Dell Vostro 200 User manual

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Dell™ Vostro™ 200

Owner’s Manual – Slim Tower

Model DCSLF

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 185.

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Model DCSLF

July 2007 P/N PK009 Rev. A01

Contents 3

Contents

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

2 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 . . . . . . . 20

Setting Up a Printer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22

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

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

Playing CDs and DVDs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24

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

Adjusting the Picture . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26

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

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

Connecting Two Monitors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31

Connecting Two Monitors With VGA

Connectors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31

Connecting One Monitor With a VGA Connector

and One Monitor With a DVI Connector . . . . . . 32

Connecting a TV . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32

Changing the Display Settings . . . . . . . . . . . 33

4Contents

Power Management Options in Windows XP . . . . . 33

Standby Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33

Hibernate Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34

Power Options Properties . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35

Power Management Options in Windows Vista . . . . 36

Standby Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37

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

Power Plan Properties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38

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

About RAID Configurations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40

RAID Level 1 Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40

Configuring Your Hard Drives for RAID . . . . . . . 41

Configuring for RAID Using the Intel®Option

ROM Utility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42

Configuring for RAID Using the Intel®Matrix

Storage Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43

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

Setting Up a Home and Office Network . . . . . . . . . 51

Connecting to a Network Adapter . . . . . . . . . 51

Network Setup Wizard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52

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

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

3 Solving Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57

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

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

Contents 5

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

Optical drive problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59

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

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

Error Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63

Keyboard Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64

Lockups and Software Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . 65

The computer does not start up . . . . . . . . . . 65

The computer stops responding . . . . . . . . . . 65

A program stops responding . . . . . . . . . . . . 65

A program crashes repeatedly . . . . . . . . . . 65

A program is designed for an earlier Microsoft®

Windows®operating system . . . . . . . . . . . 66

A solid blue screen appears . . . . . . . . . . . . 66

Other software problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67

Media Card Reader Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68

Memory Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69

Mouse Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70

Network Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71

Power Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72

Printer Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73

Scanner Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74

Sound and Speaker Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75

No sound from speakers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75

No sound from headphones . . . . . . . . . . . . 76

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Video and Monitor Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77

If the screen is blank . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77

If the screen is difficult to read . . . . . . . . . . . 78

4 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 . . . . . . . . . . . . 85

Drivers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87

What Is a Driver? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87

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

Reinstalling Drivers and Utilities . . . . . . . . . . 88

Restoring Your Operating System . . . . . . . . . . . . 91

Using Microsoft Windows System Restore . . . . 92

Using Dell PC Restore and Dell Factory

Image Restore . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93

Using the Operating System Media . . . . . . . . 96

Troubleshooting Software and Hardware

Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97

Contents 7

5 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

Removing the Support Bracket . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102

Inside View of Your Computer . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104

System Board Components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105

Power Supply DC Connector Pin Assignments . . . . . 107

Memory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111

Memory Installation Guidelines . . . . . . . . . . 111

Installing Memory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112

Removing Memory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114

Cards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115

PCI and PCI Express Cards . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115

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

Removing the Bezel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122

Replacing the Bezel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123

Drives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124

Recommended Drive Cable Connections . . . . . 124

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

Drive Interface Connectors . . . . . . . . . . . . 125

Connecting and Disconnecting Drive Cables . . . 126

Hard Drives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126

8Contents

Floppy Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131

Media Card Reader . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136

Optical Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139

Battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143

Replacing the Battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143

Power Supply . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145

Replacing the Power Supply . . . . . . . . . . . . 145

I/O Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147

Removing the I/O Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147

Installing the I/O Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148

Processor Fan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149

Removing the Processor Fan/Heat Sink

Assembly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150

Installing the Processor Fan/Heat Sink

Assembly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151

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

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

Installing the Processor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153

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

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

Replacing the Chassis Fan . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158

System Board . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159

Removing the System Board . . . . . . . . . . . . 159

Installing the System Board . . . . . . . . . . . . 160

Replacing the Support Bracket . . . . . . . . . . 161

Replacing the Computer Cover . . . . . . . . . . . 162

Contents 9

6 Appendix . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165

Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165

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

Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170

Entering System Setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170

System Setup Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172

Boot Sequence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174

Clearing Forgotten Passwords . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176

Clearing CMOS Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177

Flashing the BIOS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178

Cleaning Your Computer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178

Computer, Keyboard, and Monitor . . . . . . . . . 179

Mouse . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179

Floppy Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180

CDs and DVDs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180

Dell Technical Support Policy (U.S. Only) . . . . . . . 180

Definition of "Dell-Installed" Software and

Peripherals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181

Definition of "Third-Party" Software and

Peripherals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181

FCC Notice (U.S. Only) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181

FCC Class B . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181

Contacting Dell . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183

10 Contents

Glossary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185

Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 203

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