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Dell Vostro 270s, Owner'S Manual

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Contents

Notes, Cautions, and Warnings...................................................................................................2

1 Working on Your Computer.......................................................................................................5

Before Working Inside Your Computer

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Turning Off Your Computer

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After Working Inside Your Computer

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2 Removing and Installing Components.....................................................................................7

Recommended Tools

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Removing the Cover

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Installing the Cover

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Removing the Front Bezel

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Installing the Front Bezel

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Removing the Fan Shroud

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Installing the Fan Shroud

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Removing the Drive Cage

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Installing the Drive Cage

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Removing the Optical Drive

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Installing the Optical drive

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Removing the Hard Drive

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Installing the Hard drive

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Removing the Expansion Card

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Installing the Expansion Card

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Removing the Coin-Cell Battery

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Installing the Coin-Cell Battery

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Removing the Memory

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Installing the Memory

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Removing the Power Switch

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Installing the Power Switch

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Removing the Heat-Sink Assembly

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Installing the Heat-Sink Assembly

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Removing the Input/Output (I/O) Panel

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Installing the I/O Panel

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Removing the Processor

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Installing the Processor

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Removing the System Board

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System Board Components

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Summary of Contents for Vostro 270s

Page 1: ...Dell Vostro 270s Owner s Manual Regulatory Model D06S Regulatory Type D06S001 ...

Page 2: ...ademarks 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 Microsoft Windows MS DOS Windows Vista the Windows Vista start button and Office Outlook are either trademarks or registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation in the Unite...

Page 3: ...he 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 ...

Page 4: ...tup 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 Deleting or Changing an Existing System and or Setup Password 33 Disabling a System Password 33 4 Diagnostics 35 Enhanced Pre Boot System Assessment ePSA Diagnostics 35 5 Technical Specification 37 6 Conta...

Page 5: ...urface such as a connector on the back of the computer CAUTION Handle components and cards with care Do not touch the components or contacts on a card Hold a card by its edges or by its metal mounting bracket Hold a component such as a processor by its edges not by its pins CAUTION When you disconnect a cable pull on its connector or on its pull tab not on the cable itself Some cables have connect...

Page 6: ...r Turn Off The computer turns off after the operating system shutdown process is complete 2 Ensure that the computer and all attached devices are turned off If your computer and attached devices did not automatically turn off when you shut down your operating system press and hold the power button for about 6 seconds to turn them off After Working Inside Your Computer After you complete any replac...

Page 7: ...ed Tools The procedures in this document may require the following tools Small flat blade screwdriver Phillips screwdriver Small plastic scribe Removing the Cover 1 Follow the procedures in Before Working Inside Your Computer 2 Remove the screws that secure the cover to the computer to slide and lift the cover upwards to remove it from the computer 7 ...

Page 8: ...ow the procedures in After Working Inside Your Computer Removing the Front Bezel 1 Follow the procedures in Before Working Inside Your Computer 2 Remove the cover 3 Pry the front panel retention clips away from the chassis located at the edge of front bezel 4 Rotate the front bezel away from the computer to release the hooks on the opposite edge of the bezel from the chassis 8 ...

Page 9: ...gage the front panel retention clips until they click into place 3 Install the cover 4 Follow the procedures in After Working Inside Your Computer Removing the Fan Shroud 1 Follow the procedures in Before Working Inside Your Computer 2 Remove the cover 3 Press in on the fan shroud to lift and release the tabs securing the fan shroud and remove it from the computer 9 ...

Page 10: ...s on the fan shroud snap into place 3 Install the cover 4 Follow the procedures in After Working Inside Your Computer Removing the Drive Cage 1 Follow the procedures in Before Working Inside Your Computer 2 Remove a cover b fan shroud c front bezel 3 Disconnect the power and data cables from the hard drive and the optical drive 10 ...

Page 11: ...4 Remove the screws that secure the drive cage and lift the drive cage to remove it from the computer 11 ...

Page 12: ...g the Optical Drive 1 Follow the procedures in Before Working Inside Your Computer 2 Remove a cover b fan shroud c front bezel d drive cage 3 Remove the screws that secure the optical drive to the drive cage and slide the optical drive out of the drive cage Installing the Optical drive 1 Slide the optical drive into the drive cage 2 Align the screw holes on the optical drive with the screw holes o...

Page 13: ...shroud c front bezel d drive cage 3 Remove the screws that secure the hard drive to the drive cage and slide the hard drive out of the drive cage Installing the Hard drive 1 Slide the hard drive into the drive cage 2 Align the screw holes on the hard drive with the screw holes on the drive cage 3 Tighten the screws that secure the hard drive to the drive cage 4 Install a drive cage b front bezel c...

