Dell Vostro 230 (Early 2010) User Manual

Dell™Vostro™230ServiceManual—Mini Tower Notes, Cautions, and Warnings IfyoupurchasedaDell™nSeriescomputer,anyreferencesinthisdocument

Back to Contents Page Fan Dell™Vostro™230ServiceManual—Mini Tower Removing the Fan 1. Follow the procedures in Before Working Inside Your Comput

Back to Contents Page Coin-cell Battery Dell™Vostro™230ServiceManual—Mini Tower Removing the Coin-cell Battery 1. Follow the procedures in Befor

Back to Contents Page Cover Dell™Vostro™230ServiceManual—Mini Tower Removing the Cover 1. Follow the procedures in Before Working Inside Your co

Back to Contents Page Expansion Card(s) Dell™Vostro™230ServiceManual—Mini Tower Removing an Expansion Card 1. Follow the procedures in Before Wo

Back to Contents Page Audio Port Assembly Dell™Vostro™230ServiceManual—Mini Tower Removing the Audio Port Assembly 1. Follow the procedures in B

Back to Contents Page Front Bezel Dell™Vostro™230ServiceManual—Mini Tower Removing the Front Bezel 1. Follow the procedures in Before Working

Back to Contents Page Front USB Port Assembly Dell™Vostro™230ServiceManual—Mini Tower Removing the Front USB Port Assembly 1. Follow the procedu

Back to Contents Page Hard Drive Dell™Vostro™230ServiceManual—Mini Tower Removing the Hard Drive 1. Follow the procedures in Before Working Insi

Back to Contents Page Power Button and Hard Drive Light Assembly Dell™Vostro™230ServiceManual—Mini Tower Removing the Power Button and Hard Drive

Back to Contents Page Heat Sink and Processor Dell™Vostro™230ServiceManual—Mini Tower Removing the Heat Sink and Processor 1. Follow the procedu

Back to Contents Page System Setup Dell™Vostro™230ServiceManual—Mini Tower Boot Menu Navigation Keystrokes Entering System Setup System S

Back to Contents Page Memory Dell™Vostro™230ServiceManual—Mini Tower Removing a Memory Module 1. Follow the procedures in Before Working Inside

Back to Contents Page Optical Drive Dell™Vostro™230ServiceManual—Mini Tower Removing the Optical Drive 1. Follow the procedures in Before Workin

Back to Contents Page Power Supply Dell™Vostro™230ServiceManual—Mini Tower Removing the Power Supply 1. Follow the procedures in Before Workin

Back to Contents Page System Board Dell™Vostro™230ServiceManual—Mini Tower Removing the System Board 1. Follow the procedures in Before Working

Back to Contents Page Removing and Replacing Parts Dell™Vostro™230ServiceManual—Mini Tower Back to Contents Page Cover Fan Memory Har

Back to Contents Page Specifications Dell™Vostro™230ServiceManual—Mini Tower Processor Memory Audio Expansion Bus Drives Systemboard

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leng

Back to Contents Page Drive activity light Green light — A blinking green light indicates the computer is reading data from or writing data to the SA

Back to Contents Page System Board Layout Dell™Vostro™230ServiceManual—Mini Tower Back to Contents Page 1Power connector (PWR1)2Processor hea

Working on Your Computer Dell™Vostro™230ServiceManual—Mini Tower Before Working Inside Your Computer Use the following safety guidelines to help

 Main System TimeSystem Time allows you to set the desired time (usually the current time) in the <hour><minute><second> format.Sy

The computer turns off after the operating system shutdown process is complete. 2. Ensure that the computer and all attached devices are turned off. I

l DVMT Mode (default) l UMA Mode DVMT/FIXED Memory — Allows you to set the size of the DVMT/FIXED Memory. Available Settings are: l 128 MB l 256 MB

Back to Contents Page Devicesl Enabled (default) l Disabled Resume on LANAllows the system to resume from an onboard LAN, PCIE-X1 LAN card, or a PCI

Back to Contents Page Diagnostics Dell™Vostro™230ServiceManual—Mini Tower Dell Diagnostics Power Button Light Codes Beep Codes  Dell Di

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 pro

Back to Contents Page Multimedia Card Reader Dell™Vostro™230ServiceManual—Mini Tower Removing the Multimedia Card Reader 1. Follow the procedure