Dell SX280 manual

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Dell™ OptiPlex™ SX280

Quick Reference Guide

Model DCTR

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Contents

Main Notes, Notices, and Cautions Contents Page Finding Information Page NOTE: About Your Computer Front View Side View Back View Cable Cover and Power Adapter Setting Up Your Computer Determining Placement and Orientation of the Computer Installing a Device in the Module Bay Connecting External Devices Page Page Installing a Hard Drive Attaching the Optional Cable Cover Inside Your Computer Removing the Computer Cover Inside View Replacing the Computer Cover Solving Problems Dell Diagnostics Page Page 22 Power Supply Light Your power button light and hard-drive light may indicate a computer problem. System Lights Diagnostic Lights Page Page Beep Codes Running the Dell IDE Hard Drive Diagnostics Resolving Software and Hardware Incompatibilities Using Microsoft Windows XP System Restore Reinstalling Microsoft Windows XP Page Page Using the Drivers and Utilities CD Index B C D E P R S T U Page Page Page Page Page 40 Page 42 Page Page Page Page Page Page Page Page Page Dell Page Page Page 56 Page 58 Dell IDE Hard Drive Diagnostics (Dell IDE ) Microsoft Windows XP Page Microsoft Windows XP Page CD Page Page Page , Page Page : : support.dell.com PDF 72 : : CD . 74 Page Page () Dell Page Page 88 . Page 92 : Dell IDE Microsoft Windows XP Microsoft Windows XP Page Page CD Page Page Page %'&'/ 5627 ! "#$%&'('$)*)+)+,('-''./'(012234 8-#9:!:; Page Page Page Page Page !!"# #$%&# '( )*"*"+,- $%&" ( ) Page Page '. '/%0 ( )& !"# 1$%&# * *"$%&# $ $%& 2 & #345677 Page +,1"3"+, 33 +,1$%&# :>*)+.X=-:>*)+F;;%=%; <T .]^*)+;(' +, #34 34 "8 3' 2 & #34. 95:5677 ;< /!"#& +&"+#"=,#.# *()& $&>?@ABCDCEFG@HICJDKL '?@ABCDCEFG@HICJDKL ' Page Page "'()#*+, 5 M G N , # .