Dell Latitude D530 User manual

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Dell™ Latitude™ D530 User’s Guide

Model PP17L

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Model PP17L

March 2008 P/N JU373 Rev. A01

Contents 3

Contents

1 Finding Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

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

Front View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21

Left Side View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25

Right Side View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27

Back View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27

Bottom View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31

3 Setting Up Your Computer . . . . . . . . . . . . 33

Transferring Information to a New Computer . . . . . 33

Microsoft®Windows®XP . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33

Microsoft Windows Vista™ . . . . . . . . . . . . 36

Turning Off Your Computer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37

4 Using a Battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39

Battery Performance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39

Checking the Battery Charge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40

Dell™ QuickSet Battery Meter . . . . . . . . . . . 40

Microsoft®Windows®Power Meter . . . . . . . 41

4Contents

Charge Gauge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41

Low-Battery Warning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42

Conserving Battery Power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42

Power Management Modes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43

Standby and Sleep Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43

Hibernate Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43

Configuring Power Management Settings . . . . . . . 44

Accessing Power Options Properties . . . . . . . 44

Charging the Battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45

Replacing the Battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45

Storing a Battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46

5 Using the Keyboard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47

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

Key Combinations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48

System Functions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48

Battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48

CD or DVD Tray . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48

Display Functions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48

Wireless Networking and Bluetooth®Wireless Technology

Function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48

Power Management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49

Speaker Functions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49

Microsoft® Windows® XP Logo Key Functions . . 49

Microsoft® Windows Vista® Logo Key Functions 50

Touch Pad . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51

Customizing the Touch Pad . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52

Contents 5

6 Using the Display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53

Adjusting Brightness . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53

Using a Projector . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53

Making Images and Text Look Bigger or Sharper . . . 53

Microsoft®Windows®XP . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54

Windows Vista™ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54

Using Both a Monitor and Your Computer Display . . . 55

Microsoft®Windows®XP . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55

Windows Vista™ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56

Using a Monitor as Your Primary Display . . . . . . . 56

Microsoft®Windows®XP . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56

Windows Vista™ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57

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

Playing CDs or DVDs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59

For more information on playing CDs or DVDs, click Help on the

CD or DVD player (if available). . . . . . . . . . . 61

Adjusting the Volume . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61

Adjusting the Picture . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62

Connecting Your Computer to a TV or Audio Device . . 62

S-Video and Standard Audio . . . . . . . . . . . . 65

S-Video and S/PDIF Digital Audio . . . . . . . . . 66

Composite Video and Standard Audio . . . . . . . 68

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

Component Video and Standard Audio . . . . . . 72

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

Setting Up the Cyberlink (CL) Headphones . . . . 77

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Enabling the Display Settings for a TV . . . . . . . 78

8 Setting Up and Using Networks . . . . . . . 79

Connecting a Network or Broadband Modem Cable . . 79

Setting Up a Network in the Microsoft® Windows® XP Operating

System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80

Setting Up a Network in the Microsoft Windows Vista™ Operating

System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80

Wireless Local Area Network (WLAN) . . . . . . . . . 80

What You Need to Establish a WLAN Connection . 80

Checking Your Wireless Network Card . . . . . . 81

Setting Up a New WLAN Using a Wireless Router and a

Broadband Modem . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82

Connecting to a WLAN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83

Mobile Broadband/Wireless Wide Area Network (WWAN) 85

What You Need to Establish a Mobile Broadband Network

Connection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86

Checking Your Dell Mobile Broadband Card . . . . 86

Connecting to a Mobile Broadband Network . . . 87

Microsoft®Windows®Firewall . . . . . . . . . . . . 87

9 Using Cards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89

Card Types . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89

Card Blanks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90

Extended Cards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90

Installing a PC Card or ExpressCard . . . . . . . . . . 90

Contents 7

Removing a Card or Blank . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92

10 Securing Your Computer . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93

Security Cable Lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93

Passwords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93

About Passwords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93

Using a Primary (or System) Password . . . . . . 94

Using an Administrator Password . . . . . . . . . 95

Using a Hard Drive Password . . . . . . . . . . . 96

Trusted Platform Module (TPM) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96

Enabling the TPM Feature . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97

Security Management Software . . . . . . . . . . . . 97

Activating the Security Management Software . . 98

Using the Security Management Software . . . . 98

Computer Tracking Software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98

If Your Computer Is Lost or Stolen . . . . . . . . . . . 99

11 Cleaning Your Computer . . . . . . . . . . . . 101

Computer, Keyboard, and Display . . . . . . . . . . . . 101

Touch Pad . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101

Floppy Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102

CDs and DVDs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102

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12 Troubleshooting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103

Dell Technical Update Service . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103

Dell Diagnostics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103

When to Use the Dell Diagnostics . . . . . . . . . 103

Starting the Dell Diagnostics From Your Hard Drive 103

Starting the Dell Diagnostics From the Optional Drivers and

Utilities Media . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104

Dell Diagnostics Main Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . 105

Dell Support Utility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107

Accessing the Dell Support Utility . . . . . . . . . 107

Clicking the Dell Support Icon . . . . . . . . . . . 107

Double-Clicking the Dell Support Icon . . . . . . . 108

Solving Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108

Drive Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108

E-Mail, Modem, and Internet Problems . . . . . . 110

Error Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111

IEEE 1394 Device Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112

Lockups and Software Problems . . . . . . . . . . 113

Memory Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115

Network Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115

Power Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116

Printer Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117

Scanner Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118

Sound and Speaker Problems . . . . . . . . . . . 118

Touch Pad or Mouse Problems . . . . . . . . . . . 119

Video and Display Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . 120

If the display is blank . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120

If the display is difficult to read . . . . . . . . . . 121

If only part of the display is readable . . . . . . . 121

Contents 9

13 System Setup Program . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123

Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123

Viewing the System Setup Screens . . . . . . . . . . . 124

System Setup Screens . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124

Commonly Used Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124

Changing the Boot Sequence . . . . . . . . . . . 124

Changing COM Ports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126

Enabling the Infrared Sensor . . . . . . . . . . . 126

14 Reinstalling Software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127

Drivers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127

What Is a Driver? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127

Identifying Drivers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127

Reinstalling Drivers and Utilities . . . . . . . . . . 128

Troubleshooting Software and Hardware Problems in the Microsoft®

Windows®XP and Microsoft Windows Vista™ Operating Systems

131

Restoring Your Operating System . . . . . . . . . . . . 131

Using Microsoft Windows System Restore . . . . 132

Using Dell™ PC Restore and Dell Factory Image Restore 134

Using the Operating System Media . . . . . . . . 137

15 Dell™ QuickSet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139

16 Traveling With Your Computer . . . . . . . 141

Identifying Your Computer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141

10 Contents

Packing the Computer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141

Travel Tips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142

Traveling by Air . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142

17 Getting Help . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143

Obtaining Assistance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143

Technical Support and Customer Service . . . . . 144

DellConnect . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144

Online Services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144

AutoTech Service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145

Automated Order-Status Service . . . . . . . . . 145

Problems With Your Order . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145

Product Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146

Returning Items for Warranty Repair or Credit . . . . . 146

Before You Call . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146

Contacting Dell . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149

18 Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151

19 Appendix . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159

FCC Notice (U.S. Only) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159

FCC Class B . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159

Macrovision Product Notice . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160

Glossary 161

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