Dell VOSTRO 1000 PP23LB User manual

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Dell™ Vostro™ 1000 Owner’s Manual

Model PP23LB

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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 "Glossary" on page 185.

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Model PP23LB

October 2007 P/N WY122 Rev. A01

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Contents

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

2 About Your Computer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19

Determining Your Computer’s Configuration . . . . . . 19

Front View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20

Left Side View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24

Right Side View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25

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

Bottom View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29

3 Setting Up Your Computer . . . . . . . . . . . . 31

Connecting to the Internet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31

Setting Up Your Internet Connection . . . . . . . . 31

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

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

Microsoft Windows Vista®. . . . . . . . . . . . . 36

Setting Up a Printer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37

Printer Cable . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37

Connecting a USB Printer . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37

Power Protection Devices. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39

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Surge Protectors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39

Line Conditioners . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39

Uninterruptible Power Supplies . . . . . . . . . . 39

4 Using the Display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41

Adjusting Brightness. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41

Using a Projector. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41

Making Images and Text Look Bigger or Sharper. . . . 41

Microsoft®Windows®XP . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42

Windows Vista®. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42

Using Both a Monitor and Your Computer Display . . . 43

Microsoft®Windows®XP . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43

Windows Vista®. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44

Using a Monitor as Your Primary Display . . . . . . . . 44

Microsoft Windows XP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44

Windows Vista . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45

Using Catalyst®Control Center . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45

Launching Catalyst Control Center . . . . . . . . . 46

5 Using the Keyboard and Touch Pad. . . . 47

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Microsoft®Windows®Logo Key Functions . . . . 49

Adjusting Keyboard Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . 49

Touch Pad . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50

Customizing the Touch Pad . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51

6 Using a Battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53

Battery Performance. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53

Checking the Battery Charge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54

Dell™ QuickSet Battery Meter . . . . . . . . . . . 54

Microsoft®Windows®Power Meter . . . . . . . 55

Charge Gauge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55

Low-Battery Warning. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56

Conserving Battery Power. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56

Power Management Modes . . . . . . . . . . . . 56

Configuring Power Management Settings . . . . . 58

Accessing Power Options Properties . . . . . . . 58

Charging the Battery. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58

Replacing the Battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59

Storing a Battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60

7 Using Multimedia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61

Playing a CD or DVD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61

Adjusting the Volume . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62

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

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Copying CDs and DVDs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63

How to Copy a CD or DVD. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63

Using Blank CDs and DVDs . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64

Helpful Tips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65

Adjusting the Volume . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66

Adjusting the Picture. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67

8 Using Cards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69

ExpressCards. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69

ExpressCard Blanks. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69

Installing an ExpressCard. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70

Removing an ExpressCard or Blank . . . . . . . . 71

Media Memory Cards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72

Installing a Media Memory Card . . . . . . . . . . 72

Removing a Media Memory Card. . . . . . . . . . 73

9 Setting Up and Using Networks . . . . . . 75

Physically Connecting to a Network or Broadband Modem 75

Connecting a Network or Broadband Modem Cable . . 75

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

System. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76

Setting Up a Network in the Microsoft Windows Vista®Operating

System. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76

Wireless Local Area Network (WLAN) . . . . . . . . . 77

What You Need to Establish a WLAN Connection . 77

Checking Your Wireless Network Card . . . . . . . 77

Setting Up a New WLAN Using a Wireless Router and a

Broadband Modem . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78

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Connecting to a WLAN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79

Enabling/Disabling the Wireless Network Card . . 81

Mobile Broadband/Wireless Wide Area Network (WWAN) 82

What You Need to Establish a Mobile Broadband Network

Connection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82

Checking Your Dell Mobile Broadband Card . . . . 83

Microsoft®Windows®Firewall . . . . . . . . . . . . 83

10 Securing Your Computer . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85

Security Cable Lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85

Passwords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85

Computer Tracking Software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86

If Your Computer Is Lost or Stolen . . . . . . . . . . . . 86

11 Adding and Replacing Parts . . . . . . . . . . 89

Before You Begin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89

Recommended Tools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89

Turning Off Your Computer . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89

Before Working Inside Your Computer . . . . . . . 90

Optical Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92

Hard Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92

Returning a Hard Drive to Dell . . . . . . . . . . . 94

Memory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95

Modem . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98

Hinge Cover . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100

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Keyboard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101

Wireless Mini-Card . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103

Coin-Cell Battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106

Display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107

12 Troubleshooting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111

Dell Technical Update Service . . . . . . . . . . . . 111

Dell Diagnostics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111

Dell Support Center . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116

Dell Support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116

Dell PC TuneUp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117

Dell PC Checkup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118

Dell Network Assistant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118

DellConnect . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118

Drive Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119

Optical drive problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119

Hard drive problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120

E-Mail, Modem, and Internet Problems . . . . . . . . 121

Error Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123

ExpressCard Problems. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128

IEEE 1394 Device Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128

Keyboard Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129

External Keyboard problems . . . . . . . . . . . 129

Unexpected characters. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130

Lockups and Software Problems . . . . . . . . . . . 130

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The computer does not start . . . . . . . . . . . . 130

The computer stops responding . . . . . . . . . . 131

A program stops responding or crashes repeatedly 131

A program is designed for an earlier Microsoft®Windows®

operating system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131

A solid blue screen appears . . . . . . . . . . . . 132

Dell MediaDirect problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132

Other software problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133

Memory Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133

Network Problems. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134

Mobile Broadband (Wireless Wide Area Network [WWAN]) 135

Power Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135

Printer Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137

Scanner Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138

Sound and Speaker Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138

No sound from integrated speakers . . . . . . . . 139

No sound from external speakers . . . . . . . . . 139

No sound from headphones . . . . . . . . . . . . 139

Remote Control Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140

Touch Pad or Mouse Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140

Video and Display Problems. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141

If the display is blank . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141

If the display is difficult to read. . . . . . . . . . . 142

If only part of the display is readable. . . . . . . . 143

Drivers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143

What Is a Driver? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143

Identifying Drivers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143

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Reinstalling Drivers and Utilities . . . . . . . . . 144

Troubleshooting Software and Hardware Problems . 147

Restoring Your Microsoft®Windows Vista®Operating System 148

Using Windows Vista System Restore . . . . . . 149

Restoring the Computer to the Default Factory Configuration 151

Using the Operating System Media. . . . . . . . 152

Restoring Your Microsoft®Windows®XP Operating System 153

Using Microsoft Windows System Restore. . . . 154

Using Dell™ PC Restore . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155

Using the Operating System Media. . . . . . . . 157

13 Dell™ QuickSet Features . . . . . . . . . . . . 159

14 Traveling With Your Computer . . . . . . . . 161

Identifying Your Computer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161

Packing the Computer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161

Travel Tips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162

Traveling by Air . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163

15 Contacting Dell . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165

16 Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167

17 Appendix . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175

Using the System Setup Program . . . . . . . . . . . 175

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