Dell XPS ONE MTG User manual

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Dell™ XPS One™ Owner’s Manual

Model MTG

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 MTG

September 2007 P/N CU557 Rev. A00

Contents 3

Contents

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

2 About Your Computer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

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

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

Power Cable Routing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20

Optional TV Input Device (For Use With Optional

TV Tuner) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21

3 Setting Up Your Computer . . . . . . . . . . . . 23

Installing Your Computer in an Enclosure . . . . . . . 23

Connecting to the Internet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24

Setting Up Your Internet Connection . . . . . . . . 24

Transferring Information to a New Computer . . . . . 25

Setting Up a Printer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26

Printer Cable . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26

Connecting a USB Printer . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27

4Contents

Power Protection Devices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28

Surge Protectors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28

Line Conditioners . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28

Uninterruptible Power Supplies . . . . . . . . . . 28

Using the Media Card Reader . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29

4 Using Multimedia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31

Using the Disc Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31

Media Control Buttons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32

Disc and Disc-Slot Indicators . . . . . . . . . . . 33

CD and DVD Software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33

Copying CD, DVD, and Blu-ray Disc™ (BD)

Media . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34

Helpful Tips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37

Adjusting the Volume . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38

Adjusting the Picture . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38

Enabling S/PDIF Digital Audio . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38

Enabling S/PDIF in the Windows

Audio Driver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39

Setting Up the Cyberlink (CL) Headphones . . . . . . . 39

5 Using the Optional Wireless Keyboard

and Mouse . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41

Media Control Keys . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42

Using the Touch Pad . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43

Customizing the Touch Pad . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44

Contents 5

Re-Syncing Your Optional Wireless Mouse or

Keyboard with Your Computer . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44

Key Combinations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46

6 Using the Display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47

Adjusting Brightness . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47

Making Images and Text Look Bigger or Sharper . . . 47

7 Cleaning Your Computer . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49

Computer and Display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49

CDs and DVDs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49

Keyboard and Touch Pad . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50

8 Troubleshooting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51

Solving Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51

Battery Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51

Display Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51

Drive Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52

E-Mail and Internet Problems . . . . . . . . . . . 53

Error Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54

IEEE 1394 Device Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . 55

Keyboard Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55

Lockups and Software Problems . . . . . . . . . 56

Memory Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58

Mouse Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58

Network Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60

Power Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60

6Contents

Printer Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61

Scanner Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62

Sound and Speaker Problems . . . . . . . . . . . 62

Touch Pad Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64

9 Dell Diagnostics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65

When to Use the Dell Diagnostics . . . . . . . . . . . 65

Starting the Dell Diagnostics From Your

Hard Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65

Starting the Dell Diagnostics From the Drivers and

Utilities Media . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66

Dell Diagnostics Main Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67

10 System Setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69

Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69

Entering System Setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69

System Setup Screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69

System Setup Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70

Boot Sequence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73

Option Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73

Changing the Boot Sequence for the

Current Boot . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73

Changing the Boot Sequence for

Future Boots . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74

Contents 7

11 Reinstalling Software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75

Drivers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75

What Is a Driver? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75

Identifying Drivers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76

Reinstalling Drivers and Utilities . . . . . . . . . . 76

Troubleshooting Software and Hardware Problems

in the Microsoft®Windows®Vista™

Operating Systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78

Restoring Your Operating System . . . . . . . . . . . . 78

Using Microsoft Windows System Restore . . . . 78

Using Dell™ Factory Image Restore . . . . . . . . 80

Using the Operating System Media . . . . . . . . 81

12 Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83

13 Getting Help . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89

Obtaining Assistance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89

Technical Support and Customer Service . . . . . 90

DellConnect . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90

Online Services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90

AutoTech Service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91

Automated Order-Status Service . . . . . . . . . 91

Problems With Your Order . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91

Product Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92

Returning Items for Warranty Repair or Credit . . . . . 92

Before You Call . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93

Contacting Dell . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95

8Contents

14 Appendix . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97

FCC Notice (U.S. Only) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97

FCC Class B . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97

Glossary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99

Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117

Finding Information 9

Finding Information

NOTE: Some features or media may be optional and may not ship with your

computer. Some features or media may not be available in certain countries.

NOTE: Additional information may ship with your computer.

What Are You Looking For? Find It Here

• A diagnostic program for my computer

• Drivers for my computer

• Desktop System Software (DSS)

Drivers and Utilities Media

Documentation and drivers are already

installed on your computer. You can use

the media to reinstall drivers (see

"Reinstalling Drivers and Utilities" on

page 76), to run the Dell Diagnostics (see

"Dell Diagnostics" on page 65).

Readme files may be included on your

media to provide last-minute updates

about technical changes to your computer

or advanced technical-reference material

for technicians or experienced users.

NOTE: Drivers and documentation updates

can be found at support.dell.com.

10 Finding Information

• 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

NOTE: The appearance of your setup

diagram may vary.

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