Dell D630 Manual
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2 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. If you purchased a Dell™ n Series computer, any references in this document to Microsoft® Windows® operating systems are not applicable. ____________________...
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3 Contents 1 Finding Information. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 2 About Your Computer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 Front View. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 Left Side View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 Right Side View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 Back View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 Bottom View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ....
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4 Low-Battery Warning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44 Conserving Battery Power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44 Power Management Modes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45 Standby and Sleep Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45 Hibernate Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45 Configuring Power Management Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46 Accessing Power Options Properties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46...
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5 Switching the Video Image. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57 Setting Display Resolution and Refresh Rate . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57 Dual Independent Display Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58 Swapping Primary and Secondary Displays . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59 7 Setting Up and Using Networks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61 Connecting a Network or Broadband Modem Cable. . . . . . . . . . 61 Setting Up a Network in the Microsoft ® Windows® XP Operating System . ....
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6 8 Using Multimedia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73 Playing Media. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73 Copying Media . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75 How to Copy Media . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75 Using Blank Media . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76 Helpful Tips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77 Adjusting the Volume . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ....
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7 About Passwords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88 Using a Primary (or System) Password . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89 Using an Administrator Password . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89 Using a Hard Drive Password . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90 Trusted Platform Module (TPM) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91 Enabling the TPM Feature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91 Security Management Software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92...
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8 Clicking the Dell Support Icon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106 Double-Clicking the Dell Support Icon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106 Drive Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106 Media drive problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107 If you cannot eject the CD, CD-RW, DVD, or DVD+RW drive tray 107 If you hear an unfamiliar scraping or grinding sound . . . . . . 108 Hard drive problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108 E-Mail,...
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9 Printer Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124 Scanner Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124 Sound and Speaker Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125 No sound from integrated speakers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125 No sound from external speakers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126 No sound from headphones . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126 Touch Pad or Mouse Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ....
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10 Using the Hardware Troubleshooter Tool. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144 Microsoft Windows XP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144 Microsoft Windows Vista . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144 Restoring Your Operating System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144 Using Microsoft ® Windows® System Restore. . . . . . . . . . 145 Using the Operating System Media . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146 15 Adding and Replacing Parts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149 Before You Begin...