Dell XPS 630i User manual

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Dell™ XPS™ 630i Owner’s Manual
Model DCDR01
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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.
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Model DCDR01
April 2008 P/N PP521 Rev. A01
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Contents
Finding Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
1 About Your Computer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Front View of the Computer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Back View of the Computer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Front-Panel Connectors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Back-Panel Connectors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
2 Setting Up Your Computer . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Installing Your Computer in an Enclosure. . . . . . . . 25
Connecting to the Internet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Setting Up Your Internet Connection . . . . . . . . 28
Transferring Information to a New Computer . . . . . . 29
Microsoft®Windows®XP . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Windows Vista . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Setting Up a Printer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Printer Cable . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Connecting a USB Printer . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
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Connecting Two Monitors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Connecting Two Monitors With
VGA Connectors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Connecting One Monitor With a VGA Connector
and One Monitor With a DVI Connector . . . . . . 36
Connecting a TV. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Changing the Display Settings . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Power Protection Devices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Surge Protectors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Line Conditioners . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Uninterruptible Power Supplies . . . . . . . . . . 38
Power Management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Power Management Options in
Windows XP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Power Management Options in
Windows Vista . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
3 Using Multimedia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Playing CDs or DVDs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Copying CDs and DVDs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
How to Copy a CD or DVD. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Using Blank CDs and DVDs . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Helpful Tips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Adjusting the Picture. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Connecting Your Computer to a TV or
Audio Device . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
S-Video and Standard Audio . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
S-Video and S/PDIF Digital Audio. . . . . . . . . . 51
Composite Video and Standard Audio . . . . . . . 53
Composite Video and S/PDIF Digital Audio . . . . . 55
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Component Video and Standard Audio. . . . . . . 57
Component Video and S/PDIF Digital Audio . . . . 59
Setting Up the Cyberlink (CL) Headphones. . . . . 62
Enabling the Display Settings for a TV . . . . . . . 63
Using a Media Card Reader (Optional) . . . . . . . . . 64
Instructions for Setting Up a Device With
Bluetooth Wireless Technology . . . . . . . . . . 66
4 About RAID Configurations . . . . . . . . . . . 67
RAID Level 0 Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
RAID Level 1 Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
Configuring Your Hard Drives for RAID . . . . . . . . . 69
Setting Your Computer to RAID-Enabled Mode . . . . . 69
Using the Nvidia MediaShield ROM Utility . . . . . . . 70
Using Nvidia MediaShield . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
Creating a RAID Array . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
Deleting a RAID Array . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
Converting From One RAID Configuration to
Another RAID Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
Rebuilding a RAID Configuration . . . . . . . . . . 74
5 Cleaning Your Computer . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
Computer, Keyboard, and Monitor. . . . . . . . . . . . 75
Mouse (Non-Optical) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
Floppy Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
CDs and DVDs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
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6 System Setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
Entering System Setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
System Setup Screens . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
System Setup Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
Boot Sequence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
Option Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
Changing Boot Sequence for the
Current Boot . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
Changing Boot Sequence for
Future Boots . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
7 Clearing Passwords and
CMOS Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
Clearing Passwords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
Clearing CMOS Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
Flashing the BIOS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88
8 Troubleshooting Tools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
Power Lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
Beep Codes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
System Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93
Hardware Troubleshooter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
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Dell Diagnostics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
When to Use the Dell Diagnostics . . . . . . . . . 95
Starting the Dell Diagnostics From Your
Hard Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96
Starting the Dell Diagnostics From the
Drivers and Utilities Media . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
Dell Diagnostics Main Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
9 Troubleshooting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
Battery Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
Drive Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102
Error Messages. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103
IEEE 1394 Device Problems. . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
Keyboard Problems. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
Lockups and Software Problems . . . . . . . . . . 106
Memory Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108
Mouse Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108
Network Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109
Power Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110
Printer Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110
Scanner Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111
Sound and Speaker Problems . . . . . . . . . . . 112
Video and Monitor Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . 113
Overclocking Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115
Power Lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115
10 Reinstalling Software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117
Drivers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117
What Is a Driver? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117
Identifying Drivers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117
Reinstalling Drivers and Utilities . . . . . . . . . . 118
Using the Drivers and Utilities Media . . . . . . . 119
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Troubleshooting Software and Hardware
Problems in the Microsoft®Windows®XP and
Windows Vista®Operating Systems . . . . . . . . . 121
Restoring Your Operating System . . . . . . . . . . . 122
Using Microsoft Windows System Restore . . . . 122
Using Dell™ PC Restore and
Dell Factory Image Restore . . . . . . . . . . . . 124
Using the Operating System Media. . . . . . . . 127
11 Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129
12 Getting Help . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135
Obtaining Assistance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135
Technical Support and Customer Service . . . . 136
DellConnect . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136
Online Services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136
AutoTech Service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137
Automated Order-Status Service . . . . . . . . . 137
Problems With Your Order . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137
Product Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138
Returning Items for Warranty Repair or Credit . . . . 138
Before You Call. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139
Contacting Dell. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141
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A Appendix . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143
FCC Notice (U.S. Only) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143
FCC Class B . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143
Macrovision . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144
Glossary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145
Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163
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