Dell OptiPlex 960 (Late 2008) User Manual

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Internally accessible:

Mini Tower — two 3.5-inch hard disk drives (HDDs) or two 2.5-inch HDDs
Desktop — two 3.5-inch HDDs or two 2.5-inch HDDs
Small Form Factor — one 3.5-inch HDD or two 2.5-inch HDDs

Available devices:

Mini Tower — two external 5.25-inch bays, one external 3.5-inch bay,
two internal 3.5-inch bays
Desktop — one external 5.25-inch bay, one external 3.5-inch bay, one internal
3.5-inch bay

NOTE:

The desktop platform can accommodate two 3.5-inch HDDs, provided

no floppy drive is used.

NOTE:

The desktop platform may use the internal 3.5-inch bay with two 2.5-

inch HDDS or the external 3.5-inch bay as an additional internal 3.5-inch HDD
bay for RAID configurations.

Small Form Factor — one external 5.25-inch slimline bay, one external
3.5-inch slimline bay, one internal 3.5-inch bay

NOTE:

The CD/DVD drives are determined by the number of external 5.25-inch

bays.

Controls and Lights

Front of computer:

Power button

push button

Power light

Blue light — Blinking blue in sleep state; solid blue for power-on state.

Amber light — The blinking amber indicates a problem with the system
board. A solid amber light when the computer does not start indicates that
the system board cannot start initialization. This could be a system board or a
power supply problem.

Drive activity light Blue light — A blinking blue light indicates the computer is reading data

from or writing data to the SATA hard drive or CD/DVD drive.

Network link
integrity light

Blue light — A good connection exists between the network and the computer.

Off (no light) — The computer is not detecting a physical connection to the
network.

Diagnostic lights
(four)

Blinking amber, solid amber, or off.

Used to troubleshoot system issues. See your

Service Manual for information

about diagnostic light codes.

Wi-Fi indicator

Blue light — A solid blue light indicates the wireless network is powered on.

Drives (continued)

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