Dell Precision T3400 (Late 2007) - Manual (Page 143)

Adding and Replacing Parts
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Adding and Replacing Parts
Before You Begin
This chapter provides procedures for removing and installing the components
in your computer. Unless otherwise noted, each procedure assumes that the
following conditions exist:
• You have performed the steps in "Turning Off Your Computer" on page 143
and "Before Working Inside Your Computer" on page 144.
• You have read the safety information in the Dell™ Product Information
Guide.
• A component can be replaced or—if purchased separately—installed by
performing the removal procedure in reverse order.
Recommended Tools
The procedures in this document may require the following tools:
• Small flat-blade screwdriver
• Small Phillips screwdriver
• Small plastic scribe
• Flash BIOS update program
Turning Off Your Computer
NOTICE:
To avoid losing data, save and close all open files and exit all open
programs before you turn off your computer.
1 Shut down the operating system:
a Save and close all open files and exit all open programs.
b In the Microsoft
®
Windows
®
XP operating system, click Start → Shut
Down
→ Shut down.
In Microsoft Windows Vista™, click the Windows Vista Start button
in the lower-left corner of the desktop, click the arrow in the