Dell 3000 manual

F

failures

basic checks, 3-1 technical assistance, 5-1 troubleshooting, 3-1

fixed disk. See hard-disk drive

fixing problems, 5-1

floppy drive. See diskette drive

G

getting help, 5-1

graphics mode screens, B-4

grounding procedure, vi, 3-1

H

hard drive. See hard-disk drives

hard-disk drives about, 1-3ATA, 1-3 capacity, 2-3

power management, 2-8testing, 4-16 troubleshooting, 3-16Ultra DMA/33, 1-3

Hard-Disk Drives (Non-SCSI) test group Dell Diagnostics, 4-16

help

from Dell Computer Corporation, 5-1

help tools

AutoTech service, 5-3

Dell Diagnostics program, 4-1, 5-3 Dell Q&A, 5-3

TechConnect BBS, 5-4

help tools (continued) TechFax service, 5-4 user’s documentation, 5-3

hung system, 1-4

I

I/O connectors, 1-2panel, 1-2

troubleshooting functions, 3-21

IDE CD ROM Drives test group

Dell Diagnostics, 4-17

indicator light, 1-1

infrared port about, 1-3location, 1-2mapping, 2-5mode selection, 2-5 troubleshooting, 3-22

input/output. See I/O

interrupt assignment conflicts, 3-10

interrupt request. See IRQ

IRQ line assignment, 3-10

K

keyboard about, 1-1

checking external keyboard during POST, 3-17Keyboard test group in Dell Diagnostics, 4-14

Keyboard test group

Dell Diagnostics, 4-14

Key-Help

option in Dell Diagnostics, 4-9

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