Dell Precision NT499 Manuale utente

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Dell Precision™ Workstation T3400

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 a potential for 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.

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Model DCTA

July 2007 P/N NT499 Rev. A00

Contents 3

Contents

1 Finding Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

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

Front View (Tower Orientation) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21

Back View (Tower Orientation) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24

Front View (Desktop Orientation) . . . . . . . . . . . . 25

Back View (Desktop Orientation) . . . . . . . . . . . . 28

Back Panel Connectors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29

Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31

3 Advanced Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39

LegacySelect Technology Control . . . . . . . . . . . 39

Manageability . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39

Dell OpenManage™ IT Assistant . . . . . . . . . 39

Dell OpenManage Client Instrumentation . . . . . 40

Power Management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40

4 About RAID Configurations . . . . . . . . . . . 43

Using RAID with Hard Drive Passwords . . . . . . . . 43

4Contents

RAID Level 0 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44

RAID Level 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44

RAID Level 5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45

RAID Level 10 (1+0) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46

Configuring Your Computer for RAID . . . . . . . . . . 47

Setting Your Computer to RAID-Enabled

Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48

Configuring Your Computer for RAID Using

the Intel®RAID Option ROM Utility . . . . . . . . 48

Configuring Your Computer for RAID Using

the Intel Matrix Storage Manager . . . . . . . . . 52

Migrating to a RAID Level 0 Configuration . . . . . 56

Migrating to a RAID Level 1 Configuration . . . . . 57

Migrating to a RAID Level 5 Configuration . . . . . 57

Migrating to a RAID Level 10 Configuration . . . . 58

Creating a Spare Hard Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . 59

Rebuilding a Degraded RAID Level 1

Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60

5 Setting Up Your Computer . . . . . . . . . . . . 61

Changing Between Tower and Desktop

Orientations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61

Switching From Tower to Desktop

Orientation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61

Switching From Desktop to Tower

Orientation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62

Installing Your Computer in an Enclosure . . . . . . . 62

Transferring Information to a New Computer . . . . . . 65

Microsoft®Windows®XP . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65

Microsoft Windows Vista™ . . . . . . . . . . . . 68

Contents 5

Power Protection Devices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68

Surge Protectors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69

Line Conditioners . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69

Uninterruptible Power Supplies . . . . . . . . . . 69

6 Securing Your Computer . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71

Chassis Intrusion Detection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71

Security Cable Lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71

Smart Cards and Fingerprint Readers . . . . . . . . . 72

Passwords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72

About Passwords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73

Using a Primary (System) Password . . . . . . . . 74

Using an Administrator Password . . . . . . . . . 74

Using a Hard Drive Password . . . . . . . . . . . 75

Trusted Platform Module (TPM) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76

Turning On and Activating TPM . . . . . . . . . . 76

Security Management Software . . . . . . . . . . . . 77

Computer Tracking Software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77

