Dell T3400 manual Adding and Replacing Parts, Before You Begin, Recommended Tools

Adding and Replacing Parts

Before You Begin

This chapter provides procedures for removing and installing the components in your computer. Unless otherwise noted, each procedure assumes that the following conditions exist:

•You have performed the steps in "Turning Off Your Computer" on page 143 and "Before Working Inside Your Computer" on page 144.

•You have read the safety information in the Dell™ Product Information Guide.

•A component can be replaced or—if purchased separately—installed by performing the removal procedure in reverse order.

Recommended Tools

The procedures in this document may require the following tools:

•Small flat-blade screwdriver

•Small Phillips screwdriver

•Small plastic scribe

•Flash BIOS update program

Turning Off Your Computer

NOTICE: To avoid losing data, save and close all open files and exit all open programs before you turn off your computer.

1Shut down the operating system:

a Save and close all open files and exit all open programs.

b In the Microsoft® Windows® XP operating system, click Start→ Shut Down→ Shut down.

In Microsoft Windows Vista™, click the Windows Vista Start button in the lower-left corner of the desktop, click the arrow in the

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