Dell XPS 8300 Setup Guide - Page 5

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 Contents Setting Up Your XPS Desktop 5 Lifting Your Computer 6 Before Setting Up Your Computer 7 Connect the Display 8 Connect the Keyboard and Mouse 10 Connect the Network Cable (Optional 11 Connect the Power Cable 12 Press the Power Button 12 Set Up the Operating System 13 Create System Recovery Media (Recommended 14 Set Up the TV Tuner (Optional 15 Connect to the Internet (Optional 15 Using Your XPS Desktop 18 Front View Features 18 Top View Features 20 Back View Features 24 Back Panel Connectors 26 Software Features 28 Dell Dock 29 Dell DataSafe Online Backup 30 Solving Problems 31 Beep Codes 31 Network Problems 32 Power Problems 33 Memory Problems 34 Lockups and Software Problems 35 Using Support Tools 38 Dell Support Center 38 My Dell Downloads 39 System Messages 40 3

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Setting Up Your XPS Desktop . . . . . . .5
Lifting Your Computer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6
Before Setting Up Your Computer . . . . . . 7
Connect the Display. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Connect the Keyboard and Mouse . . . . . 10
Connect the Network Cable
(Optional)
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Connect the Power Cable . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Press the Power Button . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Set Up the Operating System
. . . . . . . . . 13
Create System Recovery Media
(Recommended) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Set Up the TV Tuner (Optional) . . . . . . . . 15
Connect to the Internet (Optional) . . . . . 15
Using Your XPS Desktop
. . . . . . . . . .18
Front View Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Top View Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .20
Back View Features
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Back Panel Connectors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Software Features. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .28
Dell Dock
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Dell DataSafe Online Backup. . . . . . . . . .30
Solving Problems
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .31
Beep Codes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Network Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Power Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Memory Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .34
Lockups and Software Problems . . . . . . 35
Using Support Tools . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Dell Support Center . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
My Dell Downloads
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
System Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .40
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