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Contents: Dell Inspiron 3800 System Reference




DellTM InspironTM 3800 System Reference
Conventions

Technical Overview

Using the Computer

Utilities and Drivers for Microsoft Windows 98

Utilities and Drivers for Microsoft Windows NT

Utilities and Drivers for Microsoft Windows 2000

Technical Specifications

System Setup Program

System Error Messages

Passwords and Security

Ports and Connectors

Power Sources

Power Conservation

Removing and Replacing Parts




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Conventions: DellTM InspironTM 3800 System
Reference
Notes, Notices, and Cautions

Typographical Conventions




Notes, Notices, and Cautions

Throughout this guide, blocks of text may be accompanied by an icon and printed in bold type
or in italic type. These blocks are notes, notices, and cautions, and they are used as follows:

NOTE: A NOTE indicates important information that helps you make better
use of your computer system.

NOTICE: A NOTICE indicates either potential damage to hardware or loss of data and
tells you how to avoid the problem.

CAUTION: A CAUTION indicates a potentially hazardous situation
which, if not avoided, may result in minor or moderate injury.



Typographical Conventions

The following list defines (where appropriate) and illustrates typographical conventions used as
visual cues for specific elements of text throughout this document:

q Interface components are window titles, button and icon names, menu names and
selections, and other options that appear on the monitor screen or display. They are
presented in bold.

Example: Click OK.



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q Keycaps are labels that appear on the keys on a keyboard. They are enclosed in angle
brackets.

Example:

q Key combinations are series of keys to be pressed simultaneously (unless otherwise
indicated) to perform a single function.

Example:

q Commands presented in lowercase bold are for reference purposes only and are not
intended to be typed when referenced.

Example: "Use the format command to . . . ."

In contrast, commands presented in the Courier New font are part of an instruction
and intended to be typed.

Example: "Type format a: to format the diskette in drive A."

q Filenames and directory names are presented in lowercase bold.

Examples: autoexec.bat and c:\windows

q Screen text is a message or text that you are instructed to type as part of a command
(referred to as a command line). Screen text is presented in the Courier New font.

Example: The following message appears on your screen:

No boot device available

Example: "Type md c:\programs and press ."

q Variables are placeholders for which you substitute a value. They are presented in italics.

Example: DIMM_x (where x represents the DIMM socket designation)




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System Features IRQ Line Assignments

Video Memory




System Features

This section describes the major hardware and software features of your computer. Figure 1 and Figure 2 show the front and back view of
the computer, respectively.

Figure 1. Front View of the Computer




1 Display latch 9 DualPointTM buttons

2 Air intake 10 Battery bay

3 Modem connector 11 Touch pad

4 TV-out S-video connector 12 Keyboard

5 Audio connectors (3) 13 Track stick

6 Integrated microphone 14 Power button

7 Speaker 15 Keyboard status indicators

8 Media bay 16 Display




Figure 2. Back View of the Computer



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1 Speaker 9 PS/2 connector
2 Security cable slot 10 USB connector
3 Hard-disk drive 11 Docking connector
4 PC Card slot 12 Device access/status indicators
5 Security cable slot 13 Parallel port connector
6 Infrared port 14 Video connector
7 AC adapter connector 15 Fan exhaust
8 Serial port connector




Hardware Features

q An Intel