Dell Vostro 270s Owner’s Manual Regulatory Model: D06S Regulatory Type: D06S001 Notes, Cautions, and Warnings NOTE: A NOTE indicates important information that helps you make better use of your computer. CAUTION: A CAUTION indicates either potential damage to hardware or loss of data and tells you how to avoid the problem. WARNING: A WARNING indicates a potential for property damage, personal injury, or death. © 2012 Dell Inc. Trademarks used in this text: Dell™, the DELL logo, Dell Precision™, Precision ON™,ExpressCharge™, Latitude™, Latitude ON™, OptiPlex™, Vostro™, and Wi-Fi Catcher™ are trademarks of Dell Inc. Intel®, Pentium®, Xeon®, Core™, Atom™, Centrino®, and Celeron® are registered trademarks or trademarks of Intel Corporation in the U.S. and other countries. AMD® is a registered trademark and AMD Opteron™, AMD Phenom™, AMD Sempron™, AMD Athlon™, ATI Radeon™, and ATI FirePro™ are trademarks of Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. 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A00 Contents Notes, Cautions, and Warnings...................................................................................................2 1 Working on Your Computer.......................................................................................................5 Before Working Inside Your Computer.....................................................................................................................5 Turning Off Your Computer.......................................................................................................................................6 After Working Inside Your Computer........................................................................................................................6 2 Removing and Installing Components.....................................................................................7 Recommended Tools................................................................................................................................................7 Removing the Cover..................................................................................................................................................7 Installing the Cover...................................................................................................................................................8 Removing the Front Bezel.........................................................................................................................................8 Installing the Front Bezel..........................................................................................................................................9 Removing the Fan Shroud.........................................................................................................................................9 Installing the Fan Shroud........................................................................................................................................10 Removing the Drive Cage.......................................................................................................................................10 Installing the Drive Cage.........................................................................................................................................12 Removing the Optical Drive....................................................................................................................................12 Installing the Optical drive......................................................................................................................................12 Removing the Hard Drive........................................................................................................................................13 Installing the Hard drive..........................................................................................................................................13 Removing the Expansion Card................................................................................................................................14 Installing the Expansion Card.................................................................................................................................14 Removing the Coin-Cell Battery..............................................................................................................................14 Installing the Coin-Cell Battery...............................................................................................................................15 Removing the Memory............................................................................................................................................15 Installing the Memory.............................................................................................................................................15 Removing the Power Switch...................................................................................................................................15 Installing the Power Switch....................................................................................................................................16 Removing the Heat-Sink Assembly.........................................................................................................................16 Installing the Heat-Sink Assembly..........................................................................................................................17 Removing the Input/Output (I/O) Panel...................................................................................................................17 Installing the I/O Panel............................................................................................................................................19 Removing the Processor.........................................................................................................................................19 Installing the Processor..........................................................................................................................................20 Removing the System Board...................................................................................................................................20 System Board Components....................................................................................................................................21 Installing the System Board....................................................................................................................................21 Removing the Power-Supply Unit...........................................................................................................................22 Installing the Power-Supply Unit............................................................................................................................22 3 System Setup.............................................................................................................................25 Boot Sequence.......................................................................................................................................................25 Navigation Keys......................................................................................................................................................25 System Setup Overview..........................................................................................................................................26 Enter System Setup................................................................................................................................................26 System Setup Screens............................................................................................................................................26 System Setup Options.............................................................................................................................................27 Exit....................................................................................................................................................................29 Updating the BIOS .................................................................................................................................................29 Clearing Forgotten Password.................................................................................................................................30 Clearing CMOS.......................................................................................................................................................31 System and Setup Password..................................................................................................................................32 Assigning a System Password and Setup Password......................................................................................32