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Use the following safety guidelines to ensure your own personal safety and to help protect your server, storage system, or appliance from potential damage. Throughout this guide, blocks of text may be accompanied by an icon and printed in bold type or in italic type.
To reduce the risk of bodily injury, electrical shock, fire, and damage to the equipment, observe the following precautions. Observe the following general precautions for using and working with your system: Observe and follow service markings. Do not service any Dell product except as explained in your Dell system documentation.
— 100 V/50 Hz in eastern Japan and 100 V/60 Hz in western Japan — 230 V/50 Hz in most of Europe, the Middle East, and the Far East Also be sure that your monitor and attached devices are electrically rated to operate with the power available in your location. Use only approved power cable(s).
computer or storage system equipment and trained to deal with products capable of producing hazardous energy levels. When connecting or disconnecting power to hot-pluggable power supplies, if offered with your Dell product, observe the following guidelines: — Install the power supply before connecting the power cable to the power supply. — Unplug the power cable before removing the power supply.
Before working on the rack, make sure that the stabilizers are secure to the rack, extend to the floor, and that the full weight of the rack rests on the floor. Install front and side stabilizers on a single rack or front stabilizers for joined multiple racks before working on the rack. Always load the rack from the bottom up, and load the heaviest item in the rack first. Make sure that the rack is level and stable before extending a component from the rack.
Before you remove the computer covers, perform the following steps in the sequence indicated. .
As you continue to work inside the computer, periodically touch an unpainted metal surface to remove any static charge your body may have accumulated. You can also take the following steps to prevent damage from electrostatic discharge (ESD): When unpacking a static-sensitive component from its shipping carton, do not remove the component from the antistatic packing material until you are ready to install the component in your computer.
x Sit erect, with your feet resting on the floor and your thighs level. When sitting, make sure the weight of your legs is on your feet and not on the front of your chair seat. Adjust your chair’s height or use a footrest, if necessary, to maintain proper posture. Vary your work activities. Try to organize your work so that you do not have to type for extended periods of time. When you stop typing, try to do things that use both hands.
This guide is intended for anyone who uses the Dell PowerEdge 1400 computer system. The guide can be used by both first-time and experienced computer users who want to learn about the features and operation of the systems or who want to upgrade their systems. The files in this guide are summarized as follows: support.dell.
Dell Computer Corporation (“Dell”) manufactures its hardware products from parts and components that are new or equivalent to new in accordance with industrystandard practices.
! " " # $ % & $ % & ! " " # # " # ! $ The following list defines (where appropriate) and illustrates typographical conventions used as visual cues for specific elements of text throughout this document: Interface components are window titles, button and icon names, menu names a
Screen text is a message or text that you are instructed to type as part of a command (referred to as a command line). Screen text is presented in the Courier New font. Example: The following message appears on your screen: No boot device available Example: “Type md c:\programs and press .” Variables are placeholders for which you substitute a value. They are presented in italics.
System Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Supported Operating Systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Front Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Back Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Dell-Installed Operating Systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-1 Driver Installation for Windows NT 4.0 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-2 Installing the CD-ROM Driver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-2 Installing SCSI Drivers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Integrated Devices Screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-5 System Security Screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-6 Exit Screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-6 Using the System Password Feature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-7 Assigning a System Password . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Polish Center for Testing and Certification Notice . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C-7 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C-8 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C-8 NOM Information (Mexico Only). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C-9 Información para NOM (únicamente para México) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
% . Table 2-1. Table 2-2. Table 3-1. Table 3-2. Table 3-3. Table 4-1. Table A-1. Table B-1. Table B-2. Table B-3. Table B-4. Table B-5. Table B-6. Utility Partition Main Menu Options. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-3 Asset Tag Command-Line Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-5 AIC-7899 SCSI Controller Settings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-7 Drive Status Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Dell™ PowerEdge™ 1400 systems are high-speed, upgradable servers designed around Intel® Pentium® III microprocessors. This document describes the major hardware and software features of the system. It also provides information about the indicators and controls on the computer's front panel and discusses connecting external devices to the computer. The system offers the following features: One or two Intel Pentium III microprocessor(s).
