Dell Inspiron 2650 User manual

Dell Inspiron 2600 and 2650

Dell™ Inspiron™ 2600 and 2650

A Tour of Your Computer

Solving Problems

Reinstalling Drivers and Utilities

Reinstalling Microsoft® Windows® Operating Systems

System Setup Program

Power Management

Using the Dell Diagnostics

Specifications

Pin Assignments for I/O Connectors

Removing and Replacing Parts

Documentation

Hints, Notices, and Cautions

HINT: A HINT 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 Tell Me How help file. See

"Accessing Help."

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A Tour of Your Computer: Dell Inspiron 2600 and 2650

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A Tour of Your Computer

Dell™ Inspiron™ 2600 and 2650

Front View

Left Side View

Right Side View

Back View

Bottom View

Front View

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A Tour of Your Computer: Dell Inspiron 2600 and 2650

1 display latch 7 device status lights

2 display 8 hard drive

3 Dell™ AccessDirect™ button 9 speaker

4 keyboard status lights 10 keyboard

5 touch pad 11 power button

6 touch pad buttons

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A Tour of Your Computer: Dell Inspiron 2600 and 2650

Display Latch — Keeps the display closed.

Display — For more information on using your color display, see "Using the Display"

in the Tell Me How help file (see "Accessing Help").

Dell AccessDirect Button — Press this button to launch support and educational

resources that Dell has installed on your computer.

Keyboard Status Lights — The green lights located above the keyboard indicate the

following:

Turns on when the numeric keypad is enabled

Turns on when the uppercase letter function is enabled

Turns on when the scroll lock function is enabled

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A Tour of Your Computer: Dell Inspiron 2600 and 2650

Touch Pad — Use the touch pad and touch pad buttons as you would use a mouse.

Touch Pad Buttons — Correspond to the left and right buttons on a standard mouse.

Device Status Lights

Turns on when you turn on the computer or flashes when the computer is in

standby mode

Turns on when the computer reads or writes data

NOTICE: To avoid loss of data, never turn off the computer while the

light is flashing.

Turns on steadily or blinks to indicate battery charge status

If the computer is connected to an electrical outlet, the light operates as follows:

●Solid green: The battery is fully charged.

●Flashing green: The battery is charging.

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A Tour of Your Computer: Dell Inspiron 2600 and 2650

If the computer is running on a battery, the light operates as follows:

●Off: The battery is adequately charged (or the computer is turned off).

●Flashing orange: The battery charge is critically low.

●Solid orange: The battery charge is low.

Hard Drive — Reads and writes data on a hard disk.

Speaker — Press the volume control buttons or volume control keyboard shortcuts to

adjust the volume of the integrated speakers.

Keyboard — The keyboard includes a numeric keypad as well as the Microsoft®

Windows® logo key .

Power Button — Press the power button to turn on the computer or to enter standby

mode.

NOTICE: Turn off your computer by performing a Windows shutdown rather

than by pressing the power button. Otherwise, you may lose data.

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A Tour of Your Computer: Dell Inspiron 2600 and 2650

Left Side View

1 audio connectors (2)

2 network connector

3 PC Card slot

4 floppy drive

Audio Connectors

Attach headphones or speakers to the connector.

Attach a microphone to the connector.

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A Tour of Your Computer: Dell Inspiron 2600 and 2650

Network Connector (Optional)

HINT: The network connector is slightly larger than the modem connector. Do

not plug a telephone line into the network connector.

Connects the computer to a network. The lights next to the

connector indicate activity for both wired and wireless network

communications.

For information on using the network adapter, see the online

network adapter documentation supplied with your computer.

PC Card Slot — Has one connector that supports various types of PC Cards, including

modems and network adapters.

Floppy Drive — Reads and writes data to floppy disks.

Right Side View

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A Tour of Your Computer: Dell Inspiron 2600 and 2650

1 security cable slot

2 fixed optical drive

compartment

Security Cable Slot — Lets you attach a commercially available antitheft device to

the computer. Instructions for installing antitheft devices are usually included with the

device.

NOTICE: Before you buy an antitheft device, ensure that it will work with the

security cable slot.

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A Tour of Your Computer: Dell Inspiron 2600 and 2650

Fixed Optical Drive Compartment — Accommodates devices such as a CD drive,

DVD drive, CD-RW drive, or a CD-RW/DVD combo drive.

Back View

NOTICE: To avoid damaging the computer, wait 5 seconds after turning off the

computer before you disconnect an external device.

CAUTION: Do not block, push objects into, or allow dust to accumulate

in the air vents. Doing so can damage the computer or cause a fire.

1 modem connector 5 air vents (for Inspiron 2650

only)

2 USB connectors (2) 6 parallel connector

3 PS/2 connector 7 AC adapter connector

4 video connector 8 air vents

Modem Connector

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