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Control Lights and Diagnostic Lights

Power button light

Solid blue light — indicates power-on state.

Blinking blue light — indicates sleep 
state of the computer.

Solid amber light (when the computer does 
not start) — indicates a problem with the 
system board or power supply. 
Blinking amber light — indicates a problem 
with the system board.

Drive activity light:

Displays the SATA hard drive or 
optical drive activity.

Green Light — indicates that the computer 
is reading data from or writing data to the 
optical drive.

Blue Light — indicates that the computer 
is reading data from or writing data to the 
hard drive

Network connectivity light 
(at the back of the 
computer)

Green light — indicates that a good
10/100 Mbps connection exists between 
the network and the computer.
Yellow light — indicates network activity.
Orange light — indicates that a good 
1000 Mbps connection exists between 
the network and the computer.
Off (no light) — the computer is 
not detecting a physical connection 
to the network.

Power

Wattage

Maximum heat 
dissipation

Voltage

Mini Tower

300 W

1338 BTU/hr

115/230 VAC
50/60 Hz
9.0/4.5 A

Slim Tower

250 W

1233 BTU/hr

115/230 VAC
50/60 Hz
8.0/4.0 A

Coin-cell battery 3 V CR2032 lithium coin cell

NOTE: 

Heat dissipation is calculated using the power supply 

wattage rating.

NOTE: 

See the safety information that shipped with your computer 

for important voltage-setting information.

Physical

Mini Tower

Slim Tower

Height

37.0 cm (14.5 inches)

37.3 cm (14.6 inches)

Width

17.0 cm (6.7 inches)

10.6 cm (4.2 inches)

Depth

42.7 cm (16.9 inches)

43.7 cm (17.2 inches)

Weight (Minimum)

6.1 kg (13.5 lb)

5.8 kg (12.8 lb)

Environmental

Temperature

Operating

10 °C to 35 °C (50 °F to 95 °F)

Storage

–40 °C to 65 °C (–40 °F to 149 °F)

Relative humidity

20 % to 80 % (noncondensing)

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Summary of Contents for Vostro 230

Page 1: ...ard reader optional 9 power cable connector 10 voltage selector switch 11 back panel connectors 12 expansion card slots 4 2 8 6 4 5 3 7 10 11 12 9 1 NOTE The voltage selector switch is not available on 250 W PFC power supplies For Mini Tower Regulatory Model D07M Regulatory Type D07M001 For Slim Tower Regulatory Model D03D Regulatory Type D03D001 Dell Vostro 230 About Warnings WARNING A WARNING in...

Page 2: ... media card reader optional 5 headphone connector 6 microphone connector 7 USB 2 0 connectors 2 8 optical drive bay 9 back panel connectors 10 expansion card slots 4 11 power cable connector NOTE The voltage selector switch is not available on 250 W PFC power supplies 9 10 11 JWD6Dam1 fm Page 2 Monday March 29 2010 1 17 PM ...

Page 3: ...ight 3 network adapter connector 4 network activity light 5 line in connector 6 line out connector 7 microphone connector 8 USB 2 0 connectors 4 9 VGA connector 10 serial connector 11 PS 2 keyboard connector 1 6 9 10 11 3 5 7 8 2 4 JWD6Dam1 fm Page 3 Monday March 29 2010 1 17 PM ...

Page 4: ...l 5 Connect the power cable s 6 Press the power buttons on the monitor and the computer For Mini Tower For Slim Tower Quick Setup WARNING Before you begin any of the procedures in this section read the safety information that shipped with your computer For additional best practices information see www dell com regulatory_compliance NOTE Some devices may not be included if you did not order them JW...

Page 5: ...ower PCI E x16 half height graphics card Video memory Integrated up to 512 MB shared video memory with 1 GB system memory Discrete NVIDIA GeForce G310 512 MB NVIDIA GeForce GT 220 for Mini Tower only 1 GB Memory Memory module connector two DIMM slots Memory module capacity 1 GB or 2 GB Memory type 1066 MHz DDR3 Minimum memory 1 GB Maximum memory 4 GB Drives Mini Tower Slim Tower Externally accessi...

Page 6: ...k activity Orange light indicates that a good 1000 Mbps connection exists between the network and the computer Off no light the computer is not detecting a physical connection to the network Power Wattage Maximum heat dissipation Voltage Mini Tower 300 W 1338 BTU hr 115 230 VAC 50 60 Hz 9 0 4 5 A Slim Tower 250 W 1233 BTU hr 115 230 VAC 50 60 Hz 8 0 4 0 A Coin cell battery 3 V CR2032 lithium coin ...

Page 7: ...itten permission of Dell Inc is strictly forbidden Trademarks used in this text Dell the DELL logo and Vostro are trademarks of Dell Inc Intel Pentium and Celeron are registered trademarks and Core is a trademark of Intel Corporation in the U S and other countries Other trademarks and trade names may be used in this document to refer to either the entities claiming the marks and names or their pro...

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