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Dell OptiPlex GX240 User Manual

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NOTE:

After you open and close the cover, the chassis intrusion detector

causes the following message to appear on the screen at the next computer
start-up:

ALERT! Cover was previously removed.

14

Reset the chassis intrusion detector

by changing Chassis Intrusion to

Enabled or Enabled-Silent.

NOTE:

If a setup password has been assigned by someone else, contact

your network administrator for information on resetting the chassis
intrusion detector.

15

If you installed a sound card, perform the following steps:

a

Enter system setup

, select Integrated Devices, and change the

setting for Sound to Off.

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Connect external audio devices to the sound card’s connectors. Do not
connect external audio devices to the microphone,
speaker/headphone, or line-in connectors on the I/O panel (see “

I/O

Panel—Small Form-Factor, Desktop, and Mini-Tower Computers

”).

NOTE:

Problems may

arise if two expansion
cards are trying to use the
same resources: memory,
I/O addresses, and IRQs.
To avoid this type of
conflict, see “

Interrupt

Assignment Conflicts

and the documentation
that came with the card
for more information.

17

If you installed an add-in network adapter, perform the following steps:

a

Enter system setup

, select Integrated Devices and change the

setting for Network Interface Card to Off.

b

Connect the network cable to the add-in network adapter’s
connectors. Do not connect the network cable to the integrated
connector on the I/O panel (see “

I/O Panel—Small Form-Factor,

Desktop, and Mini-Tower Computers

”).

Removing an Expansion Card

CAUTION:

Before you perform this procedure, see “

CAUTION:

Safety Instructions

.”

NOTICE:

Before disconnecting a device from the computer, wait 10 to 20

seconds after disconnecting the computer from its electrical outlet. Before
removing a component from the system board, verify that the standby power
light on the system board has turned off. To locate this light, see “

System

Board Components

.”

1

Turn off the computer and devices, disconnect them from their
electrical outlets, and wait 10 to 20 seconds.

2

Open the computer cover

.

3

In the small desktop computer,

remove the expansion-card cage

.