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Dell™ Vostro™ 230 Service Manual—Mini Tower Working on Your Computer Removing and Replacing Parts Specifications Diagnostics System Setup System Board Diagram Notes, Cautions, and Warnings NOTE...
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Back to Contents Page System Setup Dell™ Vostro™ 230 Service Manual—Mini Tower Boot Menu Navigation Keystrokes Entering System Setup System Setup Menu Options Boot Menu Press <F12> when ...
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Main System Time System Time allows you to set the desired time (usually the current time) in the <hour><minute><second> format. System Date System Date allows you to set the desired...
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DVMT Mode (default) UMA Mode DVMT/FIXED Memory — Allows you to set the size of the DVMT/FIXED Memory. Available Settings are: 128 MB 256 MB (default) Maximum DVMT Integrated ATA/IDE Configuration — Pe...
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Devices Enabled (default) Disabled Resume on LAN Allows the system to resume from an onboard LAN, PCIE-X1 LAN card, or a PCI LAN card. Available settings are: Enabled Disabled (default) Resume on RTC ...
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Back to Contents Page Diagnostics Dell™ Vostro™ 230 Service Manual—Mini Tower Dell Diagnostics Power Button Light Codes Beep Codes Dell Diagnostics When to Use the Dell Diagnostics It is recomm...
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2. If a problem is encountered during a test, a message appears with an error code and a description of the problem. Write down the error code and problem description and follow the instructions on th...
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Back to Contents Page Multimedia Card Reader Dell™ Vostro™ 230 Service Manual—Mini Tower WARNING: Before working inside your computer, read the safety information that shipped with your computer. For ...
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Back to Contents Page Fan Dell™ Vostro™ 230 Service Manual—Mini Tower WARNING: Before working inside your computer, read the safety information that shipped with your computer. For additional safety b...
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Back to Contents Page Coin-cell Battery Dell™ Vostro™ 230 Service Manual—Mini Tower WARNING: Before working inside your computer, read the safety information that shipped with your computer. For addit...
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Back to Contents Page Cover Dell™ Vostro™ 230 Service Manual—Mini Tower WARNING: Before working inside your computer, read the safety information that shipped with your computer. For additional safety...
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Back to Contents Page Expansion Card(s) Dell™ Vostro™ 230 Service Manual—Mini Tower WARNING: Before working inside your computer, read the safety information that shipped with your computer. For addit...
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Back to Contents Page Audio Port Assembly Dell™ Vostro™ 230 Service Manual—Mini Tower WARNING: Before working inside your computer, read the safety information that shipped with your computer. For add...
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Back to Contents Page Front Bezel Dell™ Vostro™ 230 Service Manual—Mini Tower WARNING: Before working inside your computer, read the safety information that shipped with your computer. For additional ...
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Back to Contents Page Front USB Port Assembly Dell™ Vostro™ 230 Service Manual—Mini Tower WARNING: Before working inside your computer, read the safety information that shipped with your computer. For...
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Back to Contents Page Hard Drive Dell™ Vostro™ 230 Service Manual—Mini Tower WARNING: Before working inside your computer, read the safety information that shipped with your computer. For additional s...
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Back to Contents Page Power Button and Hard Drive Light Assembly Dell™ Vostro™ 230 Service Manual—Mini Tower WARNING: Before working inside your computer, read the safety information that shipped with...
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Back to Contents Page Heat Sink and Processor Dell™ Vostro™ 230 Service Manual—Mini Tower WARNING: Before working inside your computer, read the safety information that shipped with your computer. For...
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Back to Contents Page Memory Dell™ Vostro™ 230 Service Manual—Mini Tower WARNING: Before working inside your computer, read the safety information that shipped with your computer. For additional safet...
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Back to Contents Page Optical Drive Dell™ Vostro™ 230 Service Manual—Mini Tower WARNING: Before working inside your computer, read the safety information that shipped with your computer. For additiona...
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Back to Contents Page Power Supply Dell™ Vostro™ 230 Service Manual—Mini Tower WARNING: Before working inside your computer, read the safety information that shipped with your computer. For additional...
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Back to Contents Page System Board Dell™ Vostro™ 230 Service Manual—Mini Tower WARNING: Before working inside your computer, read the safety information that shipped with your computer. For additional...
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Back to Contents Page Removing and Replacing Parts Dell™ Vostro™ 230 Service Manual—Mini Tower Cover Front Bezel Fan Expansion Card Memory Optical Drive Hard Drive Power Button and H...
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Back to Contents Page Specifications Dell™ Vostro™ 230 Service Manual—Mini Tower Processor System Information Memory Video Audio Network Expansion Bus Cards Drives External Connectors Sy...
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two PCI Cards PCI two full height and ¾ length cards (for Mini Tower) two low profile cards (for Slim Tower) PCI Express x1 one full height and ¾ length card (for Mini Tower) one low profile card (for...
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Drive activity light Green light — A blinking green light indicates the computer is reading data from or writing data to the SATA hard drive or CD/DVD. Back of the computer: Network activity light Y...
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Back to Contents Page System Board Layout Dell™ Vostro™ 230 Service Manual—Mini Tower Power connector (PWR1) Processor heat sink/fan assembly power (CPUFAN1) Memory module connectors (2) Main power co...
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Working on Your Computer Dell™ Vostro™ 230 Service Manual—Mini Tower Before Working Inside Your Computer Recommended Tools Turning Off Your Computer After Working Inside Your Computer Befo...
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The computer turns off after the operating system shutdown process is complete. 2. Ensure that the computer and all attached devices are turned off. If your computer and attached devices did not autom...