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Dell Dimension C521 User Manual

Dell Dimension C521
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Contents 5
3 Advanced Troubleshooting. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Power Light and Diagnostic Lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Power Light
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Diagnostic Lights
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Dell Diagnostics
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Dell Diagnostics Main Menu
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Drivers
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
What Is a Driver?
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Identifying Drivers
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Reinstalling Drivers
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Resolving Software and Hardware Incompatibilities
. . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Restoring Your Operating System
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Using Microsoft
®
Windows
®
XP System Restore . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Using Dell™ PC Restore by Symantec
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
Removing Dell PC Restore
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
4 Removing and Installing Parts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Before You Begin. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Recommended Tools
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Turning Off Your Computer
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Before Working Inside Your Computer
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Removing the Computer Cover
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Inside View of Your Computer
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
System Board Components
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Memory
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
DDR2 Memory Overview
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Installing Memory
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Removing Memory
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
Cards
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
Drives
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
General Installation Guidelines
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
Drive Interface Connectors
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76

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Dell Dimension C521 Specifications

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BrandDell
ModelDimension C521
CategoryDesktop
LanguageEnglish

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