Dell 9200 User manual

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Dell™ Inspiron™ 9200

Owner’s Manual

Model PP14L

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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.

Abbreviations and Acronyms

For a complete list of abbreviations and acronyms, see the

Dell Inspiron Help

file. To access the help file, see

page 9.

If you purchased a Dell™ n Series computer, any references in this document to Microsoft

Windows

operating systems are not applicable.

____________________

Information in this document is subject to change without notice.

Reproduction in any manner whatsoever without the written permission of Dell Inc. is strictly forbidden.

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Microsoft, Windows,MS-DOS, and Outlook are registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation; Bluetooth is a registered trademark owned by

Bluetooth SIG, Inc. and is used by Dell under license.

Other trademarks and trade names may be used in this document to refer to either the entities claiming the marks and names or their products.

Dell Inc. disclaims any proprietary interest in trademarks and trade names other than its own.

Model PP14L

September 2004 P/N D5169 Rev. A01

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Contents

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

1 A Tour of Your Computer

Front View. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

Left Side View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

Right Side View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

Back View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

Bottom View. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20

2 Setting Up Your Computer

Connecting to the Internet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21

Setting Up Your Internet Connection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21

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

Printer Cable . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22

Connecting a USB Printer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22

Power Protection Devices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23

Surge Protectors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23

Line Conditioners . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24

Uninterruptible Power Supplies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24

3 Using a Battery

Battery Performance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25

Checking the Battery Charge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26

Dell QuickSet Battery Meter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26

Microsoft Windows Power Meter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26

Charge Gauge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26

Low-Battery Warning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27

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Charging the Battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27

Removing a Battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27

Installing a Battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28

Storing a Battery. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28

4 Using CD, DVDs, and Other Multimedia

Using CDs and DVDs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29

Copying CDs and DVDs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29

How to Copy a CD or DVD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29

Using Blank CD-Rs and CD-RWs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30

Helpful Tips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30

Connecting Your Computer to a TV or Audio Device . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31

S-Video Connection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31

Composite Video Connection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32

Enabling the Display Settings for a TV . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34

5 Using the Keyboard and Touch Pad

Numeric Keypad . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35

Key Combinations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36

System Functions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36

Battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36

CD or DVD Tray . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36

Display Functions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36

Radios (Including Wireless Networking and an

Internal Card With Bluetooth®Wireless Technology) . . . . . . . . . . 36

Power Management. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37

Speaker Functions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37

Microsoft®Windows®Logo Key Functions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37

Touch Pad . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38

Customizing the Touch Pad . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38

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6 Using PC Cards

PC Card Types . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39

PC Card Blanks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39

Extended PC Cards. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39

Installing a PC Card . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39

Removing a PC Card or Blank . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41

7 Setting Up a Home and Office Network

Connecting to a Network Adapter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43

Network Setup Wizard. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44

Connecting to a Wireless Local Area Network . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44

Determining Your Network Type . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44

Connecting to a Wireless Network in Microsoft®Windows®XP. . . . . 45

8 Solving Problems

Dell Diagnostics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47

When to Use the Dell Diagnostics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47

Drive Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49

DVD drive problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50

Hard drive problems. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51

E-Mail, Modem, and Internet Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51

Error Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53

IEEE 1394 Device Problems. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54

Keyboard Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54

External keyboard problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55

Unexpected characters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55

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

The computer does not start up . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56

The computer stops responding . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56

A program stops responding . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56

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A program crashes repeatedly. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56

A program is designed for an earlier Windows operating system. . . . . 57

A solid blue screen appears . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57

Other software problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57

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

Network Problems. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58

PC Card Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59

Power Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59

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

Scanner Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61

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

No sound from integrated speakers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62

No sound from external speakers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62

No sound from headphones . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63

Touch Pad or Mouse Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63

Video and Display Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64

If the display is blank . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64

If the display is difficult to read. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65

If only part of the display is readable . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65

Drivers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66

What Is a Driver? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66

Identifying Drivers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66

Reinstalling Drivers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66

Restoring Your Operating System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67

Using Microsoft Windows XP System Restore . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68

Using Dell PC Restore by Symantec . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69

Resolving Software and Hardware Incompatibilities . . . . . . . . . . . . 70

9 Adding and Replacing Parts

Before You Begin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71

Recommended Tools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71

Turning Off Your Computer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71

Before Working Inside Your Computer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72

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Hard Drive. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73

Returning a Hard Drive to Dell . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75

Memory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75

Modem . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79

Mini PCI Card . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81

Hinge Cover . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83

Keyboard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84

Coin-Cell Battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85

Display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86

Optical Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88

Internal Card With Bluetooth®Wireless Technology . . . . . . . . . . . . 89

10 Appendix

Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91

Using the System Setup Program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96

Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96

Viewing the System Setup Screens. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97

System Setup Screens. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97

Commonly Used Options. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97

Dell Technical Support Policy (U.S. Only) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98

Definition of "Dell-Installed" Software and Peripherals . . . . . . . . . 99

Definition of "Third-Party" Software and Peripherals . . . . . . . . . . 99

Contacting Dell . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99

FCC Notices (U.S. Only) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117

Class A . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117

Class B . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117

FCC Identification Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118

Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119

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Finding Information 9

Finding Information

What Are You Looking For? Find It Here

• Warranty information

• Terms and Conditions

• Safety instructions

• Regulatory information

• Ergonomics information

• End User License Agreement

Dell™ Product Information Guide

NOTE: This document is available as a PDF at

support.dell.com.

• How to set up my computer

Setup Diagram

• Tips on using Microsoft

Windows

• How to play CDs and DVDs

• How to use standby mode and hibernate mode

• How to change my display resolution

• How to clean my computer

Dell Inspiron Help File

Click the

Start

button and click

Help and Support

Click

User and system guides

and click

User’s guides

Click

Dell Inspiron Help

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10 Finding Information

www.dell.com | support.dell.com

• Service Tag and Express Service Code

• Microsoft Windows License Label

Service Tag and Microsoft Windows License

These labels are located on the bottom of your computer.

• Use the Service Tag to

identify your

computer when you

use

support.dell.com

or contact technical

support.

• Enter the Express Service Code to direct your call when

contacting technical support. The Express Service Code

is not available in all countries.

• Latest drivers for my computer

• Answers to technical service and support questions

• Online discussions with other users and technical

support

• Documentation for my computer

Dell Support Website — support.dell.com

NOTE: Select your region to view the appropriate support

site.

The Dell Support website provides several online tools,

including:

• Solutions — Troubleshooting hints and tips, articles

from technicians, and online courses

• Community — Online discussion with other Dell

customers

• Upgrades — Upgrade information for components, such

as memory, the hard drive, and the operating system

• Customer Care — Contact information, order status,

warranty, and repair information

• Downloads — Drivers, patches, and software updates

• Reference — Computer documentation, product

specifications, and white papers

• How to use Windows XP

• Documentation for devices (such as a modem)

Windows Help and Support Center

Click the

Start

button and click

Help and Support

Type a word or phrase that describes your problem and

click the arrow icon.

Click the topic that describes your problem.

Follow the instructions on the screen.

What Are You Looking For? Find It Here

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