Dell Inspiron 7000 Service Guide

System Overview 1-3
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Three status lights are located in the indicator panel directly above the key-
board (see Figure 1-3):
‡Num Lock: Solid green light when Num Lock is on. Press  to 
turn this feature on or off. 
‡Caps Lock: Solid green light when Caps Lock is on. Press  to 
turn this feature on or off.
‡Scroll Lock: Solid green light when Scroll Lock is on. Press  to 
turn this feature on or off.
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‡Hard-disk drive activity: Blinking green light as the drive is being accessed.
‡Battery status: 
— Solid green light when the battery is fully charged.
— Blinking green light when the battery is charging.
— No light when the battery is discharging.
— Solid amber light when the battery charge is low (7 percent life 
remaining).
— Blinking amber light when the battery charge is critically low (1.5 per-
cent life remaining). The system beeps when this level is first...

System Overview 1-5

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The power button controls power to the system. The computer receives power 
from either the AC adapter connected to an electrical outlet or from up to two 
batteries. The system has built-in power...

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‡Select Maximum Performance to conserve power but allow greatest sys-
tem performance. When this setting is selected, the Standby
Time-Out 
option is set automatically to 4 minutes, and the
Suspend Time-Out 
option is disabled. The Smart CPU Mode option is set automatically to Off.
‡Select Maximum Power Savings to conserve the greatest amount of sys-
tem power. When this setting is selected, the Standby
Time-Out option is 
set automatically to 1 minute, and the...

System Overview 1-7
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The Save-to-disk option under Suspend Mode copies all system data to a 
reserved area on the hard-disk drive and then turns off all power to the com-
puter. When you resume normal operation, the same programs will be running 
and the same files will be open that were loaded before you activated this 
mode. Use Save-to-disk suspend mode to conserve battery power or to pre-
serve system data by quickly saving it to the hard-disk drive if you are about to 
run out of battery...

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Table 1-2 lists the technical specifications for the Inspiron 7000.
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Microprocessor type . . . . . . . Intel Mobile Pentium II microprocessor with 
MMX technology
Microprocessor speed . . . . . . Inspiron 7000 D266XT or D266GT: 266 MHz
Inspiron 7000 D300GT: 300 MHz
Internal cache  . . . . . . . . . . . . 32 KB 
External cache . . . . . . . . . . . . 512-KB pipelined-burst SRAM
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Serial (DTE)  . . . . . . . . . . . . .  one 9-pin connector; 16550-compatible, 
16-byte buffer 
Parallel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  one 25-hole connector; normal (unidirectional), 
bidirectional, EPP 1.9, or ECP
Monitor  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  one 15-hole connector
PS/2 keyboard/mouse  . . . . .  one 6-pin mini-DIN connector
Infrared  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  one IrDA 1.1 port
Expansion connector . . . . . .  240 pins
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Video type . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . AGP 2X with sideband signals, hardware 3D 
accelerator, DVD motion compensation, 
ImpacTV-2 quality TV output
Video controller  . . . . . . . . . . . ATI 3D Rage LT Pro AGP 2X
Video memory . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 or 8 MB 100 MHz SGRAM
LCD interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65 MHz LVDS
TV support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . NTSC or PAL in S-video and composite modes
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Number of keys . . . . . . . . . .  87 (U.S. and Canada); 88 (Europe); 88 (Japan)
Key travel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  3.0 ± 0.5 mm (0.12 ± 0.02 inch)
Key spacing  . . . . . . . . . . . . .  19.1 mm (0.75 inch)
Layout  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  QWERTY/AZERTY/Kanji
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Interface. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  PS/2-compatible
X/Y position resolutions 
(graphics table mode)  . . . . .  20 points/mm (500 points/inch)
Size:
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Charge time (approximate):1
Computer on  . . . . . . . . . . 3.5 hours
Computer off . . . . . . . . . . 3 hours
Operating time 
(approximate)
1. . . . . . . . . . . .2.5 to 3.5 hours with one battery; 
5 to 7 hours with two batteries
Life span (approximate)
1 . . . .500 discharge/charge cycles
Ambient temperature range:
Charge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0° to 40°C (32° to 104°F)
Discharge . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0° to 60°C...