Dell OptiPlex N Troubleshooting Manual

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viiitells how to install internal options, and also pro-vides technical specifications for your computersystem. On some systems, some of this informationis provided in online form in the Dell Accessoriesgroup.• The Getting Started sheet (which accompanies onlycertain systems) provides step-by-step instructionsfor setting up your computer system.• The Frequently Asked Questions cards (whichaccompany only certain systems) provide detailedanswers to questions that are often asked by Dellcomputer users. Be sure to read these cards beforecalling Dell for technical assistance.• Operating system documentation is included withyour system if you ordered your operating systemsoftware from Dell. This documentation describeshow to install (if necessary), configure, and use youroperating system software.• Documentation is included with any options youpurchase separately from your system. This docu-mentation includes information that you need toconfigure and install these options in your Dell com-puter. Installation instructions for the options areincluded in your system documentation.• The SCSI Device Driver Installation and Configura-tion Guide contains information required wheninstalling SCSI devices on your system.• The Dell SCSI Array User’s Guide provides instruc-tions that you need to run the DSA Manager programwhen troubleshooting SCSI disk drives.• Technical information files—sometimes called“readme” files—may be installed on your hard-diskdrive to provide last-minute updates about technicalchanges to your system or advanced technical refer-ence material intended for experienced users ortechnicians.NOTE: Documentation updates are sometimes includedwith your system to describe changes to your system orsoftware. Always read these updates before consultingany other documentation because the updates often con-tain information that supersedes the information in theother documents.Notational ConventionsThe following subsections list notational conventionsused in this document.Warnings, Cautions, and NotesThroughout this guide, there may be blocks of textprinted in bold type within boxes or in italic type. Theseblocks are warnings, cautions, and notes, and they areused as follows:NOTE: A NOTE indicates important information thathelps you make better use of your computer system.Typographical ConventionsThe following list defines (where appropriate) specificelements of text and illustrates the typographical conven-tions used throughout this document as visual cues forthose elements:• Keycaps, the labeling that appears on the keys on akeyboard, are enclosed in angle brackets.Example: • Key combinations are series of keys to be pressedsimultaneously (unless otherwise indicated) to per-form a single function.Example: • Commands presented in lowercase bold are for refer-ence purposes only and are not intended to be typedwhen referenced.Example: “Use the format command to . . . .”WARNING: A WARNING indicates the potentialfor bodily harm and tells you how to avoid theproblem.CAUTION: A CAUTION indicates either potentialdamage to hardware or loss of data and tells youhow to avoid the problem.