Contents 3
ContentsFinding Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Setting Up Your Computer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Changing Between Tower and Desktop
Orientations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Installing Your Computer in an Enclosure . . . . . 11
Transferring Information to a New Computer . . . . 13
Power Protection Devices . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
About Your Computer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Front View (Tower Orientation) . . . . . . . . . . 18
Back View (Tower Orientation) . . . . . . . . . . 20
Back Panel Connectors (Tower Orientation). . . . . 21
Front View (Desktop Orientation) . . . . . . . . . 23
Back View (Desktop Orientation) . . . . . . . . . 25
Cleaning Your Computer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Computer, Keyboard, and Monitor . . . . . . . . . 26
Mouse (Non-Optical). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Floppy Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
CDs and DVDs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Troubleshooting Tools. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Power Lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Diagnostic Lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Beep Codes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
System Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Hardware Troubleshooter . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Dell Diagnostics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Troubleshooting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39