Dell INSPIRON 530 DCMF User manual

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Dell™ Inspiron™ 530 Owner’s Manual
Model DCMF
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Notes, Notices, and Cautions
NOTE: A NOTE indicates important information that helps you make better use of
your computer.
NOTICE: A NOTICE indicates either potential damage to hardware or loss of data
and tells you how to avoid the problem.
CAUTION: A CAUTION indicates a potential for property damage, personal injury,
or death.
If you purchased a Dell™ n Series computer, any references in this document to
Microsoft
®
Windows
®
operating systems are not applicable.
Abbreviations and Acronyms
For a complete list of abbreviations and acronyms, see the "Glossary" on page 183.
____________________
Information in this document is subject to change without notice.
© 2007 Dell Inc. All rights reserved.
Reproduction in any manner whatsoever without the written permission of Dell Inc. is strictly forbidden.
Trademarks used in this text: Dell, the DELL logo, Yours Is Here, and Inspiron are trademarks of Dell
Inc.; Bluetooth is a registered trademark owned by Bluetooth SIG, Inc. and is used by Dell under
license; Microsoft, Windows, and Windows Vista are either trademarks or registered trademarks of
Microsoft Corporation in the United States and/or other countries; Intel, Pentium, and Celeron are
registered trademarks, SpeedStep and Core are trademarks of Intel Corporation.
Other trademarks and trade names may be used in this document to refer to either the entities claiming
the marks and names or their products. Dell Inc. disclaims any proprietary interest in trademarks and
trade names other than its own.
Model DCMF
November 2007 P/N KP338 Rev. A04
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Contents
Finding Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
1 Setting Up and Using Your Computer . . . 15
Front View of the Computer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Back View of the Computer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Back Panel Connectors. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Installing Your Computer in an Enclosure. . . . . . . . 21
Setting Up a Printer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Printer Cable . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Connecting a USB Printer . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Playing CDs and DVDs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Adjusting the Volume . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Adjusting the Picture . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Copying CDs and DVDs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
How to Copy a CD or DVD . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Using Blank CDs and DVDs. . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Helpful Tips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Using a Media Card Reader (Optional) . . . . . . . . . 30
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Connecting Two Monitors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Connecting Two Monitors With
VGA Connectors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Connecting One Monitor With a
VGA Connector and
One Monitor With a DVI Connector. . . . . . . . . 33
Connecting a TV. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Changing the Display Settings . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Power Management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Power Management Options in
Microsoft®Windows®XP . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Standby Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Hibernate Mode. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Power Options Properties . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Power Management Options in
Windows Vista™ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Standby Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Hibernate Mode. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Power Plan Properties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Enabling SpeedStep™ Technology . . . . . . . . . . . 40
About RAID Configurations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
RAID Level 1 Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Configuring Your Hard Drives for RAID . . . . . . . 42
Configuring for RAID Using the Intel(R)
Option ROM Utility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Configuring for RAID Using the Intel(R)
Matrix Storage Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Transferring Information to a New Computer . . . . . . 47
Microsoft®Windows®XP . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
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Setting Up a Home and Office Network. . . . . . . . . 52
Connecting to a Network Adapter . . . . . . . . . 52
Setting Up a Network in the
Microsoft®Windows®XP
Operating System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Setting Up a Network in the
Windows Vista™ Operating System . . . . . . . . 53
Connecting to the Internet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Setting Up Your Internet Connection . . . . . . . . 54
2 Solving Problems. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Troubleshooting Tips. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Battery Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Drive Problems. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
CD and DVD drive problems . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Hard drive problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
E-Mail, Modem, and Internet Problems . . . . . . . . . 60
Error Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
Keyboard Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Lockups and Software Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
The computer does not start up . . . . . . . . . . 64
The computer stops responding . . . . . . . . . . 64
A program stops responding . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
A program crashes repeatedly . . . . . . . . . . . 64
A program is designed for an earlier
Microsoft®Windows®operating system . . . . . 65
A solid blue screen appears . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Other software problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
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Media Card Reader Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
Memory Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
Mouse Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
Network Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
Power Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
Printer Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
Scanner Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