A modular computer chassis with a minimum number of screws for easy disassembly and improved serviceability. The system board includes the following integrated features: Four 64-bit and two 32-bit peripheral component interconnect (PCI) expansion slots. A high-speed, high-resolution ATI RAGE XL PCI video controller with 4 MB of synchronous dynamic random-access memory (SDRAM).
Dell supports the following network operating systems for use on PowerEdge 1400 systems: Windows NT Server 4.0 and Windows 2000 Server NetWare 5.1 (and later versions) Red Hat Linux 6.2 release SBE2 (and later versions) Microsoft BackOffice Small Business Server (SBS) 4.
reset button power button hard-disk drive access indicator power indicator chassis cover release button The computer's back panel contains various ports and connectors for attaching external devices and includes a security cable slot. Figure 1-2 shows the back-panel connections on the computer.
power receptacle serial port 2 connector parallel port connector serial port 1 connector mouse connector keyboard connector USB connectors video connector NIC connector expansion slots (6) For information about enabling, disabling, or configuring input/output (I/O) ports and connectors, see Chapter 4, “Using the System Setup Program,” in this guide.
require you to load software files called device drivers into system memory before they will work. These software drivers help the computer recognize the external device and direct its operation. Dell recommends that you attach external devices only while the computer is turned off unless you are instructed otherwise in the documentation for the particular device. Then turn the computer on before turning on any external devices unless the documentation for the device specifies other wise.
UPS systems range in price from a few hundred dollars to several thousand dollars, with the more expensive units allowing you to run larger systems for a longer period of time when AC power is lost. UPS systems that provide only 5 minutes of battery power let you conduct an orderly shutdown of the system, but are not intended to provide continued operation. Surge protectors should be used with all UPS systems, and the UPS system should be Underwriters Laboratories (UL) safety-approved.
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The Dell OpenManage Server Assistant CD contains utilities, diagnostics, drivers, and other items that can help you configure your system to best meet your needs. Some of the functions available on the Dell OpenManage Server Assistant CD are also available on a bootable utility partition that is installed on your hard-disk drive. This chapter describes how to use the Dell OpenManage Server Assistant CD.
uses the Microsoft Windows NT or Windows 2000 Server operating system, the system automatically starts the browser software and displays the Dell OpenManage Server Assistant main page. The Dell OpenManage Server Assistant CD utilizes a standard Web browser interface. Navigating the CD is accomplished by clicking the mouse on the various icons and text hyperlinks. Click the Back icon to return to the previous screen. Click the Exit icon to exit the program.
The utility partition is a bootable partition on the hard-disk drive that provides some of the functions available on the Dell OpenManage Server Assistant CD. Most of the application programs found on the CD are contained in the utility partition. When implemented, the partition boots and provides an executable environment for the partition's utilities. When the utility partition is not booted, it is designated as a non–MS-DOS® partition.
The system hardware diagnostics are described in "Running the Dell Diagnostics" in your Installation and Troubleshooting Guide. The Asset Tag utility allows you to enter an asset tag number for your system. NOTE: The Asset Tag utility works only on systems running MS-DOS. To create the Asset Tag utility diskette and boot the system, perform the following steps: 1.
Table 2-2 lists the command-line options you can use with the Asset Tag utility. To use one of these options, type asset and a space followed by the option. support.dell.
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This section describes how to install and configure the Dell small computer system interface (SCSI) device drivers included with your Dell PowerEdge 1400 computer system. These device drivers are designed to work with the Adaptec AIC-7899 Ultra3 SCSI controller on the system board. NOTE: Use these procedures only if you did not use Server Setup from the Dell OpenManage Server Assistant CD to install your operating system.
