Dell Latitude XT PP12S User manual

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Dell™ Latitude™ XT User’s Guide
Model PP12S
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Notes, Notices, and Cautions
NOTE: A NOTE indicates important information that helps you make better use of
your Tablet-PC.
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 PP12S
May 2008 P/N PU189 Rev. A03
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Contents
1 Resources . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Finding Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Getting Help . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Obtaining Assistance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Dell Support Service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Problems With Your Order . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Product Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Returning Items for Warranty Repair or Credit . . 24
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 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Bottom View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Pen View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
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3 Setting Up and Using Your Tablet-PC . . . 51
Transferring Information to a New Tablet-PC . . . . . . 51
Transferring Information in Windows Vista®. . . 51
Transferring Information in Windows XP . . . . . 51
Using Notebook Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Using Tablet Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Converting Your Tablet-PC Between Notebook
and Tablet Modes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Right- and Left-handed Use . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Screen Orientation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Controlling Your Tablet-PC in Tablet Mode . . . . . 62
Using the Pen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Using Touch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
Accessing Management Tasks and User Information . 71
QuickSet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
Control Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
Help and Support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
Windows Vista Mobility Center . . . . . . . . . . 72
Using a Battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
Battery Performance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
Checking the Battery Charge . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
Power Meter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
Conserving Battery Power . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
Power Management Modes . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
Configuring Power Management Settings . . . . . 79
Charging the Main Battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
Removing the Main Battery . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
Installing the Main Battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
Storing a Battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
Using a Keyboard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
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Numeric Keypad . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
Key Combinations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
Touch Pad . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
Changing the Track Stick or Pointer Cap . . . . . 86
Using the Display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
Adjusting Brightness on the
LED Backlit Thin-and-Light LCD . . . . . . . . . . 88
Adjusting Brightness on the
Dual-bulb (CCFL) LCD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88
Using Cards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
ExpressCards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
Smart Cards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91
Secure Digital (SD) Cards . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93
4 Using Your Tablet-PC With a Projector . . 95
Display Positions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
Classic Notebook . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
Tablet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
Display Modes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96
Clone Mode (Mirrored) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96
Extended Desktop Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
Changing the Display Settings for the Projector . . . . 97
5 Setting Up and Using Networks . . . . . . . 99
Connecting a Network or Broadband Modem . . . . . 99
Network Setup Wizard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100
Wireless Local Area Network (WLAN) . . . . . . . . . 100
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What You Need to Establish a WLAN Connection . 101
Checking Your Wireless Network Adapter . . . . . 101
Setting Up a New WLAN Using a
Wireless Router and a Broadband Modem . . . . 102
Connecting to a WLAN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103
Mobile Broadband/Wireless
Wide Area Network (WWAN) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
What You Need to Establish a
Mobile Broadband Network Connection . . . . . . 105
Checking Your Dell Mobile Broadband Card . . . . 106
Connecting to a Mobile Broadband Network . . . 107
Enabling/Disabling the
Dell Mobile Broadband Card . . . . . . . . . . . . 108
Managing Your Network Settings
Through the Dell QuickSet Location Profiler . . . . 108
Dell Wi-Fi Catcher™ Network Locator . . . . . . . . . 109
Microsoft®Windows®Firewall . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109
6 Securing Your Tablet-PC . . . . . . . . . . . . 111
Security Cable Lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111
Smart Cards and Biometric Readers . . . . . . . . . . 111
Passwords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112
About Passwords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112
Using a Primary (or System) Password . . . . . . 113
Using an Administrator Password . . . . . . . . . 114
Using a Hard Drive Password . . . . . . . . . . . 114
Trusted Platform Module (TPM) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115
Enabling the TPM Feature . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116
Security Management Software . . . . . . . . . . . . 116
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Activating the Security Management Software . . 116
Using the Security Management Software . . . . 117
Computer Tracking Software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117
