Dell Xps Gen 2 Manual
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www.dell.com | support.dell.com Dell™ Inspiron™ XPS Gen 2 Owner’s Manual Model PP14L G8011bk2.book Page 1 Thursday, March 31, 2005 1:50 PM
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 Dell Inspiron Help file. To access the help file, see page 9. 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. © 2004–2005 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, PowerVault, PowerApp, PowerConnect, DellNet, and Dell OpenManage are trademarks of Dell Inc.; Intel and Pe n t i u m are registered trademarks of Intel Corporation; Microsoft, Windows, MS-DOS, and Outlook are registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation; Bluetooth is a registered trademark owned by Bluetooth SIG, Inc. and is used by Dell Inc. under license. 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 PP14L April 2005 P/N G8011 Rev. A02 G8011bk2.book Page 2 Thursday, March 31, 2005 1:50 PM
Contents3 Contents Finding Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 1 A Tour of Your Computer Front View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 Left Side View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 Right Side View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 Back View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 Bottom View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 2 Setting Up Your Computer Connecting to the Internet. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 Setting Up Your Internet Connection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 Customizable Lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26 Setting Up a Printer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 Printer Cable . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 Connecting a USB Printer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 Power Protection Devices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 Surge Protectors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 Line Conditioners . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 Uninterruptible Power Supplies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 3 Using a Battery Battery Performance. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31 Checking the Battery Charge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32 Dell QuickSet Battery Meter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32 Microsoft Windows Power Meter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32 G8011bk2.book Page 3 Thursday, March 31, 2005 1:50 PM
4Contents Charge Gauge. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32 Low-Battery Warning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33 Charging the Battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33 Removing a Battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33 Installing a Battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34 Storing a Battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34 4 Using CDs, DVDs, and Other Multimedia Using CDs and DVDs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35 Copying CDs and DVDs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35 How to Copy a CD or DVD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35 Using Blank CD-Rs and CD-RWs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36 Helpful Tips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36 Using Dell MediaDirect . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37 Connecting Your Computer to a TV or Audio Device . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38 S-Video and Standard Audio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39 S-Video and S/PDIF Digital Audio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40 Composite Video and Standard Audio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42 Composite Video and S/PDIF Digital Audio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43 Changing Your Audio Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45 Enabling the Display Settings for a TV . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45 5 Using the Keyboard and Touch Pad Numeric Keypad. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47 Key Combinations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47 System Functions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47 Battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48 CD or DVD Tray . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48 Display Functions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48 Radios (Including Wireless Networking and Bluetooth® Wireless Technology) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48 G8011bk2.book Page 4 Thursday, March 31, 2005 1:50 PM
Contents5 Power Management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48 Speaker Functions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49 Microsoft® Windows® Logo Key Functions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49 Touch Pad . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50 Customizing the Touch Pad . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50 6 Using PC Cards PC Card Types . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51 PC Card Blanks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51 Extended PC Cards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51 Installing a PC Card . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51 Removing a PC Card or Blank . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52 7 Setting Up a Home and Office Network Connecting to a Network Adapter. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55 Network Setup Wizard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56 Connecting to a Wireless Local Area Network . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56 Determining Your Network Type . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56 Connecting to a Wireless Network in Microsoft® Windows® XP. . . . . 57 8 Solving Problems Dell Diagnostics. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59 When to Use the Dell Diagnostics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59 Drive Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61 DVD drive problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62 Hard drive problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63 E-Mail, Modem, and Internet Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63 Error Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65 IEEE 1394 Device Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66 G8011bk2.book Page 5 Thursday, March 31, 2005 1:50 PM
6Contents Keyboard Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66 External keyboard problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67 Unexpected characters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67 Lockups and Software Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67 The computer does not start up . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68 The computer stops responding . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68 A program stops responding . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68 A program crashes repeatedly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68 A program is designed for an earlier Windows operating system . . . . . 68 A solid blue screen appears . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69 Other software problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69 Memory Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69 Network Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70 PC Card Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70 Power Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71 Printer Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72 Scanner Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73 Sound and Speaker Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74 No sound from integrated speakers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74 No sound from external speakers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74 No sound from headphones . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75 Touch Pad or Mouse Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75 Video and Display Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75 If the display is blank . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76 If the display is difficult to read . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76 If only part of the display is readable . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77 Drivers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77 What Is a Driver? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77 Identifying Drivers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78 Reinstalling Drivers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78 Restoring Your Operating System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79 Using Microsoft Windows XP System Restore. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79 Resolving Software and Hardware Incompatibilities . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81 G8011bk2.book Page 6 Thursday, March 31, 2005 1:50 PM
Contents7 9 Adding and Replacing Parts Before You Begin. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83 Recommended Tools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83 Turning Off Your Computer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83 Before Working Inside Your Computer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84 Hard Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85 Returning a Hard Drive to Dell . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87 Memory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87 Modem . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90 Mini PCI Card . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91 Hinge Cover . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94 Keyboard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95 Coin-Cell Battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96 Display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97 Optical Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99 Internal Card With Bluetooth ® Wireless Technology. . . . . . . . . . . . . 100 10 Appendix Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103 Using the System Setup Program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109 Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109 Viewing the System Setup Screens . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109 System Setup Screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109 Commonly Used Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110 Dell Technical Support Policy (U.S. Only) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111 Definition of Dell-Installed Software and Peripherals . . . . . . . . . 111 Definition of Third-Party Software and Peripherals . . . . . . . . . . . 112 FCC Notices (U.S. Only) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112 Class A . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112 Class B . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112 FCC Identification Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113 G8011bk2.book Page 7 Thursday, March 31, 2005 1:50 PM
8Contents Macrovision Product Notice. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113 Contacting Dell . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113 Index. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131 G8011bk2.book Page 8 Thursday, March 31, 2005 1:50 PM
Finding Information9 Finding Information NOTE: Some features may not be available for your computer or in certain countries. NOTE: Additional information may ship with your computer. What Are You Looking For? Find It Here Warranty information Terms and conditions (U.S. only) Safety instructions Regulatory information Ergonomics information End user license agreementDell™ Product Information Guide How to set up my computer Setup Diagram Tips on using Microsoft® Windows® How to play CDs and DVDs How to use standby mode and hibernate mode How to change my display resolution How to clean my computer Help File 1Click the Start button and click Help and Support. 2Click User and system guides and click User’s guides. 3Click Dell Inspiron Help. G8011bk2.book Page 9 Thursday, March 31, 2005 1:50 PM
10Finding Information www.dell.com | support.dell.com How to remove and replace parts in my computerService Manual at support.dell.com Service Tag and Express Service Code Microsoft Windows License LabelService Tag and Microsoft Windows License These labels are located on the bottom of your computer. Use the Service Tag to identify your computer when you use support.dell.com or contact technical support. Enter the Express Service Code to direct your call when contacting technical support. What Are You Looking For? Find It Here G8011bk2.book Page 10 Thursday, March 31, 2005 1:50 PM