Dell Dimension 4500 - Manual (Page 5)

Contents 5
3 Advanced Troubleshooting
Diagnostic Lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Using System Restore . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Creating a Restore Point . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Restoring the Computer to an Earlier Operating State . . . . . . 51
Undoing the Last System Restore . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Reinstalling Drivers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Using Windows
®
XP Device Driver Rollback . . . . . . . . . . 53
Using the Dell Dimension ResourceCD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Resolving Software and Hardware Incompatibilities . . . . . . . 54
Reinstalling Windows
®
XP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
4 Adding Parts
Front and Back View of the Computer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Front View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Back View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
Reattaching the Front Door and Hinge Arms . . . . . . . . . . . 62
Reattaching the Front Door . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
Reattaching the Hinge Arms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Opening the Computer Cover . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
Looking Inside Your Computer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
System Board . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
Installing and Removing Cards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
Installing a Card . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
Removing a Card . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
Adding Memory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
Removing a Memory Module . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
Adding a Memory Module . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77