User manual DELL PRECISION 210 Supplementary Guide

[. . . ] Dell Computer Corporation disclaims any proprietary interest in trademarks and trade names other than its own. ____________________ Les informations de ce document sont sujettes à modification sans préavis. [. . . ] The SIMD extensions instruction set is made up of more than 70 new instructions and includes floating-point SIMD to enhance 3D display performance and other multimedia capabilities. The processor serial number uniquely identifies each Pentium III processor. Pentium III processors also include MMX technology and an L2 cache. 2SHUDWLQJ6\VWHPVDQG3HQWLXP, , , )HDWXUHV Pentium III processors require specific drivers and Service Packs for each Microsoft ® operating system. Without the correct driver or Service Pack, the new features of your Pentium III processor may not be available. Dell Precision WorkStation 210 Desktop Systems Documentation Update 1-1 :LQGRZV17[ If you ordered your Dell Precision WorkStation with a Pentium III processor, the Microsoft Windows NT 4. x operating system, and Service Pack 3, your system functions normally and benefits from the higher clock speed and the cache/memory management improvements offered by the Pentium III processor. However, your system cannot take advantage of the new SIMD extensions instruction set. To use the SIMD extensions instruction set, you must install Windows NT 4. x Service Pack 4 and the Intel streaming SIMD extensions (SSE) instruction set driver. You can download Windows NT Service Pack 4 from the Microsoft Web site at http://www. microsoft. com and the Intel SSE driver from the Dell Web site at http://www. dell. com. If you ordered your Dell Precision WorkStation with a Pentium III processor, Windows NT 4. x, and Service Pack 4, the Intel SSE driver required to take advantage of the SIMD extensions instruction set was also factory installed. A Windows NT Service Pack 4 CD is included with your system should you need to reinstall Windows NT. [. . . ] The Dell Precision WorkStation 210 Desktop Systems Help can be a handy reference tool as you work on your desktop. It allows you to search for information in multiple ways and to link quickly to related topics. [. . . ]