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Getting Help

Dell™ PowerEdge™ 6600 Systems Installation and Troubleshooting Guide

  Help Overview

  Dell Contact Numbers



Help Overview

This section describes the tools Dell provides to help you when you have a problem with your computer. It also tells you when and how to contact Dell for technical or customer assistance.

Technical Assistance

If you need assistance with a technical problem, perform the following steps:

  1. Complete the procedures in "Troubleshooting Your System."

  2. Run the system diagnostics.

  3. Make a copy of the Diagnostics Checklist, and fill it out.

  4. Use Dell's extensive suite of online services available at the Dell | Support website (support.dell.com) for help with installation and troubleshooting procedures.

For more information, see "World Wide Web."

  1. If the preceding steps have not resolved the problem, call Dell for technical assistance.

When prompted by Dell's automated telephone system, enter your Express Service Code to route the call directly to the proper support personnel. If you do not have an Express Service Code, open the Dell Accessories folder, double-click the Express Service Code icon, and follow the directions.

NOTE: Dell's Express Service Code system may not be available in all countries.

For instructions on using the technical support service, see "Technical Support Service" and "Before You Call."

Help Tools

Dell provides a number of tools to assist you. These tools are described in the following sections.

NOTE: Some of the following tools are not always available in all locations outside the continental U.S. Please call your local Dell representative for information on availability.

World Wide Web

The Internet is your most powerful tool for obtaining information about your computer and other Dell products. Through the Internet, you can access most of the services described in this section, including AutoTech, TechFax, order status, technical support, and product information.

You can access Dell | Support at support.dell.com. Select your region on the WELCOME TO DELL SUPPORT page, and fill in the requested details to access help tools and information.

Dell can be accessed electronically using the following addresses:

www.dell.com/

www.dell.com/ap/ (for Asian/Pacific countries only)

www.euro.dell.com (for Europe only)

www.dell.com/la (for Latin American countries)

ftp.dell.com/

Log in as user:anonymous, and use your e-mail address as your password.

support@us.dell.com

apsupport@dell.com (for Asian/Pacific countries only)

support.euro.dell.com (for Europe only)

sales@dell.com

apmarketing@dell.com (for Asian/Pacific countries only)

info@dell.com

AutoTech Service

Dell's automated technical support service—AutoTech—provides recorded answers to the questions most frequently asked by Dell customers about their portable and desktop computer systems.

When you call AutoTech, you use your touch-tone telephone to select the subjects that correspond to your questions.

The AutoTech service is available 24 hours a day, seven days a week. You can also access this service through the technical support service. For the telephone number to call, see "Dell Contact Numbers."

TechFax Service

Dell takes full advantage of fax technology to serve you better. Twenty-four hours a day, seven days a week, you can call the Dell TechFax line toll-free for all kinds of technical information.

Using a touch-tone phone, you can select from a full directory of topics. The technical information you request is sent within minutes to the fax number you designate. For the TechFax telephone number to call, see "Dell Contact Numbers."

Automated Order-Status System

You can call this automated service to check on the status of any Dell products that you have ordered. A recording prompts you for the information needed to locate and report on your order. For the telephone number to call, see "Dell Contact Numbers."

Technical Support Service

Dell's industry-leading hardware technical-support service is available 24 hours a day, seven days a week, to answer your questions about Dell hardware. Our technical support staff use computer-based diagnostics to provide fast, accurate answers to questions.

To contact Dell's technical support service, see "Before You Call" and then call the number for your country as listed in "Dell Contact Numbers."

Problems With Your Order

If you have a problem with your order, such as missing parts, wrong parts, or incorrect billing, contact Dell for customer assistance. Have your invoice or packing slip handy when you call. For the telephone number to call, see "Dell Contact Numbers."

Product Information

If you need information about additional products available from Dell, or if you would like to place an order, visit the Dell website at www.dell.com/. For the telephone number to call to speak to a sales specialist, see "Dell Contact Numbers."

Returning Items for Warranty Repair or Credit

Prepare all items being returned, whether for repair or credit, as follows:

  1. Call Dell to obtain an authorization number, and write it clearly and prominently on the outside of the box.

For the telephone number to call, see "Dell Contact Numbers."