Page 14: ...ion Card 1 Insert the expansion card into it s connector on the system board and press down until it is securely in place 2 Tighten the screw to secure the expansion card to the chassis 3 Install a fan shroud b cover 4 Follow the procedures in After Working Inside Your Computer Removing the Coin Cell Battery 1 Follow the procedures in Before Working Inside Your Computer 2 Remove a cover b fan shro...

Page 15: ...Remove a cover b fan shroud c drive cage 3 Press down on the memory retention tabs on each side of the memory module and lift the memory module s out of the connectors on the system board Installing the Memory 1 Align the notch on the memory card with the tab on the system board connector 2 Press down on the memory module until the retention tabs spring back to secure them in place 3 Install a dri...

Page 16: ...t panel 2 Align and push the power switch tabs into the slots on the front panel 3 Route the power switch cable through the routing channels on the computer 4 Connect the power switch cable to the system board 5 Install a drive cage b front bezel c fan shroud d cover 6 Follow the procedures in After Working Inside Your Computer Removing the Heat Sink Assembly 1 Follow the procedures in Before Work...

Page 17: ...to the system board 3 Connect the fan cable to the system board 4 Install a fan shroud b cover 5 Follow the procedures in After Working Inside Your Computer Removing the Input Output I O Panel 1 Follow the procedures in Before Working Inside Your Computer 2 Remove a cover b fan shroud c front bezel d drive cage e expansion card 3 Disconnect the I O panel cables from the system board 17 ...

Page 18: ...ve the I O panel cables from the routing channels on the chassis 5 Remove the screw that secures the I O panel to the front panel and slide the I O panel toward the side and pull it out of the front panel 18 ...

Page 19: ... I O panel cables to the system board 6 Install a expansion card b drive cage c front bezel d fan shroud e cover 7 Follow the procedures in After Working Inside Your Computer Removing the Processor 1 Follow the procedures in Before Working Inside Your Computer 2 Remove a cover b fan shroud c heat sink assembly 3 Press the release lever down and then move it outward to release it from the retention...

Page 20: ... b fan shroud c cover 5 Follow the procedures in After Working Inside Your Computer Removing the System Board 1 Follow the procedures in Before Working Inside Your Computer 2 Remove a cover b fan shroud c front bezel d drive cage e memory f expansion card g heat sink assembly h processor 3 Disconnect all the cables connected to the system board 4 Remove the screws that secure the system board to t...

Page 21: ...cessor fan connector 12 DDR DIMM memory slots 2 13 ATX 24 pin power connector 14 front panel USB connector 15 front panel USB connector 16 CMOS jumper Installing the System Board 1 Align the system board to the port connectors on the rear of the chassis and replace the system board in the chassis 2 Tighten the screws to secure the system board to the chassis 3 Connect the power supply unit cables ...

Page 22: ...e cage e memory f expansion card g fan and heat sink h processor i system board 3 Remove the screws that secure the power supply unit to the chassis and slide and remove the power supply unit away from the computer Installing the Power Supply Unit 1 Slide the power supply unit toward the back of the chassis 2 Align the screw holes on the power supply unit with the screw holes on the chassis 3 Tigh...

Page 23: ...4 Install the a system board b processor c fan and heat sink d expansion card e memory f drive cage g front bezel h fan shroud i cover 5 Follow the procedures in After Working Inside Your Computer 23 ...

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Page 25: ...ess System Setup by pressing F2 key Bring up the one time boot menu by pressing F12 key The one time boot menu displays the devices that you can boot from including the diagnostic option The boot menu options are Removable Drive if available STXXXX Drive NOTE XXX denotes the SATA drive number Optical Drive Diagnostics NOTE Choosing Diagnostics will display the ePSA diagnostics screen The boot sequ...

Page 26: ...e DELL logo is displayed you must watch for the F2 prompt to appear 3 Once the F2 prompt appears press F2 immediately NOTE The F2 prompt indicates that the keyboard has initialized This prompt can appear very quickly so you must watch for it to display and then press F2 If you press F2 before you are prompted this keystroke will be lost 4 If you wait too long and the operating system logo appears ...

Page 27: ...itch the current view to the Dell Diagnostics page in the System Setup Up Arrow or Down Arrow Select an item to display Left Arrow or Right Arrow Select a menu to display or Change existing item value Enter Select the sub menu or execute command F9 Load setup default F10 Save current configuration and exit System Setup System Setup Options Table 4 Main System Information Displays the computer mode...

