Dell Latitude XT PP12S User manual

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Dell™ Latitude™ XT User’s Guide
Model PP12S

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Model PP12S
June 2007 P/N PU189 Rev. A00

Contents 3
Contents
1 Resources . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Finding Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Getting Help . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Obtaining Assistance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Dell Support Service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Problems With Your Order . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Product Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Returning Items for Warranty Repair or Credit . . 23
Before You Call . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Contacting Dell . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
2 About Your Tablet-PC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Front View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Left Side View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Right Side View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Back View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Top View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Bottom View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40

Contents 4
3 Setting Up and Using Your Tablet-PC . . . 49
Transferring Information to a New Tablet-PC . . . . . 49
Using Notebook Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Using Tablet Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Converting Your Tablet-PC Between Notebook and Tablet Modes
50
Right- and Left-handed Use . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Screen Orientation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
Controlling Your Tablet-PC in Tablet Mode . . . . 57
Using the Pen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Using Touch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Using QuickSet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Clicking the QuickSet Icon . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Double-Clicking the QuickSet Icon . . . . . . . . 66
Right-Clicking the QuickSet Icon . . . . . . . . . 66
Windows Mobility Center . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
Using a Battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
Battery Performance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
Checking the Battery Charge . . . . . . . . . . . 68
Microsoft®Windows®Vista™ Power Meter . . . 69
Conserving Battery Power . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
Power Management Modes . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
Configuring Power Management Settings . . . . . 72
Charging the Main Battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
Removing the Main Battery . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
Installing the Main Battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
Storing a Battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
Using a Keyboard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
Numeric Keypad . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75

Contents 5
Key Combinations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
Touch Pad . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
Changing the Track Stick Cap . . . . . . . . . . . 79
Using the Display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
Adjusting Brightness on the LED Backlit Thin-and-Light LCD 81
Adjusting Brightness on the Dual-bulb (CCFL) LCD 81
Using Cards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
ExpressCards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
Smart Cards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84
Secure Digital (SD) Cards . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
4 Setting Up and Using Networks . . . . . . . 87
Connecting a Network or Broadband Modem . . . . . 87
Network Setup Wizard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88
Wireless Local Area Network (WLAN) . . . . . . . . . 88
What You Need to Establish a WLAN Connection . 88
Checking Your Wireless Network Adapter . . . . 89
Setting Up a New WLAN Using a Wireless Router and a
Broadband Modem . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
Connecting to a WLAN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91
Mobile Broadband/Wireless Wide Area Network (WWAN) 93
What You Need to Establish a Mobile Broadband Network
Connection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93
Checking Your Dell Mobile Broadband Card . . . . 94
Connecting to a Mobile Broadband Network . . . 95
Enabling/Disabling the Dell Mobile Broadband Card 96
Managing Your Network Settings Through the Dell QuickSet
Location Profiler . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96
Dell Wi-Fi Catcher™ Network Locator . . . . . . . . . 96

Contents 6
Microsoft®Windows®Firewall . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
5 Securing Your Tablet-PC . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
Security Cable Lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
Smart Cards and Biometric Readers . . . . . . . . . . 99
Passwords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100
About Passwords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100
Using a Primary (or System) Password . . . . . . 101
Using an Administrator Password . . . . . . . . . 102
Using a Hard Drive Password . . . . . . . . . . . 102
Trusted Platform Module (TPM) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103
Enabling the TPM Feature . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103
Security Management Software . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
Activating the Security Management Software . . 104
Using the Security Management Software . . . . 105
Computer Tracking Software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
If Your Tablet-PC Is Lost or Stolen . . . . . . . . . . . 105
6 Cleaning Your Tablet-PC . . . . . . . . . . . . 107
Tablet-PC, Keyboard, and Display . . . . . . . . . . . 107
Touch Pad . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107
Optical Drives and Optical Drive Media . . . . . . . . 108