  1. Include a copy of the invoice and a letter describing the reason for the return.

  2. Include a copy of the Diagnostics Checklist indicating the tests you have run and any error messages reported by the system diagnostics.

  3. Include any accessories that belong with the item(s) being returned (such as power cables, software floppy disks, and guides) if the return is for credit.

  4. Pack the equipment to be returned in the original (or equivalent) packing materials.

You are responsible for paying shipping expenses. You are also responsible for insuring any product returned, and you assume the risk of loss during shipment to Dell. Collect-on-delivery (C.O.D.) packages are not accepted.

Returns that are missing any of the preceding requirements will be refused at our receiving dock and returned to you.

Before You Call

NOTE: Have your Express Service Code ready when you call. The code helps Dell's automated-support telephone system direct your call more efficiently.

Remember to fill out the Diagnostics Checklist. If possible, turn on your system before you call Dell for technical assistance and call from a telephone at or near the computer. You may be asked to type some commands at the keyboard, relay detailed information during operations, or try other troubleshooting steps possible only at the computer system itself. Make sure that the system documentation is available.

CAUTION: Before servicing any components inside your computer, see "Safety First—For You and Your System."


Dell Contact Numbers

The following table provides country-specific access codes and telephone numbers, websites, and email addresses that you can use to contact Dell.

The codes required depend on where you are calling from as well as the destination of your call; in addition, each country has a different dialing protocol. If you need assistance in determining which codes to use, contact a local or an international operator.

NOTE: Toll-free numbers are for use only within the country for which they are listed. Area codes are most often used to call long distance within your own country (not internationally)—in other words, when your call originates in the same country you are calling.

Country (City)
International Access Code Country Code
City Code

Department Name or Service Area,
Website and E-Mail Address

Area Codes,
Local Numbers, and Toll Free Numbers

Antigua and Barbuda

General Support

1-800-805-5924

Argentina (Buenos Aires)

International Access Code: 00

Country Code: 54

City Code: 11

Tech Support and Customer Care

toll free: 1-800-444-0733

Sales

toll free: 1-800-444-3355

Tech Support Fax

11 4515 7139

Customer Care Fax

11 4515 7138

Website: www.dell.com.ar

       

Australia (Sydney)

International Access Code: 0011

Country Code: 61

City Code: 2

Home and Small Business

1-300-65-55-33

Government and Business

toll free: 1-800-633-559

Preferred Accounts Division (PAD)

toll free: 1-800-060-889

Customer Care

toll free: 1-800-819-339

Corporate Sales

toll free: 1-800-808-385

Transaction Sales

toll free: 1-800-808-312

Fax

toll free: 1-800-818-341

Austria (Vienna)

International Access Code: 900

Country Code: 43

City Code: 1

Home/Small Business Sales

01 795 67602

Home/Small Business Fax

01 795 67605

Home/Small Business Customer Care

01 795 67603

Preferred Accounts/Corporate Customer Care

0660 8056

Home/Small Business Technical Support

01 795 67604

Preferred Accounts/Corporate Technical Support

0660 8779

Switchboard

01 491 04 0

Website: support.euro.dell.com

  

E-mail: tech_support_central_europe@dell.com

  

Barbados

General Support

1-800-534-3066

Belgium (Brussels)

International Access Code: 00

Country Code: 32

City Code: 2

Technical Support

02 481 92 88

Customer Care

02 481 91 19

Home/Small Business Sales

toll free: 0800 16884

Corporate Sales

02 481 91 00

Fax

02 481 92 99

Switchboard

02 481 91 00

Website: support.euro.dell.com

   

E-mail: tech_be@dell.com

  

E-mail for French Speaking Customers: support.euro.dell.com/be/fr/emaildell/

  

Bermuda

General Support

1-800-342-0671

Brazil

International Access Code: 0021

Country Code: 55

City Code: 51

Customer Support, Technical Support

0800 90 3355

Tech Support Fax

51 481 5470

Customer Care Fax

51 481 5480

Sales

0800 90 3390

Website: www.dell.com/br

  