Sound and Speaker Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
No sound from speakers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
No sound from headphones . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
Video and Monitor Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
If the screen is blank . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
If the screen is difficult to read . . . . . . . . . . . 77
3 Troubleshooting Tools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
Power Lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
Beep Codes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
System Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
Dell Diagnostics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84
When to Use the Dell Diagnostics . . . . . . . . . 84
Starting the Dell Diagnostics From
Your Hard Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84
Starting the Dell Diagnostics From the
Drivers and Utilities Media . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
Dell Diagnostics Main Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
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Drivers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88
What is a Driver? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88
Identifying Drivers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88
Reinstalling Drivers and Utilities . . . . . . . . . . 89
Troubleshooting Software and Hardware Problems
in the Microsoft Windows®XP and
Windows Vista™ Operating System. . . . . . . . . . . 91
Restoring Your Operating System . . . . . . . . . . . . 92
Using Microsoft® Windows® System Restore . . . 92
Click the System Restore tab and ensure that
Turn off System Restore is unchecked.. . . . . . . 94
Using Dell PC Restore and
Dell Factory Image Restore. . . . . . . . . . . . . 94
Using the Operating System CD . . . . . . . . . . 97
4 Removing and Installing Parts . . . . . . . . 99
Before You Begin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
Recommended Tools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
Turning Off Your Computer . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100
Before Working Inside Your Computer . . . . . . . 100
Removing the Computer Cover . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
Inside View of Your Computer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103
System Board Components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
Power Supply DC Connector Pin Assignments . . . . . 106
Memory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110
Memory Installation Guidelines . . . . . . . . . . 110
Installing Memory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111
Removing Memory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113
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Cards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114
PCI and PCI Express Cards . . . . . . . . . . . . 114
Bezel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121
Removing the Bezel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121
Replacing the Bezel. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122
Drives. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123
Recommended Drive Cable Connections. . . . . 124
Connecting Drive Cables . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124
Drive Interface Connectors . . . . . . . . . . . . 124
Connecting and Disconnecting
Drive Cables. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125
Hard Drives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125
Floppy Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130
Media Card Reader . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135
CD/DVD Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139
Battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145
Replacing the Battery. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145
Power Supply . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146
Replacing the Power Supply . . . . . . . . . . . 146
I/O Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148
Removing the I/O Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148
Installing the I/O Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149
Processor Fan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150
Removing the
Processor Fan/Heat Sink Assembly . . . . . . . 150
Installing the
Processor Fan/Heat Sink Assembly . . . . . . . 151
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Processor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152
Removing the Processor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152
Installing the Processor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154
Chassis Fan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156
Removing the Chassis Fan . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156
Replacing the Chassis Fan . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157
System Board . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158
Removing the System Board . . . . . . . . . . . . 158
Installing the System Board . . . . . . . . . . . . 159
Replacing the Computer Cover . . . . . . . . . . . 160
A Appendix . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163
Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163
System Setup. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168
Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168
Entering System Setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168
System Setup Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170
Boot Sequence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172
Clearing Forgotten Passwords . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174
Clearing CMOS Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175
Flashing the BIOS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175
Cleaning Your Computer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176
Computer, Keyboard, and Monitor . . . . . . . . . 176
Mouse. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177
Floppy Drive. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177
CDs and DVDs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177
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Dell Technical Support Policy (U.S. Only) . . . . . . . 178
Definition of "Dell-Installed"
Software and Peripherals. . . . . . . . . . . . . 179
Definition of "Third-Party"
Software and Peripherals. . . . . . . . . . . . . 179
FCC Notice (U.S. Only) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179
FCC Class B . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179
Contacting Dell. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181
Glossary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183
Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 199
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