This section provides information about installing the Dell drivers for the Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 operating system. NOTE: Use these procedures only if you did not use Server Setup from the Dell OpenManage Server Assistant CD to install your operating system. To install the IDE CD-ROM driver, perform the following steps: 1. Boot from the Microsoft Windows NT Server CD, and press when the first Windows NT Setup screen appears.
This section describes how to install or update the adpu160m.sys driver if Windows NT is already installed. If you are installing Windows NT for the first time, see the section “Installing Windows NT and the Driver for the First Time” found earlier in this chapter. Perform the following steps only if Windows NT 4.0 is already installed: 1. Click the Start button, point to Settings, and click Control Panel. 2. Double-click the SCSI Adapters icon. 3.
This section provides information on installing the SCSI drivers for the Novell NetWare 5.1 operating system. Instructions assume that NetWare 5.1 is installed and operational. NOTE: Use these procedures only if you did not use Server Setup from the Dell OpenManage Server Assistant CD to install your operating system. !"# $ If you have not already done so, use the Dell OpenManage Server Assistant CD to create a NetWare 5.
!"# To install NetWare 5.1 SCSI drivers from the NetWare 5.1 SCSI driver diskette that you created, perform the following steps: 1. At the initial NetWare screen, press to display the NetWare console screen. 2. At the server prompt, type nwconfig and press . The NetWare Configuration screen appears, displaying the Configuration Options menu. 3. At the Configuration Options menu, highlight Driver Options and press . 4.
16. Repeat steps 3 through 15 for any additional drivers you want to install. 17. Press three times. At the Exit nwconfig? dialog box, highlight Yes and press . If you need additional assistance, see the section “Troubleshooting for NetWare” found later in this chapter. ! " # The BIOS for the integrated Adaptec AIC-7899 SCSI controller includes the menudriven SCSISelect configuration utility, which allows you to change SCSI controller settings without opening the computer.
SCSI Bus Interface Definitions: Host Adapter SCSI ID 7 SCSI Parity Checking Enabled Host Adapter SCSI Termination Enabled Boot Device Options: Boot Channel A First Boot SCSI ID 0 Boot LUN Number 0 SCSI Device/Configuration: Sync Transfer Rate MB/Sec 160 Initiate Wide Negotiation Yes (Enabled) Enable Disconnection Yes (Enabled) Send Start Unit Command Yes (Enabled) Enable Write Back Cache Yes BIOS Multiple LUN Support No (En
(' % The basic host adapter settings are the SCSISelect settings most likely to require modification: Host Adapter SCSI ID — Sets the host adapter's SCSI ID. The default setting is SCSI ID 7, which allows the host adapter to support narrow SCSI devices in addition to wide SCSI devices. Dell recommends that you leave the host adapter set to SCSI ID 7. SCSI Parity Checking — Determines whether the host adapter verifies the accuracy of data transfer on the SCSI bus.
Initiate Wide Negotiation — Determines whether the host adapter attempts 16-bit data transfer instead of 8-bit data transfer. The default is Yes. NOTE: Some 8-bit SCSI devices may have trouble handling wide negotiation, which may result in erratic behavior or a hang condition. For these devices, set Initiate Wide Negotiation to No. When this option is set to Yes, the host adapter attempts 16-bit data transfer.
Reset SCSI Bus at IC Initialization — Enables the SCSI bus to be reset when the controller is initialized. The default is Enabled. Display Message During BIOS Initialization — Determines whether the Press for SCSISelect (TM) Utility! message appears on your screen during system start-up. The default setting is Enabled. If this setting is disabled, you can still run the SCSISelect utility by pressing after the host adapter BIOS banner appears.
Support Removable Disks Under BIOS As Fixed Disks — Controls which removable-media drives are supported by the host adapter BIOS. The default setting is Boot Only. The following choices are available.