Brunei

Country Code: 673

Customer Technical Support (Penang, Malaysia)

604 633 4966

Customer Service (Penang, Malaysia)

604 633 4949

Transaction Sales (Penang, Malaysia)

604 633 4955

Canada (North York, Ontario)

International Access Code: 011

Automated Order-Status System

toll free: 1-800-433-9014

AutoTech (Automated technical support)

toll free: 1-800-247-9362

Customer Care (From outside Toronto)

toll free: 1-800-387-5759

Customer Care (From within Toronto)

416 758-2400

Customer Technical Support

toll free: 1-800-847-4096

Sales (Direct sales—from outside Toronto)

toll free: 1-800-387-5752

Sales (Direct sales—from within Toronto)

416 758-2200

Sales (Federal government, education, and medical)

toll free: 1-800-567-7542

Sales (Major accounts)

toll free: 1-800-387-5755

TechFax

toll free: 1-800-950-1329

Cayman Islands

General Support

1-800-805-7541

Chile (Santiago)

Country Code: 56

City Code: 2

Sales, Customer Support, and Technical Support

toll free: 1230-020-4823

China (Xiamen)

Country Code: 86

City Code: 592

Home and Small Business Technical Support

toll free: 800 858 2437

Corporate Accounts Technical Support

toll free: 800 858 2333

Customer Experience

toll free: 800 858 2060

Home and Small Business

toll free: 800 858 2222

Preferred Accounts Division

toll free: 800 858 2062

Large Corporate Accounts North

toll free: 800 858 2999

Large Corporate Accounts East

toll free: 800 858 2020

Large Corporate Accounts South

toll free: 800 858 2355

Large Corporate Accounts GCP

toll free: 800 858 2055 

Large Corporate Accounts HK

toll free: 800 964108 

Large Corporate Accounts GCP HK

toll free: 800 907308

Colombia

General Support

980-9-15-3978

Costa Rica

General Support

0800-012-0435

Czech Republic (Prague)

International Access Code: 00

Country Code: 420

City Code: 2

Technical Support

02 22 83 27 27

Customer Care

02 22 83 27 11

Fax

02 22 83 27 14

TechFax

02 22 83 27 28

Switchboard

02 22 83 27 11

Website: support.euro.dell.com

  

E-mail: czech_dell@dell.com

  

Denmark (Horsholm)

International Access Code: 00

Country Code: 45

Technical Support

45170182

Relational Customer Care

45170184

Home/Small Business Customer Care

32875505

Switchboard

45170100

Fax Technical Support (Upplands Vasby, Sweden)

46 0 859005594

Fax Switchboard

45170117

Website: support.euro.dell.com

  

E-mail: den_support@dell.com

E-mail Support for Servers: Nordic_server_support@dell.com

  

Dominican Republic

General Support

1-800-148-0530

El Salvador

General Support

01-899-753-0777

Finland (Helsinki)

International Access Code: 990

Country Code: 358

City Code: 9

Technical Support

09 253 313 60

Technical Support Fax

09 253 313 81

Relational Customer Care

09 253 313 38

Home/Small Business Customer Care

09 693 791 94

Fax

09 253 313 99

Switchboard

09 253 313 00

Website: support.euro.dell.com

  

E-mail: fin_support@dell.com

  

France (Paris) (Montpellier)

International Access Code: 00

Country Code: 33

City Codes: (1) (4)

Home and Small Business

   

Technical Support

0825 387 270

Customer Care

0825 823 833

Switchboard

0825 004 700

Switchboard (Alternative)

04 99 75 40 00

Sales

0825 004 700

Fax

0825 004 701

Fax (Alternative)

04 99 75 40 01

Website: support.euro.dell.com

  

E-mail: support.euro.dell.com/fr/fr/emaildell/

  

Corporate

  

Technical Support

0825 004 719

Customer Care

0825 338 339

Switchboard

01 55 94 71 00

Sales

01 55 94 71 00

Fax

01 55 94 71 01

Website: support.euro.dell.com

  

E-mail: support.euro.dell.com/fr/fr/emaildell/

  

