Dell 1700 - Personal Laser Printer B/W User manual

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Dell™ Vostro™ 1700 Owner’s Manual

Model PP22X

Notes, Notices, and Cautions

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Model PP22X

November 2007 P/N TT565 Rev. A01

Contents 3

Contents

1 Finding Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

2 About Your Computer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21

Determining Your Computer’s Configuration . . . . . . 21

Front View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22

Left Side View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27

Right Side View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29

Back View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31

Bottom View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33

3 Setting Up Your Computer . . . . . . . . . . . . 35

Connecting to the Internet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35

Setting Up Your Internet Connection . . . . . . . . 36

Transferring Information to a New Computer . . . . . . 37

Microsoft Windows XP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37

Microsoft Windows Vista™ . . . . . . . . . . . . 41

Setting Up a Printer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41

Printer Cable . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41

Connecting a USB Printer . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42

4Contents

Power Protection Devices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43

Surge Protectors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43

Line Conditioners . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44

Uninterruptible Power Supplies . . . . . . . . . . 44

4 Using the Display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45

Adjusting Brightness. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45

Switching the Video Image From Your Computer

Display to a Projector . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45

Setting Display Resolution and Refresh Rate . . . . . . 45

Microsoft®Windows XP®. . . . . . . . . . . . . 46

Windows Vista®. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46

5 Using the Keyboard and Touch

Pad . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47

Numeric Keypad . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47

Key Combinations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47

System Functions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47

Display Functions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47

Battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47

Power Management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48

Microsoft®Windows®Logo Key Functions . . . . 48

Dell™ QuickSet Key Combinations . . . . . . . . . 48

Adjusting Keyboard Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . 48

Touch Pad . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49

Customizing the Touch Pad . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50

Contents 5

6 Using a Battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51

Battery Performance. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51

Checking the Battery Charge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52

Dell™ QuickSet Battery Meter . . . . . . . . . . . 52

Microsoft®Windows®Battery Meter . . . . . . . 53

Charge Gauge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53

Low-Battery Warning. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54

Conserving Battery Power. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54

Configuring Power Management Settings . . . . . 54

Using the Sleep Power State . . . . . . . . . . . . 55

Charging the Battery. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55

Replacing the Battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56

Storing a Battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57

7 Using Multimedia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59

Playing Media . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59

Playing Media Using Dell Travel Remote . . . . . . . . 61

Copying CD and DVD Media . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62

How to Copy a CD or DVD . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62

Using Blank CD or DVD Media . . . . . . . . . . . 63

Helpful Tips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64

Adjusting the Volume . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64

Adjusting the Picture . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65

Using Dell MediaDirect™ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65

6Contents

Connecting Your Computer to a TV or

Audio Device . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66

S-Video and Standard Audio . . . . . . . . . . . . 69

S-Video and S/PDIF Digital Audio. . . . . . . . . . 70

Composite Video and Standard Audio . . . . . . . 72

Composite Video and S/PDIF Digital Audio . . . . . 74

Component Video and Standard Audio . . . . . . . 76

Component Video and S/PDIF Digital Audio . . . . 79

Enabling the Display Settings for a TV . . . . . . . 82

8 Using ExpressCards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85

ExpressCard Blanks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85

Installing an ExpressCard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86

Removing an ExpressCard or Blank . . . . . . . . . . . 87

9 Using the Memory Card Reader . . . . . . 89

Memory Card Blanks. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89

Installing a Memory Card . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89

Removing a Memory Card or Blank . . . . . . . . . . . 90

10 Setting Up and Using Networks . . . . . . 91

Connecting a Network or Broadband

Modem Cable. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91

Setting Up a Network . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92

Contents 7

Wireless Local Area Network. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92

What You Need to Establish a WLAN

Connection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92

Checking Your Wireless Network Card. . . . . . . 93

Setting Up a New WLAN Using a Wireless

Router and a Broadband Modem. . . . . . . . . . 94

Connecting to a WLAN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95

Mobile Broadband (or Wireless Wide Area

Network) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96

What You Need to Establish a Mobile

Broadband Network Connection . . . . . . . . . . 97

Checking Your Dell™ Mobile Broadband Card . . . 97

Connecting to a Mobile Broadband Network . . . 98

Enabling/Disabling the Dell Mobile

Broadband Card . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99

Dell Wi-Fi Catcher™ Network Locator . . . . . . . . . 99

11 Securing Your Computer . . . . . . . . . . . . 101

Security Cable Lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101

Passwords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101

If Your Computer Is Lost or Stolen . . . . . . . . . . . . 102

12 Troubleshooting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105

Dell Technical Update Service . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105

Dell Diagnostics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105

Dell Support Center . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110

Dell Support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110

Dell PC TuneUp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111

8Contents

Dell PC Checkup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112

Dell Network Assistant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112

DellConnect . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112

Drive Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113

Optical drive problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113

Hard drive problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114

E-Mail, Modem, and Internet Problems . . . . . . . . 115

Error Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117

ExpressCard Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122

IEEE 1394 Device Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123

Keyboard Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123

External Keyboard problems . . . . . . . . . . . 123

Unexpected characters. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124

Lockups and Software Problems . . . . . . . . . . . 125

The computer does not start . . . . . . . . . . . 125

The computer stops responding . . . . . . . . . 125

A program stops responding or crashes

repeatedly. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125

A program is designed for an earlier

Microsoft®Windows®operating system . . . . 126

A solid blue screen appears . . . . . . . . . . . 126

Dell MediaDirect problems . . . . . . . . . . . . 126

Other software problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127

Memory Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128

Network Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128

Mobile Broadband (Wireless Wide Area

Network [WWAN]) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129

Power Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129

Contents 9

Printer Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131

Scanner Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132

Sound and Speaker Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133

No sound from integrated speakers . . . . . . . . 133

No sound from external speakers . . . . . . . . . 133

No sound from headphones . . . . . . . . . . . . 134

Remote Control Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134

Touch Pad or Mouse Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134

Video and Display Problems. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135

If the display is blank . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135

If the display is difficult to read. . . . . . . . . . . 136

If only part of the display is readable. . . . . . . . 137

Drivers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137

What Is a Driver? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137

Identifying Drivers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137

Reinstalling Drivers and Utilities . . . . . . . . . . 138

Troubleshooting Software and Hardware

Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141

Restoring your Microsoft Windows Operating

System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142

Restoring Windows Vista®. . . . . . . . . . . . . 142

Restoring Windows XP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147

10 Contents

13 Adding and Replacing Parts . . . . . . . . . 153

Before You Begin. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153

Recommended Tools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153

Turning Off Your Computer . . . . . . . . . . . . 153

Before Working Inside Your Computer . . . . . . 154

Hard Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155

Removing the Hard Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156

Replacing the Hard Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157

Returning a Hard Drive to Dell . . . . . . . . . . 158

Optical Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158

Removing the Optical Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . 158

Hinge Cover . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159

Removing the Hinge Cover . . . . . . . . . . . . 160

Replacing the Hinge Cover . . . . . . . . . . . . 160

Keyboard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161

Removing the Keyboard. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161

Replacing the Keyboard . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162

Memory. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163

Removing the DIMM A Memory Module . . . . . 164

Replacing the DIMM A Memory Module . . . . . 165

Removing the DIMM B Memory Module . . . . . 166

Replacing the DIMM B Memory Module . . . . . 168

Subscriber Identity Module . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169

Wireless Mini-Cards. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170

Removing a WLAN Card . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171

Replacing a WLAN Card . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173

Removing a Mobile Broadband or

WWAN Card . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174

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