+, % To exit SCSISelect, press until a message prompts you to exit. (If you changed any 78xx series host adapter settings, you are prompted to save the changes before you exit.) At the prompt, select Yes to exit, and then press any key to reboot the computer. Any changes that you made in SCSISelect take effect after the computer boots. (You can select No at the prompt if you are not ready to exit SCSISelect.
3. Select the removable-media device. Drive status options appear as shown in Table 3-2. Volume Segments on Drive1 Select for a list Read After Write Verify1 Hardware Level Drive Light Status1 Not supported Driver Operating Status1 Active Removable Drive Mount Status2 Mounted Removable Drive Lock Status2 Not Locked 1 Valid for both removable and nonremovable SCSI drives. 2 Valid for removable media only. .
Before you eject the current media, dismount it. When the mount status is Dismounted, eject the media. However, NetWare does not allow you to dismount media that are locked. To insert your new media, wait for the drive to spin up, and then select the Removable Drive Mount Status option. / %$ ' If your removable-media device supports the lock/unlock feature, you can lock the media. The media must be in the Not Locked state before you can eject it.
$% The boot manager for Windows NT contains recovery logic to allow you to return to the last known good configuration. If you have changed your host adapter configuration and Windows NT no longer boots, perform the following steps to recover it: 1. Undo any hardware changes that you have made to the computer since it was last operational. 2. Reboot the computer. Watch the display carefully during start-up.
001 Unable to reserve hardware, possible conflict The driver failed in its attempt to reserve the host adapter's hardware settings (that is, direct memory access [DMA] and interrupt request [IRQ] settings). Another card in your system may be causing a conflict with the host adapter. 002 NetWare rejected card Failed AddDiskSystem call The driver failed in its attempt to register the host adapter with NetWare. The file server may not have enough memory.
Each time you turn on your computer system, the system compares the configuration of the hardware installed in the system to the hardware listed in the system configuration information stored in nonvolatile random-access memory (NVRAM) on the system board. If the system detects a discrepancy, it generates error messages that identify the incorrect configuration settings. The system then prompts you to enter the System Setup program to correct the setting.
If you wait too long and your operating system begins to load into memory, let the system complete the load operation; then shut down the system and try again. NOTE: To ensure an orderly system shutdown, consult the documentation that accompanied your operating system. You can also enter the System Setup program by responding to certain error messages. See the section “Responding to Error Messages” found later in this chapter. NOTE: For Help using the System Setup program, press .
Cycles through the settings in a field. In many fields, you can also type the appropriate value. Exits the System Setup program and reboots the system if any changes were made. For most of the options, any changes you make are recorded but do not take effect until the next time you boot the system. For a few options (as noted in the help area), the changes take effect immediately.
The following options or information fields appear on the main System Setup screen: System Time — resets the time on the computer's internal clock. System Date — resets the date on the computer's internal calendar. Diskette Drive A: — identifies the type of diskette drive installed in your computer. System Memory — displays the amount of system memory. This option has no user-selectable settings. Video Memory — displays the amount of video memory.
diskette drive, CD-ROM drive, and hard-disk drive. You can enable or disable a device by selecting it and pressing the spacebar. To change the order in which devices are searched, use the <+> and <-> keys. The Boot Sequence screen options determine the order in which the system searches harddisk drives for the files that it needs to load during system startup. The choices depend on the particular hard-disk drives installed in your system.
You can set the following security features through the System Security screen: Password Status — when Setup Password is set to Enabled, allows you to prevent the system password from being changed or disabled at system start-up. To lock the system password, you must first assign a setup password in the Setup Password option and then change the Password Status option to Locked.
! Your Dell system is shipped to you without the system password feature enabled. If system security is a concern, you should operate your system only with system password protection.
As you press each character key (or the spacebar key for a blank space), a placeholder appears in the field. The password assignment operation recognizes keys by their location on the keyboard without distinguishing between lowercase and uppercase characters. For example, if you have an M in your password, the system recognizes either M or m as correct. Certain key combinations are not valid. If you enter one of these combinations, the speaker emits a beep.
