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Dell Dimension DMC - Advanced Troubleshooting; Diagnostic Lights; Dell Diagnostics; Restoring Your Operating System

Dell Dimension DMC
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3 Advanced Troubleshooting
Diagnostic Lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Dell Diagnostics
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Starting the Dell Diagnostics
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Dell Diagnostics Main Menu
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Drivers
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
What Is a Driver?
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Identifying Drivers
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Reinstalling Drivers
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Restoring Your Operating System
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Using Microsoft
Windows XP System Restore . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Using Dell PC Restore by Symantec
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Resolving Software and Hardware Incompatibilities
. . . . . . . . . . . . 49
4 Adding Parts
Front and Back View of the Computer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Front View
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Back View
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Removing the Computer Cover
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Looking Inside Your Computer
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
System Board
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Adding Cards
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Adding or Replacing the AGP Card
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Removing an AGP Card
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
Installing an AGP Card
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
Adding or Replacing a Second Hard Drive
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Adding a Floppy Drive
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
Adding a Second CD or DVD Drive
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70

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