Germany (Langen)

International Access Code: 00

Country Code: 49

City Code: 6103

Technical Support

06103 766-7200

Home/Small Business Customer Care

0180-5-224400

Global Segment Customer Care

06103 766-9570

Preferred Accounts Customer Care

06103 766-9420

Large Accounts Customer Care

06103 766-9560

Public Accounts Customer Care

06103 766-9555

Switchboard

06103 766-7000

Website: support.euro.dell.com

   

E-mail: tech_support_central_europe@dell.com

  

Guatemala

General Support

1-800-999-0136

Hong Kong

International Access Code: 001

Country Code: 852

Technical Support

toll free: 800 96 4107

Customer Service (Penang, Malaysia)

604 633 4949

Transaction Sales

toll free: 800 96 4109

Corporate Sales

toll free: 800 96 4108

India

Technical Support

1600 33 8045

Sales

1600 33 8044

Ireland (Cherrywood)

International Access Code: 16

Country Code: 353

City Code: 1

Technical Support

1850 543 543

Home User Customer Care

01 204 4095

Small Business Customer Care

01 204 4026

Corporate Customer Care

01 279 5011

Sales

01 204 4444

SalesFax

01 204 0144

Fax

204 5960

Switchboard

01 204 4444

Website: support.euro.dell.com

  

E-mail: dell_direct_support@dell.com

  

Italy (Milan)

International Access Code: 00

Country Code: 39

City Code: 02

Home and Small Business

  

Technical Support

02 577 826 90

Customer Care

02 696 821 14

Fax

02 696 821 13

Switchboard

02 696 821 12

Website: support.euro.dell.com

  

E-mail: support.euro.dell.com/it/it/emaildell/

  

Corporate

  

Technical Support

02 577 826 90

Customer Care

02 577 825 55

Fax

02 575 035 30

Switchboard

02 577 821 

Website: support.euro.dell.com

  

E-mail: support.euro.dell.com/it/it/emaildell/

   

Jamaica

General Support

1-800-682-3639

Japan (Kawasaki)

International Access Code: 001

Country Code: 81

City Code: 44

Technical Support (Server)

toll free: 0120-1984-35

Technical Support Outside of Japan (Server)

81-44-556-4152

Technical Support (Dimension™ and Inspiron™)

toll free: 0120-1982-26

Technical Support Outside of Japan (Dimension and Inspiron)

81-44-520-1435

Technical Support (Dell Precision™, OptiPlex™, and Latitude™)

toll free: 0120-1984-33

Technical Support Outside of Japan (Dell Precision, OptiPlex, and Latitude)

81-44-556-3894

24-Hour Automated Order Service

044 556-3801

Customer Care

044 556-4240

Business Sales Division (Up to 400 employees)

044 556 3494

Preferred Accounts Division Sales (Over 400 employees)

044 556-3433

Large Corporate Accounts Sales (Over 3500 employees)

044 556-3440

Public Sales (Government agencies, educational institutions, and medical institutions)

044 556 3440

Global Segment Japan

044 556 3469

Individual User

044 556 1657

Faxbox Service

044 556-3490

Switchboard

044 556-4300

Website: support.jp.dell.com

  

Korea (Seoul)

International Access Code: 001

Country Code: 82

City Code: 2

Technical Support

toll free: 080-200-3800

Sales

toll free: 080-200-3600

Customer Service (Seoul, Korea)

toll free: 080-200-3800

Customer Service (Penang, Malaysia)

604 633 4949

Fax

2194-6202

Switchboard

2194-6000

Latin America

Customer Technical Support (Austin, Texas, U.S.A.)

512 728-4093

Customer Service (Austin, Texas, U.S.A.)

512 728-3619

Fax (Technical Support and Customer Service)(Austin, Texas, U.S.A.)

512 728-3883

Sales (Austin, Texas, U.S.A.)

512 728-4397

SalesFax (Austin, Texas, U.S.A.)