The third and subsequent times an incorrect or incomplete system password is entered, the system displays the following message: ** Incorrect password. ** Number of unsuccessful password attempts: 3 System halted! Must power down. The number of unsuccessful attempts made to enter the correct system password can alert you to an unauthorized person attempting to use your system.
To change an existing setup password, you must know the setup password (see the section “Deleting or Changing an Existing Setup Password” found later in this chapter). If you assign and later forget a setup password, you cannot operate your system or change settings in the System Setup program until a trained service technician opens the computer chassis, changes the password jumper setting to disable the passwords, and erases the existing passwords.
% & ! # To delete or change an existing setup password, perform the following steps: 1. Enter the System Setup program and select the System Security screen option. 2. Highlight the Setup Password option and press the left- or right-arrow key to delete the existing setup password. The setting changes to Not Enabled. 3. If you want to assign a new setup password, perform the steps in the section “Assigning a Setup Password” found earlier in this chapter.
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Table A-1 provides the technical specifications for the Dell PowerEdge 1400 systems. Microprocessor type . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . one or two Intel Pentium III microprocessors with a minimum internal operating frequency of 733 MHz Front side bus speed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133 MHz Math coprocessor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . internal to the microprocessor Level 2 cache. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Externally accessible bays . . . . . . . . . . three 5.25-inch bays accommodate one 3.5-inch, 1.44-MB diskette drive (standard), one IDE CD-ROM drive (optional) and one other optional 5.25-inch peripheral Internally accessible bays . . . . . . . . . . . removable drive cage accommodates up to four 1-inch SCSI hard-disk drives Serial (DTE) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Height . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45.9 cm (18.1 inches) Width . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21.6 cm (8.5 inches) Depth . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43.6 cm (17.6 inches) Weight. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16.0 kg (37.0 lb) or more, depending on options installed Operating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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This file provides specific information about the input/output (I/O) ports and connectors on the back panel of the computer system. The I/O ports and connectors on the back panel of the system are the gateways through which the computer system communicates with external devices such as a keyboard, mouse, printer, and monitor. Figure B-1 identifies the I/O ports and connectors for your system.
. serial port 2 connector parallel port connector serial port 1 connector keyboard connector mouse connector USB connectors video connector NIC connector Port designations are used, for example, in software installation procedures that include a step in which you identify the port to which a printer is attached, thus telling the software where to send its output. An incorrect designation prevents the printer from printing or causes scrambled print.
The system has an autoconfiguration capability for the serial ports. This feature lets you add an expansion card containing a serial port that has the same designation as one of the built-in ports, without having to reconfigure the card. When the system detects the duplicate serial port on the expansion card, it remaps (reassigns) the builtin port to the next available port designation.
If you reconfigure your hardware, you may need pin number and signal information for the serial port connectors. Figure B-2 illustrates the pin numbers for the serial port connectors, and Table B-1 lists and defines the pin assignments and interface signals for the serial port connectors.
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! 16 INIT# O Initialize printer 17 SLIN# O Select in 18-25 GND — Signal ground The system uses a Personal System/2 (PS/2)-style keyboard and supports a PS/2compatible mouse. Cables from both devices attach to 6-pin, miniature Deutsche Industrie Norm (DIN) connectors on the back panel of your system.
" ! $ % 1 KBDATA I/O Keyboard data 2 NC — No connection 3 GND — Signal ground 4 FVcc — Fused supply voltage 5 KBCLK I/O Keyboard clock 6 NC — No connection Shell — — Chassis ground If you reconfigure your hardware, you may need pin number and signal information for the mouse connector.
The system uses a 15-pin high-density D-subminiature connector on the back panel for attaching a video graphics array (VGA)-compatible monitor to your system. The video circuitry on the system board synchronizes the signals that drive the red, green, and blue electron guns in the monitor. NOTE: Installing a video card automatically disables the system's built-in video subsystem. If you reconfigure your hardware, you may need pin number and signal information for the video connector.
