N O N - S YS T E M D I S K E R R O R — Remove the floppy disk from the drive and restart your computer.

N O T E N O U G H M E M O R Y O R R E S O U R C E S . C L O S E S O M E P R O G R A M S A N D T R Y A G A I N — Close all windows and open the program that you want to use. In some cases, you might have to restart your computer to restore computer resources. If so, run the program that you want to use first.

O P E R A T I N G S YS T E M N O T F O U N D — Contact Dell (see page 121).

IEEE 1394 Device Problems

CAUTION: Before you begin any of the procedures in this section, follow the safety instructions located in the Product Information Guide.

E N S U R E T H A T T H E C A B L E F O R T H E IEEE 1394 D E V I C E I S P R O P E R L Y I N S E R T E D I N T O T H E D E V I C E A N D I N T O T H E C O N N E C T O R O N T H E C O M P U T E R

E N S U R E T H A T T H E IEEE 1394 D E V I C E I S R E C O G N I Z E D B Y W I N D O W S 1 Click the Start button and click Control Panel.

2 Click Printers and Other Hardware.

If your IEEE 1394 device is listed, Windows recognizes the device.

I F Y O U H A V E P R O B L E M S W I T H A D E L L IEEE 1394 D E V I C E — Contact Dell (see page 121).

I F Y O U H A V E P R O B L E M S W I T H A N IEEE 1394 D E V I C E N O T P R O V I D E D B Y D E L L — Contact the IEEE 1394 device manufacturer.

Keyboard Problems

CAUTION: Before you begin any of the procedures in this section, follow the safety instructions located in the Product Information Guide.

C H E C K T H E K E Y B O A R D C A B L E

Ensure that the keyboard cable is firmly connected to the computer.

Shut down the computer (see page 61), reconnect the keyboard cable as shown on the setup diagram for your computer, and then restart the computer.

Check the cable connector for bent or broken pins and for damaged or frayed cables. Straighten bent pins.

Remove keyboard extension cables and connect the keyboard directly to the computer.

Solving Problems

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XPS GEN 3 specifications

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