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System Setup Options

Main

Table 2. Main

System Time

Re-sets the time on the computer's internal clock.

System Date

Re-sets the date on the computer's internal calendar.

BIOS Version

Displays the BIOS revision.

Product Name

Displays the product name and the model number.

Service Tag

Displays the service tag of your computer.

Asset Tag

Displays the asset tag of your computer (if available).

CPU Type

Displays the type of processor.

CPU Speed

Displays the speed of the processor.

CPU ID

Displays the processor ID.

L1 Cache

Displays the processor L1 cache size.

L2 Cache

Displays the processor L2 cache size.

L3 Cache

Displays the processor L3 cache size.

Fixed HDD

Displays the model number and capacity of the hard drive.

mSATA Device

Displays the model number and capacity of the optical 

drive.

System Memory

Displays the memory in-built on the computer.

Extended Memory

Displays the memory installed on the computer.

Memory Speed

Displays the memory speed.

Advanced

Table 3. Advanced

Intel SpeedStep

Enable or disable the Intel SpeedStep 

feature.

Default: Enabled

Virtualization

Enable or disable the Intel 

Virtualization feature.

Default: Enabled

Integrated NIC

Enable or disable the power supply to 

the on–board network card.

Default: Enabled

USB Emulation

Enable or disable the USB emulation 

feature.

Default: Enabled

USB Powershare

Enable or disable the USB 

powershare feature.

Default: Enabled

USB Wake Support

Allows USB devices to wake-up the 

computer from standby. This feature 

is enabled only when the AC adapter 

is connected.

Default: Disabled

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Summary of Contents for Vostro 5460

Page 1: ...Dell Vostro 5460 Owner s Manual Regulatory Model P41G Regulatory Type P41G001 ...

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: ... Installing the Coin Cell Battery 12 Removing the Wireless Local Area Network WLAN Card 12 Installing the Wireless Local Area Network WLAN Card 13 Removing the mSATA Solid State Drive 13 Installing the mSATA Solid State Drive 13 Removing the System Fan 13 Installing the System Fan 14 Removing the Heat Sink 14 Installing the Heat Sink 15 Removing the Memory 15 Installing the Memory 16 Removing the ...

Page 4: ...27 Boot Sequence 27 Navigation Keys 27 Updating the BIOS 28 System Setup Options 29 4 Troubleshooting 31 Enhanced Pre Boot System Assessment ePSA Diagnostics 31 Battery Status Lights 31 Device Status Lights 32 LED Error Codes 32 5 Specifications 33 Technical Specification 33 6 Contacting Dell 39 Contacting Dell 39 ...

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: ... right corner of the Start menu as shown below and then click Shut Down 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 4 seconds to turn them off After Working Inside Your Computer After you complete any replacement procedure en...

Page 7: ... in this document may require the following tools Small flat blade screwdriver Phillips screwdriver Small plastic scribe System Overview The figure below displays the inside view of the back of the computer after the base cover has been removed The call outs show the names and the layout of the components inside the computer Figure 1 Inside view back 1 system fan 2 memory 7 ...

Page 8: ...eaker 9 battery 10 hard drive 11 speaker Removing the Base Cover 1 Follow the procedures in Before Working Inside Your Computer 2 Remove the screws that secure the base cover to the computer 3 Pry the base cover along the edges to loosen it 4 Lift and remove the base cover from the computer 8 ...

Page 9: ...ighten the screws to secure the base cover to the computer 3 Follow the procedures in After Working Inside Your Computer Removing the Battery 1 Follow the procedures in Before Working Inside Your Computer 2 Remove the base cover 3 Disconnect the battery cable from its connector on the system board 9 ...

Page 10: ...4 Release the tabs that secure the battery in the battery bay 5 Lift and remove the battery from the computer 10 ...

Page 11: ...dures in Before Working Inside Your Computer 2 Remove a base cover b battery 3 Lift the hard drive assembly in an upward direction to release it from its compartment on the computer 4 Lift and remove the hard drive from the computer 5 Remove the screws that secure the hard drive to the hard drive assembly 6 Lift and remove the hard drive from the hard drive assembly Installing the Hard Disk Drive ...

