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Dell Dimension 5100
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Contents 5
3 Troubleshooting Tools
Diagnostic Lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Dell Diagnostics
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Dell Diagnostics Main Menu
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Drivers
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
What Is a Driver?
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Identifying Drivers
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Reinstalling Drivers
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Resolving Software and Hardware Incompatibilities
. . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Restoring Your Operating System
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Using Microsoft
®
Windows
®
XP System Restore . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Using Dell™ PC Restore by Symantec
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
4 Removing and Installing Parts
Before You Begin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Recommended Tools
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Turning Off Your Computer
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Before Working Inside Your Computer
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Front View of the Computer
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Back View of the Computer
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Removing the Computer Cover
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Inside View of Your Computer
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
System Board Components
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
Memory
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
DDR2 Memory Overview
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Addressing Memory With 4-GB Configurations
. . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Installing Memory
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Removing Memory
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
Cards
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
PCI Cards
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
PCI Express Cards
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72

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