Contents 3ContentsFinding Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5Setting Up Your Computer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10Changing Between Tower and DesktopOrientations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10Installing Your Computer in an Enclosure . . . . . 11Transferring Information to a New Computer . . . . 13Power Protection Devices . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16About Your Computer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18Front View (Tower Orientation) . . . . . . . . . . 18Back View (Tower Orientation) . . . . . . . . . . 20Back Panel Connectors (Tower Orientation) . . . . . 21Front View (Desktop Orientation) . . . . . . . . . 23Back View (Desktop Orientation) . . . . . . . . . 25Cleaning Your Computer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26Computer, Keyboard, and Monitor . . . . . . . . . 26Mouse (Non-Optical) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26Floppy Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27CDs and DVDs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27Troubleshooting Tools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27Power Lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27Diagnostic Lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29Beep Codes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33System Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34Hardware Troubleshooter . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35Dell Diagnostics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36Troubleshooting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
