Dell M1530 - XPS laptop. TUXEDO User manual

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Dell™ XPS™ M1530 Owner’s Manual
Model PP28L
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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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Information in this document is subject to change without notice.
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of Intel Corporation; Microsoft, Windows, and Windows Vista are either trademarks or registered
trademarks of Microsoft Corporation in the United States and/or other countries; Blu-ray Disc is a
trademark of the Blu-ray Disc Association; Bluetooth is a registered trademark owned by
Bluetooth SIG, Inc. and is used by Dell under license.
Other trademarks and trade names may be used in this document to refer to either the entities claiming
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Model PP28L
November 2007 P/N RU335 Rev. A01
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Contents
Finding Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
1 Setting Up Your Computer . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Connecting to the Internet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Setting Up Your Internet Connection . . . . . . . . 20
Transferring Information to a New Computer . . . . . 21
Setting Up a Printer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Printer Cable . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Connecting a USB Printer . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Power Protection Devices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Surge Protectors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Line Conditioners . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Uninterruptible Power Supplies . . . . . . . . . . 24
2 About Your Computer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Front View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Left Side View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Right Side View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Back View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Bottom View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
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3 Using the Keyboard and Touchpad . . . . . 39
Numeric Keypad . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Key Combinations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
System Functions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Display Functions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Power Management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Microsoft®Windows®Logo Key Functions . . . . 40
Dell™ QuickSet Key Combinations . . . . . . . . . 40
Adjusting Keyboard Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Touch Pad . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Customizing the Touch Pad . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
4 Using the Display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Adjusting Brightness . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Switching the Video Image From
Your Computer Display To a Projector . . . . . . . . . 43
Setting Display Resolution and Refresh Rate . . . . . . 44
5 Using a Battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Battery Performance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Checking the Battery Charge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Dell QuickSet Battery Meter . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Microsoft®Windows®Battery Meter . . . . . . . 47
Charge Gauge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Low-Battery Warning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
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Conserving Battery Power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Configuring Power Management Settings . . . . . 48
Using the Sleep Power State . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Charging the Battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Replacing the Battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Storing a Battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
6 Using Multimedia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Playing Media . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Playing Media Using Dell Travel Remote . . . . . . . . 54
Copying CD, DVD, and
Blu-ray Disc™ (BD) Media . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
How to Copy a CD, DVD or BD . . . . . . . . . . . 56
Using Blank CD, DVD, and BD Media . . . . . . . 57
Helpful Tips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Adjusting the Volume . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Adjusting the Picture . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Using Dell MediaDirect™ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Connecting Your Computer to a TV or
Audio Device . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
HDMI . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
S-Video and Standard Audio . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Component Video and Standard Audio . . . . . . 65
Composite Video and Standard Audio . . . . . . . 67
Enabling the Display Settings for a TV . . . . . . . 69
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6Contents
7 Using the Camera . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
Accessing the Camera’s Help File . . . . . . . . . . . 71
Manually Adjusting the Camera Settings . . . . . . . . 72
Creating a Picture or a Video . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
8 Using ExpressCards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
ExpressCard Blanks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
Installing an ExpressCard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
Removing an ExpressCard or Blank . . . . . . . . . . . 74
9 Using the Memory Card Reader . . . . . . . 75
Memory Card Blanks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
Installing a Memory Card . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
Removing a Memory Card or Blank . . . . . . . . . . . 76
10 Setting Up and Using Networks . . . . . . . 77
Connecting a Network or
Broadband Modem Cable . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
Setting Up a Network in the
Microsoft Windows Vista™ Operating System . . . . . 78
Wireless Local Area Network (WLAN) . . . . . . . . . 78
What You Need to Establish a
WLAN Connection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
Checking Your Wireless Network Card . . . . . . 78
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Setting Up a New WLAN Using a
Wireless Router and a Broadband Modem . . . . 79
Connecting to a WLAN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
Mobile Broadband/
Wireless Wide Area Network (WWAN) . . . . . . . . 82
What You Need to Establish a
Mobile Broadband Network Connection . . . . . 83
Checking Your Dell Mobile Broadband Card . . . . 83
Connecting to a Mobile Broadband Network . . . 84
Enabling/Disabling the
Dell Mobile Broadband Card . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
Dell Wi-Fi Catcher™ Network Locator . . . . . . . . . 85
11 Securing Your Computer . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
Security Cable Lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
Passwords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88
Fingerprint Reader . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88
Computer Tracking Software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
If Your Computer Is Lost or Stolen . . . . . . . . . . . 89
12 Troubleshooting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91
Dell Technical Update Service . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91
Dell Diagnostics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91
Dell Support Center . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
Dell Support 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96
Dell PC Tune-Up . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
Dell PC CheckUp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
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Dell Network Assistant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
DellConnect . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
Drive Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
Optical drive problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
Hard drive problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100
E-Mail, Modem, and Internet Problems . . . . . . . . . 100
Error Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102
ExpressCard Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107
IEEE 1394 Device Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107
Keyboard Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108
External Keyboard problems . . . . . . . . . . . . 108
Unexpected characters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109
Lockups and Software Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . 109
The computer does not start . . . . . . . . . . . . 109
The computer stops responding . . . . . . . . . . 109
A program stops responding or
crashes repeatedly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110
A program is designed for an earlier
Microsoft®Windows®operating system . . . . . 110
A solid blue screen appears . . . . . . . . . . . . 110
Dell MediaDirect problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110
Other software problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111
Memory Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112
Network Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112
Mobile Broadband
(Wireless Wide Area Network [WWAN]) . . . . . 113
Power Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113
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Printer Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114
Scanner Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115
Sound and Speaker Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116
No sound from integrated speakers . . . . . . . . 116
No sound from external speakers . . . . . . . . . 116
No sound from headphones . . . . . . . . . . . . 117
Remote Control Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117
Touch Pad or Mouse Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117
Video and Display Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118
If the display is blank . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118
If the display is difficult to read . . . . . . . . . . 119
If only part of the display is readable . . . . . . . 120
Drivers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120
What Is a Driver? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120
Identifying Drivers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120
Reinstalling Drivers and Utilities . . . . . . . . . . 121
Troubleshooting Software and Hardware Problems
in the Windows Vista™ Operating System . . . . . . . 123
Restoring Your
Microsoft®Windows Vista®Operating System . . . . 124
Using Windows Vista System Restore . . . . . . . 125
Using the Operating System Media . . . . . . . . 128
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10 Contents
13 Adding and Replacing Parts . . . . . . . . . 131
Before You Begin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131
Recommended Tools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131
Turning Off Your Computer . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131
Before Working Inside Your Computer . . . . . . . 132
Hard Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133
Removing the Hard Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134
Replacing the Hard Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135
Returning a Hard Drive to Dell . . . . . . . . . . . 135
Center Control Cover and Hinge Covers . . . . . . . . 136
Removing the Center Control Cover and
Hinge Covers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136
Replacing the Center Control Cover and
Hinge Covers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138
Keyboard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138
Removing the Keyboard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139
Replacing the Keyboard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140
Memory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140
Removing the Memory Module . . . . . . . . . . 140
Replacing the Memory Module . . . . . . . . . . 142
Subscriber Identity Module . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144
Wireless Mini Cards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144
Removing a WLAN Card . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145
Replacing a WLAN Card . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146
Removing a Mobile Broadband or
WWAN Card . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147
Replacing a WWAN Card . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149
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