Your system has an integrated 10/100–megabit-per-second (Mbps) network interface controller (NIC). The NIC provides all the functions of a separate network expansion card and supports both the 10BASE-T and 100BASE-TX Ethernet standards. The NIC includes a Wakeup On LAN feature that enables the computer to be started by a special local area network (LAN) signal from a server management console.
1 1 4 4 * + ( ! + B-10 User’s Guide 1 Vcc N/A Supply voltage 2 DATA I Data in 3 +DATA O Data out 4 GND N/A Signal ground
Electromagnetic Interference (EMI) is any signal or emission, radiated in free space or conducted along power or signal leads, that endangers the functioning of a radio navigation or other safety service or seriously degrades, obstructs, or repeatedly interrupts a licensed radio communications service.
connected to the system should match the electromagnetic environment classification of the computer system.
This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B digital device pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC Rules. These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference in a residential installation. This equipment generates, uses, and can radiate radio frequency energy and, if not installed and used in accordance with the manufacturer’s instruction manual, may cause interference with radio communications.
Marking by the symbol indicates compliance of this Dell system to the EMC Directive and the Low Voltage Directive of the European Union. Such marking is indicative that this Dell system meets the following technical standards: EN 55022 — “Limits and Methods of Measurement of Radio Interference Characteristics of Information Technology Equipment.
! " # $ This device belongs to Class B devices as described in EN 55022, unless it is specifically stated that it is a Class A device on the specification label. The following applies to devices in Class A of EN 55022 (radius of protection up to 30 meters). The user of the device is obliged to take all steps necessary to remove sources of interference to telecommunication or other devices.
This is a Class B product based on the standard of the Voluntary Control Council for Interference (VCCI) for information technology equipment. If this equipment is used near a radio or television receiver in a domestic environment, it may cause radio interference. Install and use the equipment according to the instruction manual.
Please note that this device has been approved for business purposes with regard to electromagnetic interference. If you find that this device is not suitable for your use, you may exchange it for a nonbusiness-purpose device. Please note that this device has been approved for nonbusiness purposes and may be used in any environment, including residential areas.
A protection mark “B” confirms that the equipment is in compliance with the protection usage requirements of standards PN-93/T-42107 and PN-EN 55022: 1996. ,#$- $ . + / $ $ 0 $ $ #$ 1- $ +. %0 $ $ 1 (" 2 31 # )- $ +- #$- $ % # # # # ( . + / $ $ 0 0 4#3 1 " 5 ) # $ $ $ . $ . # / . #$ . $ 6 $ . # $ #. .- 7 #$ $.
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Dell Computer Corporation (“Dell”) manufactures its hardware products from parts and components that are new or equivalent to new in accordance with industrystandard practices. Dell warrants that the hardware products it manufactures will be free from defects in materials and workmanship. The limited warranty term is three years beginning on the date of invoice, as described in the following text.
equivalent packaging, prepay shipping charges, and insure the shipment or accept the risk of loss or damage during shipment. Dell will ship the repaired or replacement products to you freight prepaid if you use an address in the continental U.S., where applicable. Shipments to other locations will be made freight collect. NOTE: Before you ship the product(s) to Dell, back up the data on the hard-disk drive(s) and any other storage device(s) in the product(s).
SOME STATES (OR JURISDICTIONS) DO NOT ALLOW LIMITATIONS ON HOW LONG AN IMPLIED WARRANTY LASTS, SO THE PRECEDING LIMITATION MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU. DELL DOES NOT ACCEPT LIABILITY BEYOND THE REMEDIES SET FORTH IN THIS LIMITED WARRANTY STATEMENT OR LIABILITY FOR INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES, INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION ANY LIABILITY FOR PRODUCTS NOT BEING AVAILABLE FOR USE OR FOR LOST DATA OR SOFTWARE.
portable computers are covered only during the initial one-year period of this limited warranty. During the one-year period beginning on the invoice date, Dell will repair or replace products covered under this limited warranty that are returned to Dell’s facility. To request warranty service, you must call Dell’s Customer Technical Support within the warranty period.
