Advanced Expansion Subsystem - Dell Precision 410 Service Manual

parallel port connector
SCSI port connector
serial port 1 connector
serial port 2 connector
keyboard connector
mouse connector
microphone jack
line-out jack
USB connectors
NIC connector
video connector
padlock ring
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Figure 1-5 points out many of the mini tower system's internal components
and back-panel features.
AC power receptacle
security cable slot
line-in jack
With the installation of a second processor SEC cartridge in the secondary
SEC cartridge connector on the system board, the computer becomes a dual-
processing system. The second processor must be the same type and
frequency as the first processor. To take advantage of two processors,
dual-processing systems must have multiprocessing operating systems, such
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as the Microsoft Windows NT
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Windows 95 operating system does not support dual processing.
The Dell Precision 410 systems offer advanced expansion subsystems that can
support a mixture of traditional ISA expansion cards (called legacy cards), Plug
and Play ISA expansion cards, PCI expansion cards, and an AGP card. The
operating system or the ISA Configuration Utility (ICU), included with the sys-
tem, provides a means of avoiding resource conflicts that might arise from
such an arrangement.
NOTE: For systems running Windows 95, the functions provided by the ICU
are handled by the Device Manager, which can be accessed by double-clicking
the System icon in the Control Panel. Windows 95 documentation provides
power supply
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4.0 operating system. The Microsoft
external
drive bays
internal
drive bays