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Dell OptiPlex G1 Service Manual

safety instructions

typographical conventions

Checking the Basics

Checking Connections and Switches

Look and Listen

The System Setup Program

Messages and Codes

Table 2-2. System Beep Codes

Warning Messages

Finding Software Solutions

Using Software

Program Conflicts

Running the Dell Diagnostics

How to Use the Dell Diagnostics

Confirming the System Configuration Information

Main Menu Categories

Run Under Subtest

Pause for User Response

Output Device for Error Messages

Tests in the Dell Diagnostics

Error Messages

Why Run a System Set Test?

Video Test Group

Keyboard Test Group

Subtests

Why Run a Hard-Disk Drives Test?

Why Run an IDE CD ROM Drives Test?

Parallel Ports Test Group

SCSI Devices Test Group

Network Interface Test Group

Why Run an Audio Test?

Checking Your Equipment

Troubleshooting the Keyboard

Troubleshooting the Basic I/O Functions

Troubleshooting a Parallel Printer

Checking Inside Your Computer

Troubleshooting a Wet Computer

Troubleshooting the Battery

Troubleshooting Expansion Cards

Troubleshooting System Memory

Troubleshooting the Video Subsystem

Troubleshooting the System Board

Troubleshooting the Diskette/Tape Drive Subsystem

Troubleshooting a Non-SCSI Internal Tape Drive

Troubleshooting a SCSI Tape Drive

Troubleshooting Hard-Disk Drives

in a System Without a SCSI Backplane Board

in a System With a SCSI Backplane Board

Getting Help

Help Tools

Dell Q&A

TechFax Service

Problems With Your Order

Dell Contact Numbers

Table 7-2. International Dialing Codes

Table 7-3. Dell Contact Numbers

Diagnostic Video Tests

Character Attributes Subtest (80 x 25)

Character Set Subtest (80 x 25)

Video Scan Alignment Subtest

Figure A-4. Video Scan Alignment Subtest (Screen 2)

Character Attributes Subtest (40 x 25)

Character Set Subtest (40 x 25)

Text Mode Color Test

Color Attributes Subtest (40 x 25)

Graphics Mode Test

Figure A-8. 640 x 200 Black/White Graphics Mode Screen

x 480 Monochrome Graphics Mode Screen

x 200 16-Color Graphics Mode Screen

Figure A-10. 640 x 480 2-Color Graphics Mode Screen

x 480 16-Color Graphics Mode Screen

Solid Colors Test

abbreviations and acronyms

OptiPlex G1

System Features

Video Controller

Hardware Features

Software Features

Wakeup On LAN

Passwords

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System Setup Screen

Using the System Setup Program

System Time

EIDE Devices

Hard-Disk Drive Sequence

Diskette Drive A:

CPU Speed

Parallel Port

Diskette Interface

Entering the System Setup Program

Keyboard NumLock

Energy Star Compliance

Asset Tag

System Setup Categories

Installing an Expansion Card

Network Cable Requirements

General

Installing a DIMM

Tabbed Guide-Bracket Assembly

Removing the Computer Cover

Jumpers

Rotating the Power Supply Away From the System Board

Removing and Replacing Front-Panel Inserts

Class A Device

Quick Start

Responding to Error Messages

System Data Categories

Windows NT 3.5x NIC