DELL MAKES NO EXPRESS WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS BEYOND THOSE STATED IN THIS LIMITED WARRANTY STATEMENT. DELL DISCLAIMS ALL OTHER WARRANTIES AND CONDITIONS, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION IMPLIED WARRANTIES AND CONDITIONS OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. SOME STATES (OR JURISDICTIONS) DO NOT ALLOW LIMITATIONS ON IMPLIED WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS, SO THIS LIMITATION MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU.
normal use, for a period of one year from the original purchase date. Products for which proper claims are made will, at Dell’s option, be repaired or replaced at Dell’s expense. Dell owns all parts removed from repaired products. Dell uses new and reconditioned parts made by various manufacturers in performing repairs and building replacement products.
Dell Computer de Colombia Corporation Carrera 7 #115-33 Oficina 603 Bogota, Colombia Dell Computer de Mexico SA de CV Rio Lerma #302- 4 Piso Col. Cuauhtemoc, Mexico, D.F. 06500 " # # $ % If you are an end-user customer who bought new products directly from a Dell company, you may return them to Dell within 30 days of the date of invoice for a refund or credit of the product purchase price.
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The following list defines or identifies technical terms, abbreviations, and acronyms used in Dell user documents. Abbreviation for ampere(s). Abbreviation for alternating current. An expansion card that plugs into an expansion-card connector on the computer's system board. An adapter card adds some specialized function to the computer by providing an interface between the expansion bus and a peripheral device.
Synonym for conventional memory. Acronym for Beginner's All-Purpose Symbolic Instruction Code, a programming language. MS-DOS includes a version of BASIC. An ASCII text file containing a list of commands that run in sequence. Batch files must have a filename extension of .bat. Data transmission speed. For example, modems are designed to transmit data at one or more specified baud rate(s) through the COM (serial) port of a computer.
communications between the microprocessor and RAM. Eight contiguous bits of information; the basic data unit used by your computer. $" Abbreviation for Bundesamt fur Zulassungen in deer Telecommunication. Abbreviation for Celsius. To facilitate quicker data retrieval, a storage area for keeping a copy of data or instructions. For example, your computer's BIOS may cache ROM code in faster RAM.
handles numeric processing. A graphics coprocessor handles video rendering. The Intel Pentium microprocessor includes an integrated math coprocessor. Abbreviation for characters per inch. # Abbreviation for central processing unit. See also microprocessor. In character-based MS-DOS programs, the cursor is usually a block or an underscore (possibly blinking) that represents the position at which the next character typed will appear.
' Acronym for Dell OpenManage Remote Assistant Card. ' ( Abbreviation for dynamic random-access memory. A computer's RAM is usually made up entirely of DRAM chips. Because DRAM chips cannot store an electrical charge indefinitely, your computer continually refreshes each DRAM chip in the computer. % A comprehensive set of diagnostic tests for your Dell computer. To use the diskette-based diagnostics, you must boot your computer from the Dell Diagnostics Diskette.
,, ' ( Acronym for electrically erasable programmable read-only memory. ,) Abbreviation for enhanced graphics adapter. , Acronym for Extended Industry-Standard Architecture, a 32-bit expansion-bus design. The expansion-card connectors in an EISA computer are also compatible with 8- or 16-bit ISA expansion cards. To avoid a configuration conflict when installing an EISA expansion card, you must use the EISA Configuration Utility.
can optionally use a FAT file system structure. & Abbreviation for Federal Communications Commission. A type of EEPROM chip that can be reprogrammed from a utility on diskette while still installed in a computer; most EEPROM chips can only be rewritten with special programming equipment. To prepare a hard-disk drive or diskette for storing files. An unconditional format deletes all data stored on the disk. The format command in MS-DOS 5.