Page 28: ...gy Enable or disable the Intel Virtualization feature Default Enabled Intel SpeedStep Enable or disable the Intel SpeedStep feature Default Enabled CPU C6 Report Enable or disable the processor power saving report to the operating system Default Enabled System Configuration Onboard Audio Controller Enable or disable the onboard audio controller Default Enabled Onboard LAN Controller Enable or disa...

Page 29: ...ther a system password has been assigned Admin Password Allows you to change or delete the administrator password Exit This section allows you to save discard and load default settings before exiting from System Setup Updating the BIOS It is recommended to update your BIOS system setup on replacing the system board or if an update is available For notebooks ensure that your computer battery is ful...

Page 30: ... features include a system password and a setup password The password jumper disables any password s currently in use There are 3 pins for the password reset jumper 1 Follow the procedures in Before Working Inside Your Computer 2 Remove the cover 3 Remove the fan shroud 4 Identify the password reset jumper on the system board see the System Board Components 5 Remove the 2 pin jumper plug from pins...

Page 31: ... fan shroud 4 Remove the front bezel 5 Remove the drive cage 6 Identify the CMOS jumper on the system board see the System Board Components 7 Remove the 2 pin jumper plug from pins 2 and 3 and fix it on pins 1 and 2 8 Install the drive cage 9 Install the front bezel 10 Install the fan shroud 11 Install the cover 12 Connect the computer to the electrical outlet and power on the computer to clear th...

Page 32: ...our computer CAUTION The password features provide a basic level of security for the data on your computer CAUTION Anyone can access the data stored on your computer if is not locked and left unattended NOTE Your computer is shipped with the system and setup password feature disabled Assigning a System Password and Setup Password You can assign a new System Password and or Setup Password or change...

Page 33: ...fore attempting to delete or change the existing System and or Setup password You cannot delete or change an existing System or Setup password if the Password Status is Locked To enter the System Setup press F2 immediately after a power on or reboot 1 In the System BIOS or System Setup screen select System Security and press Enter The System Security screen is displayed 2 In the System Security sc...

Page 34: ...d the system disables the new password s the next time it boots 6 Connect the computer to the electrical outlet and power on the computer 7 Power off the computer and disconnect the power cable from the electrical outlet 8 Remove the cover 9 Replace the PSWD jumper on the system board 10 Install the cover 11 Follow the procedures in After Working on Your Computer 12 Power on the computer 13 Go to ...

Page 35: ... provide extra information about the failed device s View status messages that inform you if tests are completed successfully View error messages that inform you of problems encountered during testing CAUTION Use the system diagnostics to test only your computer Using this program with other computers may cause invalid results or error messages NOTE Some tests for specific devices require user int...

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Page 37: ...p to 6 MB System chipset Intel B75 Express Chipset DMI speed 5 GT s Processor data width 64 bits Table 9 Dimensions Dimensions Height 271 00 mm 10 67 inches Width 100 00 mm 3 94 inches Depth 376 20 mm 14 81 inches Weight 5 90 kg 13 01 lb Table 10 Memory Memory Connectors two internally accessible DDR3 DIMM sockets Type unbuffered Non ECC dual channel DDR3 Speed up to 1600 MHz Capacities 2 GB 4 GB ...

Page 38: ... port USB four 4 pin USB 2 0 compliant ports two 9 pin USB 3 0 compliant ports Audio three audio input output ports one audio input microphone port Video one VGA port one HDMI port Front Panel Ports Audio one audio output headphone port one audio input microphone port USB two 9 pin USB 3 0 compliant ports Table 13 Communications Communications Network adapter 10 100 1000 Mbps integrated network ca...

Page 39: ...rs one Connector size 36 pin PCI Express x16 Connectors one Connector size 164 pin PCI E mini card Connectors one Connector size 52 pin Table 17 Power Power Input voltage 100 VAC 127 VAC 200 VAC 240 VAC Input frequency 50 60 Hz Rated input current 6 0 A 3 0 A Table 18 Environmental Environmental Temperature Operating 10 C to 35 C 50 F to 95 F Storage 10 C to 45 C 14 F to 113 F Relative humidity 20...

Page 40: ... ms with a change in velocity of 320 inches s 813 cm s Altitude Operating 16 m to 3048 m 50 to 10 000 ft NOTE For altitudes above 2950 feet the maximum operating temperature is derated 1ºF 550 ft Storage 15 20 m to 10 668 m 50 ft to 35 000 ft Airborne contaminant level G2 or lower as defined by ISA S71 04 1985 40 ...

Page 41: ...ice options Availability varies by country and product and some services may not be available in your area To contact Dell for sales technical support or customer service issues 1 Visit support dell com 2 Select your support category 3 If you are not a U S customer select your country code at the bottom of the support dell com page or select All to see more choices 4 Select the appropriate service...

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