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 185.
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Model PP23LB
October 2007 P/N WY122 Rev. A01
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Contents
1 Finding Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
2 About Your Computer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Determining Your Computer’s Configuration . . . . . . 19
Front View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Left Side View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Right Side View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Back View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Bottom View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
3 Setting Up Your Computer . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Connecting to the Internet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Setting Up Your Internet Connection . . . . . . . . 31
Transferring Information to a New Computer . . . . . . 33
Microsoft®Windows®XP . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Microsoft Windows Vista®. . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Setting Up a Printer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Printer Cable . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Connecting a USB Printer . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Power Protection Devices. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
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Surge Protectors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Line Conditioners . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Uninterruptible Power Supplies . . . . . . . . . . 39
4 Using the Display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Adjusting Brightness. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Using a Projector. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Making Images and Text Look Bigger or Sharper. . . . 41
Microsoft®Windows®XP . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Windows Vista®. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Using Both a Monitor and Your Computer Display . . . 43
Microsoft®Windows®XP . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Windows Vista®. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Using a Monitor as Your Primary Display . . . . . . . . 44
Microsoft Windows XP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Windows Vista . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Using Catalyst®Control Center . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Launching Catalyst Control Center . . . . . . . . . 46
5 Using the Keyboard and Touch Pad. . . . 47
Numeric Keypad . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Key Combinations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
System Functions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
CD or DVD Tray . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Display Functions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Power Management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
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Speaker Functions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Microsoft®Windows®Logo Key Functions . . . . 49
Adjusting Keyboard Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Touch Pad . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Customizing the Touch Pad . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
6 Using a Battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Battery Performance. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Checking the Battery Charge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Dell™ QuickSet Battery Meter . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Microsoft®Windows®Power Meter . . . . . . . 55
Charge Gauge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Low-Battery Warning. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
Conserving Battery Power. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
Power Management Modes . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
Configuring Power Management Settings . . . . . 58
Accessing Power Options Properties . . . . . . . 58
Charging the Battery. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Replacing the Battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Storing a Battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
7 Using Multimedia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Playing a CD or DVD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Adjusting the Volume . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
Adjusting the Picture . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
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Copying CDs and DVDs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
How to Copy a CD or DVD. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Using Blank CDs and DVDs . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Helpful Tips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Adjusting the Volume . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
Adjusting the Picture. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
8 Using Cards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
ExpressCards. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
ExpressCard Blanks. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
Installing an ExpressCard. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
Removing an ExpressCard or Blank . . . . . . . . 71
Media Memory Cards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
Installing a Media Memory Card . . . . . . . . . . 72
Removing a Media Memory Card. . . . . . . . . . 73
9 Setting Up and Using Networks . . . . . . 75
Physically Connecting to a Network or Broadband Modem 75
Connecting a Network or Broadband Modem Cable . . 75
Setting Up a Network in the Microsoft®Windows®XP Operating
System. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
Setting Up a Network in the Microsoft Windows Vista®Operating
System. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
Wireless Local Area Network (WLAN) . . . . . . . . . 77
What You Need to Establish a WLAN Connection . 77
Checking Your Wireless Network Card . . . . . . . 77
Setting Up a New WLAN Using a Wireless Router and a
Broadband Modem . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
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Connecting to a WLAN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
Enabling/Disabling the Wireless Network Card . . 81
Mobile Broadband/Wireless Wide Area Network (WWAN) 82
What You Need to Establish a Mobile Broadband Network
Connection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
Checking Your Dell Mobile Broadband Card . . . . 83
Microsoft®Windows®Firewall . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
10 Securing Your Computer . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
Security Cable Lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
Passwords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
Computer Tracking Software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
If Your Computer Is Lost or Stolen . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
11 Adding and Replacing Parts . . . . . . . . . . 89
Before You Begin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
Recommended Tools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
Turning Off Your Computer . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
Before Working Inside Your Computer . . . . . . . 90
Optical Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92
Hard Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92
Returning a Hard Drive to Dell . . . . . . . . . . . 94
Memory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
Modem . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
Hinge Cover . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100
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Keyboard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
Wireless Mini-Card . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103
Coin-Cell Battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106
Display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107
12 Troubleshooting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111
Dell Technical Update Service . . . . . . . . . . . . 111
Dell Diagnostics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111
Dell Support Center . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116
Dell Support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116
Dell PC TuneUp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117
Dell PC Checkup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118
Dell Network Assistant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118
DellConnect . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118
Drive Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119
Optical drive problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119
Hard drive problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120
E-Mail, Modem, and Internet Problems . . . . . . . . 121
Error Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123
ExpressCard Problems. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128
IEEE 1394 Device Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128
Keyboard Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129
External Keyboard problems . . . . . . . . . . . 129
Unexpected characters. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130
Lockups and Software Problems . . . . . . . . . . . 130
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The computer does not start . . . . . . . . . . . . 130
The computer stops responding . . . . . . . . . . 131
A program stops responding or crashes repeatedly 131
A program is designed for an earlier Microsoft®Windows®
operating system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131
A solid blue screen appears . . . . . . . . . . . . 132
Dell MediaDirect problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132
Other software problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133
Memory Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133
Network Problems. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134
Mobile Broadband (Wireless Wide Area Network [WWAN]) 135
Power Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135
Printer Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137
Scanner Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138
Sound and Speaker Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138
No sound from integrated speakers . . . . . . . . 139
No sound from external speakers . . . . . . . . . 139
No sound from headphones . . . . . . . . . . . . 139
Remote Control Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140
Touch Pad or Mouse Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140
Video and Display Problems. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141
If the display is blank . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141
If the display is difficult to read. . . . . . . . . . . 142
If only part of the display is readable. . . . . . . . 143
Drivers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143
What Is a Driver? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143
Identifying Drivers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143
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Reinstalling Drivers and Utilities . . . . . . . . . 144
Troubleshooting Software and Hardware Problems . 147
Restoring Your Microsoft®Windows Vista®Operating System 148
Using Windows Vista System Restore . . . . . . 149
Restoring the Computer to the Default Factory Configuration 151
Using the Operating System Media. . . . . . . . 152
Restoring Your Microsoft®Windows®XP Operating System 153
Using Microsoft Windows System Restore. . . . 154
Using Dell™ PC Restore . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155
Using the Operating System Media. . . . . . . . 157
13 Dell™ QuickSet Features . . . . . . . . . . . . 159
14 Traveling With Your Computer . . . . . . . . 161
Identifying Your Computer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161
Packing the Computer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161
Travel Tips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162
Traveling by Air . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163
15 Contacting Dell . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165
16 Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167
17 Appendix . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175
Using the System Setup Program . . . . . . . . . . . 175
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