Dell XPS manual About Serial ATA Drives, About Your RAID Configuration

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For information and instructions on adjusting your graphics card’s operating mode, settings, and functions:

1Click the Start button and click Help and Support.

2Click User and system guides.

3Locate and click the guide for your graphics card.

Removing the Graphics Card Driver

If you want to install a different graphics card in your computer, you must first remove the driver for the graphics card that is currently installed. To remove a graphics card driver:

1Click the Start button and click Control Panel.

2Double-click Add or Remove Programs.

3Click the name of the graphics card in the Currently installed programs list.

4Click Change/Remove and follow the instructions on the screen.

After the driver is removed, install the new card (see "AGP Cards" on page 80), and then install the new card’s driver according to the documentation that came with the card.

NOTE: If you reinstall the graphics card that came with your computer, the card’s drivers are located on the Dell Dimension ResourceCD (see "Drivers" on page 55 for more information).

About Serial ATA Drives

Your Dell™ Dimension™ XPS computer is compatible with both IDE and serial ATA hard drives. Serial ATA drives provide the following benefits by transferring data using serial technology and flexible cables that are thinner and longer than IDE cables:

•Improved cable routing facilitates more efficient airflow inside the chassis.

•Compact cable connectors save space on the system board and on the hard drive. Combined with the improved cable routing, this allows a more efficient utilization of space inside the chassis.

See "Hard Drive" on page 82 for information on serial ATA drive connections.

About Your RAID Configuration

This section provides an overview of the RAID configuration that you selected when you purchased your computer. Although there are several RAID configurations available in the computer industry for different types of uses, Dell offers either RAID level 0 or RAID level 1 on the Dimension XPS computer. A RAID level 0 configuration is recommended for high-performance gaming, and a RAID level 1 configuration is recommended for the data integrity requirements for digital photography and audio.

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