If Your Computer Is Lost or Stolen . . . . . . . . . . . 78

7 Cleaning Your Computer . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79

Computer, Keyboard, and Monitor . . . . . . . . . . . 79

Mouse (Non-Optical) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79

Floppy Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80

CDs and DVDs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80

6Contents

8 System Setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81

Entering System Setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81

System Setup Screens . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81

System Setup Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82

Boot Sequence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92

Changing Boot Sequence for the Current

Boot . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93

Changing Boot Sequence for Future Boots . . . . 94

9 Clearing Passwords and CMOS

Settings 95

Clearing Passwords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95

Clearing CMOS Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96

Flashing the BIOS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97

10 Troubleshooting Tools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99

Power Lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99

Diagnostic Lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100

Diagnostic Light Codes During POST . . . . . . . 100

Beep Codes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104

System Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105

Hardware Troubleshooter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107

Dell Diagnostics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107

When to Use the Dell Diagnostics . . . . . . . . . 108

Contents 7

Starting the Dell Diagnostics From Your

Hard Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108

Dell Diagnostics Main Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . 110

11 Troubleshooting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113

Battery Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113

Drive Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113

Optical drive problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114

Problems writing to an optical drive . . . . . . . . . . 114

E-Mail, Modem, and Internet Problems . . . . . . . . 115

Error Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117

IEEE 1394 Device Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118

Keyboard Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118

Lockups and Software Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . 119

The computer does not start up . . . . . . . . . . 119

The computer stops responding . . . . . . . . . . 119

A program stops responding . . . . . . . . . . . . 119

A program crashes repeatedly . . . . . . . . . . 119

A program is designed for an earlier

Windows operating system . . . . . . . . . . . . 120

A solid blue screen appears . . . . . . . . . . . . 120

Other software problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120

Memory Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121

Mouse Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121

Network Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122

8Contents

Power Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123

Printer Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124

Scanner Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125

Sound and Speaker Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125

No sound from speakers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125

No sound from headphones . . . . . . . . . . . . 126

Video and Monitor Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126

The screen is blank . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127

The screen is difficult to read . . . . . . . . . . . 127

3D image quality is poor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129

Only part of the screen is readable . . . . . . . . 129

12 Reinstalling Software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131

Drivers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131

What Is a Driver? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131

Identifying Drivers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131

Reinstalling Drivers and Utilities . . . . . . . . . . 132

Restoring Your Operating System . . . . . . . . . . . . 136

Using Microsoft Windows System Restore . . . . 136

Using Dell PC Restore and Dell Factory

Image Restore . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138

Using the Operating System Media . . . . . . . . 141

13 Adding and Replacing Parts . . . . . . . . . 143

Before You Begin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143

Recommended Tools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143

Turning Off Your Computer . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143

Before Working Inside Your Computer . . . . . . . 144

Contents 9

Removing the Computer Cover . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145

Inside View of Your Computer . . . . . . . . . . . 146

System Board Components . . . . . . . . . . . . 148

Power Supply DC Connector Pin Assignments . . 149

Removing the Front Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154

Chassis Intrusion Switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155

Removing the Chassis Intrusion Switch . . . . . . 155

Replacing the Chassis Intrusion Switch . . . . . . 156

Resetting the Chassis Intrusion Detector . . . . . 157

Memory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157

Memory Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157

Removing a Memory Module . . . . . . . . . . . 160

Installing a Memory Module . . . . . . . . . . . . 160

Cards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162

PCI Cards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163

PCI Express Cards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175

Drives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185

Tower Computer Drive Configurations . . . . . . . 185

Desktop Computer Drive Configurations . . . . . . 187

About Metal Shields (Present in Some Drive

Configurations) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188

General Installation Guidelines . . . . . . . . . . 189

Hard Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191

Removing a Hard Drive (Tower or Desktop

Computer) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191

Installing a Hard Drive or Adding a Second

Optional Hard Drive (Tower or Desktop

Computer) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 194

Removing an Optional Third Hard Drive

(Tower Computer) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197

10 Contents

Installing an Optional Third Hard Drive

(Tower Computer) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 199

Removing an Optional Fourth SATA Hard Drive

(Tower Computer) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 201

Installing an Optional Fourth Hard Drive

(Tower Computer) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202

Removing an Optional Third Hard Drive

(Desktop Computer) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 203

Installing an Optional Third Hard Drive

(Desktop Computer) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 206

Installing an Additional Fan . . . . . . . . . . . . 210

Drive Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 212

Removing the Drive Panel (Tower Computer) . . . 213

Replacing the Drive Panel (Tower Computer) . . . 214

Removing the Drive Panel (Desktop Computer) . . 215

Replacing the Drive Panel (Desktop Computer) . . 216

Removing a Drive-Panel Insert . . . . . . . . . . . 218

Installing a Drive-Panel Insert . . . . . . . . . . . 218

Floppy Drive or Media Card Reader . . . . . . . . . . . 219

Removing a Floppy Drive or Media Card

Reader (Tower Computer) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 220

Installing a Floppy Drive or Media Card

Reader (Tower Computer) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 222

Removing a Floppy Drive or a Media Card

Reader (Desktop Computer) . . . . . . . . . . . . 226

Installing a Floppy Drive or Media Card

Reader (Desktop Computer) . . . . . . . . . . . . 228

Optical Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 231

Removing an Optical Drive (Tower Computer) . . . 231

Installing an Optical Drive (Tower Computer) . . . 233

Removing an Optical Drive (Desktop Computer) . . 236

Installing an Optical Drive (Desktop Computer) . . 237

Installing the Optional Speaker . . . . . . . . . . . . . 240

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