Dell Dimension 8300 Series User Manual

6 Contents
4 Adding Parts
Front and Back View of the Computer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
Front View
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
Back View
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
Reattaching the Front Door and Hinge Arms
. . . . . . . . . . . 75
Reattaching the Hinge Arms
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
Reattaching the Front Door
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
Opening the Computer Cover
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
Looking Inside Your Computer
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
System Board
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
Installing and Removing Cards
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
Installing a Card
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
Removing a Card
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
Adding Memory
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
DDR Memory Overview
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
Memory Installation Guidelines
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88
Addressing Memory with 4-GB Configurations
. . . . . . . . . 88
Installing Memory
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88
Adding or Replacing the AGP Card
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91
Removing an AGP Card
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91
Installing an AGP Card
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92
Adding a Second Hard Drive
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93
Adding a Floppy Drive
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96
Removing the Front-Panel Insert
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
Installing a Floppy Drive
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
Closing the Computer Cover
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100

Dell Dimension 8300 Series Specifications

General

Brand	Dell
Model	Dimension 8300 Series
Category	Desktop
Language	English