Dell Dimension 8400 - Manual (Page 20)

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Setting Up and Using Your Computer
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Connecting One Monitor With a VGA connector and One Monitor With a DVI Connector
1 Follow the procedures in "Before You Begin" on page 59.
2 Connect the VGA connector on the monitor to the VGA (blue) connector on the back of the
computer.
3 Connect the DVI connector on the other monitor to the DVI (white) connector on the back
of the computer.
Connecting a TV
NOTE:
To connect a TV to your computer, you must purchase an S-video cable, which is available at
most consumer electronics stores. An S-video cable is not included with your computer.
1 Follow the procedures in "Before You Begin" on page 59.
2 Connect one end of the S-video cable to the TV-OUT connector on the back of the computer.
3 Connect the other end of the S-video cable to the S-video input connector on your TV.
4 Connect the VGA or DVI monitor.
Changing the Display Settings
1 After you connect the monitor(s) or TV, turn on the computer.
The Microsoft
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desktop displays on the primary monitor.
2 Enable clone mode or extended desktop mode in the display settings.
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In clone mode, both monitors display the same image.
• In extended desktop mode, you can drag objects from one screen to the other, effectively
doubling the amount of viewable work space.
For information on changing the display settings for your graphics card, see the user’s guide in
the Help and Support Center (click the Start button, click Help and Support, click User and
system guides, click Device guides, and then click the guide for your graphics card).
About Your RAID Configuration
This section provides an overview of the RAID configuration that you might have selected when
you purchased your computer. Although several RAID configurations are available, Dell offers
either RAID level 0 or RAID level 1 for its Dimension computers. A RAID level 0 configuration is
recommended for high-performance gaming, and a RAID level 1 configuration is recommended for
the data integrity requirements of digital photography and audio.
The Intel RAID controller on your computer can only create a RAID volume using two physical
drives. If a third drive is present, then that drive cannot be made part of a RAID volume using the
Intel RAID configuration program, although it can be used as a spare drive in a RAID 1
configuration (see "Creating a Spare Hard Drive" on page 27). However, if four drives are present in