Dell Dimension 5150C User manual

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Dell™ Dimension™ 5150C

Owner’s Manual

Model DHP

*Not present on certain computers.

front-panel

door (push to

open)

power button

power light

diagnostic lights

headphone connector

front-panel door (open)

microphone connector

optional floppy drive or

Media Card Reader*

network connector

IEEE 1394 connector

voltage selection switch

USB 2.0 connectors (5)

center/LFE connector

modem connector

CD or DVD drive light

USB 2.0 connectors (2)

IEEE 1394 connector

power connector

integrated video connector

S/PDIF-out connector

microphone/side-surround sound connector

PCI Express x16 card slot

PCI Express x1 card slot

line-out connector

line-in connector

rear-surround sound

connector

hard-drive activity light

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.

____________________

Information in this document is subject to change without notice.

Reproduction in any manner whatsoever without the written permission of Dell Inc. is strictly forbidden.

Trademarksusedinthistext:Dell,theDELLlogo,Inspiron,DellPrecision,Dimension,OptiPlex,Latitude,PowerEdge,PowerVault,PowerApp,

DellNet, and PowerConnect are trademarks of Dell Inc.; Intel, Pentium, Intel SpeedStep, and Celeron are registered trademarks of Intel

Corporation; Microsoft, Windows, and Outlook are registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation.

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 DHP

September 2006 P/N WD300 Rev. A03

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Contents

Finding Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

1 Setting Up and Using Your Computer

Setting Up a Printer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

Printer Cable . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

Connecting a USB Printer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

Using a Media Card Reader (Optional) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

Connecting a TV (Optional) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

Changing the Display Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

Setting Up a Home and Office Network . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

Connecting to a Network Adapter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

Network Setup Wizard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

Connecting to the Internet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

Setting Up Your Internet Connection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

Playing a CD or DVD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18

Adjusting the Volume . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21

Adjusting the Picture . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21

Copying CDs and DVDs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21

How to Copy a CD or DVD. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21

Using Blank CDs and DVDs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22

Helpful Tips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23

Power Management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24

Standby Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24

Hibernate Mode. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24

Power Options Properties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25

Understanding Intel®Viiv™ Technology (Optional) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26

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Using Intel®Viiv™ Quick Resume Technology (Optional) . . . . . . . . . . . 26

Enabling the QRT Feature in System Setup. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27

Enabling the QRT feature in the Operating system . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27

Hyper-Threading . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27

2 Solving Problems

Troubleshooting Tips. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29

Battery Problems. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29

Drive Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29

CD and DVD drive problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30

Hard drive problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31

E-Mail, Modem, and Internet Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31

Error Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32

Media Card Reader Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33

IEEE 1394 Device Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33

Keyboard Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34

Lockups and Software Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34

The computer does not start up . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34

The computer stops responding . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35

A program stops responding . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35

A program crashes repeatedly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35

A program is designed for an earlier Windows operating system . . . . . 35

A solid blue screen appears . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35

Other software problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36

Memory Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36

Mouse Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37

Network Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38

Power Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38

Printer Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39

Scanner Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40

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Sound and Speaker Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41

No sound from speakers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41

No sound from headphones . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42

Video and Monitor Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42

If the screen is blank . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42

If the screen is difficult to read . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43

3 Troubleshooting Tools

Diagnostic Lights. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45

Dell Diagnostics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48

When to Use the Dell Diagnostics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48

Dell Diagnostics Main Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48

Drivers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49

What Is a Driver? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49

Reinstalling Drivers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50

Resolving Software and Hardware Incompatibilities . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51

Restoring Your Operating System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51

Using Microsoft Windows XP System Restore . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51

4 Removing and Installing Parts

Before You Begin. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55

Recommended Tools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55

Turning Off Your Computer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55

Before Working Inside Your Computer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55

Front and Back View of the Computer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57

Front View. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57

Back View. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59

Removing the Computer Cover. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61

Inside View of Your Computer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63

System Board Components. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64

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Memory. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65

DDR2 Memory Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65

Addressing Memory With 4-GB Configurations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66

Installing Memory. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66

Removing Memory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68

Cards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68

Drives. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73

Connecting Drive Cables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73

Drive Interface Connectors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74

Power Cable Connector . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74

Connecting and Disconnecting Drive Cables. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74

Hard Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75

Removing a Hard Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76

Installing a Hard Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77

CD/DVD Drive. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78

Removing a CD/DVD Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78

Installing a CD/DVD Drive. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80

Media Card Reader . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81

Removing a Media Card Reader . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82

Installing a Media Card Reader. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83

Floppy Drive (Optional). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85

Removing a Floppy Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85

Installing a Floppy Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87

Modem . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89

Replacing the Modem . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89

Replacing the External Modem Connector . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90

Battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91

Replacing the Battery. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92

Replacing the Computer Cover . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93

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5 Appendix

Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95

System Setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99

Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99

Entering System Setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100

System Setup Options. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102

Boot Sequence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105

Clearing Forgotten Passwords. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107

Clearing CMOS Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108

Cleaning Your Computer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108

Computer, Keyboard, and Monitor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108

Mouse. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109

CDs and DVDs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109

Dell Technical Support Policy (U.S. Only) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110

Definition of "Dell-Installed" Software and Peripherals . . . . . . . . . 110

Definition of "Third-Party" Software and Peripherals. . . . . . . . . . . 110

FCC Notices (U.S. Only) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110

FCC Class B . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110

Contacting Dell. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111

Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129

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Finding Information 9

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 Agreement

Dell™ Product Information Guide

• How to set up my computer

Setup Diagram

10 Finding Information

• Service Tag and Express Service Code

• Microsoft Windows License Label

Service Tag and Microsoft Windows License

These labels are located on your computer.

• Use the Service Tag to

identify your computer

when you use

support.dell.com

contact technical

support.

• Enter the Express Service Code to direct your call when

contacting technical support.

• Solutions — Troubleshooting hints and tips, articles

from technicians, online courses, frequently asked

questions

• Community — Online discussion with other Dell

customers

• Upgrades — Upgrade information for components, such

as memory, the hard drive, and the operating system

• Customer Care — Contact information, service call and

order status, warranty, and repair information

• Service and support — Service call status and support

history, service contract, online discussions with

technical support

• Reference — Computer documentation, details on my

computer configuration, product specifications, and

white papers

• Downloads — Certified drivers, patches, and software

updates

• Desktop System Software (DSS)— If you reinstall the

operating system for your computer, you should also

reinstall the DSS utility. DSS provides critical updates

for your operating system and support for Dell™

3.5-inch USB floppy drives, Intel

Pentium

processors, optical drives, and USB devices. DSS is

necessary for correct operation of your Dell computer.

The software automatically detects your computer and

operating system and installs the updates appropriate

for your configuration.

Dell Support Website — support.dell.com

NOTE: Select your region to view the appropriate support

site.

Corporate, government, and education customers can also

use the customized Dell Premier Support website at

premier.support.dell.com.The website may not be available

in all regions.

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