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How To Set Up Dell Optiplex 780 For 2 Monitors
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Setup and Features Information Tech Sheet (Desktop, Mini-Tower, Small Form Factor) - Page 1
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About Warnings
WARNING: A WARNING indicates a potential for property damage, personal injury, or death. Dell™ OptiPlex™ 780 Setup and Features Information Tech Sheet
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Setup and Features Information Tech Sheet (Ultra
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About Warnings
WARNING: A WARNING indicates a potential for property damage, personal injury, or death. Dell™ OptiPlex™ 780 Ultra Small Form Factor Setup and Features Information Tech Sheet
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Dell Mounting Bracket - User's Guide (Ultra
Small Form Factor) - Page 1
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User's Guide
Dell™ OptiPlex™ 780-USFF Mounting Bracket
Wall with Wood Stud Mount
Under Desk Mount
The Dell OptiPlex 780-USFF Mounting Bracket supports the System in vertical or horizontal orientations.
Dell Mounting Bracket - User's Guide (Ultra
Small Form Factor) - Page 3
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Contents 1 About your Dell OptiPlex 780-USFF Mounting Bracket 4 2 Setting up your Dell OptiPlex 780-USFF Mounting Bracket 4 3 Specifications...14 4 Finding Information...14
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Service Manual - Page 1
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... document to refer to either trademarks or registered trademarks of Dell Inc. Other trademarks and trade names may be used in this text: Dell, the DELL logo, OptiPlex are either the entities claiming the marks and names or their products. A02 Dell™ OptiPlex™ 780 Service Manual
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...network cables from being scratched. 2. Working on Your Computer
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Service Manual - Page 5
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Removing and Replacing Parts
Dell™ OptiPlex™ 780 Service Manual-Desktop
Cover Primary Hard Drive Floppy Drive (Optional) Expansion Card Memory Power Supply Fan System Board
Optical Drive Secondary Hard Drive (Optional) Riser Cage Standard Back Plate Heat Sink and Processor Coin-Cell Battery IO Panel
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Service Manual - Page 12
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... wait until you see the Windows desktop. When the boot device list appears, highlight Boot to run the Dell Diagnostics from the Drivers and Utilities media.
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Diagnostics
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Service Manual - Page 17
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... boot menu does not make any changes to user-definable settings. Press to enter System Setup and make any changes to change Cancel modification Reset defaults
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System Setup
Dell™ OptiPlex™ 780 Service Manual-Mini-Tower, Desktop, and Small Form Factor
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Service Manual - Page 22
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... the cover release latch. Removing the Cover
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Service Manual - Page 24
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Primary Hard Drive
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WARNING: Before working inside your computer, read the .... 4. For additional safety best practices information, see the Regulatory Compliance Homepage at www.dell.com/regulatory_compliance. Follow the procedures in Before Working Inside Your Computer. 2. Disconnect the hard-drive data cable.
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Service Manual - Page 28
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Floppy Drive
Dell™ OptiPlex™ 780 Service Manual-Desktop
WARNING: Before working inside your computer, read the safety information that shipped with your computer. Disconnect the floppy-drive power cable. Disconnect the floppy-drive ...
Service Manual - Page 32
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Expansion Card(s)
Dell™ OptiPlex™ 780 Service Manual-Desktop
WARNING: Before working inside your computer, read the safety information that shipped with your computer. For additional safety best practices information, see the Regulatory Compliance Homepage at www.dell.com/regulatory_compliance. Removing the Expansion Card(s)
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Service Manual - Page 34
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... in Before Working Inside Your Computer. 2. Lift the memory module out of the memory module connector.
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Memory
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WARNING: Before working inside your computer, read the safety information that shipped with your computer.
Service Manual - Page 36
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... (if present). 4. For additional safety best practices information, see the Regulatory Compliance Homepage at www.dell.com/regulatory_compliance. Remove the optical drive. 3. Remove the hard drive. 5. Back to Contents Page
Power Supply
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Technical Guide - Page 9
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... for Help"/ beyond firewall systems management capability, Microsoft NAP support, Hardened security monitoring, Support for the later enablement of band management. The amount less depends on...memory requires a 64-bit enabled processor and 64-bit operating system. DELL™ OPTIPLEX™ 780 TECHNICAL GUIDEBOOK V2.0
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... to 2GB shared system memory with optional riser. SFF supports low profile card. The DisplayPort controller does not support multi-monitor display in DOS 3 Populating a discrete graphics card in DOS. DELL™ OPTIPLEX™ 780 TECHNICAL GUIDEBOOK V2.0
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Technical Guide - Page 43
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Integrated NIC: USB... unless the customer purchased a SpeedStep™ capable processor. DELL™ OPTIPLEX™ 780 TECHNICAL GUIDEBOOK V2.0
BIOS DEFAULTS
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Technical Guide - Page 44
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BIOS DEFAULTS (CONT.)
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