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.
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Model PP23LB
May 2007 P/N WY122 Rev. A00
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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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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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