Dell INSPIRON 530 DCMF User manual

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Dell™ Inspiron™ 530 Owner’s Manual

Model DCMF

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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.

Abbreviations and Acronyms

For a complete list of abbreviations and acronyms, see the "Glossary" on page 183.

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Information in this document is subject to change without notice.

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Trademarks used in this text: Dell, the DELL logo, Yours Is Here, and Inspiron are trademarks of Dell

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license; Microsoft, Windows, and Windows Vista are either trademarks or registered trademarks of

Microsoft Corporation in the United States and/or other countries; Intel, Pentium, and Celeron are

registered trademarks, SpeedStep and Core are trademarks of Intel 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 DCMF

November 2007 P/N KP338 Rev. A04

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Contents 3

Contents

Finding Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

1 Setting Up and Using Your Computer . . . 15

Front View of the Computer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

Back View of the Computer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

Back Panel Connectors. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18

Installing Your Computer in an Enclosure. . . . . . . . 21

Setting Up a Printer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23

Printer Cable . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23

Connecting a USB Printer . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23

Playing CDs and DVDs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25

Adjusting the Volume . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26

Adjusting the Picture . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27

Copying CDs and DVDs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27

How to Copy a CD or DVD . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28

Using Blank CDs and DVDs. . . . . . . . . . . . . 28

Helpful Tips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29

Using a Media Card Reader (Optional) . . . . . . . . . 30

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Connecting Two Monitors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32

Connecting Two Monitors With

VGA Connectors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32

Connecting One Monitor With a

VGA Connector and

One Monitor With a DVI Connector. . . . . . . . . 33

Connecting a TV. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33

Changing the Display Settings . . . . . . . . . . . 34

Power Management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34

Power Management Options in

Microsoft®Windows®XP . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34

Standby Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34

Hibernate Mode. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35

Power Options Properties . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36

Power Management Options in

Windows Vista™ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37

Standby Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38

Hibernate Mode. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38

Power Plan Properties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39

Enabling SpeedStep™ Technology . . . . . . . . . . . 40

About RAID Configurations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41

RAID Level 1 Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41

Configuring Your Hard Drives for RAID . . . . . . . 42

Configuring for RAID Using the Intel(R)

Option ROM Utility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43

Configuring for RAID Using the Intel(R)

Matrix Storage Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44

Transferring Information to a New Computer . . . . . . 47

Microsoft®Windows®XP . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48

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Setting Up a Home and Office Network. . . . . . . . . 52

Connecting to a Network Adapter . . . . . . . . . 52

Setting Up a Network in the

Microsoft®Windows®XP

Operating System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53

Setting Up a Network in the

Windows Vista™ Operating System . . . . . . . . 53

Connecting to the Internet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53

Setting Up Your Internet Connection . . . . . . . . 54

2 Solving Problems. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57

Troubleshooting Tips. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57

Battery Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57

Drive Problems. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58

CD and DVD drive problems . . . . . . . . . . . . 59

Hard drive problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60

E-Mail, Modem, and Internet Problems . . . . . . . . . 60

Error Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62

Keyboard Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63

Lockups and Software Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . 64

The computer does not start up . . . . . . . . . . 64

The computer stops responding . . . . . . . . . . 64

A program stops responding . . . . . . . . . . . . 64

A program crashes repeatedly . . . . . . . . . . . 64

A program is designed for an earlier

Microsoft®Windows®operating system . . . . . 65

A solid blue screen appears . . . . . . . . . . . . 65

Other software problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65

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Media Card Reader Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66

Memory Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67

Mouse Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68

Network Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69

Power Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70

Printer Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71

Scanner Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73

Sound and Speaker Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74

No sound from speakers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74

No sound from headphones . . . . . . . . . . . . 75

Video and Monitor Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75

If the screen is blank . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76

If the screen is difficult to read . . . . . . . . . . . 77

3 Troubleshooting Tools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79

Power Lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79

Beep Codes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80

System Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82

Dell Diagnostics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84

When to Use the Dell Diagnostics . . . . . . . . . 84

Starting the Dell Diagnostics From

Your Hard Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84

Starting the Dell Diagnostics From the

Drivers and Utilities Media . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85

Dell Diagnostics Main Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . 86

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Drivers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88

What is a Driver? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88

Identifying Drivers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88

Reinstalling Drivers and Utilities . . . . . . . . . . 89

Troubleshooting Software and Hardware Problems

in the Microsoft Windows®XP and

Windows Vista™ Operating System. . . . . . . . . . . 91

Restoring Your Operating System . . . . . . . . . . . . 92

Using Microsoft® Windows® System Restore . . . 92

Click the System Restore tab and ensure that

Turn off System Restore is unchecked.. . . . . . . 94

Using Dell PC Restore and

Dell Factory Image Restore. . . . . . . . . . . . . 94

Using the Operating System CD . . . . . . . . . . 97

4 Removing and Installing Parts . . . . . . . . 99

Before You Begin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99

Recommended Tools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99

Turning Off Your Computer . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100

Before Working Inside Your Computer . . . . . . . 100

Removing the Computer Cover . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101

Inside View of Your Computer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103

System Board Components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104

Power Supply DC Connector Pin Assignments . . . . . 106

Memory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110

Memory Installation Guidelines . . . . . . . . . . 110

Installing Memory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111

Removing Memory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113

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Cards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114

PCI and PCI Express Cards . . . . . . . . . . . . 114

Bezel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121

Removing the Bezel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121

Replacing the Bezel. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122

Drives. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123

Recommended Drive Cable Connections. . . . . 124

Connecting Drive Cables . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124

Drive Interface Connectors . . . . . . . . . . . . 124

Connecting and Disconnecting

Drive Cables. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125

Hard Drives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125

Floppy Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130

Media Card Reader . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135

CD/DVD Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139

Battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145

Replacing the Battery. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145

Power Supply . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146

Replacing the Power Supply . . . . . . . . . . . 146

I/O Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148

Removing the I/O Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148

Installing the I/O Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149

Processor Fan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150

Removing the

Processor Fan/Heat Sink Assembly . . . . . . . 150

Installing the

Processor Fan/Heat Sink Assembly . . . . . . . 151

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Processor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152

Removing the Processor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152

Installing the Processor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154

Chassis Fan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156

Removing the Chassis Fan . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156

Replacing the Chassis Fan . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157

System Board . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158

Removing the System Board . . . . . . . . . . . . 158

Installing the System Board . . . . . . . . . . . . 159

Replacing the Computer Cover . . . . . . . . . . . 160

A Appendix . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163

Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163

System Setup. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168

Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168

Entering System Setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168

System Setup Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170

Boot Sequence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172

Clearing Forgotten Passwords . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174

Clearing CMOS Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175

Flashing the BIOS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175

Cleaning Your Computer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176

Computer, Keyboard, and Monitor . . . . . . . . . 176

Mouse. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177

Floppy Drive. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177

CDs and DVDs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177

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Dell Technical Support Policy (U.S. Only) . . . . . . . 178

Definition of "Dell-Installed"

Software and Peripherals. . . . . . . . . . . . . 179

Definition of "Third-Party"

Software and Peripherals. . . . . . . . . . . . . 179

FCC Notice (U.S. Only) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179

FCC Class B . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179

Contacting Dell. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181

Glossary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183

Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 199

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