Dell Precision 690: Frequently Asked Questions How Do I... Solution Where to Find Additional Information

Frequently Asked Questions

How Do I... Solution Where to Find Additional Information

Set up my computer to use two

If your computer has the required

See "Setting Up Your Computer"

monitors?

graphics card to support dual-

on page 9 for information on

monitor setup, then look in your

connecting dual monitors to your

shipping box for a Y-cable. The

computer.

Y-cable has a single connector on one

end (plug this connector into the

back panel) and branches into two

connectors (plug these connectors

into the monitor cables).

Connect my monitor when the

If your graphics card has a DVI

See "Setting Up Your Computer"

monitor cable connector doesn’t

connector but your monitor has a

on page 9 for information on

seem to fit the connector on the

VGA connector, then you need to use

connecting monitors to your

back of my computer?

an adapter. An adapter should be

computer. For more information,

included in the shipping box.

contact Dell. For information on

contacting Dell, see your User’s

Guide.

Connect my speakers? If you have a sound card installed,

See the documentation that came

connect the speakers to the

with your speakers for more

connectors on the card. See "Setting

information.

Up Your Computer" on page 9.

Find the right connectors for my

Your computer has eight USB

See "About Your Computer"

USB or IEEE 1394 devices?

connectors (two on the front, one

on page 14 for illustrations of

internal, and five on the back) and an

the front and back views of your

IEEE 1394 connector on the front

computer.

and on the back. For more

For help locating your User’s Guide,

information on the IEEE 1394 card,

see "Finding Information" on page 5.

see your User’s Guide.

Locate information about the

Yo u r User’s Guide has a

Go to the Dell Support website at

hardware and other technical

specifications table that provides

support.dell.com and use one of the

specifications for my computer?

more detailed information about

following support tools: read white

your computer and the hardware. To

papers on the latest technology or

locate your User’s Guide, see

communicate with other Dell users

"Finding Information" on page 5.

at the Dell forum chat room.

Find documentation for my

The following documentation is

If you lose your documentation, it is

computer?

available for your computer:

available on the Dell Support website

• User’s Guide

at support.dell.com.

• Product Information Guide

• System Information Label

To locate these documents, see

"Finding Information" on page 5.

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