If Your Tablet-PC Is Lost or Stolen . . . . . . . . . . . 117
7 Cleaning Your Tablet-PC . . . . . . . . . . . . 119
Tablet-PC, Keyboard, and Display . . . . . . . . . . . 119
Touch Pad . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119
Optical Drives and Optical Drive Media . . . . . . . . 120
8 Troubleshooting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121
Dell Diagnostics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121
When to Use the Dell Diagnostics . . . . . . . . . 121
Starting the Dell Diagnostics
From Your Hard Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121
Starting the Dell Diagnostics From the
Drivers and Utilities Media . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123
Dell Diagnostics Main Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . 123
Dell Support Utility for Windows Vista . . . . . . . . . 125
Accessing the Dell Support Utility . . . . . . . . . 125
Clicking the Dell Support Icon . . . . . . . . . . . 126
Windows Hardware Troubleshooter . . . . . . . . . . 126
Solving Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126
Hard Drive Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127
Optical Drive Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128
E-Mail and Internet Problems . . . . . . . . . . . 128
Error Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129
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IEEE 1394 Device Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130
Lockups and Software Problems . . . . . . . . . . 130
Memory Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132
Network Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133
Power Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133
Printer Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134
Scanner Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134
Sound and Speaker Problems . . . . . . . . . . . 135
Touch Pad or Mouse Problems . . . . . . . . . . . 136
Troubleshooting Stylus and Touch Problems . . . 137
Display Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138
Power Lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139
9 Using the System Setup Program . . . . . 141
Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141
System Setup Screens . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142
Viewing the System Setup Screens . . . . . . . . 142
Commonly Used Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142
Changing the Boot Sequence . . . . . . . . . . . 142
10 Reinstalling Software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145
Drivers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145
What Is a Driver? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145
Identifying Drivers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145
Reinstalling Drivers and Utilities . . . . . . . . . . 146
Restoring Your Operating System . . . . . . . . . . . . 148
Using Microsoft Windows System Restore . . . . 149
Using Dell Factory Image Restore . . . . . . . . . 150
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Using the Operating System Media . . . . . . . . 151
11 Adding and Replacing Parts . . . . . . . . . 155
Before You Begin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155
Recommended Tools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155
Turning Off Your Tablet-PC . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155
Before Working Inside Your Tablet-PC . . . . . . . 156
Main Battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157
Removing the Main Battery . . . . . . . . . . . . 158
Installing the Main Battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159
Hard Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159
Removing the Hard Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160
Installing the Hard Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161
Subscriber Identity Module (SIM) Card . . . . . . . . 162
Removing the SIM Card . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162
Installing the SIM Card . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163
Internal Card With Bluetooth®Wireless Technology . 163
Remove the Internal Card Caddy . . . . . . . . . 164
Installing a Bluetooth Card . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165
Installing the Main Battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167
Memory and Mini-Card Cover . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167
Removing the Memory and Mini-Card Cover . . . 168
Installing the Memory and Mini-Card Cover . . . . 168
Memory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168
Removing a Memory Module . . . . . . . . . . . 169
Installing a Memory Module . . . . . . . . . . . . 169
Mini-Card . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170
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Removing a Mini-Card . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171
Installing a Mini-Card . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173
Hinge Cover . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174
Removing the Hinge Cover . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174
Installing the Hinge Cover . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175
Keyboard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175
Removing the Keyboard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176
Installing the Keyboard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177
Coin-Cell Battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177
Removing the Coin-cell Battery . . . . . . . . . . 178
Installing the Coin-Cell Battery . . . . . . . . . . . 178
Display Assembly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179
Removing the Display Assembly . . . . . . . . . . 179
Installing the Display Assembly . . . . . . . . . . 182
Palm Rest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186
Removing the Palm Rest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186
Installing the Palm Rest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189
System Board . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189
Removing the System Board . . . . . . . . . . . . 189
Installing the System Board . . . . . . . . . . . . 191
Fan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191
Removing the Fan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191
Installing the Fan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193
Pen and Whip Antenna Assembly . . . . . . . . . . . . 193
Removing the Pen and Whip Antenna Assembly . 193
Installing the Pen and Whip Antenna Assembly . . 195
Wireless Switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195
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