Contents 7
7 Troubleshooting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109
Dell Diagnostics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109
When to Use the Dell Diagnostics . . . . . . . . . 109
Starting the Dell Diagnostics From Your Hard Drive 109
Starting the Dell Diagnostics From the Drivers and Utilities Media
111
Dell Diagnostics Main Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . 111
Dell Support Utility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113
Accessing the Dell Support Utility . . . . . . . . . 113
Clicking the Dell Support Icon . . . . . . . . . . . 114
Windows Hardware Troubleshooter . . . . . . . . . . 114
Solving Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114
Hard Drive Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115
Optical Drive Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115
E-Mail and Internet Problems . . . . . . . . . . . 116
Error Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117
IEEE 1394 Device Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . 117
Lockups and Software Problems . . . . . . . . . 118
Memory Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119
Network Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120
Power Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120
Printer Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121
Scanner Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122
Sound and Speaker Problems . . . . . . . . . . . 122
Touch Pad or Mouse Problems . . . . . . . . . . 124
Pen Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124
Display Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125
Power Lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125

Contents 8
8 Using the System Setup Program . . . . . 127
Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127
System Setup Screens . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128
Viewing the System Setup Screens . . . . . . . . 128
Commonly Used Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128
Changing the Boot Sequence . . . . . . . . . . . 128
9 Reinstalling Software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131
Drivers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131
What Is a Driver? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131
Identifying Drivers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131
Reinstalling Drivers and Utilities . . . . . . . . . . 132
Restoring Your Operating System . . . . . . . . . . . . 134
Using Microsoft Windows System Restore . . . . 134
Using Dell Factory Image Restore . . . . . . . . . 135
Using the Operating System Media . . . . . . . . 137
10 Adding and Replacing Parts . . . . . . . . . 139
Before You Begin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139
Recommended Tools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139
Turning Off Your Tablet-PC . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139
Before Working Inside Your Tablet-PC . . . . . . . 140
Main Battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143
Removing the Main Battery . . . . . . . . . . . . 143
Installing the Main Battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144
Hard Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144

Contents 9
Removing the Hard Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145
Installing the Hard Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146
Subscriber Identity Module (SIM) Card . . . . . . . . 147
Removing the SIM Card . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147
Installing the SIM Card . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148
Internal Card With Bluetooth®Wireless Technology . 148
Removing a Bluetooth Card . . . . . . . . . . . . 149
Installing a Bluetooth Card . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150
Memory and Mini-card Cover . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150
Removing the Memory and Mini-card Cover . . . 150
Installing the Memory and Mini-card Cover . . . . 151
Memory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151
Removing a Memory Module . . . . . . . . . . . 151
Installing a Memory Module . . . . . . . . . . . . 152
Mini Card . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153
Removing a Mini Card . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153
Installing a Mini Card . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156
Hinge Cover . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157
Removing the Hinge Cover . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157
Installing the Hinge Cover . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158
Keyboard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158
Removing the Keyboard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159
Installing the Keyboard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160
Coin-Cell Battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160
Removing the Coin-cell Battery . . . . . . . . . . 160
Installing the Coin-cell Battery . . . . . . . . . . . 161
Display Assembly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162

Contents 10
Removing the Display Assembly . . . . . . . . . . 162
Installing the Display Assembly . . . . . . . . . . 165
Palm Rest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168
Removing the Palm Rest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169
Installing the Palm Rest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171
System Board . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171
Removing the System Board . . . . . . . . . . . . 171
Installing the System Board . . . . . . . . . . . . 173
Fan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173
Removing the Fan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173
Installing the Fan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175
Pen and Whip Antenna Assembly . . . . . . . . . . . 175
Removing the Pen and Whip Antenna Assembly . 175
Installing the Pen and Whip Antenna Assembly . . 177
Wireless Switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177
Removing the Wireless Switch . . . . . . . . . . 177
Installing the Wireless Switch . . . . . . . . . . . 178
11 Dell™ D/Bay . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181
About the Dell D/Bay . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181
Setting Up and Using the D/Bay . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181
Removing and Installing Devices When the Tablet-PC is Turned Off
182
Removing and Installing Devices While the Tablet-PC Is Running
183