Dell Inspiron 530b User manual

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Dell™ Inspiron™ 530 Series
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 203.
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Model DCMF
September 2008 P/N KP338 Rev. A05
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Contents
Finding Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
1 Setting Up and Using Your Computer . . . 15
Front View of the Computer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Inspiron 530/530a/530c . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Inspiron 530b/530d . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Back View of the Computer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Inspiron 530/530a/530c . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Inspiron 530b/530d . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Back Panel Connectors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Inspiron 530/530a/530c . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Inspiron 530b/530d . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Installing Your Computer in an Enclosure. . . . . . . . 27
Setting Up a Printer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Printer Cable . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Connecting a USB Printer . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Playing CDs and DVDs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Adjusting the Volume . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Configuring the Audio Connectors for
5.1-Channel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Adjusting the Picture . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
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Copying CDs and DVDs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
How to Copy a CD or DVD. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Using Blank CDs and DVDs . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Helpful Tips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Using a Media Card Reader (Optional) . . . . . . . . . 36
Connecting Two Monitors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Connecting Two Monitors With VGA
Connectors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Connecting One Monitor With a VGA Connector
and One Monitor With a DVI Connector . . . . . . 39
Connecting a TV. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Changing the Display Settings . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Power Management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Power Management Options in
Microsoft®Windows®XP . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Standby Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Hibernate Mode. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Power Options Properties . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Power Management Options in
Windows Vista®. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Standby Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Hibernate Mode. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Power Plan Properties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Enabling SpeedStep™ Technology . . . . . . . . . . . 46
About RAID Configurations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
RAID Level 1 Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Configuring Your Hard Drives for RAID . . . . . . . 48
Configuring for RAID Using the Intel®
Option ROM Utility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Configuring for RAID Using the Intel®
Matrix Storage Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
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Transferring Information to a New Computer . . . . . . 54
Microsoft®Windows®XP . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Setting Up a Home and Office Network. . . . . . . . . 58
Connecting to a Network Adapter . . . . . . . . . 58
Setting Up a Network in the Microsoft®
Windows®XP Operating System. . . . . . . . . . 59
Setting Up a Network in the Windows Vista®
Operating System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Connecting to the Internet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Setting Up Your Internet Connection . . . . . . . . 60
2 Solving Problems. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Troubleshooting Tips. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Battery Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Drive Problems. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
CD and DVD drive problems . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Hard drive problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
E-Mail, Modem, and Internet Problems . . . . . . . . . 66
Error Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
Keyboard Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
Lockups and Software Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
The computer does not start up . . . . . . . . . . 70
The computer stops responding . . . . . . . . . . 70
A program stops responding . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
A program crashes repeatedly . . . . . . . . . . . 70
A program is designed for an earlier
Microsoft®Windows®operating system . . . . . 71
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A solid blue screen appears . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
Other software problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
Media Card Reader Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
Memory Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
Mouse Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
Network Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
Power Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
Printer Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
Scanner Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
Sound and Speaker Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
No sound from speakers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
No sound from headphones . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
Video and Monitor Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
If the screen is blank . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
If the screen is difficult to read . . . . . . . . . . . 84
3 Troubleshooting Tools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
Power Lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
Beep Codes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
System Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88
Dell Diagnostics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
When to Use the Dell Diagnostics . . . . . . . . . 90
Starting the Dell Diagnostics From Your
Hard Drive. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
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Starting the Dell Diagnostics From the
Drivers and Utilities Media . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91
Dell Diagnostics Main Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . 92
Drivers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94
What is a Driver? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94
Identifying Drivers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94
Reinstalling Drivers and Utilities . . . . . . . . . . 95
Troubleshooting Software and Hardware
Problems in the Microsoft Windows®XP and
Windows Vista®Operating System . . . . . . . . . . . 97
Restoring Your Operating System . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
Using Microsoft® Windows® System Restore . . . 98
Using Dell PC Restore and Dell Factory
Image Restore . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100
Using the Operating System CD . . . . . . . . . . 103
4 Removing and Installing Parts . . . . . . . 105
Before You Begin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
Recommended Tools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
Turning Off Your Computer . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106
Before Working Inside Your Computer . . . . . . . 106
Removing the Computer Cover . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107
Inside View of Your Computer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109
System Board Components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110
Inspiron 530 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110
Inspiron 530a . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112
Inspiron 530b . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114
Inspiron 530c . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116
Inspiron 530d . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118
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Power Supply DC Connector Pin Assignments . . . . 120
Memory. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123
Memory Installation Guidelines . . . . . . . . . 124
Installing Memory. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126
Removing Memory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128
Cards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129
PCI and PCI Express Cards . . . . . . . . . . . . 129
Bezel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136
Removing the Bezel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136
Replacing the Bezel. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137
Drives. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138
Recommended Drive Cable Connections. . . . . 139
Connecting Drive Cables . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139
Drive Interface Connectors . . . . . . . . . . . . 139
Connecting and Disconnecting Drive
Cables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140
Hard Drives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140
Floppy Drive (Optional) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145
Media Card Reader . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151
CD/DVD Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154
Battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160
Replacing the Battery. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160
Power Supply . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161
Replacing the Power Supply . . . . . . . . . . . 162
I/O Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163
Removing the I/O Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164
Installing the I/O Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165
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Processor Fan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165
Removing the Processor Fan/Heat
Sink Assembly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166
Installing the Processor Fan/Heat Sink
Assembly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167
Processor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168
Removing the Processor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168
Installing the Processor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170
Chassis Fan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172
Removing the Chassis Fan . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172
Replacing the Chassis Fan . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173
System Board . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174
Removing the System Board . . . . . . . . . . . . 174
Installing the System Board . . . . . . . . . . . . 176
Replacing the Computer Cover . . . . . . . . . . . 176
A Appendix . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179
Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179
Inspiron 530/530a/530c . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179
Inspiron 530b/530d . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182
Inspiron 530/530a/530b/530c/530d . . . . . . . . . 185
System Setup. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187
Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187
Entering System Setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188
System Setup Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189
Boot Sequence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191
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Clearing Forgotten Passwords. . . . . . . . . . . . . 193
Inspiron 530 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193
Inspiron 530a . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 194
Inspiron 530b . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 194
Inspiron 530c . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195
Inspiron 530d . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195
Clearing CMOS Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 196
Flashing the BIOS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197
Cleaning Your Computer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 198
Computer, Keyboard, and Monitor . . . . . . . . 198
Mouse. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 198
Floppy Drive (Optional) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 199
CDs and DVDs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 199
Dell Technical Support Policy (U.S. Only) . . . . . . . 199
Definition of "Dell-Installed" Software
and Peripherals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200
Definition of "Third-Party" Software
and Peripherals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200
FCC Notice (U.S. Only) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200
FCC Class B . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200
Contacting Dell. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202
Glossary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 203
Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 219
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