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Dell™ OptiPlex™
Setup and Quick
Reference Guide
Model MTC2
www.dell.com | support.dell.com
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K1197bk0.book Page 1 Thursday, May 15, 2003 8:16 AM Dell™ OptiPlex™ Setup and Quick Reference Guide Model MTC2 www.dell.com | support.dell.com
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K1197bk0.book Page 2 Thursday, May 15, 2003 8:16 AM 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. ® If you purchased a Dell™ n Series computer, any references in this document to Microsoft ® Windows operat
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K1197bk0.book Page 3 Thursday, May 15, 2003 8:16 AM Contents About This Guide . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 Finding Information for Your Computer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 CAUTION: Safety Instructions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 When Using Your Computer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 Getting Started/Setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 Completed Setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 Solving Problem
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K1197bk0.book Page 4 Thursday, May 15, 2003 8:16 AM 4 Contents
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K1197bk0.book Page 5 Thursday, May 15, 2003 8:16 AM About This Guide This document contains getting started/setup, solving problems, safety, regulatory, and warranty information about your Dell™ OptiPlex™ computer. To obtain the latest versions of the documents on your hard drive, see the Dell Support website at support.dell.com. Finding Information for Your Computer What Are You Looking For? Find it Here A diagnostic program for my computer Drivers and Utilities CD (also known as the Re
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K1197bk0.book Page 6 Thursday, May 15, 2003 8:16 AM What Are You Looking For? Find it Here How to reinstall my operating system Operating System CD The operating system is already installed on your computer. To reinstall your operating system, use the Operating System CD. See your User’s Guide for operating system reinstallation instructions. After you reinstall your operating system, use the Drivers and Utilities CD to reinstall drivers for the devices that came with your computer. Your
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K1197bk0.book Page 7 Thursday, May 15, 2003 8:16 AM What Are You Looking For? Find it Here Service call status and support history Dell Premier Support Website — premiersupport.dell.com Top technical issues for my computer Frequently asked questions The Dell Premier Support website is customized for corporate, government, and education customers. This website may not be File downloads available in all regions. Details on my computer configuration Service contract for my compute
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K1197bk0.book Page 8 Thursday, May 15, 2003 8:16 AM CAUTION: Safety Instructions Use the following safety guidelines to help ensure your own personal safety and to help protect your computer and working environment from potential damage. General Do not attempt to service the computer yourself unless you are a trained service technician. Always follow installation instructions closely. To help prevent electric shock, plug the computer and device power cables into properly grounded elect
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K1197bk0.book Page 9 Thursday, May 15, 2003 8:16 AM CAUTION: Safety Instructions (continued) To avoid shorting out your computer when disconnecting a network cable, first unplug the cable from the network adapter on the back of your computer, and then from the network jack. When reconnecting a network cable to your computer, first plug the cable into the network jack, and then into the network adapter. To help protect your computer from sudden, transient increases and decreases in ele
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K1197bk0.book Page 10 Thursday, May 15, 2003 8:16 AM When Using Your Computer As you use your computer, observe the following safe-handling guidelines. CAUTION: Do not operate your computer with any cover(s) (including computer covers, bezels, filler brackets, front-panel inserts, and so on) removed. Your computer is equipped with one of the following: – A fixed-voltage power supply — Computers with a fixed-voltage power supply do not have a voltage selection switch on the back panel and
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K1197bk0.book Page 11 Thursday, May 15, 2003 8:16 AM When Using Your Computer (continued) When Working Inside Your Computer Before you open the computer cover, perform the following steps in the sequence indicated. CAUTION: Do not attempt to service the computer yourself, except as explained in your online Dell™ documentation or in instructions otherwise provided to you by Dell. Always follow installation and service instructions closely. NOTICE: To help avoid possible damage to the syste
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K1197bk0.book Page 12 Thursday, May 15, 2003 8:16 AM When Using Your Computer (continued) Protecting Against Electrostatic Discharge Static electricity can harm delicate components inside your computer. To prevent static damage, discharge static electricity from your body before you touch any of your computer’s electronic components, such as the microprocessor. You can do so by touching an unpainted metal surface on the computer chassis. As you continue to work inside the computer, periodi
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K1197bk0.book Page 13 Thursday, May 15, 2003 8:16 AM Getting Started/Setup CAUTION: Before performing any of the procedures in this section, follow the safety instructions in "CAUTION: Safety Instructions" on page 8. NOTICE: If your computer has an expansion card installed (such as a network card), connect the appropriate cable to the card, not to the connector on the computer back panel. You must complete all steps to properly set up your computer. See the appropriate illustrations that
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K1197bk0.book Page 14 Thursday, May 15, 2003 8:16 AM NOTE: Before you install any devices or software that did not ship with your computer, read the documentation that came with the software or device, or contact the vendor to verify that the software or device is compatible with your computer and operating system. NOTE: Your system may very slightly from the following setup illustrations. Setup — Without Expansion Cards monitor keyboard mouse speakers headphones network USB 14 Setup and
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K1197bk0.book Page 15 Thursday, May 15, 2003 8:16 AM Setup — With Expansion Cards speakers network Setup and Quick Reference Guide 15
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K1197bk0.book Page 16 Thursday, May 15, 2003 8:16 AM Completed Setup power Microsoft Windows Product Key 16 Setup and Quick Reference Guide www.dell.com | support.dell.com
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K1197bk0.book Page 17 Thursday, May 15, 2003 8:16 AM Solving Problems Dell provides a number of tools to help you if your system does not perform as expected. For the latest troubleshooting information available for your system, see the Dell Support website at support.dell.com. You can also find descriptions of Dell troubleshooting tools in the section titled "Getting Help" in your online User’s Guide. If computer problems occur that require help from Dell, write a detailed description of
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K1197bk0.book Page 18 Thursday, May 15, 2003 8:16 AM Using the Drivers and Utilities CD To use the Drivers and Utilities CD (also known as the ResourceCD) while you are running the Windows operating system: NOTE: To access device drivers and user documentation, you must use the Drivers and Utilities CD while you are running Windows. 1 Turn on the computer and allow it to boot to the Windows desktop. 2 Insert the Drivers and Utilities CD into the CD drive. If you are using the Drivers and U
