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Contents
Finding Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Setting Up Your Computer
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Changing Between Tower and Desktop
Orientations
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Installing Your Computer in an Enclosure
. . . . . 11
Transferring Information to a New Computer
. . . . 13
Power Protection Devices
. . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
About Your Computer
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Front View (Tower Orientation)
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Back View (Tower Orientation)
. . . . . . . . . . 20
Back Panel Connectors (Tower Orientation)
. . . . . 21
Front View (Desktop Orientation)
. . . . . . . . . 23
Back View (Desktop Orientation)
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Cleaning Your Computer
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Computer, Keyboard, and Monitor
. . . . . . . . . 26
Mouse (Non-Optical)
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Floppy Drive
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CDs and DVDs
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Troubleshooting Tools
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Power Lights
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Diagnostic Lights
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Beep Codes
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
System Messages
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Hardware Troubleshooter
. . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Dell Diagnostics
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Troubleshooting
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55