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Systems Reference and Troubleshooting Guide
Dell offers a variety of expansion cards to increase system functionality:
High-performance video cards with up to 8 MB of video memory
10- and 100-megabit per second (Mbps) network cards
Small computer system interface (SCSI) host adapter cards
Fax/modem cards with telephony support
PCI sound cards and multimedia speakers
You can expand your system's memory up to 384 MB by installing additional SDRAM
DIMMs in the DIMM sockets on the system board. Purchasing memory upgrades
from Dell Spare Parts ensures system compatibility; these upgrades are als o c overed
under your system warranty. Refer to “Adding Memory” in Chapter 2 before purchas-
ing a memory upgrade.
Dell offers a wide variety of drives that can be installed in your s ystem, including the
following:
Advanced Technology Attachment (ATA)-33 Ultra DMA hard-disk drives
(3.2gigabytes [GB] or larger)
EIDE tape drives in capacities of 4 GB (8 GB compressed) and larger
Removable Zip drives
A variety of SCSI devices, including hard-disk drives and CD-ROM drives
To order any of these upgrades, call Dell.
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The following sections contain maintenance procedures that you should perform reg-
ularly to keep the system in top operating condition.
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Everyone inadvertently deletes files at one t ime or another, viruses can corrupt files,
and hard-disk drives can fail after extended use. To avoid data loss, regularly back up
the data files on the hard-disk drive. If you should lose the contents of your hard-disk
drive, you can reinstall programs, but your data files will be lost if you do not have a
backup.
You should have created program diskette sets for your Dell-installed software during
the initial setup of your computer. If you did not, refer to “Making Program Diskette
Sets” in Chapter 1 of the
Setup Guide
.
NOTE: In case of warranty replacement of your hard-disk drive, you receive a blank,
formatted drive from Dell. It is your responsibility to reinstall applications and restore
data files.