Dell Inspiron 3700 Troubleshooting Guide

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2. Type your computer’s service tag sequence, if available, click 
Submit, and go to 
step 5.
If the service tag is not available, go to step 3.
3. Click 
Inspiron Notebooks.
4. Click 
3700. 
5. Click 
Dell Documents (
Technical Information).
Follow the instructions on the page to save the file to your hard-disk drive.
6. Click 
System Help.
When prompted, you can save the Help file to your hard-disk drive.

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3. Click the Start button, point to Settings, and then click Control Panel.
The Control Panel window appears.
4. Double-click the Display icon.
The Display Properties window appears.
5. Click the Settings tab.
6. Click the Display Type button.
The Display Type window appears.
7. In the Adapter Type box, click the Change button.
8. The Change Display window appears.
9. Click the Have Disk button.
10. Verify that x:\drivers\winnt4\video is...

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4. Type 
x:\drivers\winnt4\powermgt (where x is the drive letter of your     
CD-ROM drive), and then click 
OK.
Follow the instructions on the display.
5. When prompted, restart your computer to activate the utility.
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Dell provides a PC Card utility that allows you to view and configure settings for your 
PC Card(s). To install the PC Card utility, perform the following steps: 
1. Save your work in all open application...

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For information about installing Softex Docking Ser vices, see the Softex Docking    
Ser vices user’s guides at http://www.dell.com/products/notebook/inspiron/
NT40.htm and see your Dell-Installed Microsoft Windows NT Workstation Setup 
Guide
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Dell provides audio drivers so that you can customize the sound features of your 
computer. 
To install the audio drivers, perform the following steps: 
1. Save your...

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2. Click the 
Start button, point to 
Settings, and then click
 Control Panel.
3. Double-click 
Mouse.
The 
Mouse Properties window appears.
4. Click the 
General tab, and then click the 
Change button.
The 
Select Device window appears.
5. Click on 
Have Disk.
The 
Install From Disk window appears.
6. Insert the System Software CD into the CD-ROM drive. Then click 
OK.
The 
Select Device window appears.
7. Verify that 
x:\ drivers\winnt4	ouch is...

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The Dell Inspiron system Help
 is available on the System Software 
CD. You can also 
access it from Dell’s support Web site (http://support.dell.com). 
NOTE: You must install Microsoft Internet Explorer 4.01 from the Microsoft Windows  
NT 4.0 Service Pack 5 CD prior to installing the system Help.

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To install the system Help
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CD, perform the following...

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The save-to-disk suspend (S2D) utility allows you to manage the S2D partition in your 
file system as your computing needs change. For instance, you can remove the S2D 
partition if you need the space on the hard-disk drive for other purposes, or you can 
use the S2D utility to create the partition if you have removed it.
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If you want to use the S2D partition on your hard-disk drive for...

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NOTE: After you remove the S2D partition, the computer cannot activate save-to-disk 
suspend mode until you recreate the partition. If you tr y to activate save-to-disk     
suspend mode and receive the message 
No Suspend-To-Disk partition 
available, you must create an S2D partition.
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The mks2d.exe file creates the S2D partition the computer uses to store the system 
data that is saved when you...

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10. At the MS-DOS prompt, type 
cd x:\drivers\winx\s2d (where x is the drive 
letter of your CD-ROM drive and winx is your operating system), and press 
 to change to the directory on the System Soft ware CD that contains the 
S2D utility files.
11. Ty p e
 mks2d and press .
As the utility builds the partition, status messages appear on the display. If an 
error message appears, it provides information about which steps to take to    
continue building the...

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