Dell XPS 630i User manual

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Dell™ XPS™ 630i Owner’s Manual

Model DCDR01

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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.

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Model DCDR01

April 2008 P/N PP521 Rev. A01

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Contents 3

Contents

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

1 About Your Computer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

Front View of the Computer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

Back View of the Computer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19

Front-Panel Connectors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20

Back-Panel Connectors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21

2 Setting Up Your Computer . . . . . . . . . . . . 25

Installing Your Computer in an Enclosure. . . . . . . . 25

Connecting to the Internet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27

Setting Up Your Internet Connection . . . . . . . . 28

Transferring Information to a New Computer . . . . . . 29

Microsoft®Windows®XP . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30

Windows Vista . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33

Setting Up a Printer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33

Printer Cable . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34

Connecting a USB Printer . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34

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Connecting Two Monitors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35

Connecting Two Monitors With

VGA Connectors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35

Connecting One Monitor With a VGA Connector

and One Monitor With a DVI Connector . . . . . . 36

Connecting a TV. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37

Changing the Display Settings . . . . . . . . . . . 37

Power Protection Devices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37

Surge Protectors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37

Line Conditioners . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38

Uninterruptible Power Supplies . . . . . . . . . . 38

Power Management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38

Power Management Options in

Windows XP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38

Power Management Options in

Windows Vista . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42

3 Using Multimedia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43

Playing CDs or DVDs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43

Copying CDs and DVDs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45

How to Copy a CD or DVD. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45

Using Blank CDs and DVDs . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46

Helpful Tips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47

Adjusting the Picture. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47

Connecting Your Computer to a TV or

Audio Device . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48

S-Video and Standard Audio . . . . . . . . . . . . 50

S-Video and S/PDIF Digital Audio. . . . . . . . . . 51

Composite Video and Standard Audio . . . . . . . 53

Composite Video and S/PDIF Digital Audio . . . . . 55

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Component Video and Standard Audio. . . . . . . 57

Component Video and S/PDIF Digital Audio . . . . 59

Setting Up the Cyberlink (CL) Headphones. . . . . 62

Enabling the Display Settings for a TV . . . . . . . 63

Using a Media Card Reader (Optional) . . . . . . . . . 64

Instructions for Setting Up a Device With

Bluetooth Wireless Technology . . . . . . . . . . 66

4 About RAID Configurations . . . . . . . . . . . 67

RAID Level 0 Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67

RAID Level 1 Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68

Configuring Your Hard Drives for RAID . . . . . . . . . 69

Setting Your Computer to RAID-Enabled Mode . . . . . 69

Using the Nvidia MediaShield ROM Utility . . . . . . . 70

Using Nvidia MediaShield . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71

Creating a RAID Array . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71

Deleting a RAID Array . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72

Converting From One RAID Configuration to

Another RAID Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . 73

Rebuilding a RAID Configuration . . . . . . . . . . 74

5 Cleaning Your Computer . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75

Computer, Keyboard, and Monitor. . . . . . . . . . . . 75

Mouse (Non-Optical) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75

Floppy Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76

CDs and DVDs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76

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6 System Setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77

Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77

Entering System Setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77

System Setup Screens . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77

System Setup Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79

Boot Sequence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82

Option Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82

Changing Boot Sequence for the

Current Boot . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82

Changing Boot Sequence for

Future Boots . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83

7 Clearing Passwords and

CMOS Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85

Clearing Passwords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85

Clearing CMOS Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87

Flashing the BIOS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88

8 Troubleshooting Tools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89

Power Lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89

Beep Codes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90

System Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93

Hardware Troubleshooter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95

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Dell Diagnostics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95

When to Use the Dell Diagnostics . . . . . . . . . 95

Starting the Dell Diagnostics From Your

Hard Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96

Starting the Dell Diagnostics From the

Drivers and Utilities Media . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97

Dell Diagnostics Main Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . 98

9 Troubleshooting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101

Battery Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101

Drive Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102

Error Messages. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103

IEEE 1394 Device Problems. . . . . . . . . . . . . 104

Keyboard Problems. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105

Lockups and Software Problems . . . . . . . . . . 106

Memory Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108

Mouse Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108

Network Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109

Power Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110

Printer Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110

Scanner Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111

Sound and Speaker Problems . . . . . . . . . . . 112

Video and Monitor Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . 113

Overclocking Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115

Power Lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115

10 Reinstalling Software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117

Drivers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117

What Is a Driver? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117

Identifying Drivers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117

Reinstalling Drivers and Utilities . . . . . . . . . . 118

Using the Drivers and Utilities Media . . . . . . . 119

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Troubleshooting Software and Hardware

Problems in the Microsoft®Windows®XP and

Windows Vista®Operating Systems . . . . . . . . . 121

Restoring Your Operating System . . . . . . . . . . . 122

Using Microsoft Windows System Restore . . . . 122

Using Dell™ PC Restore and

Dell Factory Image Restore . . . . . . . . . . . . 124

Using the Operating System Media. . . . . . . . 127

11 Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129

12 Getting Help . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135

Obtaining Assistance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135

Technical Support and Customer Service . . . . 136

DellConnect . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136

Online Services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136

AutoTech Service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137

Automated Order-Status Service . . . . . . . . . 137

Problems With Your Order . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137

Product Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138

Returning Items for Warranty Repair or Credit . . . . 138

Before You Call. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139

Contacting Dell. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141

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A Appendix . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143

FCC Notice (U.S. Only) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143

FCC Class B . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143

Macrovision . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144

Glossary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145

Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163

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