . 17

5 Replacing the Theater Lighting Unit . . . . 19

Replacing the Batteries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19

4Contents

Replacing the Theater Lighting Card . . . . . . . . . . 20

6 Replacing Memory Module(s) . . . . . . . . 23

7 Replacing a PCI/PCI Express Card . . . . 27

Removing a PCI Express Graphics Card From a

Multi Graphics Card Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . 28

Installing Graphics Cards for Multi Graphics Card . . . 31

Replacing the PCI and PCI Express Cards. . . . . . . . 35

8 Replacing Drives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43

Replacing a Hard Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43

Replacing the Drive Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51

Replacing a Floppy Drive (XPS 730 Only) . . . . . . . . 53

Replacing a Media Card Reader. . . . . . . . . . . . . 62

9 Replacing the Heat Sink Assembly . . . . 67

Replacing the Air Cooled Heat Sink Assembly . . . . . 67

Replacing the Liquid Cooling Heat Sink Assembly . . . 69

10 Replacing the Processor . . . . . . . . . . . . 73

Removing the Processor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74

Installing the Processor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75

Contents 5

11 Replacing Fans . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77

Removing the Card Slot and

Processor Fan Shrouds. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77

Replacing the Card Slot Fan Assembly. . . . . . . 77

Replacing the Processor Fan Assembly . . . . . . 79

Replacing the Hard Drive Fan . . . . . . . . . . . 80

12 Replacing the Master Control Board . . . 83

13 Replacing the System Board . . . . . . . . . . 85

14 Replacing the Power Supply . . . . . . . . . . 89

15 Replacing the Battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93

16 System Setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95

Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95

Entering System Setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95

System Setup Screens . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95

System Setup Options—Dell™ XPS™ 730 . . . . . . . 97

System Setup Options—Dell XPS 730X . . . . . . . . . 99

Boot Sequence. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103

Option Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103

Changing Boot Sequence for the

Current Boot . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103

Changing Boot Sequence for Future Boots . . . . 104

6Contents

Clearing CMOS Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104

Technical Overview 7

Technical Overview

WARNING: Before working inside your computer, read the safety information

that shipped with your computer. For additional safety best practices information,

see the Regulatory Compliance Homepage at

www.dell.com/regulatory_compliance.

Inside View of Your Computer

1 optical drive bays (4) 2 floppy drive/media card reader

3 hard drive bays (4) 4 processor cooling solution: liquid

cooling assembly (shown) or air

cooling assembly

5 card fan

8Technical Overview

System Board Components

Dell™ XPS™ 730

12 11

16 15

Technical Overview 9

1 CPU socket 2 system board CPU fan header

3 DIMMs 0 and 1 (DIMM 0-1) 4 DIMMs 2 and 3 (DIMM 2-3)

5 ATX power connector

(ATX_PWR)

6 IDE connector (IDE)

7 SATA ports 3-6 (SATA 3-6) 8 floppy header (FLOPPY)

9 BIOS debug codes (PORT 80

DECODER)

10 SATA ports 1-2 (SATA 1-2)

11 font panel connector (FRONT

PNL)

12 serial port header (SERIAL

PORT)-unused

13 reset CMOS jumper (RESET

CMOS)

14 internal USB header 1 (USB)

15 internal USB header 2 (USB) 16 1394 header

17 battery socket 18 power button (POWER)

19 reset button (RESET) 20 front panel audio header (FP

Audio)

21 PCI slot 1 (PCI SLOT 1) 22 PCIe x16 (Generation 2) slot 2

(PCIe x16_2)

23 PCI slot 2 (PCI SLOT 2) 24 PCIe x16 (Generation 1) slot 3

(PCIe x16_3)

25 PCIe x1 slot (PCIe x1) 26 PCIe x16 (Generation 2) slot 1

(PCIe x16_1)

27 PCIe x1 slot (PCIe x1) 28 internal eSATA header

29 CPU power header

10 Technical Overview

Dell XPS 730X

14 10

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