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www.dell.com | support.dell.com Dell™ Inspiron™ 640M/ E1405 Owner’s Manual Model PP19L
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 the Glossary on page 171. If you purchased a Dell™ n Series computer, any references in this document to Microsoft ® Windows® operating systems are not applicable. ____________________ Information in this document is subject to change without notice. © 2006–2007 Dell Inc. All rights reserved. Reproduction in any manner whatsoever without the written permission of Dell Inc. is strictly forbidden. Trademarks used in this text: Dell, the DELL logo, Inspiron, Dell Precision, Dimension, OptiPlex, Latitude, PowerEdge, PowerConnect, PowerVault, PowerApp, Dell TravelLite, ExpressCharge, Dell Media Experience, and Strike Zone are trademarks of Dell Inc.; Intel and Pe n t i u m are registered trademarks of Intel Corporation; Microsoft, Outlook, and Windows are registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation; Bluetooth is a registered trademark owned by Bluetooth SIG, Inc. and is used by Dell under license; IBM is a registered trademark of International Business Machines Corporation; EMC is a registered trademark of EMC Corporation; ENERGY STAR is a registered trademark of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. Other trademarks and trade names may be used in this document to refer to either the entities claiming the marks and names or their products. Dell Inc. disclaims any proprietary interest in trademarks and trade names other than its own. Model PP19L March 2007 P/N YF920 Rev. A02
Contents3 Contents Finding Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 1 A Tour of Your Computer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 Front View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 Left Side View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 Right Side View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 Back View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 Bottom View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 2 Setting Up Your Computer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 Connecting to the Internet. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 Setting Up Your Internet Connection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 Transferring Information to a New Computer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26 Running the Files and Settings Transfer Wizard With the Operating System CD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26 Running the Files and Settings Transfer Wizard Without the Operating System CD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 Setting Up a Printer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 Printer Cable . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29 Connecting a USB Printer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29 Power Protection Devices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 Surge Protectors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 Line Conditioners . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 Uninterruptible Power Supplies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
4Contents 3 Using the Display. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31 Adjusting Brightness. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31 Switching the Video Image . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31 Setting Display Resolution and Refresh Rate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31 4 Using the Keyboard and Touch Pad. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33 Numeric Keypad. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33 Key Combinations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34 System Functions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34 Battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34 CD or DVD Tray . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34 Display Functions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34 Radios (Including Wireless Networking and an Internal Card With Bluetooth ®Wireless Technology) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34 Power Management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34 Speaker Functions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35 Microsoft® Windows® Logo Key Functions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35 Touch Pad . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36 Customizing the Touch Pad . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36 5 Using a Battery. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37 Battery Performance. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37 Checking the Battery Charge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38 Dell™ QuickSet Battery Meter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38 Microsoft® Windows® Power Meter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38 Charge Gauge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38 Low-Battery Warning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39 Conserving Battery Power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39 Power Management Modes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39 Configuring Power Management Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41 Charging the Battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Contents5 Replacing the Battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41 Storing a Battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42 6 Using CDs, DVDs, and Other Multimedia . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43 Playing CDs or DVDs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43 Adjusting the Volume . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45 Adjusting the Picture . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45 Microsoft ® Windows® XP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45 Using Dell Media Experience™ and Dell MediaDirect™ . . . . . . . . . . . 46 If the computer is on or in standby mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46 If the computer is off or in hibernate mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46 Dell MediaDirect and Dell Media Experience Help . . . . . . . . . . . . 47 Using the Dell MediaDirect™ Repair Utility CD or the Dell MediaDirect Reinstallation CD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47 Repairing Dell MediaDirect . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48 Reinstalling Dell MediaDirect . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48 Connecting Your Computer to a TV or Audio Device . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49 S-Video and Standard Audio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51 S-Video and S/PDIF Digital Audio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53 Composite Video and Standard Audio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55 Composite Video and S/PDIF Digital Audio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56 Component Video and Standard Audio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58 Component Video and S/PDIF Digital Audio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60 Configuring DVD Playback Using Headphones . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62 Enabling the Display Settings for a TV . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63 7 Using ExpressCards. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65 ExpressCard Types. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65 ExpressCard Blanks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65 Installing an ExpressCard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65 Removing an ExpressCard or Blank . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66 Media Memory Card Types . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
