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Back view of your computer – Dell Precision 330 User Manual

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About Your Computer

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Power indicator

contains an indicator that illuminates in two colors

and blinks or remains solid to indicate different states.

Diskette-drive access indicator — lights when the drive is reading data

from, or writing data to, a diskette. Wait until this indicator turns off

before you remove a diskette from the drive.

Hard-drive access indicator

— lights when a hard drive or CD drive is

reading data from, or writing data to, the drive.

Cover release button

— releases the computer cover; located on back

of the mini tower chassis and on the sides of the desktop chassis.

Back View of Your Computer

The following figure shows the connectors and indicators on the back of
your computer for attaching external devices.

Po w e r B u t t o n F u n c t i o n s

Computer Status

Power Button Function

Off

Press and release to turn the computer on.

On

Press and hold for more than 6 seconds to immediately turn

the computer off.

NOTE:

Use this method only if the computer will not shut

down normally.

On (Windows NT)

Press and release to attempt an orderly shutdown.

NOTE:

This works only if the

Dell System Utilities

are

loaded on the computer. Without the utilities, the computer
immediately turns off rather than performs an orderly shut
down.

On (Windows 2000) Press and release to put the computer in the sleep state.

NOTE:

This works depending on how Windows 2000 is

configured. For more information, see "

Power

Management

."

Sleep state

(Windows 2000)

Press and release to bring the computer out of the sleep

state. For more information, see "

Power Management

."