Dell XPS 420 Personal Computer User Manual


 
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Contents
Finding Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
1 Setting Up and Using Your Computer . . . 15
Front and Back View of the Computer . . . . . . . . . 15
Front View
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Front I/O Connectors
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Back View
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Back I/O Connectors
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Installing Your Computer in an Enclosure
. . . . . . . 22
Connecting Monitors
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Connecting a Monitor (Without an Adapter)
. . . . 25
Connecting a Monitor (With an Adapter)
. . . . . 26
Connecting Two or More Monitors
. . . . . . . . 28
Connecting a TV
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Changing the Display Settings
. . . . . . . . . . . 30
About Your RAID Configuration
. . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
RAID Level 0 Configuration
. . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
RAID Level 1 Configuration
. . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Configuring Your Computer for RAID
. . . . . . . . 32
Using the Intel
®
RAID Option ROM Utility . . . . . 33
Using the Intel
®
Application Accelerator . . . . . 36
Dell DataSafe (Optional)
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
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