Dell Inspiron 8200 User manual

Dell Inspiron 8200
Dell™ Inspiron™ 8200
A Tour of Your Computer
Solving Problems
Using Dell Diagnostics
Reinstalling Drivers and Utilities
Reinstalling Microsoft® Windows® XP
System Setup Program
Specifications
Power Management
Pin Assignments for I/O Connectors
Removing and Replacing Parts
Documentation
Hints, Notices, and Cautions
HINT: A HINT 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.
Abbreviations and Acronyms
For a complete list of abbreviations and acronyms, see the Tell Me How help file. To access the
Tell Me How help file, click the Start button on the Microsoft®Windows®desktop, and then click
Help and Support. Click User and system guides, and then click User’s guides. Click Tell
Me How.
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Trademarks used in this text: Dell, the DELL logo, Inspiron, AccessDirect, and Dell TravelLite are
trademarks of Dell Computer Corporation; Intel and Pentium are registered trademarks of Intel
Corporation; ATI Mobility and RADEON are trademarks of ATI Technologies Inc.; Microsoft, MS-DOS,and Windows are
registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation; GeForce2 Go is a registered trademark of NVIDIA
Corporation; Adobe is the trademark of Adobe Systems Incorporated which may be registered in certain
jurisdictions.
Other trademarks and trade names may be used in this document to refer to either the entities
claiming the marks and names or their products. Dell Computer Corporation disclaims any proprietary
interest in trademarks and trade names other than its own.
October 2002 Rev. A01
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A Tour of Your Computer
Dell™ Inspiron™ 8200
Front View
Left Side View
Right Side View
Back View
Bottom View
Front View
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1 display latch 9 battery bay
2 display 10 module bay
3 device status lights 11 touch pad/track stick
buttons
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4 air vent 12 Dell AccessDirect buttons
5 keyboard status
lights 13 power button
6 keyboard 14 microphone
7 track stick 15 volume control buttons
8 touch pad
Display Latch— Keeps the display closed.
Display— The computer has a color LCD.
Device Status Lights
Turns on when you turn on the computer.
Turns on when the computer reads or writes data.
NOTICE: To avoid loss of data, never turn off
the computer while the light is flashing.
Turns on steadily or blinks when the computer is in a
power management mode. It also blinks to indicate
battery charge status.
If the computer is connected to an electrical outlet, the light operates as follows:
❍Solid green: The battery is charging.
❍Flashing green: The battery is fully charged.
If the computer is running on a battery, the light operates as follows:
❍Off: The battery is adequately charged (or the computer is turned off).
❍Flashing orange: The battery charge is low.
❍Solid orange: The battery charge is critically low.
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Air Vents— The computer uses an internal fan to create airflow through the vents,
which prevents the computer from overheating.
HINT: The computer turns on the fans when the computer gets hot. The fans
may make noise, which is normal and does not indicate a problem with the fans
or the computer
CAUTION: Do not block, push objects into, or allow dust to accumulate
in the air vents. Doing so can damage the computer or cause a fire.
Keyboard Status Lights— The green lights located above the keyboard indicate the
following:
Turns on when the numeric keypad is enabled
Turns on when the uppercase letter function is
enabled
Turns on when the scroll lock function is enabled
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Keyboard— The keyboard includes a numeric keypad as well as the Microsoft®
Windows® logo key .
Track Stick— Use the track stick and track stick buttons as you would use a mouse.
Touch Pad— Use the touch pad and touch pad buttons as you would use a mouse.
Battery Bay— When a battery is installed, you can use the computer without
connecting it to an electrical outlet.
Module Bay— You can install devices such as a CD drive, CD-RW drive, DVD drive, or
Dell TravelLite™ module in the module bay.
Touch Pad/Track Stick Buttons— Correspond to the left and right buttons on a
standard mouse.
Dell™ AccessDirect™ Buttons— Press the buttons to launch various resources, such
as your default Internet browser and e-mail program.
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Power Button— Press the power button to turn on the computer or to enter or exit
standby or hibernate mode.
If the computer stops responding, press and hold the power button until the computer
turns off completely (which may take about 4 seconds).
NOTICE: Turn off your computer by performing a Windows shutdown.
Otherwise, you may lose data.
Microphone— Allows you to record audio.
Volume Control Buttons— Increase or decrease the speaker volume with these
buttons. Alternatively, you can increase speaker volume by pressing and
decrease speaker volume by pressing .
You can enable or disable (mute) the integrated stereo speakers or external speakers
by pressing . When you mute music, the computer may take a moment to
respond. Certain audio utilities installed on your computer also allow you to control
speaker volume. If no sound comes from the speakers, press and check
the volume control buttons to make sure that the sound is not disabled.
Left Side View
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1 fixed optical drive
2 S-video TV-out
connector
3 security cable slot
4 modem connector
5 network connector
6 speaker
Fixed Optical Drive— Accommodates devices such as a CD drive, DVD drive, CD-RW
drive, or CD-RW/DVD combo drive.
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S-Video TV-Out Connector
Connects your computer to a TV. Also
connects S/PDIF capable devices using
the TV/digital audio adapter cable.
Security Cable Slot— Lets you attach a commercially available antitheft device to
the computer. Instructions for installing antitheft devices are usually included with the
device.
NOTICE: Before you buy an antitheft device, ensure that it will work with the
security cable slot.
Modem Connector
Connect the telephone line to the modem
connector.
For information on using the modem, see
the online modem documentation
supplied with your computer.
Network Connector
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