Dell Inspiron 519 User manual

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Dell™ Inspiron™
Quick Reference Guide
Model: DCMF
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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: DCMF
June 2008 P/N MT480 Rev. A01
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Contents
1 About Your Dell™ Inspiron™ 518/519 . . . . 7
Front View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Back View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Back Panel Connectors. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
2 Setting Up Your Computer . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Installing Your Computer in an Enclosure. . . . . . . . 11
Connecting to the Internet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Setting Up Your Internet Connection . . . . . . . . 13
Transferring Information to a New Computer . . . . . . 15
3 Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
4 Troubleshooting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Troubleshooting Tools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Beep Codes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
System Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Troubleshooting Hardware Problems in the
Windows Vista®Operating System . . . . . . . . 31
Dell Diagnostics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
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Solving Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Power Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Memory Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Lockups and Software Problems . . . . . . . . . . 37
5 Reinstalling Your Operating System . . . 41
Drivers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
What Is a Driver? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Identifying Drivers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Reinstalling Drivers and Utilities . . . . . . . . . . 42
Using the Drivers and Utilities media . . . . . . . . 43
Restoring Your Operating System . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Using Microsoft Windows System Restore . . . . . 45
Using Dell Factory Image Restore . . . . . . . . . 46
Using the Operating System Media. . . . . . . . . 47
6 Finding Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
7 Getting Help . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Obtaining Assistance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Technical Support and Customer Service . . . . . 52
DellConnect™. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Online Services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
AutoTech Service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Automated Order-Status Service . . . . . . . . . . 53
Problems With Your Order . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Product Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
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Returning Items for Warranty Repair or Credit . . . . . 54
Before You Call . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Contacting Dell . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
A Appendix . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
FCC Notice (U.S. Only) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
FCC Class B . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Macrovision Product Notice . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
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About Your Dell™ Inspiron™ 518/519 7
About Your Dell™ Inspiron™
518/519
NOTE: For more information about the ports and connectors on your computer,
see "Specifications" on page 17.
Front View
1 USB 2.0 connectors (2) 2 optical drive
3 optical-drive panel 4 optical-drive eject button
5 USB 2.0 connectors (2) 6 headphone connector
7 microphone connector 8 power button
9 drive activity light 10 front-panel door grip
11 FlexBay drive 12 optional optical-drive bay
13 Service Tag (located on top of
the chassis towards the front)
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Back View
1 power connector 2 voltage selector switch
3 power supply light 4 back panel connectors
5 expansion card slots (4) 6 padlock rings
7 security cable slot
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Back Panel Connectors
1 IEEE 1394 connector 2 link integrity light
3 network adapter connector 4 network activity light
5 center/subwoofer connector 6 line-in connector
7 front L/R line-out connector 8 microphone
9 side L/R surround connector 10 back L/R surround connector
11 USB 2.0 connectors (4) 12 VGA video connector
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10 About Your Dell™ Inspiron™ 518/519
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