Dell Vostro 200 User manual

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Dell™ Vostro™ 200
Owner’s Manual – Slim Tower
Model DCSLF

Notes, Notices, and Cautions
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your computer.
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and tells you how to avoid the problem.
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or death.
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Microsoft
®
Windows
®
operating systems are not applicable.
Abbreviations and Acronyms
For a complete list of abbreviations and acronyms, see the "Glossary" on
page 185.
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Model DCSLF
July 2007 P/N PK009 Rev. A01

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Contents
1 Finding Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
2 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 . . . . . . . 20
Setting Up a Printer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Printer Cable . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Connecting a USB Printer . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Playing CDs and DVDs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Adjusting the Volume . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Adjusting the Picture . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Copying CDs and DVDs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Using a Media Card Reader (Optional) . . . . . . . . . 30
Connecting Two Monitors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Connecting Two Monitors With VGA
Connectors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Connecting One Monitor With a VGA Connector
and One Monitor With a DVI Connector . . . . . . 32
Connecting a TV . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Changing the Display Settings . . . . . . . . . . . 33

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Power Management Options in Windows XP . . . . . 33
Standby Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Hibernate Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Power Options Properties . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Power Management Options in Windows Vista . . . . 36
Standby Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Hibernate Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Power Plan Properties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Enabling SpeedStep™ Technology . . . . . . . . . . . 40
About RAID Configurations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
RAID Level 1 Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Configuring Your Hard Drives for RAID . . . . . . . 41
Configuring for RAID Using the Intel®Option
ROM Utility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Configuring for RAID Using the Intel®Matrix
Storage Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Transferring Information to a New Computer . . . . . . 47
Setting Up a Home and Office Network . . . . . . . . . 51
Connecting to a Network Adapter . . . . . . . . . 51
Network Setup Wizard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Connecting to the Internet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Setting Up Your Internet Connection . . . . . . . . 54
3 Solving Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Troubleshooting Tips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Battery Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57

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Drive Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Optical drive problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Hard drive problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
E-Mail, Modem, and Internet Problems . . . . . . . . 60
Error Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Keyboard Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Lockups and Software Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
The computer does not start up . . . . . . . . . . 65
The computer stops responding . . . . . . . . . . 65
A program stops responding . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
A program crashes repeatedly . . . . . . . . . . 65
A program is designed for an earlier Microsoft®
Windows®operating system . . . . . . . . . . . 66
A solid blue screen appears . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
Other software problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
Media Card Reader Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
Memory Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
Mouse Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
Network Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
Power Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
Printer Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
Scanner Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
Sound and Speaker Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
No sound from speakers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
No sound from headphones . . . . . . . . . . . . 76

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Video and Monitor Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
If the screen is blank . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
If the screen is difficult to read . . . . . . . . . . . 78
4 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 . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
Drivers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
What Is a Driver? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
Identifying Drivers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88
Reinstalling Drivers and Utilities . . . . . . . . . . 88
Restoring Your Operating System . . . . . . . . . . . . 91
Using Microsoft Windows System Restore . . . . 92
Using Dell PC Restore and Dell Factory
Image Restore . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93
Using the Operating System Media . . . . . . . . 96
Troubleshooting Software and Hardware
Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97

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5 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
Removing the Support Bracket . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102
Inside View of Your Computer . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
System Board Components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
Power Supply DC Connector Pin Assignments . . . . . 107
Memory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111
Memory Installation Guidelines . . . . . . . . . . 111
Installing Memory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112
Removing Memory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114
Cards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115
PCI and PCI Express Cards . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115
Bezel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121
Removing the Bezel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122
Replacing the Bezel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123
Drives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124
Recommended Drive Cable Connections . . . . . 124
Connecting Drive Cables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125
Drive Interface Connectors . . . . . . . . . . . . 125
Connecting and Disconnecting Drive Cables . . . 126
Hard Drives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126

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Floppy Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131
Media Card Reader . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136
Optical Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139
Battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143
Replacing the Battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143
Power Supply . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145
Replacing the Power Supply . . . . . . . . . . . . 145
I/O Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147
Removing the I/O Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147
Installing the I/O Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148
Processor Fan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149
Removing the Processor Fan/Heat Sink
Assembly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150
Installing the Processor Fan/Heat Sink
Assembly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151
Processor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152
Removing the Processor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152
Installing the Processor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153
Chassis Fan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156
Removing the Chassis Fan . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156
Replacing the Chassis Fan . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158
System Board . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159
Removing the System Board . . . . . . . . . . . . 159
Installing the System Board . . . . . . . . . . . . 160
Replacing the Support Bracket . . . . . . . . . . 161
Replacing the Computer Cover . . . . . . . . . . . 162

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6 Appendix . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165
Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165
System Setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170
Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170
Entering System Setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170
System Setup Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172
Boot Sequence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174
Clearing Forgotten Passwords . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176
Clearing CMOS Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177
Flashing the BIOS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178
Cleaning Your Computer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178
Computer, Keyboard, and Monitor . . . . . . . . . 179
Mouse . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179
Floppy Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180
CDs and DVDs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180
Dell Technical Support Policy (U.S. Only) . . . . . . . 180
Definition of "Dell-Installed" Software and
Peripherals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181
Definition of "Third-Party" Software and
Peripherals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181
FCC Notice (U.S. Only) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181
FCC Class B . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181
Contacting Dell . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183

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Glossary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185
Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 203