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Dell™ Vostro™ 1700 Owner’s Manual
Model PP22X

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your computer.
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and tells you how to avoid the problem.
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Model PP22X
November 2007 P/N TT565 Rev. A01

Contents 3
Contents
1 Finding Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
2 About Your Computer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Determining Your Computer’s Configuration . . . . . . 21
Front View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Left Side View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Right Side View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Back View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Bottom View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
3 Setting Up Your Computer . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Connecting to the Internet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Setting Up Your Internet Connection . . . . . . . . 36
Transferring Information to a New Computer . . . . . . 37
Microsoft Windows XP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Microsoft Windows Vista™ . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Setting Up a Printer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Printer Cable . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Connecting a USB Printer . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42

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Power Protection Devices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Surge Protectors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Line Conditioners . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Uninterruptible Power Supplies . . . . . . . . . . 44
4 Using the Display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Adjusting Brightness. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Switching the Video Image From Your Computer
Display to a Projector . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Setting Display Resolution and Refresh Rate . . . . . . 45
Microsoft®Windows XP®. . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Windows Vista®. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
5 Using the Keyboard and Touch
Pad . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Numeric Keypad . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Key Combinations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
System Functions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Display Functions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Power Management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Microsoft®Windows®Logo Key Functions . . . . 48
Dell™ QuickSet Key Combinations . . . . . . . . . 48
Adjusting Keyboard Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Touch Pad . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Customizing the Touch Pad . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50

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6 Using a Battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Battery Performance. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Checking the Battery Charge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Dell™ QuickSet Battery Meter . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Microsoft®Windows®Battery Meter . . . . . . . 53
Charge Gauge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Low-Battery Warning. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Conserving Battery Power. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Configuring Power Management Settings . . . . . 54
Using the Sleep Power State . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Charging the Battery. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Replacing the Battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
Storing a Battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
7 Using Multimedia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Playing Media . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Playing Media Using Dell Travel Remote . . . . . . . . 61
Copying CD and DVD Media . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
How to Copy a CD or DVD . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
Using Blank CD or DVD Media . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Helpful Tips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Adjusting the Volume . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Adjusting the Picture . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Using Dell MediaDirect™ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65

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Connecting Your Computer to a TV or
Audio Device . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
S-Video and Standard Audio . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
S-Video and S/PDIF Digital Audio. . . . . . . . . . 70
Composite Video and Standard Audio . . . . . . . 72
Composite Video and S/PDIF Digital Audio . . . . . 74
Component Video and Standard Audio . . . . . . . 76
Component Video and S/PDIF Digital Audio . . . . 79
Enabling the Display Settings for a TV . . . . . . . 82
8 Using ExpressCards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
ExpressCard Blanks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
Installing an ExpressCard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
Removing an ExpressCard or Blank . . . . . . . . . . . 87
9 Using the Memory Card Reader . . . . . . 89
Memory Card Blanks. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
Installing a Memory Card . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
Removing a Memory Card or Blank . . . . . . . . . . . 90
10 Setting Up and Using Networks . . . . . . 91
Connecting a Network or Broadband
Modem Cable. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91
Setting Up a Network . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92

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Wireless Local Area Network. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92
What You Need to Establish a WLAN
Connection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92
Checking Your Wireless Network Card. . . . . . . 93
Setting Up a New WLAN Using a Wireless
Router and a Broadband Modem. . . . . . . . . . 94
Connecting to a WLAN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
Mobile Broadband (or Wireless Wide Area
Network) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96
What You Need to Establish a Mobile
Broadband Network Connection . . . . . . . . . . 97
Checking Your Dell™ Mobile Broadband Card . . . 97
Connecting to a Mobile Broadband Network . . . 98
Enabling/Disabling the Dell Mobile
Broadband Card . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
Dell Wi-Fi Catcher™ Network Locator . . . . . . . . . 99
11 Securing Your Computer . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
Security Cable Lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
Passwords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
If Your Computer Is Lost or Stolen . . . . . . . . . . . . 102
12 Troubleshooting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
Dell Technical Update Service . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
Dell Diagnostics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
Dell Support Center . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110
Dell Support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110
Dell PC TuneUp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111

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Dell PC Checkup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112
Dell Network Assistant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112
DellConnect . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112
Drive Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113
Optical drive problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113
Hard drive problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114
E-Mail, Modem, and Internet Problems . . . . . . . . 115
Error Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117
ExpressCard Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122
IEEE 1394 Device Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123
Keyboard Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123
External Keyboard problems . . . . . . . . . . . 123
Unexpected characters. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124
Lockups and Software Problems . . . . . . . . . . . 125
The computer does not start . . . . . . . . . . . 125
The computer stops responding . . . . . . . . . 125
A program stops responding or crashes
repeatedly. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125
A program is designed for an earlier
Microsoft®Windows®operating system . . . . 126
A solid blue screen appears . . . . . . . . . . . 126
Dell MediaDirect problems . . . . . . . . . . . . 126
Other software problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127
Memory Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128
Network Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128
Mobile Broadband (Wireless Wide Area
Network [WWAN]) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129
Power Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129

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Printer Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131
Scanner Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132
Sound and Speaker Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133
No sound from integrated speakers . . . . . . . . 133
No sound from external speakers . . . . . . . . . 133
No sound from headphones . . . . . . . . . . . . 134
Remote Control Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134
Touch Pad or Mouse Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134
Video and Display Problems. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135
If the display is blank . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135
If the display is difficult to read. . . . . . . . . . . 136
If only part of the display is readable. . . . . . . . 137
Drivers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137
What Is a Driver? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137
Identifying Drivers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137
Reinstalling Drivers and Utilities . . . . . . . . . . 138
Troubleshooting Software and Hardware
Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141
Restoring your Microsoft Windows Operating
System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142
Restoring Windows Vista®. . . . . . . . . . . . . 142
Restoring Windows XP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147

10 Contents
13 Adding and Replacing Parts . . . . . . . . . 153
Before You Begin. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153
Recommended Tools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153
Turning Off Your Computer . . . . . . . . . . . . 153
Before Working Inside Your Computer . . . . . . 154
Hard Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155
Removing the Hard Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156
Replacing the Hard Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157
Returning a Hard Drive to Dell . . . . . . . . . . 158
Optical Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158
Removing the Optical Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . 158
Hinge Cover . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159
Removing the Hinge Cover . . . . . . . . . . . . 160
Replacing the Hinge Cover . . . . . . . . . . . . 160
Keyboard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161
Removing the Keyboard. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161
Replacing the Keyboard . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162
Memory. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163
Removing the DIMM A Memory Module . . . . . 164
Replacing the DIMM A Memory Module . . . . . 165
Removing the DIMM B Memory Module . . . . . 166
Replacing the DIMM B Memory Module . . . . . 168
Subscriber Identity Module . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169
Wireless Mini-Cards. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170
Removing a WLAN Card . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171
Replacing a WLAN Card . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173
Removing a Mobile Broadband or
WWAN Card . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174