User's Manual
Table Of Contents
- Owner’s Manual
- Contents
- A Tour of Your Computer
- Setting Up Your Computer
- Using a Battery
- Installing Module Bay Devices
- Using CDs, DVDs, and Other Multimedia
- Using the Keyboard and Touch Pad
- Using PC Cards
- Setting Up a Home and Office Network
- Solving Problems
- Dell Diagnostics
- Drivers
- Resolving Software and Hardware Incompatibilities
- Restoring Your Operating System
- Drive Problems
- E-Mail, Modem, and Internet Problems
- Error Messages
- IEEE 1394 Device Problems
- Keyboard Problems
- Lockups and Software Problems
- Memory Problems
- Network Problems
- PC Card Problems
- Power Problems
- Printer Problems
- Scanner Problems
- Sound and Speaker Problems
- Touch Pad or Mouse Problems
- Video and Display Problems
- Adding and Replacing Parts
- Appendix
- Index
6 Contents
E-Mail, Modem, and Internet Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
Error Messages
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
IEEE 1394 Device Problems
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Keyboard Problems
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
External Keyboard Problems
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Unexpected Characters
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Lockups and Software Problems
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
The computer does not start up
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
The computer stops responding
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
A program stops responding
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
A program crashes repeatedly
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
A program is designed for an earlier Windows operating system
. . . . . 61
A solid blue screen appears
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
Other software problems
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
Memory Problems
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Network Problems
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
PC Card Problems
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Power Problems
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Ensuring Sufficient Power for Your Computer
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Printer Problems
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Scanner Problems
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
Sound and Speaker Problems
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
No sound from integrated speakers
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
No sound from external speakers
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
No sound from headphones
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
Touch Pad or Mouse Problems
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
Video and Display Problems
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
If the display is blank
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
If the display is difficult to read
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
If only part of the display is readable
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70