+ & Abbreviation for the High Performance File System option in the Windows NT operating system. +! Abbreviation for hertz. -. Abbreviation for intelligent input/output. Abbreviation for integrated circuit. ( Abbreviation for inter-chassis management bus. / Abbreviation for input/output. The keyboard and a printer, for example, are I/O devices. In general, I/O activity can be differentiated from computational activity.
+! Abbreviation for kilohertz, 1000 hertz. 6# Acronym for logical unit number. 6 Acronym for local area network. A LAN system is usually confined to the same building or a few nearby buildings, with all equipment linked by wiring dedicated specifically to the LAN. Abbreviation for meter(s). Abbreviation for pound(s). 6 Abbreviation for liquid crystal display. A low-power display often used for notebook computers.
() Abbreviation for monochrome graphics adapter. (" & Abbreviation for mean time between failures. (+! Abbreviation for megahertz. 7 A monitor that supports several video standards. A multifrequency monitor can adjust to the frequency range of the signal from a variety of video adapters. Because it is the primary computational chip inside the computer, it is customary to refer to the microprocessor as "the computer's brain.
An I/O port used most often to connect a parallel printer to your computer. You can usually identify a parallel port on your computer by its 25-hole connector. A value or option that you specify to a program. A parameter is sometimes called a switch or an argument. You can divide a hard-disk drive into multiple physical sections called partitions with the fdisk command. Each partition can contain multiple logical drives.
A memory address space of 16 MB (80286 microprocessor) to 4 GB (Intel386 or higher microprocessor) Multitasking Virtual memory, a method for increasing addressable memory by using the hard-disk drive The Windows NT 32-bit operating system runs in protected mode. MS-DOS cannot run in protected mode; however, some programs that you can start from MS-DOS—such as Windows—are able to put the computer into protected mode. /Abbreviation for Personal System/2.
' ( Acronym for random-access memory. The computer's primary temporary storage area for program instructions and data. Each location in RAM is identified by a number called a memory address. Any information stored in RAM is lost when you turn off your computer. ' ( Acronym for random-access memory digital-to-analog converter. ' Acronym for Resource Configuration Add-in. ' # Acronym for Resource Configuration Utility.
can usually identify a serial port on your computer by its 9-pin connector. composite drive. See also block, block size, and RAID. ( Acronym for single instruction, multiple data. ' ( Abbreviation for static random-access memory. Because SRAM chips do not require continual refreshing, they are substantially faster than DRAM chips. SRAM is used mostly for external cache memory. < A computer's system and video BIOS code is usually stored on ROM chips.
System Setup program options allow you to configure your computer's hardware. Some options in the System Setup program require that you reboot the computer to effect a hardwareconfiguration change. Because the System Setup program is stored in NVRAM, any options that you set remain in effect until you change them again. When you start Windows, it consults the system.ini file to determine a variety of options for the Windows operating environment.
computer in the event of an electrical failure. the video driver, and the amount of memory installed for the video adapter. # Abbreviation for Universal Serial Bus. 8) On some systems with an integrated VGA video adapter, a VGA feature connector allows you to add an enhancement adapter, such as a video accelerator, to your computer. A VGA feature connector can also be called a VGA pass-through connector. # Abbreviation for Universal Service Ordering Code.
primarily influences the number of colors that a program can display (with the appropriate video drivers and monitor capability). * Video adapters normally support multiple text and graphics display modes. Character-based software (such as MS-DOS) displays in text modes that can be defined as x columns by y rows of characters. Graphics-based software (such as Windows) displays in graphics modes that can be defined as x horizontal by y vertical pixels by z colors.
programs that are installed on the harddisk drive. Revising the Control Panel settings or running the Windows Setup program may change options in the win.ini file. On other occasions, you may need to change or add options to the win.ini file manually with a text editor such as Notepad. < % Read-only files are said to be writeprotected. You can write-protect a 3.5-inch diskette by sliding its writeprotect tab to the open position; you can write-protect a 5.
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