Controls and lights, Front view, Back view – Dell Dimension 8250 User Manual
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Controls and Lights
Dell™ Dimension™ 8250 Series
Front View
Back View
1
CD or DVD headphone
connector
Use the headphone connector to attach headphones to the CD or DVD drive. Your headphones won't work if the drive is
operating in digital mode. To disable digital mode:
1.
Click the Start button, click Control Panel, and then click Sounds, Speech, and Audio Devices.
2.
Click Sounds and Audio Devices.
3.
Click the Hardware tab.
4.
Double-click the name of your CD or DVD drive.
5.
Click the Properties tab.
6.
Uncheck the Enable digital CD audio for this CD-ROM device box.
2
CD or DVD volume control
dial
Move the dial to adjust the volume of your audio CD or DVD disc.
3
CD or DVD drive activity
light
The drive activity light is on when the computer reads data from the CD or DVD drive.
4
CD or DVD eject button
Press this button to eject your CD from the CD or DVD drive.
5
floppy-drive eject button* Press this button to eject a disk from the floppy drive.
(On computers with an optional floppy drive.)
6
floppy-drive light button* The floppy-drive light is on when the computer reads data from or writes data to the floppy drive. Wait until this light turns
off before you remove the floppy disk from the drive.
(On computers with an optional floppy drive.)
7
hard drive light
The hard-drive light is on when the computer reads data from or writes data to the hard drive. The light might also be on
when devices such as your CD player are operating.
8
power button
Press this button to turn on the computer.
NOTICE:
To avoid losing data, do not use the power button to turn off the computer. Instead, perform a Windows
shutdown.
9
service tag
The tag is used to identify your computer when you access the Dell Support website or call technical support.
10 headphone connector
Attach headphones.
11 USB 2.0 connectors (2)
Connect a USB device such as a mouse, keyboard, printer, joystick, or speaker system into any of the USB connectors.
12 front-panel door
Open the door to use the front-panel connectors.