45.25-inch drive bay with special 3.5-inch drive panel plate

Can hold a CD/DVD drive, or a media card reader, a floppy drive, or a SATA hard drive in a 5.25-inch drive bay carrier. The drive-panel plate shown here is only for use with a floppy drive or media card reader; you can install the plate in front of any of the four 5.25-inch drive bays. For more information, see "Drive Panels" in your User’s Guide.

The hard-drive carrier is only for use in the 5.25-inch drive bays. The floppy-drive/media card reader and hard-drive carriers are not interchangeable.

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hard-drive

The hard drive light is on when the computer reads data from

 

activity light

or writes data to the hard drive. The light might also be on

 

 

when a device such as your CD drive is operating.

 

 

 

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IEEE 1394

Use the IEEE 1394 connector for high-speed data devices

 

connector

such as digital video cameras and external storage devices.

 

 

 

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USB 2.0

Use the front USB connectors for devices that you connect

 

connectors (2)

occasionally, such as flash memory keys, cameras, or bootable

 

 

USB devices.

 

 

Dell recommends that you use the back USB connectors for

 

 

devices that typically remain connected, such as printers

 

 

and keyboards.

 

 

 

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power button,

Press the power button to turn on the computer. The light in

 

power light

the center of this button indicates the power state. For more

 

 

information, see "Controls and Lights" in your User’s Guide.

 

 

NOTE: To avoid losing data, do not use the power button to

 

 

turn off the computer. Instead, perform an operating system

 

 

shutdown.

 

 

 

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Dell badge

You can rotate the Dell badge so that "Dell" is read horizontally,

 

 

depending on whether you use the desktop or tower orientation.

 

 

 

10

headphone

Use the headphone connector to attach headphones.

 

connector

 

 

 

 

11

microphone

Use the microphone connector to attach a personal computer

 

connector

microphone for voice or musical input into a sound or

 

 

telephony program.

 

 

 

12

diagnostic

Use these lights to help you troubleshoot a computer

 

lights (4)

problem based on the diagnostic code. For more information,

 

 

see "Diagnostic Lights" in your User’s Guide.

 

 

 

13

network link light

The network link light is on when a good connection exists

 

 

between a 10-Mbps, 100-Mbps, or 1000-Mbps (or 1-Gbps)

 

 

network and the computer.

 

 

 

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Dell T7400 manual Activity light, When a device such as your CD drive is operating, Ieee, Usb, Connectors, USB devices