Dell 8400- User Manual

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Table of Contents:

  • Page 2 – Advanced Troubleshooting; Power Lights
  • Page 3 – Beep Codes
  • Page 4 – System Messages
  • Page 6 – Before You Begin; Getting Started; Recommended Tools; Before Working Inside Your Computer
  • Page 8 – Opening the Computer Cover
  • Page 9 – Closing the Computer Cover
  • Page 10 – Removing and Installing Parts; Memory; DDR2 Memory Overview
  • Page 11 – Addressing Memory With 4-GB Configurations; Installing Memory
  • Page 12 – Removing Memory; Cards; PCI Cards
  • Page 13 – Installing a PCI Card
  • Page 15 – Removing a PCI Card; PCI Express Cards; Installing a PCI Express Card
  • Page 18 – Removing a PCI Express Card; Drives; General Installation Guidelines
  • Page 19 – Drive Interface Connectors; Power Cable Connector; Removing a Hard Drive
  • Page 20 – Installing a Hard Drive
  • Page 21 – Adding a Second Hard Drive
  • Page 22 – Front-Panel Inserts
  • Page 23 – Floppy Drive; Removing a Floppy Drive
  • Page 24 – Installing a Floppy Drive
  • Page 25 – Removing a CD/DVD Drive
  • Page 26 – Installing a CD/DVD Drive
  • Page 27 – Airflow Shroud; Removing the Airflow Shroud; Processor
  • Page 29 – Installing the Processor
  • Page 30 – System Board; Removing the System Board
  • Page 31 – Replacing the System Board
  • Page 32 – Power Supply; Removing the Power Supply; Replacing the Power Supply
  • Page 33 – Battery; Replacing the Battery
  • Page 34 – Specifications
  • Page 37 – System Setup; Overview
  • Page 39 – Option Settings; Changing Boot Sequence for Future Boots
  • Page 42 – Technical Overview; Inside Your Computer; System Board Components
  • Page 43 – Power Supply DC Connector Pin Assignments; DC Power Connector P1
  • Page 46 – DC Power Connector P10
  • Page 47 – Abbreviations and Acronyms
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Dell™ Dimension™ 8400 Service Manual

Before You Begin

Opening the Computer Cover

Technical Overview

Specifications

Advanced Troubleshooting

System Setup

Removing and Installing Parts

Closing the Computer Cover

Notes, Notices, and Cautions

Abbreviations and Acronyms

For a complete list of abbreviations and acronyms, see the

Dell Dimension Owner's Manual

.

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Summary

Page 2 - Advanced Troubleshooting; Power Lights

Back to Contents Page   Advanced Troubleshooting Dell™ Dimension™ 8400 Service Manual    Power Lights    Diagnostic Lights    Beep Codes    System Messages   Power Lights   The power button light located on the front of the computer illuminates and blinks or remains solid to indicate different state...

Page 3 - Beep Codes

  Beep Codes Your computer might emit a series of beeps during start-up if the monitor cannot display errors or problems. This series of beeps, called a beep code, identifies a problem. One possible beep code (code 1-3-1) consists of one beep, a burst of three beeps, and then one beep. This beep cod...

Page 4 - System Messages

  System Messages   Code   Cause 1-1-2 Microprocessor register failure 1-1-3 NVRAM 1-1-4 ROM BIOS checksum failure 1-2-1 Programmable interval timer 1-2-2 DMA initialization failure 1-2-3 DMA page register read/write failure 3-1-1 Slave DMA register failure 3-1-2 Master DMA register failure 3-1-3 Ma...

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