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Chassis Differences. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-2
Chassis Similarities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-2
Standard Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-2
Pentium II Microprocessor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-2
Secondary L2 Cache . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-3
Main Memory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-3
Upgradable BIOS in Flash Memory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-3
EIDE Subsystem . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-3
SMART Technology. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-3
Integrated Diskette/Tape Drive Controller . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-4
Integrated SVGA Subsystem . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-4
ATI Multimedia Channel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-4
Chassis Intrusion Detection. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-5
Integrated Ethernet NIC Support (Optional). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-5
Network Cable Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-5
Full Set of I/O Ports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-6
Power Supply. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-6
Location of Major Components. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-7
Component Orientation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-11
Advanced Expansion Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-12
Low-Profile Computer’s Expansion-Card Slots . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-12
Midsize Computer’s Expansion-Card Slots . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-12
Mini Tower Computer’s Expansion-Card Slots . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-13
Upgrade Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-14
Microprocessor/L2 Cache Upgrades . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-14
Main Memory Expansion. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-14
Video-Memory Upgrade Option. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-15
Computer Service Information. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-15
Remote Management Support Features (Optional). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-15
Online Documentation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-15
System Diagnostics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-15
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System-Board Service Data. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-16
System Board . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-16
System Board Jumpers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-17
Interrupt Assignments. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-18
DMA Channel Assignments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-19
Hard-Disk Drive Service Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-20
Hard-Disk Drive for the Low-Profile Computer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-20
Hard-Disk Drive for the Midsize Computer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-20
Hard-Disk Drive for the Mini Tower Computer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-20
Power-Supply Service Data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-20
Pin Assignments for the DC Power Connectors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-22
DC Power Distribution. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-23
Technical Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-28
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Initial User Contact . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-1
External Visual Inspection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-2
Observing the Boot Routine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-3
Internal Visual Inspection. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-4
Eliminating Resource Conflicts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-5
Running the System Diagnostics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-6
Getting Help . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-6
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POST Beep Codes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-1
System Error Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-3
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Recommended Tools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-1
Precautionary Measures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-2
Inside the Computer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-3
Using the Optional Stand for Vertical Orientation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-4
Computer Cover . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-5
Eject, Power, and Reset Buttons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-6
Front-Panel Inserts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-7
Control Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-8
Drives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-9
Externally Accessible Drive Assemblies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-10
3.5-Inch Diskette Drive Assembly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-10
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5.25-Inch Drive Assembly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-11
Hard-Disk Drive Assembly. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-12
System Power Supply . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-13
Expansion Cards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-14
Expansion-Card Cage. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-14
Expansion Card . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-15
Riser Board . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-16
System Board . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-17
System Board Components. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-18
DIMMs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-18
Video Memory. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-19
Microprocessor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-21
SEC Cartridge/Heat Sink Assembly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-21
System Battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-22
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Recommended Tools. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-1
Precautionary Measures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-2
Inside the Computer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-3
Using the Optional Stand for Vertical Orientation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-3
Computer Cover . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-5
Eject, Power, and Reset Buttons. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-6
Front-Panel Inserts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-7
Control Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-8
Drives. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-9
Externally Accessible Drive Assemblies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-9
3.5-Inch Diskette Drive Assembly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-10
5.25-Inch Drive Assembly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-11
Hard-Disk Drive Bracket. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-12
Hard-Disk Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-13
System Power Supply . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-14
Expansion Cards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-15
Expansion-Card Cage. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-15
Expansion Card . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-16
Riser Board . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-17
System Board . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-18
System Board Components. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-19
DIMMs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-20
Video Memory. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-21
Microprocessor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-22
SEC Cartridge/Heat Sink Assembly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-22
System Battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-23
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Recommended Tools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-1
Precautionary Measures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-2
Inside the Computer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-3
Computer Cover . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-4
Front Bezel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-5
Eject, Power, and Reset Buttons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-6
Front-Panel Inserts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-7
Control Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-8
Drives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-9
Externally Accessible Drive Assemblies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-9
3.5-Inch Diskette Drive Assembly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-10
5.25-Inch Drive Assembly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-11
Hard-Disk Drive Bracket. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-13
Hard-Disk Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-14
System Power Supply . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-15
Expansion Cards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-16
Expansion-Card Cage. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-16
Expansion Card . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-17
Riser Board . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-18
System Board . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-19
