Dell Inspiron 530sa User manual

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Dell™ Inspiron™ 530s Series
Owner’s Manual
Model DCSLF
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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 201.
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Model DCSLF
September 2008 P/N DU119 Rev. A04
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Contents
Finding Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
1 Setting Up and Using Your
Computer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Front View of the Computer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Inspiron 530s/530sa/530sb/530sc/530sd . . . . . . 15
Back View of the Computer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Inspiron 530s . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Inspiron 530sa/530sc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Inspiron 530sb/530sd . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Back Panel Connectors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Inspiron 530s/530sa/530sc . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Inspiron 530sb/530sd . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Installing Your Computer in an Enclosure. . . . . . . . 26
Setting Up a Printer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
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) . . . . . . . . . 37
Connecting Two Monitors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Connecting Two Monitors
With VGA Connectors. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Connecting One Monitor With
a VGA Connector and One Monitor
With a DVI Connector. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Connecting a TV. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Changing the Display Settings . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Power Management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Power Management Options in
Microsoft®Windows®XP . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Standby Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Hibernate Mode. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Power Options Properties . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Power Management Options in
Windows Vista®. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Standby Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Hibernate Mode. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Power Plan Properties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Enabling SpeedStep™ Technology . . . . . . . . . . . 47
About RAID Configurations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
RAID Level 1 Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Configuring Your Hard Drives for RAID . . . . . . . 49
Configuring for RAID Using the Intel®
Option ROM Utility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Configuring for RAID Using the Intel®
Matrix Storage Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
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Transferring Information to a New Computer . . . . . . 54
Microsoft®Windows®XP . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Windows Vista®. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Setting Up a Home and Office Network. . . . . . . . . 59
Connecting to a Network Adapter . . . . . . . . . 59
Setting Up a Network in the
Microsoft®Windows®XP
Operating System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Setting Up a Network in the
Windows Vista®Operating System . . . . . . . . 60
Connecting to the Internet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Setting Up Your Internet Connection . . . . . . . . 61
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
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A program is designed for an earlier
Microsoft®Windows®operating system . . . . . 71
A solid blue screen appears . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
Other software problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
Media Card Reader Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
Memory Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
Mouse Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
Network Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
Power Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
Printer Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
Scanner Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
Sound and Speaker Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
No sound from speakers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
No sound from headphones . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
Video and Monitor Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
If the screen is blank . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
If the screen is difficult to read . . . . . . . . . . . 82
3 Troubleshooting Tools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
Power Lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
Beep Codes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84
System Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
Dell Diagnostics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88
When to Use the Dell Diagnostics . . . . . . . . . 88
Starting the Dell Diagnostics
From Your Hard Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88
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Starting the Dell Diagnostics From
the Drivers and Utilities Media . . . . . . . . . . . 89
Dell Diagnostics Main Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
Drivers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91
What is a Driver? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91
Identifying Drivers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92
Reinstalling Drivers and Utilities . . . . . . . . . . 92
Troubleshooting Software and Hardware
Problems in the Microsoft Windows®XP and
Windows Vista®Operating System . . . . . . . . . . . 95
Restoring Your Operating System . . . . . . . . . . . . 96
Using Microsoft® Windows® System
Restore . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96
Using Dell PC Restore . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
Using the Operating System CD . . . . . . . . . . 100
4 Removing and Installing Parts . . . . . . . 103
Before You Begin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103
Recommended Tools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103
Turning Off Your Computer . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
Before Working Inside Your Computer . . . . . . . 104
Removing the Computer Cover . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
Removing the Support Bracket . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106
Inside View of Your Computer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108
System Board Components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109
Inspiron 530s . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109
Inspiron 530sa . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111
Inspiron 530sb . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113
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Inspiron 530sc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115
Inspiron 530sd. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117
Power Supply DC Connector Pin
Assignments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119
Memory. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123
Memory Installation Guidelines: . . . . . . . . . 123
Installing Memory. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125
Removing Memory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127
Cards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128
PCI and PCI Express Cards . . . . . . . . . . . . 128
Bezel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135
Removing the Bezel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135
Replacing the Bezel. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136
Drives. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137
Recommended Drive Cable
Connections. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137
Connecting Drive Cables . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138
Drive Interface Connectors . . . . . . . . . . . . 138
Connecting and Disconnecting
Drive Cables. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139
Hard Drives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139
Floppy Drive (Optional) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144
Media Card Reader . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150
CD/DVD Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154
Battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157
Replacing the Battery. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157
Power Supply . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159
Replacing the Power Supply . . . . . . . . . . . 159
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I/O Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161
Removing the I/O Panel. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161
Installing the I/O Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162
Processor Fan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163
Removing the Processor Fan/Heat
Sink Assembly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164
Installing the Processor Fan/Heat
Sink Assembly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165
Processor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166
Removing the Processor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166
Installing the Processor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167
Chassis Fan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169
Removing the Chassis Fan . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169
Replacing the Chassis Fan . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170
System Board . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170
Removing the System Board . . . . . . . . . . . . 170
Installing the System Board . . . . . . . . . . . . 172
Replacing the Support Bracket. . . . . . . . . . . 173
Replacing the Computer Cover . . . . . . . . . . . 174
A Appendix . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177
Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177
Inspiron 530s/530sa/530sc . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177
Inspiron 530sb/530sd . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180
Inspiron 530s/530sa/530sb/530sc/530sd . . . . . . 183
System Setup. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185
Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185
Entering System Setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185
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System Setup Options. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186
Boot Sequence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189
Clearing Forgotten Passwords. . . . . . . . . . . . . 190
Inspiron 530s . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191
Inspiron 530sa. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191
Inspiron 530sb. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 192
Inspiron 530sc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 192
Inspiron 530sd. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193
Clearing CMOS Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 194
Flashing the BIOS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195
Cleaning Your Computer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 196
Computer, Keyboard, and Monitor . . . . . . . . 196
Mouse. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 196
Floppy Drive (Optional) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197
CDs and DVDs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197
Dell Technical Support Policy (U.S. Only) . . . . . . . 197
Definition of "Dell-Installed"
Software and Peripherals. . . . . . . . . . . . . 198
Definition of "Third-Party"
Software and Peripherals. . . . . . . . . . . . . 198
FCC Notice (U.S. Only) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 198
FCC Class B . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 198
Contacting Dell. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200
Glossary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 201
Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 217
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