Dell XPS 400/Dimension 9150 - Manual (Page 4)

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Contents
Hyper-Threading . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
About Your RAID Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
RAID Level 0 Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
RAID Level 1 Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Configuring Your Computer for RAID . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Configuring for RAID Using the Intel
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RAID Option ROM Utility . . . . . . 30
Configuring for RAID Using the Intel
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Application Accelerator . . . . . . 32
Understanding Intel
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Viiv™ Technology (Optional) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Using Intel
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Viiv™ Quick Resume Technology (Optional) . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Enabling the QRT Feature in System Setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Enabling the QRT feature in the Operating system . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
2 Solving Problems
Troubleshooting Tips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Battery Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Drive Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
CD and DVD drive problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Hard drive problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
E-Mail, Modem, and Internet Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Error Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Media Card Reader Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Keyboard Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Lockups and Software Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
The computer does not start up . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
The computer stops responding . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
A program stops responding . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
A program crashes repeatedly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
A program is designed for an earlier Windows operating system . . . . . 44
A solid blue screen appears . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Other software problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Memory Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Mouse Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
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