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Dell Precision™ WorkStation 530

USER’S GUIDE

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.

Abbreviations, Acronyms, and

Definitions

For a complete list of abbreviations, acronyms, and definitions, see the

Glossary.

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Dell Precision

OptiPlex

Dell OpenManage

Dimension

Inspiron

Latitude

, the

DELL

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DellNet

, and

DellWare

are trademarks of Dell Computer

Corporation;

Microsoft

Windows

MS-DOS

, and

Windows NT

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Intel

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Xeon

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of Intel Corporation;

IBM

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Corporation;

3Com

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Novell

and

NetWare

are

registered trademarksofNovell,Inc. Asan ENERGY STAR Partner,DellComputer Corporation

has determined that this product meets the ENERGY STAR guidelines for energy efficiency.

Other trademarks and trade names may be used in this document to refer to either the entities

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Model WHL

September 2001 63RVR A02

Contents 3

Contents

1Safety Information

Safety First—For You and Your Computer . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

When Working Inside Your Computer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

Protecting Against Electrostatic Discharge . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

Ergonomic Computing Habits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

2About Your Computer

Finding Information and Assistance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18

Front View of Your Computer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21

Controls and Lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23

Connecting Devices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24

Back View of Your Computer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26

Connecting Devices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26

Inside Your Computer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30

System Cables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31

System Board Components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33

Front Panel Components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36

3Advanced Features

System Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40

Entering System Setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40

System Setup Screens . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41

System Setup Navigation Keys . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41

4Contents

Changing the Boot Sequence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42

Network Operations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43

Integrated Devices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45

Manageability . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46

Dell OpenManage IT Assistant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46

Dell OpenManage Client Instrumentation. . . . . . . . . . . . 46

Downloading Systems Management Utilities . . . . . . . . . . 47

Security . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48

Chassis Intrusion Detection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48

Security Cable Slot and Padlock Ring . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49

Jumper Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50

Password Protection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51

System Password . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51

Setup Password . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54

Installing and Configuring Software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58

TAPI . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59

Installing a TAPI Device . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59

Installing a TAPI Sound Card . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60

IEEE 1394 (FireWire) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62

Power Management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63

Dell System Utilities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65

AutoShutdown . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65

Asset Tag . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65

Auto Power On . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65

4Removing and Installing Parts

Computer Cover . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68

Opening the Computer Cover . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68

Closing the Computer Cover . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69

Contents 5

Interior Service Label . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71

Computer Memory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72

Computer Memory Installation Guidelines . . . . . . . . . . . . 74

Upgrading Computer Memory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78

Removing a Memory Module . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80

Installing a Memory Module . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81

Removing Memory Riser Boards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81

Installing Memory Riser Boards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84

Disk Drives and Media . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86

Installing a CD, Zip, or Other Externally Accessible Drive . . . . 88

Installing a Hard Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98

EIDE Device Installation Guidelines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105

SCSI Device Installation Guidelines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106

Expansion Cards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109

Installing an Expansion Card . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111

Removing an Expansion Card . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115

Microprocessor Airflow Shroud . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117

Removing the Microprocessor Airflow Shroud . . . . . . . . . 117

Installing the Microprocessor Airflow Shroud . . . . . . . . . 118

Microprocessor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120

Installation Guidelines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120

Upgrading the Microprocessor(s) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120

VRM. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126

Removing a VRM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126

Installing a VRM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127

Computer Battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129

6Contents

5Technical Specifications

6Solving Problems

Finding Solutions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140

Power Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141

Monitor Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143

Video Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145

Sound and Speaker Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147

Printer Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149

Serial or Parallel Device Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150

Mouse Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152

Keyboard Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154

Diskette Drive Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155

Hard Drive Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157

Battery Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161

Expansion-Card Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162

Network Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164

Recover From a Program That Is Not Responding . . . . . . . 166

Restart a Computer That Is Not Responding . . . . . . . . . . 166

Repair a Wet Computer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166

Repair a Dropped or Damaged Computer . . . . . . . . . . . . 168

Hardware Conflicts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169

System Memory Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169

Microprocessor Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171

System Board Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174

Reset Corrupted BIOS Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175

Dell Diagnostics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177

When to Use the Dell Diagnostics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177

Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177

Before You Start Testing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178

Running the Dell Diagnostics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178

Advanced Testing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182

Messages and Codes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184

Contents 7

System Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184

System Beep Codes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 192

Warning Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 194

Diagnostics Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195

Diagnostic Lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195

SNMP Platform Event Traps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 201

Software Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 203

Operating System Compatibility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205

Multiple Microprocessor Compatibility . . . . . . . . . . . . 205

Input Errors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205

Error Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205

Device Drivers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 206

Memory-Resident Programs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 206

Program Conflicts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 206

Memory Address Conflicts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 207

Interrupt Assignment Conflicts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 207

BIOS Recovery Utility. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 208

7Microsoft® Windows® XP Features

Overview of Windows XP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 213

Help and Support Center . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 213

New User Interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 215

Switching to Classic View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 215

Clean Desktop Wizard. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 216

Taskbar Grouping . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 217

Notification Area Cleanup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 217

Files and Settings Transfer Wizard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 219

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 220

Application and Device Compatibility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 221

Program Compatibility Wizard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 221

System Restore . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 223

8Contents

Using System Restore . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 223

Restore Process . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 225

Driver Rollback . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 226

User Accounts and Fast User Switching . . . . . . . . . . . . . 227

How to Use Fast User Switching . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 227

What Happens When a Fast User Switch Occurs? . . . . . . . 227

Special Considerations With Fast User Switching . . . . . . . 228

How to Turn Off Fast User Switching . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 228

How to Add Users . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 229

Home and Small Office Networking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 231

Network Setup Wizard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 231

Internet Connection Firewall . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 233

8Getting Help

Help Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 236

Technical Assistance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 236

Help Tools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 236

Problems With Your Order . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 239

Product Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 239

Returning Items for Warranty Repair or Credit . . . . . . . . . 239

Before You Call . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 240

Dell Contact Numbers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 242

9Additional Information

Regulatory Notices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 258

FCC Notices (U.S. Only) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 259

IC Notice (Canada Only) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 261

CE Notice (European Union) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 261

Battery Disposal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 262

EN 55022 Compliance (Czech Republic Only) . . . . . . . . . 263

VCCI Notice (Japan Only) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 263

Contents 9

MIC Notice (Republic of Korea Only) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 265

Polish Center for Testing and Certification Notice . . . . . . . 266

BSMI Notice (Taiwan Only) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 269

NOM Information (Mexico Only) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 270

Información para NOM (únicamente para México) . . . . . . 271

ENERGY STAR® Compliance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 273

Limited Warranty and Return Policy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 274

Three-Year Limited Warranty (U.S. Only) . . . . . . . . . . . 274

Three-Year Limited Warranty (Canada Only) . . . . . . . . . 277

One-Year End-User Manufacturer Guarantee

(Latin America and the Caribbean Only) . . . . . . . . . . . . 281

"Total Satisfaction" Return Policy (U.S. and Canada Only) . . . 283

Glossary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 285

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