512 728-4600

or 512 728-3772

Luxembourg

International Access Code: 00

Country Code: 352

Technical Support (Brussels, Belgium)

02 481 92 88

Home/Small Business Sales (Brussels, Belgium)

toll free: 080016884

Corporate Sales (Brussels, Belgium)

02 481 91 00

Customer Care (Brussels, Belgium)

02 481 91 19

Fax (Brussels, Belgium)

02 481 92 99

Switchboard (Brussels, Belgium)

02 481 91 00

Website: support.euro.dell.com

   

E-mail: tech_be@dell.com

   

Macau

Country Code: 853

Technical Support

toll free: 0800 582

Customer Service (Penang, Malaysia)

604 633 4949

Transaction Sales

toll free: 0800 581

Malaysia (Penang)

International Access Code: 00

Country Code: 60

City Code: 4

Technical Support

toll free: 1 800 888 298

Customer Service

04 633 4949

Transaction Sales

toll free: 1 800 888 202

Corporate Sales

toll free: 1 800 888 213

Mexico

International Access Code: 00

Country Code: 52

Customer Technical Support

001-877-384-8979

or 001-877-269-3383

Sales

50-81-8800

or 01-800-888-3355

Customer Service

001-877-384-8979

or 001-877-269-3383

Main

50-81-8800

or 01-800-888-3355

Netherlands Antilles

General Support

001-800-882-1519

Netherlands (Amsterdam)

International Access Code: 00

Country Code: 31

City Code: 20

Technical Support

020 581 8838

Customer Care

020 581 8740

Home/Small Business Sales

toll free: 0800-0663

Home/Small Business Sales Fax

020 682 7171

Corporate Sales

020 581 8818

Corporate Sales Fax

020 686 8003

Fax

020 686 8003

Switchboard

020 581 8818

Website: support.euro.dell.com

  

E-mail: tech_nl@dell.com

  

New Zealand

International Access Code: 00

Country Code: 64

Home and Small Business

0800 446 255

Government and Business

0800 444 617

Sales

0800 441 567

Fax

0800 441 566

Nicaragua

General Support

001-800-220-1006

Norway (Lysaker)

International Access Code: 00

Country Code: 47

Technical Support

671 16882

Relational Customer Care

671 17514

Home/Small Business Customer Care

23162298

Switchboard

671 16800

Fax Technical Support (Upplands Vasby, Sweden)

46 0 85 590 05 594

Fax Switchboard

671 16865

Website: support.euro.dell.com

    

E-mail: nor_support@dell.com

  

E-mail Support for Servers: Nordic_server_support@dell.com

    

Panama

General Support

001-800-507-0962

Peru

General Support

0800-50-669

Poland (Warsaw)

International Access Code: 011

Country Code: 48

City Code: 22

Customer Service Phone

 57 95 700

Customer Care

 57 95 999

Sales

 57 95 999

Customer Service Fax

 57 95 806

Reception Desk Fax

 57 95 998

Switchboard

 57 95 999

Website: support.euro.dell.com

  

E-mail: pl_support@dell.com

  

Portugal

International Access Code: 00

Country Code: 35

Technical Support

35 800 834 077

Customer Care

800 300 415 or
35 800 834 075

Sales

 800 300 410 or  800 300 411 or  800 300 412 or

351 214 220 710

Fax

35 121 424 01 12

E-mail: support.euro.dell.com/es/es/emaildell/

  

Puerto Rico

General Support

1-800-805-7545

St. Lucia

General Support

1-800-882-1521

Singapore (Singapore)

International Access Code: 005

Country Code: 65

Technical Support

toll free: 800 6011 051

Customer Service (Penang, Malaysia)

604 633 4949

Transaction Sales

toll free: 800 6011 054

Corporate Sales

toll free: 800 6011 053

South Africa (Johannesburg)

International Access Code: 09/091

Country Code: 27

City Code: 11

Technical Support

011 709 7710

Customer Care

011 709 7707

Sales

011 709 7700

Fax

011 706 0495

Switchboard

011 709 7700

Website: support.euro.dell.com

  

E-mail: dell_za_support@dell.com

  

Southeast Asian and Pacific Countries

Customer Technical Support, Customer Service, and Sales (Penang, Malaysia)