Page 12: ...ell Battery 1 Place the coin cell battery into its slot on the computer 2 Route the coin cell battery cable along the routing channel 3 Connect the coin cell battery cable to its connector on the system board 4 Install a battery b base cover 5 Follow the procedures in After Working Inside Your Computer Removing the Wireless Local Area Network WLAN Card 1 Follow the procedures in Before Working Ins...

Page 13: ...se cover b battery 3 Remove the screw that secures the mSATA card to the computer 4 Remove the mSATA card from its slot on the system board Installing the mSATA Solid State Drive 1 Insert the mSATA card into its connector at a 45 degree angle 2 Tighten the screw to secure the mSATA card to the computer 3 Install a battery b base cover 4 Follow the procedures in After Working Inside Your Computer R...

Page 14: ... that secure the right system fan to the system board 3 Connect the right system fan cable to its connector on the system board 4 Place the left system fan into its original position in the system board 5 Tighten the screws that secure the left system fan to the system board 6 Connect the left system fan cable to its connector on the system board 7 Install a battery b base cover 8 Follow the proce...

Page 15: ... system fan b battery c base cover 4 Follow the procedures in After Working Inside Your Computer Removing the Memory 1 Follow the procedures in Before Working Inside Your Computer 2 Remove a base cover b battery c system fan d heat sink 3 Pry the securing clips away from the memory module until it pops up Remove the memory module from its connector on the system board 15 ...

Page 16: ...t sink b system fan c battery d base cover 4 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 base cover b battery c system fan d heat sink e memory 3 Disconnect the following cables a speaker b display c keyboard d touchpad e camera 16 ...

Page 17: ...4 Remove the screws that secure the system board to the chassis 5 Remove the system board from the computer 17 ...

Page 18: ... 4 Install a memory b heat sink c system fan d battery e base cover 5 Follow the procedures in After Working Inside Your Computer Removing the Speakers 1 Follow the procedures in Before Working Inside Your Computer 2 Remove a base cover b battery c hard drive d WLAN card e mSATA solid state drive f coin cell battery g system fan h heat sink i system board 3 Disengage the tabs that secure the speak...

Page 19: ...4 Lift the speaker assembly along with the routing cable in the direction indicated and remove the speakers from the computer 19 ...

Page 20: ... heat sink c system fan d coin cell battery e mSATA solid state drive f WLAN card g hard drive h battery i base cover 5 Follow the procedures in After Working Inside Your Computer Removing the Display Assembly 1 Follow the procedures in Before Working Inside Your Computer 2 Remove a base cover b battery 3 Disconnect the LVDS low voltage differential signalling cable and the camera cable from its c...

Page 21: ...4 Remove the screws that secure the display hinges to the system board 5 Lift and move the system base panel away from the display hinges to facilitate easy removal of the display 21 ...

Page 22: ...on the system board 4 Install a battery b base cover 5 Follow the procedures in After Working Inside Your Computer Removing the Display Bezel 1 Follow the procedures in Before Working Inside Your Computer 2 Remove a base cover b battery c display assembly 3 Rotate the hinge brackets as the angle shown to facilitate easy removal of the display bezel 4 Pry on the plastic caps that cover the display ...

Page 23: ...5 Remove the screws that secure the screws to the display bezel 6 Pry along the inner edges of the display bezel and remove the display bezel 23 ...

Page 24: ...display bezel screws on both sides of the display 4 Install a battery b base cover c display assembly 5 Follow the procedures in After Working Inside Your Computer Removing the Display 1 Follow the procedures in Before Working Inside Your Computer 2 Remove a base cover b battery c display assembly d display bezel 3 Remove the screws that secure the display to the back panel 24 ...

Page 25: ...4 Lift and remove the display from the back panel 25 ...

Page 26: ...the Camera 1 Follow the procedures in Before Working Inside Your Computer 2 Remove a base cover b battery c display assembly d display bezel e display 3 Disconnect the camera cable and lift the camera to remove it from the computer Installing the Camera 1 Align the camera to the base panel 2 Connect the camera cable to the camera 3 Install a battery b base cover c display assembly d display bezel ...

Page 27: ...ctly Boot Sequence Boot Sequence allows you to bypass the System Setup defined boot device order and boot directly to a specific device for example optical drive or hard drive During the Power on Self Test POST when the Dell logo appears you can Access 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 f...

