User manual DELL DIMENSION 2350

[. . . ] DellTM DimensionTM 2350 Series service tag CD or DVD headphone connector CD or DVD volume control dial floppy drive light* power light power button CD or DVD drive activity light CD or DVD eject button second bay for optional drive floppy drive eject button* hard-drive activity light USB 2. 0 connectors (2) headphone connector *On computers with an optional floppy drive. power connector voltage selection switch keyboard connector serial connector video connector line-out connector microphone connector USB 2. 0 connectors (4) PCI card slots (3) diagnostic lights (4) parallel connector line-in connector cover latch* network adapter connector cover thumbscrew* mouse connector *Your computer may not have a cover thumbscrew or a cover latch. w w w. c o m Notes, Notices, and Cautions NOTE: A NOTE indicates important information that helps you make better use of your computer. NOTICE: A NOTICE indicates either potential damage to hardware or loss of data and tells you how to avoid the problem. CAUTION: A CAUTION indicates a potential for property damage, personal injury, or death. Abbreviations and Acronyms For a complete list of abbreviations and acronyms, see the Tell Me How help file. [. . . ] You may need to install drivers if you: · · · Upgrade your operating system Reinstall your operating system Connect or install a new device If you experience a problem with any device, perform the steps in the following sections to identify whether the driver is the source of your problem and if necessary, to update the driver. Identifying Drivers 1 2 3 4 5 6 Click the Start button and click Control Panel. In the Control Panel window, under Pick a Category, click Performance and Maintenance. In the Performance and Maintenance window, click System. In the System Properties window, click the Hardware tab. In the Device Manager window, scroll down the list to see if any device has an exclamation point (a yellow circle with a [!]) on the device icon. If an exclamation point is next to the device name, you may need to reinstall the driver or install a new driver. Advanced Troubleshooting 59 w w w. c o m Reinstalling Drivers NOTICE: The Dell Support website and your Dell Dimension ResourceCD provide approved drivers for DellTM computers. If you install drivers obtained from other sources, your computer might not work correctly. Using Windows XP Device Driver Rollback If a problem occurs on your computer after you install or update a driver, use Windows XP Device Driver Rollback to replace the driver with the previously installed version. To use Device Driver Rollback: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Click the Start button and click Control Panel. In the Control Panel window, under Pick a Category, click Performance and Maintenance. In the Performance and Maintenance window, click System. In the System Properties window, click the Hardware tab. In the Device Manager window, right-click the device for which the new driver was installed and click Properties. Click Roll Back Driver. If Device Driver Rollback does not resolve the problem, then use System Restore (see page 61) to return your computer to the operating state that existed before you installed the new driver. Using the Dell Dimension ResourceCD If using Device Driver Rollback or System Restore (see page 61) does not resolve the problem, then reinstall the driver from the Dell Dimension ResourceCD: 1 With the Windows desktop displayed, insert the ResourceCD into the CD or DVD drive. If this is your first time to use the ResourceCD, go to step 2. When the ResourceCD installation program starts, follow the prompts on the screen. When the InstallShield Wizard Complete window appears, remove the ResourceCD and click Finish to restart the computer. When you see the Windows desktop, reinsert the ResourceCD into the CD or DVD drive. 2 3 4 60 Advanced Troubleshooting 5 At the Welcome Dell System Owner screen, click Next. NOTE: The ResourceCD displays drivers only for hardware that came on your computer. If you installed additional hardware, the drivers for the new hardware might not be displayed by the ResourceCD. If those drivers are not displayed, exit the ResourceCD program. For drivers information, see the documentation that came with the device. A message stating that the ResourceCD is detecting hardware in your computer appears. The drivers that are used by your computer are automatically displayed in the My Drivers--The ResourceCD has identified these components in your system window. 6 Click the driver that you want to reinstall and follow the instructions on the screen. [. . . ] That's why we have hundreds of people dedicated to continuously improve our design, manufacturing, and testing technology. We put every one of our Pentium® and Celeron® processors through a rigorous battery of tests during the design and manufacturing processes. To verify that the new chip will correctly run the software written for Intel Architecture processors, a team of Intel engineers is dedicated to compatibility testing. In a state-of-art lab, this group runs an extensive set of operating systems, applications, network tests and stress tests repeatedly to ensure that the processor is compatible with representative software. [. . . ]