Owners Manual

Installing the system board......................................................................................................................................144
Trusted Platform Module...............................................................................................................................................147
Installing the Trusted Platform Module................................................................................................................ 147
Initializing the TPM for BitLocker users............................................................................................................... 148
Initializing the TPM for TXT users.........................................................................................................................148
Hard drives........................................................................................................................................................................ 149
Removing a 2.5-inch hard drive blank.................................................................................................................. 149
Installing a 2.5-inch hard drive blank.................................................................................................................... 150
Removing a 3.5-inch hard drive blank................................................................................................................... 151
Installing a 3.5-inch hard drive blank..................................................................................................................... 151
Removing a hot swappable hard drive or solid state drive..............................................................................152
Installing a hot swappable hard drive or solid state drive................................................................................ 154
Removing a hard drive or a solid state drive from a hard drive carrier........................................................ 155
Installing a hard drive or solid state drives into a hard drive carrier............................................................. 156
Removing a 1.8-inch hard drive blank................................................................................................................... 156
Installing a 1.8-inch hard drive blank......................................................................................................................157
Removing a 1.8-inch hard drive from a hard drive carrier............................................................................... 158
Installing a 1.8-inch hard drive into a hard drive carrier................................................................................... 159
Hard drive backplane...................................................................................................................................................... 159
Removing the hard drive backplane .....................................................................................................................159
Installing the hard drive backplane .......................................................................................................................166
Tape backup unit (optional).......................................................................................................................................... 168
Removing the tape backup unit ............................................................................................................................ 168
Installing the tape backup unit .............................................................................................................................. 169
Optical drive (optional)...................................................................................................................................................170
Removing the optical drive......................................................................................................................................170
Installing the optical drive......................................................................................................................................... 171
SD vFlash card (optional).............................................................................................................................................. 172
Replacing an optional SD vFlash media card.......................................................................................................172
Control panel assembly...................................................................................................................................................173
Removing the control panel ................................................................................................................................... 173
Installing the control panel ......................................................................................................................................176
Chapter 7: Using system diagnostics......................................................................................... 180
Dell Embedded System Diagnostics............................................................................................................................180
When to use the Embedded System Diagnostics.............................................................................................. 180
Running the Embedded System Diagnostics from Boot Manager.................................................................180
Running the Embedded System Diagnostics from the Dell Lifecycle Controller........................................180
System diagnostic controls...................................................................................................................................... 181
Chapter 8: Jumpers and connectors...........................................................................................182
System board jumper settings......................................................................................................................................182
System board jumpers and connectors......................................................................................................................183
Disabling forgotten password.......................................................................................................................................185
Chapter 9: Troubleshooting your system....................................................................................186
Troubleshooting system startup failure......................................................................................................................186
Troubleshooting external connections....................................................................................................................... 186
Troubleshooting the video subsystem........................................................................................................................ 187
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