Dell VOSTRO 1000 PP23LB User manual

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Dell™ Vostro™ 1000 Owner’s Manual
Model PP23LB
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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.
Abbreviations and Acronyms
For a complete list of abbreviations and acronyms, see "Glossary" on page 159.
____________________
Information in this document is subject to change without notice.
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Other trademarks and trade names may be used in this document to refer to either the entities claiming
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trade names other than its own.
Model PP23LB
May 2007 P/N WY122 Rev. A00
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Contents 3
Contents
1 Finding Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
2 About Your Computer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Determining Your Computer’s Configuration . . . . . . 17
Front View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Left Side View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Right Side View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Back View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Bottom View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
3 Setting Up Your Computer . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Connecting to the Internet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Setting Up Your Internet Connection . . . . . . . . 29
Transferring Information to a New Computer . . . . . 30
Running the Files and Settings Transfer Wizard
With the Operating System Media . . . . . . . . . 31
Running the Files and Settings Transfer Wizard
Without the Operating System Media . . . . . . . 32
Setting Up a Printer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Printer Cable . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Connecting a USB Printer . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
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Power Protection Devices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Surge Protectors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Line Conditioners . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Uninterruptible Power Supplies . . . . . . . . . . 36
4 Using the Display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Adjusting Brightness . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Switching the Video Image . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Setting Display Resolution . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
5 Using the Keyboard and Touch Pad . . . . 39
Numeric Keypad . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Key Combinations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
System Functions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
CD or DVD Tray . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Display Functions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Power Management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Speaker Functions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Microsoft®Windows®Logo Key Functions . . . . 41
Adjusting Keyboard Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Touch Pad . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Customizing the Touch Pad . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
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6 Using a Battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Battery Performance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Checking the Battery Charge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Dell™ QuickSet Battery Meter . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Microsoft®Windows®Power Meter . . . . . . . 46
Charge Gauge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Low-Battery Warning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Conserving Battery Power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Power Management Modes . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Configuring Power Management Settings . . . . . 50
Charging the Battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Replacing the Battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Storing a Battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
7 Using Multimedia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Playing a CD or DVD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Adjusting the Volume . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Adjusting the Picture . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Copying CDs and DVDs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
How to Copy a CD or DVD . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Using Blank CDs and DVDs . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
Helpful Tips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
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8 Using Cards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
ExpressCards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
ExpressCard Blanks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Installing an ExpressCard . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Removing an ExpressCard or Blank . . . . . . . . 61
Media Memory Cards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
Installing a Media Memory Card . . . . . . . . . . 62
Removing a Media Memory Card . . . . . . . . . 63
9 Setting Up a Network . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Physically Connecting to a Network or Broadband
Modem . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Network Setup Wizard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
Wireless Local Area Network (WLAN) . . . . . . . . . 66
What You Need to Establish a WLAN
Connection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
Checking Your Wireless Network Card . . . . . . 67
Setting Up a New WLAN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
Connecting to a Wireless Local Area
Network . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
Enabling/Disabling the Wireless
Network Card . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
10 Securing Your Computer . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
Security Cable Lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
Passwords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
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Computer Tracking Software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
If Your Computer Is Lost or Stolen . . . . . . . . . . . 74
11 Solving Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
Dell Diagnostics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
Drive Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
CD and DVD drive problems . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
Hard drive problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
E-Mail, Modem, and Internet Problems . . . . . . . . 82
Error Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84
ExpressCard Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
Keyboard Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
External Keyboard problems . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
Unexpected characters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
Lockups and Software Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . 91
The computer does not start up . . . . . . . . . . 91
The computer stops responding . . . . . . . . . . 91
A program stops responding or crashes
repeatedly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91
A program is designed for an earlier Microsoft®
Windows®operating system . . . . . . . . . . . 92
A solid blue screen appears . . . . . . . . . . . . 92
Other software problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92
Memory Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93
Network Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93
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Power Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94
Ensuring Sufficient Power for Your Computer . . . 95
Printer Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
Scanner Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96
Sound and Speaker Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
No sound from integrated speakers . . . . . . . . 97
No sound from external speakers . . . . . . . . . 97
No sound from headphones . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
Touch Pad or Mouse Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
Video and Display Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
If the display is blank . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
If the display is difficult to read . . . . . . . . . . 99
If only part of the display is readable . . . . . . . 100
Drivers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100
What Is a Driver? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100
Identifying Drivers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100
Reinstalling Drivers and Utilities . . . . . . . . . . 101
Resolving Software and Hardware
Incompatibilities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103
Restoring Your Operating System . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
Using Microsoft Windows XP System
Restore . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
Using Dell PC Restore by Symantec . . . . . . . . 106
Using the Operating System Media . . . . . . . . 108
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12 Adding and Replacing Parts . . . . . . . . . 111
Before You Begin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111
Recommended Tools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111
Turning Off Your Computer . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111
Before Working Inside Your Computer . . . . . . . 112
Optical Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114
Hard Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114
Returning a Hard Drive to Dell . . . . . . . . . . . 116
Memory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117
Modem . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120
Hinge Cover . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122
Keyboard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123
Wireless Mini-Card . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125
Coin-Cell Battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128
Display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129
13 Dell™ QuickSet Features . . . . . . . . . . . 133
14 Traveling With Your Computer . . . . . . . 135
Identifying Your Computer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135
Packing the Computer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135
Travel Tips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136
Traveling by Air . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137
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10 Contents
15 Contacting Dell . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139
16 Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141
17 Appendix . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149
Using the System Setup Program . . . . . . . . . . . . 149
Entering System Setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150
Commonly Used Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151
Cleaning Your Computer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153
Computer, Keyboard, and Display . . . . . . . . . 153
Touch Pad . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154
Mouse . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154
Floppy Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155
CDs and DVDs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155
FCC Notice (U.S. Only) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156
FCC Class B . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156
Macrovision Notice . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157
Glossary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159
Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177
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Finding Information 11
Finding Information
NOTE: Some features or media may be optional and may not ship with your
computer. Some features or media may not be available in certain countries.