System Board Components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-20
DIMMs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-21
Video Memory. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-22
Microprocessor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-23
SEC Cartridge/Heat Sink Assembly. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-23
System Battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-24
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System Setup Screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-2
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Figure 1-2. Front-Panel Features. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-7
Figure 1-3. Internal View of the Low-Profile Chassis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-8
Figure 1-4. Internal View of the Midsize Chassis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-9
Figure 1-5. Internal View of the Mini Tower Chassis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-10
Figure 1-6. Computer Orientation Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-11
Figure 1-7. Riser Board for the Low-Profile Computer . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-12
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Figure 1-8. Riser Board for the Midsize Computer (Option 1). . . . . . . . 1-13
Figure 1-9. Riser Board for the Midsize Computer (Option 2). . . . . . . . 1-13
Figure 1-10. Riser Board for the Mini Tower Computer . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-14
Figure 1-11. System Board Components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-16
Figure 1-12. System Board Jumpers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-17
Figure 1-13. DC Power Connector P1. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-22
Figure 1-14. DC Power Connectors P2 (Midsize and
Mini Tower Chassis); P3, P4, P5, P6, and P9
(All OptiPlex G1 Chassis). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-22
Figure 1-15. DC Power Connectors P2 (Low-Profile Chassis) and P7
(All OptiPlex G1 Chassis). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-23
Figure 1-16. DC Power Cables for the Low-Profile Computer . . . . . . . . 1-23
Figure 1-17. DC Power Distribution for the Low-Profile Computer. . . . . 1-24
Figure 1-18. DC Power Cables for the Midsize and
Mini Tower Computers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-25
Figure 1-19. DC Power Distribution for the Midsize Computer. . . . . . . . 1-26
Figure 1-20. DC Power Distribution for the Mini Tower Computer. . . . . 1-27
Figure 4-1. Internal View of the Low-Profile Computer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-3
Figure 4-2. Attaching the Optional Stand for Vertical Orientation . . . . . . 4-4
Figure 4-3. Computer Cover Removal. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-5
Figure 4-4. Eject, Power, and Reset Button Removal. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-6
Figure 4-5. Front-Panel Insert Removal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-7
Figure 4-6. Control Panel Removal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-8
Figure 4-7. Drive Hardware . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-9
Figure 4-8. 3.5-Inch Diskette Drive Removal. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-10
Figure 4-9. 5.25-Inch Drive Assembly Removal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-11
Figure 4-10. Hard-Disk Drive Assembly Removal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-12
Figure 4-11. System Power-Supply Removal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-13
Figure 4-12. Expansion-Card Cage Removal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-14
Figure 4-13. Expansion-Card Removal. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-15
Figure 4-14. Riser Board Removal. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-16
Figure 4-15. System Board Removal. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-17
Figure 4-16. System Board Components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-18
Figure 4-17. DIMM Removal. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-19
Figure 4-18. DIMM Installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-19
Figure 4-19. Installing a Video-Memory Upgrade Module. . . . . . . . . . . . 4-19
Figure 4-20. SEC Cartridge/Heat Sink Removal. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-21
Figure 4-21. System Battery Installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-22
Figure 5-1. Internal View of the Midsize Computer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-3
Figure 5-2. Attaching the Optional Stand for Vertical Orientation . . . . . . 5-4
Figure 5-3. Computer Cover Removal. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-5
Figure 5-4. Eject, Power, and Reset Button Removal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-6
Figure 5-5. Front-Panel Insert Removal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-7
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Figure 5-6. Control Panel Removal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-8
Figure 5-7. Drive Hardware . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-9
Figure 5-8. 3.5-Inch Diskette Drive Removal. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-10
Figure 5-9. 5.25-Inch Drive Assembly Removal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-11
Figure 5-10. 5.25-Inch Drive Removal. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-11
Figure 5-11. Hard-Disk Drive Bracket Removal. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-12
Figure 5-12. Hard-Disk Drive Removal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-13
Figure 5-13. System Power-Supply Removal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-14
Figure 5-14. Expansion-Card Cage Removal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-15
Figure 5-15. Expansion-Card Removal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-16
Figure 5-16. Riser Board Removal. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-17
Figure 5-17. System Board Removal. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-18
Figure 5-18. System Board Components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-19
Figure 5-19. DIMM Removal. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-20
Figure 5-20. DIMM Installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-20
Figure 5-21. Installing a Video-Memory Upgrade Module. . . . . . . . . . . . 5-21
Figure 5-22. SEC Cartridge/Heat Sink Removal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-22
Figure 5-23. System Battery Installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-23
Figure 6-1. Internal View of the Mini Tower Computer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-3
Figure 6-2. Computer Cover Removal. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-4
Figure 6-3. Front-Bezel Removal. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-5
Figure 6-4. Eject, Power, and Reset Button Removal. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-6
Figure 6-5. 5.25-Inch Front-Panel Insert Removal. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-7
Figure 6-6. Control Panel Removal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-8
Figure 6-7. Drive Hardware . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-9
Figure 6-8. 3.5-Inch Diskette-Drive Assembly Removal . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-10
Figure 6-9. 3.5-Inch Diskette Drive Bracket . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-11
Figure 6-10. 5.25-Inch Drive Assembly Removal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-11
Figure 6-11. 5.25-Inch Drive Removal. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-12
Figure 6-12. Hard-Disk Drive Bracket Removal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-13
Figure 6-13. Hard-Disk Drive Removal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-14
Figure 6-14. System Power-Supply Removal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-15
Figure 6-15. Expansion-Card Cage Removal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-16
Figure 6-16. Expansion-Card Removal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-17
Figure 6-17. Riser Board Removal. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-18
Figure 6-18. System Board Removal. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-19
Figure 6-19. System Board Components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-20
Figure 6-20. DIMM Removal. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-21
Figure 6-21. DIMM Installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-21
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Figure 6-22. Installing a Video-Memory Upgrade Module. . . . . . . . . . . . 6-22
Figure 6-23. SEC Cartridge/Heat Sink Removal. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-23
Figure 6-24. System Battery Installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-24
Figure A-1. System Setup Screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-2
7DEOHV Table 1-1. System-Board Jumper Descriptions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1-17
Table 1-2. Interrupt Assignments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-18
Table 1-3. DREQ Line Assignments. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-19
Table 1-4. OptiPlex G1 DC Voltage Ranges . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-21
Table 1-5. Technical Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-28
Table 3-1. POST Beep Codes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-1
Table 3-2. System Error Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-3
Table A-1. System Setup Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-3
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Diagnostics
and Troubleshooting Guide
for troubleshooting procedures and instructions on
using the Dell diagnostics to test the computer system.
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