6Contents Media Memory Card Blanks. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67 Installing a Media Memory Card . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68 Removing a Media Memory Card or Blank . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69 8 Setting Up a Network. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71 Physically Connecting to a Network or Broadband Modem . . . . . . . . . . 71 Network Setup Wizard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71 Wireless Local Area Network (WLAN) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72 What You Need to Establish a WLAN Connection . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72 Checking Your Wireless Network Card . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72 Setting Up a New WLAN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73 Connecting to a Wireless Local Area Network . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74 Enabling/Disabling the Wireless Network Card . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75 Monitoring the Status of Wireless Network Connections Through Dell™ QuickSet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76 Mobile Broadband or Wireless Wide Area Network (WWAN) . . . . . . . . . 76 What You Need to Establish a Mobile Broadband Network Connection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76 Connecting to a Mobile Broadband Network . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76 Bluetooth Network . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77 Setting up your Bluetooth Connection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77 Connecting to a Bluetooth Network . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77 9 Securing Your Computer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79 Security Cable Lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79 Passwords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79 Computer Tracking Software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80 If Your Computer Is Lost or Stolen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
Contents7 10 Troubleshooting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81 Dell Technical Update Service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81 Dell Diagnostics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81 When to Use the Dell Diagnostics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81 Starting the Dell Diagnostics From Your Hard Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . 81 Starting the Dell Diagnostics From the Drivers and Utilities CD . . . . . . 82 Dell Diagnostics Main Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83 Dell Support Utility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84 Accessing the Dell Support Utility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84 Clicking the Dell Support Icon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85 Double-Clicking the Dell Support Icon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85 Drive Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85 CD and DVD drive problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85 If you cannot eject the CD, CD-RW, DVD, or DVD+RW drive tray . . . . . 86 If you hear an unfamiliar scraping or grinding sound . . . . . . . . . . . 86 Hard drive problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86 E-Mail, Modem, and Internet Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86 Error Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88 ExpressCard Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91 IEEE 1394 Device Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92 Keyboard Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92 External Keyboard problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92 Unexpected characters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93 Lockups and Software Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93 The computer does not start up . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93 The computer stops responding . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93 A program stops responding or crashes repeatedly . . . . . . . . . . . . 93 A program is designed for an earlier Microsoft® Windows® operating system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94 A solid blue screen appears . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94 Dell MediaDirect problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94 Other software problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95 Memory Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95 Network Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96
8Contents Power Problems. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96 Printer Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97 Scanner Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97 Sound and Speaker Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98 No sound from integrated speakers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98 No sound from external speakers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98 No sound from headphones . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99 Touch Pad or Mouse Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99 Video and Display Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99 If the display is blank . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99 If the display is difficult to read . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100 If only part of the display is readable . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100 Drivers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101 What Is a Driver? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101 Identifying Drivers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101 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 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105 Using the Operating System CD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107 11 Adding and Replacing Parts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109 Before You Begin. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109 Recommended Tools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109 Turning Off Your Computer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109 Before Working Inside Your Computer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110 Hard Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111 Returning a Hard Drive to Dell . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113 Optical Drives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114 About the Device Security Screw . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114 Removing and Installing Optical Drives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114
Contents9 Memory. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115 Installing a Memory Module in Connector DIMM B . . . . . . . . . . . 116 Installing a Memory Module in Connector DIMM A . . . . . . . . . . . 118 Modem (Optional) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121 Mini-Card . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123 Hinge Cover . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125 Removing the Hinge Cover . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125 Replacing the Hinge Cover . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127 Keyboard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127 Removing the Keyboard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127 Replacing the Keyboard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128 Internal Card With Bluetooth ® Wireless Technology. . . . . . . . . . . . . 128 Coin-Cell Battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130 Removing the Coin-Cell Battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130 Replacing the Coin-Cell Battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130 12 Dell™ QuickSet Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131 13 Traveling With Your Computer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133 Identifying Your Computer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133 Packing the Computer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133 Travel Tips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134 Traveling by Air . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134 14 Contacting Dell . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135 15 Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157
10Contents 16 Appendix . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165 Using the System Setup Program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165 Viewing the System Setup Screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165 System Setup Screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165 Commonly Used Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166 Cleaning Your Computer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167 Computer, Keyboard, and Display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167 Touch Pad . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167 Floppy Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168 CDs and DVDs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168 Dell Technical Support Policy (U.S. Only) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168 Definition of Dell-Installed Software and Peripherals . . . . . . . . . 169 Definition of Third-Party Software and Peripherals . . . . . . . . . . . 169 FCC Notice (U.S. Only) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169 FCC Class B . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169 Macrovision Product Notice . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170 Glossary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171 Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183