Dell D630 - LATITUDE ATG NOTEBOOK User manual

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Dell™ Latitude™ D630/D630c
User’s Guide
Model PP24L

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Notes, Notices, and Cautions
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Microsoft
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Windows
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operating systems are not applicable.
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Model PP24L
May 2008 P/N HN566 Rev. A03

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Contents
1 Finding Information. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
2 About Your Computer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Front View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Left Side View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Right Side View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Back View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Bottom View. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
3 Transferring Information to a New Computer. . . . . 35
Microsoft®Windows®XP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Running the Files and Settings Transfer Wizard With the
Operating System Media . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Running the Files and Settings Transfer Wizard Without the
Operating System Media . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Microsoft Windows Vista®. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Easy Transfer Cable for Windows Vista . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
4 Using a Battery. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Battery Performance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Checking the Battery Charge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Dell™ QuickSet Battery Meter. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Microsoft®Windows®Power Meter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Charge Gauge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43

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Low-Battery Warning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Conserving Battery Power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Power Management Modes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Standby and Sleep Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Hibernate Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Configuring Power Management Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Accessing Power Options Properties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Charging the Battery. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Replacing the Battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Storing a Battery. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Battery Errors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
5 Using the Keyboard. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Numeric Keypad . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Key Combinations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
System Functions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Display Functions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Power Management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Microsoft® Windows® Logo Key Functions . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Touch Pad . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Customizing the Touch Pad and Track Stick . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Changing the Track Stick Cap. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
6 Using the Display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Adjusting Brightness . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Using the Ambient Light Sensor. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55

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Switching the Video Image . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Setting Display Resolution and Refresh Rate . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Dual Independent Display Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Swapping Primary and Secondary Displays . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
7 Setting Up and Using Networks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Connecting a Network or Broadband Modem Cable. . . . . . . . . . 61
Setting Up a Network in the Microsoft®Windows®XP
Operating System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
Setting Up a Network in the Microsoft Windows Vista®
Operating System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
Wireless Local Area Network . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
What You Need to Establish a WLAN Connection. . . . . . . . . 63
Checking Your Wireless Network Card . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Setting Up a New WLAN Using a
Wireless Router and a Broadband Modem . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Connecting to a WLAN. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Mobile Broadband (or Wireless Wide Area Network). . . . . . . . . 68
What You Need to Establish a
Mobile Broadband Network Connection . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
Checking Your Dell Mobile Broadband Card. . . . . . . . . . . . 68
Connecting to a Mobile Broadband Network . . . . . . . . . . . 69
Enabling/Disabling the Dell™ Mobile Broadband Card . . . . . . 70
Managing Your Network Settings Through the
Dell QuickSet Location Profiler . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
Dell Wi-Fi Catcher™ Network Locator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
Microsoft®Windows®Firewall . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71

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8 Using Multimedia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
Playing Media . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
Copying Media. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
How to Copy Media . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
Using Blank Media . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
Helpful Tips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
Adjusting the Volume . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
Adjusting the Picture . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
Microsoft® Windows® XP Operating System. . . . . . . . . . . 79
Microsoft Windows Vista® Operating System . . . . . . . . . . 79
9 Using Cards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
Card Types . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
PC Cards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
ExpressCards. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
Smart Cards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
Card Blanks. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
Extended Cards. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
Installing a PC Card or ExpressCard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
PC Card . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
ExpressCards. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
Removing a Card or Blank. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84
10 Securing Your Computer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
Security Cable Lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
Smart Card . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
About Smart Cards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
Installing a Smart Card . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
Passwords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87

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About Passwords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88
Using a Primary (or System) Password . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
Using an Administrator Password . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
Using a Hard Drive Password . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
Trusted Platform Module (TPM). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91
Enabling the TPM Feature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91
Security Management Software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92
Activating the Security Management Software . . . . . . . . . . 92
Using the Security Management Software . . . . . . . . . . . . 93
Computer Tracking Software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93
If Your Computer Is Lost or Stolen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93
Cleaning Your Computer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
Computer, Keyboard, and Display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
Touch Pad . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96
Mouse . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96
Floppy Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
CDs and DVDs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
11 Troubleshooting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
Diagnostic Lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
Diagnostic Light Codes During POST . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
Dell™ Technical Update Service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
Dell Diagnostics. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
When to Use the Dell Diagnostics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102
Starting the Dell Diagnostics From Your Hard Drive . . . . . . . 102
Starting the Dell Diagnostics from the
Drivers and Utilities Media. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103
Dell Diagnostics Main Menu. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
Dell Support Utility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
Accessing the Dell Support Utility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105

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Clicking the Dell Support Icon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106
Double-Clicking the Dell Support Icon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106
Drive Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106
Media drive problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107
If you cannot eject the CD, CD-RW, DVD, or DVD+RW drive tray 107
If you hear an unfamiliar scraping or grinding sound . . . . . . 108
Hard drive problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108
E-Mail, Modem, and Internet Problems. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108
Error Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110
IEEE 1394 Device Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115
Keyboard Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115
External Keyboard problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115
Unexpected characters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117
Lockups and Software Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117
The computer does not start up . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117
The computer stops responding . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117
A program stops responding or crashes repeatedly . . . . . . 117
A program is designed for an earlier
Microsoft®Windows®operating system . . . . . . . . . . . . 118
A solid blue screen appears . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118
Other software problems. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118
Memory Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119
Network Problems. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119
General . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120
Wireless Local Area Network (WLAN). . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120
Mobile Broadband (Wireless Wide Area Network) . . . . . . . 120
PC Card Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121
Power Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122
Ensuring Sufficient Power for Your Computer . . . . . . . . . . 123
Docking Power Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123

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Printer Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124
Scanner Problems. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124
Sound and Speaker Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125
No sound from integrated speakers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125
No sound from external speakers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126
No sound from headphones . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126
Touch Pad or Mouse Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126
Video and Display Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127
If the display is blank. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128
If the display is difficult to read . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128
If only part of the display is readable . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129
12 Intel®Active Management Technology . . . . . . . 131
13 System Setup Program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135
Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135
Viewing the System Setup Screens. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136
System Setup Screens. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136
Commonly Used Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136
Changing the Boot Sequence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136
Changing Printer Modes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138
Changing COM Ports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138
14 Reinstalling Software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139
Drivers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139
What Is a Driver?. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139
Identifying Drivers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139
Reinstalling Drivers and Utilities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140

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Using the Hardware Troubleshooter Tool. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144
Microsoft Windows XP. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144
Microsoft Windows Vista . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144
Restoring Your Operating System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144
Using Microsoft® Windows® System Restore . . . . . . . . . . 145
Using the Operating System Media . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146
15 Adding and Replacing Parts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149
Before You Begin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149
Recommended Tools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149
Turning Off Your Computer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149
Before Working Inside Your Computer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150
Hinge Cover . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152
Keyboard. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153
Internal Card With Bluetooth®Wireless Technology . . . . . . . . 154
Coin-Cell Battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156
Memory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157
Wireless Local Area Network (WLAN) Card . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163
Mobile Broadband Card . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166
Subscriber Identity Module (SIM) Card. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169
Hard Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170
Media Bay . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173
Removing Media Bay Devices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173
FCM (Flash Cache Module) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174