Dell Latitude D530 User manual

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Dell™ Latitude™ D530 User’s Guide
Model PP17L

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Model PP17L
March 2008 P/N JU373 Rev. A01

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Contents
1 Finding Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
2 About Your Computer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Front View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Left Side View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Right Side View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Back View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Bottom View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
3 Setting Up Your Computer . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Transferring Information to a New Computer . . . . . 33
Microsoft®Windows®XP . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Microsoft Windows Vista™ . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Turning Off Your Computer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
4 Using a Battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Battery Performance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Checking the Battery Charge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Dell™ QuickSet Battery Meter . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Microsoft®Windows®Power Meter . . . . . . . 41

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Charge Gauge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Low-Battery Warning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Conserving Battery Power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Power Management Modes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Standby and Sleep Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Hibernate Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Configuring Power Management Settings . . . . . . . 44
Accessing Power Options Properties . . . . . . . 44
Charging the Battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Replacing the Battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Storing a Battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
5 Using the Keyboard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Numeric Keypad . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Key Combinations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
System Functions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
CD or DVD Tray . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Display Functions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Wireless Networking and Bluetooth®Wireless Technology
Function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Power Management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Speaker Functions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Microsoft® Windows® XP Logo Key Functions . . 49
Microsoft® Windows Vista® Logo Key Functions 50
Touch Pad . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Customizing the Touch Pad . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52

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6 Using the Display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Adjusting Brightness . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Using a Projector . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Making Images and Text Look Bigger or Sharper . . . 53
Microsoft®Windows®XP . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Windows Vista™ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Using Both a Monitor and Your Computer Display . . . 55
Microsoft®Windows®XP . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Windows Vista™ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
Using a Monitor as Your Primary Display . . . . . . . 56
Microsoft®Windows®XP . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
Windows Vista™ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
7 Using Multimedia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Playing CDs or DVDs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
For more information on playing CDs or DVDs, click Help on the
CD or DVD player (if available). . . . . . . . . . . 61
Adjusting the Volume . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Adjusting the Picture . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
Connecting Your Computer to a TV or Audio Device . . 62
S-Video and Standard Audio . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
S-Video and S/PDIF Digital Audio . . . . . . . . . 66
Composite Video and Standard Audio . . . . . . . 68
Composite Video and S/PDIF Digital Audio . . . . 70
Component Video and Standard Audio . . . . . . 72
Component Video and S/PDIF Digital Audio . . . . 74
Setting Up the Cyberlink (CL) Headphones . . . . 77

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Enabling the Display Settings for a TV . . . . . . . 78
8 Setting Up and Using Networks . . . . . . . 79
Connecting a Network or Broadband Modem Cable . . 79
Setting Up a Network in the Microsoft® Windows® XP Operating
System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
Setting Up a Network in the Microsoft Windows Vista™ Operating
System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
Wireless Local Area Network (WLAN) . . . . . . . . . 80
What You Need to Establish a WLAN Connection . 80
Checking Your Wireless Network Card . . . . . . 81
Setting Up a New WLAN Using a Wireless Router and a
Broadband Modem . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
Connecting to a WLAN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
Mobile Broadband/Wireless Wide Area Network (WWAN) 85
What You Need to Establish a Mobile Broadband Network
Connection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
Checking Your Dell Mobile Broadband Card . . . . 86
Connecting to a Mobile Broadband Network . . . 87
Microsoft®Windows®Firewall . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
9 Using Cards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
Card Types . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
Card Blanks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
Extended Cards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
Installing a PC Card or ExpressCard . . . . . . . . . . 90

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Removing a Card or Blank . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92
10 Securing Your Computer . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93
Security Cable Lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93
Passwords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93
About Passwords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93
Using a Primary (or System) Password . . . . . . 94
Using an Administrator Password . . . . . . . . . 95
Using a Hard Drive Password . . . . . . . . . . . 96
Trusted Platform Module (TPM) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96
Enabling the TPM Feature . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
Security Management Software . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
Activating the Security Management Software . . 98
Using the Security Management Software . . . . 98
Computer Tracking Software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
If Your Computer Is Lost or Stolen . . . . . . . . . . . 99
11 Cleaning Your Computer . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
Computer, Keyboard, and Display . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
Touch Pad . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
Floppy Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102
CDs and DVDs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102

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12 Troubleshooting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103
Dell Technical Update Service . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103
Dell Diagnostics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103
When to Use the Dell Diagnostics . . . . . . . . . 103
Starting the Dell Diagnostics From Your Hard Drive 103
Starting the Dell Diagnostics From the Optional Drivers and
Utilities Media . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
Dell Diagnostics Main Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
Dell Support Utility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107
Accessing the Dell Support Utility . . . . . . . . . 107
Clicking the Dell Support Icon . . . . . . . . . . . 107
Double-Clicking the Dell Support Icon . . . . . . . 108
Solving Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108
Drive Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108
E-Mail, Modem, and Internet Problems . . . . . . 110
Error Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111
IEEE 1394 Device Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112
Lockups and Software Problems . . . . . . . . . . 113
Memory Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115
Network Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115
Power Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116
Printer Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117
Scanner Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118
Sound and Speaker Problems . . . . . . . . . . . 118
Touch Pad or Mouse Problems . . . . . . . . . . . 119
Video and Display Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . 120
If the display is blank . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120
If the display is difficult to read . . . . . . . . . . 121
If only part of the display is readable . . . . . . . 121

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13 System Setup Program . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123
Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123
Viewing the System Setup Screens . . . . . . . . . . . 124
System Setup Screens . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124
Commonly Used Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124
Changing the Boot Sequence . . . . . . . . . . . 124
Changing COM Ports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126
Enabling the Infrared Sensor . . . . . . . . . . . 126
14 Reinstalling Software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127
Drivers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127
What Is a Driver? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127
Identifying Drivers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127
Reinstalling Drivers and Utilities . . . . . . . . . . 128
Troubleshooting Software and Hardware Problems in the Microsoft®
Windows®XP and Microsoft Windows Vista™ Operating Systems
131
Restoring Your Operating System . . . . . . . . . . . . 131
Using Microsoft Windows System Restore . . . . 132
Using Dell™ PC Restore and Dell Factory Image Restore 134
Using the Operating System Media . . . . . . . . 137
15 Dell™ QuickSet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139
16 Traveling With Your Computer . . . . . . . 141
Identifying Your Computer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141

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Packing the Computer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141
Travel Tips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142
Traveling by Air . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142
17 Getting Help . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143
Obtaining Assistance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143
Technical Support and Customer Service . . . . . 144
DellConnect . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144
Online Services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144
AutoTech Service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145
Automated Order-Status Service . . . . . . . . . 145
Problems With Your Order . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145
Product Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146
Returning Items for Warranty Repair or Credit . . . . . 146
Before You Call . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146
Contacting Dell . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149
18 Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151
19 Appendix . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159
FCC Notice (U.S. Only) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159
FCC Class B . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159
Macrovision Product Notice . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160
Glossary 161