User`s guide
Table Of Contents
- Local Disk
- Dell OptiPlex GX260 Systems User's Guide
- Finding Information for Your Computer: Dell OptiPlex GX260 Systems User's Guide
- Technical Specifications: Dell OptiPlex GX260 Systems User's Guide
- System Board Components: Dell OptiPlex GX260 Systems User's Guide
- Cleaning Your Computer: Dell OptiPlex GX260 Systems User's Guide
- Advanced Features: Dell OptiPlex GX260 Systems User's Guide
- About Your Computer: Dell OptiPlex GX260 Systems User's Guide
- Adding and Removing Small Form-Factor Computer Parts: Dell OptiPlex GX260 Systems User's Guide
- Opening the Computer Cover: Dell OptiPlex GX260 Systems User's Guide
- AGP and DVI Adapter Cards: Dell OptiPlex GX260 Systems User's Guide
- Battery: Dell OptiPlex GX260 Systems User's Guide
- Memory: Dell OptiPlex GX260 Systems User's Guide
- PCI Cards and Serial Port Adapters: Dell OptiPlex GX260 Systems User's Guide
- Drives: Dell OptiPlex GX260 Systems User's Guide
- Microprocessor: Dell OptiPlex GX260 Systems User's Guide
- Telephony Applications Programming Interface (TAPI): Dell OptiPlex GX260 Systems User's Guide
- Closing the Computer Cover: Dell OptiPlex GX260 Systems User's Guide
- About Your Computer: Dell OptiPlex GX260 Systems User's Guide
- Adding and Removing Small Desktop Computer Parts: Dell OptiPlex GX260 Systems User's Guide
- Opening the Computer Cover: Dell OptiPlex GX260 Systems User's Guide
- AGP and DVI Adapter Cards: Dell OptiPlex GX260 Systems User's Guide
- Drives: Dell OptiPlex GX260 Systems User's Guide
- Microprocessor: Dell OptiPlex GX260 Systems User's Guide
- PCI Cards and Serial Port Adapters: Dell OptiPlex GX260 Systems User's Guide
- About Your Computer: Dell OptiPlex GX260 Systems User's Guide
- Adding and Removing Small Mini-Tower Computer Parts: Dell OptiPlex GX260 Systems User's Guide
- Opening the Computer Cover: Dell OptiPlex GX260 Systems User's Guide
- AGP and DVI Adapter Cards: Dell OptiPlex GX260 Systems User's Guide
- Drives: Dell OptiPlex GX260 Systems User's Guide
- Microprocessor: Dell OptiPlex GX260 Systems User's Guide
- PCI Cards and Serial Port Adapters: Dell OptiPlex GX260 Systems User's Guide
- Solving Problems: Dell OptiPlex GX260 Systems User's Guide
- Advanced Troubleshooting: Dell OptiPlex GX260 Systems User's Guide
- Getting Help: Dell OptiPlex GX260 Systems User's Guide
- Microsoft® Windows® XP Features: Dell OptiPlex GX260 Systems User's Guide
- Glossary: Dell OptiPlex GX260 Systems User's Guide
- CAUTION: Safety Instructions: Dell OptiPlex GX260 Systems User's Guide
- Ergonomic Computing Habits: Dell OptiPlex GX260 Systems User's Guide
- Regulatory Notices: Dell OptiPlex GX260 Systems User's Guide
- Warranty and Return Policy: Dell OptiPlex GX260 Systems User's Guide
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1 filler bracket
2 alignment bar
3 alignment guide
4 retention arm
NOTICE: Do not route card cables over or behind the cards. Cables routed over the cards can prevent the computer
cover from closing properly or cause damage to the equipment.
12. Connect any cables that should be attached to the card.
See the documentation for the card for information about the card's cable connections.
NOTICE: To connect a network cable, first plug the cable into the network wall jack, and then plug it into the
computer.
13. Close the computer cover, reconnect the computer and devices to their electrical outlets, and turn them on.
After you open and close the cover, the chassis intrusion detector, if enabled, causes the following message to appear
on the screen at the next computer start-up:
ALERT! Cover was previously removed.
14. Reset the chassis intrusion detector
by changing Chassis Intrusion to Enabled or Enabled-Silent.
NOTE: If a setup password has been assigned by someone else, contact your network administrator for
information on resetting the chassis intrusion detector.
15. If you installed a sound card:
a. Enter system setup
, select Integrated Devices, and change the setting for Sound to Off.
b. Connect external audio devices to the sound card's connectors. Do not connect external audio devices to the
microphone, speaker/headphone, or line-in connectors on the back I/O panel (see "Back Panel").
16. If you installed an add-in network adapter:
a. Enter system setup
, select Integrated Devices, and change the setting for Network Interface Card to Off.
b. Connect the network cable to the add-in network adapter's connectors. Do not connect the network cable to the
integrated connector on the back I/O panel (see "Back Panel").
17. Install any drivers required for the card as described in the card documentation.
Removing a PCI Card
CAUTION: Before you perform this procedure, see "CAUTION: Safety Instructions."
1. Perform an orderly computer shutdown using the operating system menu.
NOTICE: To disconnect a network cable, first unplug the cable from your computer, and then unplug it from the
network wall jack.
2. Turn off any attached devices and disconnect them from their electrical outlets.
3. Disconnect the computer power cable from the wall outlet, and then press the power button to ground the system
board.