Dell Inspiron 530sa User manual

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Dell™ Inspiron™ 530s Series

Owner’s Manual

Model DCSLF

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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 201.

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license; Microsoft, Windows, Internet Explorer, Windows Vista, and Windows Vista start button logo

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

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Model DCSLF

September 2008 P/N DU119 Rev. A04

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Contents

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

1 Setting Up and Using Your

Computer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

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

Inspiron 530s/530sa/530sb/530sc/530sd . . . . . . 15

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

Inspiron 530s . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

Inspiron 530sa/530sc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19

Inspiron 530sb/530sd . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21

Back Panel Connectors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22

Inspiron 530s/530sa/530sc . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22

Inspiron 530sb/530sd . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24

Installing Your Computer in an Enclosure. . . . . . . . 26

Setting Up a Printer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28

Printer Cable . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29

Connecting a USB Printer . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29

Playing CDs and DVDs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31

Adjusting the Volume . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32

Configuring the Audio Connectors

for 5.1- Channel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33

Adjusting the Picture . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33

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Copying CDs and DVDs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34

How to Copy a CD or DVD. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34

Using Blank CDs and DVDs . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35

Helpful Tips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36

Using a Media Card Reader (Optional) . . . . . . . . . 37

Connecting Two Monitors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39

Connecting Two Monitors

With VGA Connectors. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39

Connecting One Monitor With

a VGA Connector and One Monitor

With a DVI Connector. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40

Connecting a TV. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40

Changing the Display Settings . . . . . . . . . . . 40

Power Management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41

Power Management Options in

Microsoft®Windows®XP . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41

Standby Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41

Hibernate Mode. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42

Power Options Properties . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42

Power Management Options in

Windows Vista®. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44

Standby Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44

Hibernate Mode. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45

Power Plan Properties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46

Enabling SpeedStep™ Technology . . . . . . . . . . . 47

About RAID Configurations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47

RAID Level 1 Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48

Configuring Your Hard Drives for RAID . . . . . . . 49

Configuring for RAID Using the Intel®

Option ROM Utility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49

Configuring for RAID Using the Intel®

Matrix Storage Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51

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Transferring Information to a New Computer . . . . . . 54

Microsoft®Windows®XP . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54

Windows Vista®. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58

Setting Up a Home and Office Network. . . . . . . . . 59

Connecting to a Network Adapter . . . . . . . . . 59

Setting Up a Network in the

Microsoft®Windows®XP

Operating System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60

Setting Up a Network in the

Windows Vista®Operating System . . . . . . . . 60

Connecting to the Internet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60

Setting Up Your Internet Connection . . . . . . . . 61

2 Solving Problems. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63

Troubleshooting Tips. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63

Battery Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63

Drive Problems. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64

CD and DVD drive problems . . . . . . . . . . . . 65

Hard drive problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66

E-Mail, Modem, and Internet Problems . . . . . . . . . 66

Error Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68

Keyboard Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69

Lockups and Software Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . 70

The computer does not start up . . . . . . . . . . 70

The computer stops responding . . . . . . . . . . 70

A program stops responding . . . . . . . . . . . . 70

A program crashes repeatedly . . . . . . . . . . . 70

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A program is designed for an earlier

Microsoft®Windows®operating system . . . . . 71

A solid blue screen appears . . . . . . . . . . . . 71

Other software problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71

Media Card Reader Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72

Memory Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73

Mouse Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74

Network Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75

Power Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76

Printer Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77

Scanner Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78

Sound and Speaker Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79

No sound from speakers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79

No sound from headphones . . . . . . . . . . . . 80

Video and Monitor Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81

If the screen is blank . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81

If the screen is difficult to read . . . . . . . . . . . 82

3 Troubleshooting Tools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83

Power Lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83

Beep Codes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84

System Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86

Dell Diagnostics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88

When to Use the Dell Diagnostics . . . . . . . . . 88

Starting the Dell Diagnostics

From Your Hard Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88

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Starting the Dell Diagnostics From

the Drivers and Utilities Media . . . . . . . . . . . 89

Dell Diagnostics Main Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . 90

Drivers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91

What is a Driver? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91

Identifying Drivers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92

Reinstalling Drivers and Utilities . . . . . . . . . . 92

Troubleshooting Software and Hardware

Problems in the Microsoft Windows®XP and

Windows Vista®Operating System . . . . . . . . . . . 95

Restoring Your Operating System . . . . . . . . . . . . 96

Using Microsoft® Windows® System

Restore . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96

Using Dell PC Restore . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98

Using the Operating System CD . . . . . . . . . . 100

4 Removing and Installing Parts . . . . . . . 103

Before You Begin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103

Recommended Tools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103

Turning Off Your Computer . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104

Before Working Inside Your Computer . . . . . . . 104

Removing the Computer Cover . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105

Removing the Support Bracket . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106

Inside View of Your Computer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108

System Board Components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109

Inspiron 530s . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109

Inspiron 530sa . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111

Inspiron 530sb . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113

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Inspiron 530sc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115

Inspiron 530sd. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117

Power Supply DC Connector Pin

Assignments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119

Memory. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123

Memory Installation Guidelines: . . . . . . . . . 123

Installing Memory. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125

Removing Memory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127

Cards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128

PCI and PCI Express Cards . . . . . . . . . . . . 128

Bezel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135

Removing the Bezel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135

Replacing the Bezel. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136

Drives. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137

Recommended Drive Cable

Connections. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137

Connecting Drive Cables . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138

Drive Interface Connectors . . . . . . . . . . . . 138

Connecting and Disconnecting

Drive Cables. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139

Hard Drives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139

Floppy Drive (Optional) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144

Media Card Reader . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150

CD/DVD Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154

Battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157

Replacing the Battery. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157

Power Supply . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159

Replacing the Power Supply . . . . . . . . . . . 159

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I/O Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161

Removing the I/O Panel. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161

Installing the I/O Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162

Processor Fan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163

Removing the Processor Fan/Heat

Sink Assembly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164

Installing the Processor Fan/Heat

Sink Assembly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165

Processor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166

Removing the Processor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166

Installing the Processor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167

Chassis Fan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169

Removing the Chassis Fan . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169

Replacing the Chassis Fan . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170

System Board . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170

Removing the System Board . . . . . . . . . . . . 170

Installing the System Board . . . . . . . . . . . . 172

Replacing the Support Bracket. . . . . . . . . . . 173

Replacing the Computer Cover . . . . . . . . . . . 174

A Appendix . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177

Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177

Inspiron 530s/530sa/530sc . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177

Inspiron 530sb/530sd . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180

Inspiron 530s/530sa/530sb/530sc/530sd . . . . . . 183

System Setup. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185

Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185

Entering System Setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185

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System Setup Options. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186

Boot Sequence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189

Clearing Forgotten Passwords. . . . . . . . . . . . . 190

Inspiron 530s . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191

Inspiron 530sa. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191

Inspiron 530sb. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 192

Inspiron 530sc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 192

Inspiron 530sd. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193

Clearing CMOS Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 194

Flashing the BIOS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195

Cleaning Your Computer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 196

Computer, Keyboard, and Monitor . . . . . . . . 196

Mouse. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 196

Floppy Drive (Optional) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197

CDs and DVDs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197

Dell Technical Support Policy (U.S. Only) . . . . . . . 197

Definition of "Dell-Installed"

Software and Peripherals. . . . . . . . . . . . . 198

Definition of "Third-Party"

Software and Peripherals. . . . . . . . . . . . . 198

FCC Notice (U.S. Only) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 198

FCC Class B . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 198

Contacting Dell. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200

Glossary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 201

Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 217

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