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Help Overview: Dell OptiPlex GX1 Small-Form-Factor System User's Guide

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Help Overview: Dell™ OptiPlex™ GX1 Small-Form-Factor System
User's Guide

Technical Assistance

Product Information

Help Tools

Returning Items for Warranty Repair or Credit

Problems With Your Order

Before You Call

Technical Assistance

If you need assistance with a technical problem, perform the following steps:

1. Run the Dell Diagnostics.

2. Make a copy of the

Diagnostics Checklist

and fill it out.

3. Use Dell's extensive suite of online services available at Dell's World Wide Web site

(http://www.dell.com) for help with installation and troubleshooting procedures.

4. If the preceding steps have not resolved the problem, call Dell for technical assistance.

When prompted by Dell's automated telephone system, enter your Express Service Code to route
the call directly to the proper support personnel. If you do not have an Express Service Code,
open the Dell Accessories folder, double-click the Express Service Code icon, and follow the
directions.

NOTE: Dell's Express Service Code system may not be available in all countries.

For instructions on using the technical support service, see "

Technical Support Service

" and "

Before You

Call

."

Help Tools

Dell provides a number of tools to assist you. These tools are described in the following sections.

NOTE: Some of the following tools are not always available in all locations outside the continental
U.S. Please call your local Dell representative for information on availability.

World Wide Web

The Internet is your most powerful tool for obtaining information about your computer and other Dell
products. Through the Internet, you can access most of the services described in this section, including