Page 28: ... Go to support dell com support downloads 3 If you have your computer s Service Tag or Express Service Code NOTE For desktops the service tag label is available on the front of your computer NOTE For notebooks the service tag label is available on the bottom of your computer NOTE For All In One Desktops the service tag label is available at the back of your computer a Enter the Service Tag or Expr...

Page 29: ... model number and capacity of the hard drive mSATA Device Displays the model number and capacity of the optical drive System Memory Displays the memory in built on the computer Extended Memory Displays the memory installed on the computer Memory Speed Displays the memory speed Advanced Table 3 Advanced Intel SpeedStep Enable or disable the Intel SpeedStep feature Default Enabled Virtualization Ena...

Page 30: ... drive HDD Password Change Allows you to change the security password Password Bypass Allows you to bypass the system password and the internal HDD password prompts during a system restart resume from hibernate state Computrace Enable or disable the Computrace feature on your computer Boot Table 5 Boot Boot Priority Order Specifies the order of different devices in which the computer will boot thr...

Page 31: ...ters may cause invalid results or error messages NOTE Some tests for specific devices require user interaction Always ensure that you are present at the computer terminal when the diagnostic tests are performed 1 Power on the computer 2 As the computer boots press the F12 key as the Dell logo appears 3 On the boot menu screen select the Diagnostics option The Enhanced Pre boot System Assessment wi...

Page 32: ...ory detected LED code 2 The Power Button LED blinks two times followed by a pause blinks two times pause etc This pattern continues until the system is powered off Code Cause and Troubleshooting Steps 1 System board BIOS ROM failure System board failure covers BIOS corruption or ROM error 2 Memory No memory RAM detected 3 Chipset Error North and South Bridge Chipset DMA IMR Timer Error Time Of Day...

Page 33: ... and Support to view information about your computer Table 7 System Information Feature Description Chipset HM77 DRAM bus width 64 bit Flash EPROM A25LQ32AM F Q Table 8 Processor Feature Description Types L1 cache 32 KB L2 cache 256 KB L3 cache 3 MB Table 9 Memory Feature Description Memory connector HM77 Memory capacity 4 GB Memory type SO DIMM Minimum memory 2 GB Maximum memory 4 GB Table 10 Aud...

Page 34: ...play support HDMI Table 12 Camera Feature Description Camera Resolution 1 Megapixel Video Resolution maximum 1280 x 720 pixels Diagonal viewing angle 70 67 degree Table 13 Communication Feature Description Network adapter Ethernet 10 100 1000 Base T Wireless Wi fi 802 11 a b g n Table 14 Ports and Connectors Feature Description Audio combo jack Video HDMI Network adapter RJ 45 USB 3 includes one U...

Page 35: ...gle 135 degree Refresh rate 60Hz 40Hz Minimum Viewing angles Horizontal 40 L 40 R Vertical 10 up 30 down Pixel pitch 0 2265 H x 0 2265 V mm Table 16 Keyboard Feature Description Number of keys 80 Table 17 Touchpad Feature Description Active Area X axis 111 40 mm 4 38 inches Y axis 76 40 mm 3 inches Table 18 Battery Feature Description Type ICP666480 Dimensions Height 99 5 mm 3 91 inches Width 198 ...

Page 36: ...A Input frequency 50 Hz 60 Hz Output power 65 W 90 W Output current 0 A to 3 34 A 4 62 A Rated output voltage 19 5 V Temperature range Operating 0 to 40 Non Operating 95 Table 20 Physical Feature Description Height 18 30 mm 0 72 inch Width 337 60 mm 13 30 inches Depth 233 50 mm 0 92 inch Weight minimum 1505 grams 3 31 lbs Table 21 Environmental Feature Description Temperature Operating 0 to 40 Sto...

Page 37: ...iption Storage 20 95 Altitude maximum Operating 15 2 m to 3048 m 50 to 10 000 ft 0 to 35 C Non Operating 15 2 m to 10 668 m 50 ft to 35 000 ft Airborne contaminant level G2 or lower as defined by ISA S71 04 1985 37 ...

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Page 39: ...ne based support and service 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 www dell com support 2 Select your support category 3 Verify your country or region in the Choose a Country Region drop down menu at the top of page 4 Select the appropriate service or supp...

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