Dell Inspiron 8200 User manual

Dell Inspiron 8200

Dell™ Inspiron™ 8200

A Tour of Your Computer

Solving Problems

Using Dell Diagnostics

Reinstalling Drivers and Utilities

Reinstalling Microsoft® Windows® XP

System Setup Program

Specifications

Power Management

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. To access the

Tell Me How help file, click the Start button on the Microsoft®Windows®desktop, and then click

Help and Support. Click User and system guides, and then click User’s guides. Click Tell

Me How.

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Trademarks used in this text: Dell, the DELL logo, Inspiron, AccessDirect, and Dell TravelLite are

trademarks of Dell Computer Corporation; Intel and Pentium are registered trademarks of Intel

Corporation; ATI Mobility and RADEON are trademarks of ATI Technologies Inc.; Microsoft, MS-DOS,and Windows are

registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation; GeForce2 Go is a registered trademark of NVIDIA

Corporation; Adobe is the trademark of Adobe Systems Incorporated which may be registered in certain

jurisdictions.

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 Computer Corporation disclaims any proprietary

interest in trademarks and trade names other than its own.

October 2002 Rev. A01

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A Tour of Your Computer

Dell™ Inspiron™ 8200

Front View

Left Side View

Right Side View

Back View

Bottom View

Front View

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1 display latch 9 battery bay

2 display 10 module bay

3 device status lights 11 touch pad/track stick

buttons

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4 air vent 12 Dell AccessDirect buttons

5 keyboard status

lights 13 power button

6 keyboard 14 microphone

7 track stick 15 volume control buttons

8 touch pad

Display Latch— Keeps the display closed.

Display— The computer has a color LCD.

Device Status Lights

Turns on when you turn on the computer.

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 when the computer is in a

power management mode. It also 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 charging.

❍Flashing green: The battery is fully charged.

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 low.

❍Solid orange: The battery charge is critically low.

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Air Vents— The computer uses an internal fan to create airflow through the vents,

which prevents the computer from overheating.

HINT: The computer turns on the fans when the computer gets hot. The fans

may make noise, which is normal and does not indicate a problem with the fans

or the computer

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.

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

Windows® logo key .

Track Stick— Use the track stick and track stick buttons as you would use a mouse.

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

Battery Bay— When a battery is installed, you can use the computer without

connecting it to an electrical outlet.

Module Bay— You can install devices such as a CD drive, CD-RW drive, DVD drive, or

Dell TravelLite™ module in the module bay.

Touch Pad/Track Stick Buttons— Correspond to the left and right buttons on a

standard mouse.

Dell™ AccessDirect™ Buttons— Press the buttons to launch various resources, such

as your default Internet browser and e-mail program.

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

standby or hibernate mode.

If the computer stops responding, press and hold the power button until the computer

turns off completely (which may take about 4 seconds).

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

Otherwise, you may lose data.

Microphone— Allows you to record audio.

Volume Control Buttons— Increase or decrease the speaker volume with these

buttons. Alternatively, you can increase speaker volume by pressing and

decrease speaker volume by pressing .

You can enable or disable (mute) the integrated stereo speakers or external speakers

by pressing . When you mute music, the computer may take a moment to

respond. Certain audio utilities installed on your computer also allow you to control

speaker volume. If no sound comes from the speakers, press and check

the volume control buttons to make sure that the sound is not disabled.

Left Side View

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1 fixed optical drive

2 S-video TV-out

connector

3 security cable slot

4 modem connector

5 network connector

6 speaker

Fixed Optical Drive— Accommodates devices such as a CD drive, DVD drive, CD-RW

drive, or CD-RW/DVD combo drive.

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S-Video TV-Out Connector

Connects your computer to a TV. Also

connects S/PDIF capable devices using

the TV/digital audio adapter cable.

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.

Modem Connector

Connect the telephone line to the modem

connector.

For information on using the modem, see

the online modem documentation

supplied with your computer.

Network Connector

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