NOTE: Additional information may ship with your computer.
What Are You Looking For? Find It Here
• A diagnostic program for my computer
• Drivers for my computer
• My device documentation
Drivers and Utilities Media
Documentation and drivers are already
installed on your computer. You can use
the media to reinstall drivers.
Readme files may be included on your
media to provide last-minute updates
about technical changes to your computer
or advanced technical-reference material
for technicians or experienced users.
NOTE: Drivers and documentation updates
can be found at support.dell.com.
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12 Finding Information
• Warranty information
• Terms and Conditions (U.S. only)
• Safety instructions
• Regulatory information
• Ergonomics information
• End User License Agreement
Dell™ Product Information Guide
• How to set up my computer
• Basic troubleshooting information
• How to run the Dell Diagnostics
• How to remove and install parts
Quick Reference Guide
NOTE: This document may be optional and
may not ship with your computer.
NOTE: This document is available as a PDF
at support.dell.com.
What Are You Looking For? Find It Here
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Finding Information 13
• Service Tag and Express Service Code
• Microsoft Windows License Label
Service Tag and Microsoft
®
Windows
®
License
These labels are located on your
computer.
• Use the Service Tag to identify your
computer when you use
support.dell.com or contact technical
support.
• Enter the Express Service Code to direct
your call when contacting technical
support.
What Are You Looking For? Find It Here
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14 Finding Information
• Solutions — Troubleshooting hints and
tips; articles from technicians; online
courses; and frequently asked questions
• Community — Online discussion with
other Dell customers
• Upgrades — Upgrade information for
components, such as memory, the hard
drive, and the operating system
• Customer Care — Contact information,
service call and order status, warranty,
and repair information
• Service and support — Service call
status and support history, service
contract, online discussions with
technical support
• Reference — Computer
documentation, details on my computer
configuration, product specifications,
and white papers
• Downloads — Certified drivers,
patches, and software updates
Dell Support Website — support.dell.com
NOTE: Select your region to view the
appropriate support site.
• How to use the Windows operating
system
• How to work with programs and files
• How to personalize my desktop
Windows Help and Support Center
1 Click the Start button and click Help
and Support
.
2 Type a word or phrase that describes
your problem and click the arrow icon.
3 Click the topic that describes your
problem.
4 Follow the instructions on the screen.
What Are You Looking For? Find It Here
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Finding Information 15
• How to reinstall my operating system Operating System Media
The operating system is already installed
on your computer. To reinstall your
operating system, use one of the following
methods:
• Microsoft Windows System Restore —
Microsoft Windows
System Restore
returns your computer to an earlier
operating state without affecting data
files.
• Dell
PC Restore — Dell PC Restore
returns your computer to its original
operating state. Dell
PC Restore may not
ship with your computer.
•
Operating System media — If you
received an
Operating System media
with your computer, you can use it to
restore your operating system.
For more information, see "Restoring Your
Operating System" on page 104.
After you reinstall your operating system,
use the Drivers and Utilities media (see
"Drivers" on page 100) to reinstall drivers
for the devices that came with your
computer.
NOTE: The color of your media varies,
based on the operating system you
ordered.
What Are You Looking For? Find It Here
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16 Finding Information
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About Your Computer 17
About Your Computer
Determining Your Computer’s Configuration
Based on selections that you made when purchasing your computer, your
computer has one of several different video controller configurations. To
determine your computer’s video controller configuration:
1
Access the Microsoft
®
Windows
®
Help and Support Center. For
instructions, see
"Windows Help and Support Center " on page 14.
2 Under Pick a Task , click Use Tools to view your computer information
and diagnose problems.
3 Under My Computer Information , select Hardware .
From the My Computer Information - Hardware screen, you can view the
type of video controller installed in your computer, as well as the other
hardware components.
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18 About Your Computer
Front View
1 display latch release 2 display latches (2) 3 display
4 power button 5 device status lights 6 touch pad
7 speakers (2) 8 touch pad buttons 9 keyboard
10 keyboard and wireless
status lights
1
9
3
6
8
4
7
5
10
2
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About Your Computer 19
DISPLAY LATCH RELEASE —Press to release the display latches and open the display.
DISPLAY LATCHES —Keep the display closed.
DISPLAY —For more information about your display, see "Using the Display" on
page 37.
POWER BUTTON —Press the power button to turn on the computer or to enter or exit
a power management mode. See "Power Management Modes" on page 48.
DEVICE STATUS LIGHTS
Turns on when you turn on the computer, and blinks when the computer is in
a power management mode.
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 to indicate battery charge status.
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20 About Your Computer
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 almost 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.
TOUCH PAD —Provides the functionality of a mouse. Silk screening on the touch pad
indicates scrolling capabilities.
SPEAKERS —To adjust the volume of the integrated speakers, press the media
control buttons or speaker-volume keyboard shortcuts. For more information, see
"Speaker Functions" on page 41.
TOUCH PAD BUTTONS —Touch pad buttons provide the functionality of a mouse.
KEYBOARD —The keyboard includes a numeric keypad as well as the Microsoft
Windows logo key. For information on supported keyboard shortcuts, see "Key
Combinations" on page 40.
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