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About Your Computer—Dell Precision 650

Dell Precision™ Workstations 450 and 650 User's Guide

Front View

Back View

Inside Your Computer

System Board Components

Front View

1

drive door

Open the drive door to access the floppy and CD/DVD drives.

 

 

 

2

hard-drive

The hard-drive light is on when the computer reads data from or writes data to the hard drive. The light might also be on when a device such

 

light

as your CD player is operating.

3

power

Press this button to turn on the computer.

 

button

 

 

 

NOTICE: To avoid losing data, do not use the power button to turn off the computer. Instead, perform a Microsoft® Windows®

 

 

shutdown.

 

 

 

4

power light

The power light illuminates and blinks or remains solid to indicate the following different states:

 

 

No light — The computer is in the off state.

 

 

Steady green — The computer is in a normal operating state.

 

 

Blinking green — The computer is in a power-saving state.

 

 

To exit from a power-saving state, press the power button or use the keyboard or the mouse if it is configured as a wake device in the

 

 

Windows Device Manager. For more information about sleep states and exiting from a power-saving state, see "Power Button."

 

 

See "Diagnostic Lights" for a description of light codes that can help you troubleshoot problems with your computer.

 

 

 

5

front-panel

Open the door to use the front-panel connectors.

 

door

 

Front View of the Computer (Doors Open)

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