604 633 4810

Spain (Madrid)

International Access Code: 00

Country Code: 34

City Code: 91

Home and Small Business

  

Technical Support

902 100 130

Customer Care

902 118 540

Sales

902 118 541

Switchboard

902 118 541

Fax

902 118 539

Website: support.euro.dell.com

  

E-mail: support.euro.dell.com/es/es/emaildell/

 

Corporate

  

Technical Support

902 100 130

Customer Care

902 118 546

Switchboard

91 722 92 00

Fax

91 722 95 83

Website: support.euro.dell.com

   

E-mail: support.euro.dell.com/es/es/emaildell/

   

Sweden (Upplands Vasby)

International Access Code: 00

Country Code: 46

City Code: 8

Technical Support

08 590 05 199

Relational Customer Care

08 590 05 642

Home/Small Business Customer Care

08 587 70 527

Fax Technical Support

08 590 05 594

Sales

08 590 05 185

Website: support.euro.dell.com

    

E-mail: swe_support@dell.com

  

E-mail Support for Latitude and Inspiron:
Swe-nbk_kats@dell.com

  

E-mail Support for OptiPlex: Swe_kats@dell.com

  

E-mail Support for Servers: Nordic_server_support@dell.com

    

Switzerland (Geneva)

International Access Code: 00

Country Code: 41

City Code: 22

Technical Support (Home and Small Business)

0844 811 411

Technical Support (Corporate)

0844 822 844

Customer Care (Home and Small Business)

0848 802 202

Customer Care (Corporate)

0848 821 721

Fax

022 799 01 90

Switchboard

022 799 01 01

Website: support.euro.dell.com

  

E-mail: swisstech@dell.com

  

E-mail for French Speaking HSB and Corporate Customers: support.euro.dell.com/ch/fr/emaildell/

  

Taiwan

International Access Code: 002

Country Code: 886

Technical Support

toll free: 0080 60 1255

Technical Support (Servers)

toll free: 0080 60 1256

Transaction Sales

toll free: 0080 651 228

or 0800 33 556

Corporate Sales

toll free: 0080 651 227

or 0800 33 555

Thailand

International Access Code: 001

Country Code: 66

Technical Support

toll free: 0880 060 07

Customer Service (Penang, Malaysia)

604 633 4949

Sales

toll free: 0880 060 09

Trinidad/Tobago

General Support

1-800-805-8035

U.K. (Bracknell)

International Access Code: 00

Country Code: 44

City Code: 1344

Technical Support (Corporate/Preferred Accounts/PAD [1000+ employees])

0870 908 0500

Technical Support (Direct/PAD and general)

0870 908 0800

Global Accounts Customer Care

01344 723186

Home and Small Business Customer Care

0870 906 0010

Corporate Customer Care

01344 72 3185

Preferred Accounts (500-5000 employees) Customer Care

01344 723196

Central Government Customer Care

01344 723193

Local Government Customer Care

01344 723194

Home/Small Business Sales

0870 907 4000

Corporate/Public Sector Sales

01344 860456

Website: support.euro.dell.com

  

E-mail: dell_direct_support@dell.com

  

U.S.A. (Austin, Texas)

International Access Code: 011

Country Code: 1

Automated Order-Status System

toll free: 1-800-433-9014

AutoTech (For portable and desktop computers)

toll free: 1-800-247-9362

Dell Home and Small Business Group (For portable and desktop computers):

Customer Technical Support (Return material authorization numbers)

toll free: 1-800-624-9896

Customer Technical Support (Home sales purchased via www.dell.com)

toll free: 1-877-576-3355

Customer Service (Credit return authorization numbers)

toll free: 1-800-624-9897

National Accounts (Computers purchased by established Dell national accounts [have your account number handy], medical institutions, or value-added resellers [VARs]):

Customer Service and Technical Support (Return material authorization numbers)

toll free: 1-800-822-8965

Public Americas International (Computers purchased by governmental agencies [local, state, or federal] or educational institutions):

Customer Service and Technical Support (Return material authorization numbers)

toll free: 1-800-234-1490

Dell Sales

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