Dell C__Dock II Expansion Station: Docking Your Computer
Docking Your Computer: Dell C__Dock II Expansion Station
Table of contents
- System Information Guide
- Notes, Notices, and Cautions
- System Information Guide Other Documents Available Getting Help Docking Device Overview
- I/O Panel of the Docking Device
- External I/O Connectors Audio Connectors and Infrared Sensor
- Docking Control Base Controls and Indicators
- Docking Device With the Monitor Stand Before Docking the Computer
- Check Your Computer for Existing Docking Drivers Installing the Docking Drivers Installing the Docking Drivers From the ResourceCD or Drivers and Utilities CD
- Installing the Docking Drivers From the Dell Support Website
- Docking Your Computer
- Docking Panel Door on the Computer
- Docking the Computer
- Docking for the First Time With Windows XP and Windows 2000 Docking for the First Time With Windows Me
- Docking for the First Time With Windows NT 4.0
- Docking for the First Time With Windows 98
- Docking for the First Time With Windows 95
- Updating Drivers in Windows XP and Windows 2000 Updating Drivers in Windows Me
- Undocking the Computer
- Replacing the Battery
- Removing the Top Cover
- Replacing the Battery Removing and Installing a PCI Expansion Card
- PCI Expansion-Slot Door and Expansion-Card Connector
- If you are using a PCI card that was not purchased from Dell, use the drivers and instructions provided by the manufacturer of the card.
- Using the C/Dock II Media Bay
- Installing a Media Device for Windows NT 4.0 With Softex Docking Services Securing the C/Dock Expansion Station Security Features
- Securing the C/Dock II Expansion Station Dell Diagnostics
- Technical Specifications
- Technical Specifications
- Safety and EMC Instructions: Portable Computers
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2 Enter your docking device information, and then click Go!
Click Downloads For Your Dell.
The Downloads For Your Dell window appears, including a short form
for you to fill out.
3 Enter your system service tag number, or select your Dell system.
4 Select your operating system and operating system language.
5 Select System and Configuration Utilities as your download category.
6 Click Go!.
7 If your computer is running Windows 9x or Windows Me, locate and
www.dell.com | support.dell.com
click the link for the Dell Dock QuickInstall utility.
If your computer is running Windows NT, locate and click the link for
Softex Docking Services.
8 Follow the instructions on the screen to download and install the
required drivers.
After you download the files and before you install the drivers, make
sure to view the readme.txt file that is included in the downloaded files
for important information about the installation.
Docking Your Computer
If you attach a monitor to the docking device and turn the monitor on, the
screen image appears on the monitor. To switch the image to the computer
display, or to both the monitor and the computer display, press
<Fn><F8>.
When you dock the computer to the docking device and turn the computer
on, the green power light on the docking control base lights up (see
“Docking Control Base Controls and Indicators”).
NOTICE: To avoid losing data, save any open files before you dock the
computer.
NOTICE: If a Peripheral Component Interconnect (PCI) video card is
installed in the docking device
, shut down the computer before docking or
undocking to avoid losing data.
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Save all files, close and exit all application programs, exit the operating
system, and turn off the computer.
10 System Information Guide
