Dell XPS M1730 User manual

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Dell™ XPS™ M1730

Owner’s Manual

Model PP06XA

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.

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or death.

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Model PP06XA

July 2007 P/N TM373 Rev. A00

Contents 3

Contents

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

1 About Your Computer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19

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

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

Left Side View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22

Right Side View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22

Back View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23

2 Setting Up Your Computer . . . . . . . . . . . . 25

Connecting to the Internet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25

Setting Up Your Internet Connection . . . . . . . . 26

Transferring Information to a New Computer . . . . . 27

Windows Easy Transfer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27

Setting Up a Printer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27

Printer Cable . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28

Connecting a USB Printer . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28

Power Protection Devices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29

Surge Protectors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29

Line Conditioners . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30

Uninterruptible Power Supplies . . . . . . . . . . 30

4Contents

3 Using the Display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31

Adjusting Brightness . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31

Switching the Video Image From Your Computer Display To a

Projector . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31

Setting Display Resolution and Refresh Rate . . . . . . 32

4 Using the Keyboard and Touch Pad . . . . 33

Numeric Keypad . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33

Key Combinations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34

System Functions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34

Display Functions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34

Battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34

Wireless Networking and Bluetooth®Wireless Technology

Function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34

Power Management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34

Microsoft®Windows®Logo Key Functions . . . . 34

Dell™ QuickSet Key Combinations . . . . . . . . . 35

Adjusting Keyboard Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . 35

Touch Pad . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35

Customizing the Touch Pad . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36

5 Using a Battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39

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

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

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

Microsoft®Windows®Battery Meter . . . . . . . 41

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

Contents 5

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

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

Configuring Power Management Settings . . . . . 42

Using the Sleep Power State . . . . . . . . . . . 43

Charging the Battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43

Replacing the Battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44

Storing a Battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44

6 Using the Optional Camera . . . . . . . . . . . 45

Accessing the Camera’s Help File . . . . . . . . . . . 45

Manually Adjusting the Camera Settings . . . . . . . . 46

Creating a Picture or a Video . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46

7 Using Multimedia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47

Playing Media . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47

Playing Media Using Dell Express Card Remote Control 49

Copying CD and DVD Media . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50

How to Copy a CD or DVD . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51

Using Blank CD and DVD Media . . . . . . . . . . 51

Helpful Tips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52

Adjusting the Volume . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53

Adjusting the Picture . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53

Using Dell MediaDirect™ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53

Connecting Your Computer to a TV or Audio Device . . 54

6Contents

S-Video and Standard Audio . . . . . . . . . . . . 56

S-Video and S/PDIF Digital Audio . . . . . . . . . 58

Composite Video and Standard Audio . . . . . . . 60

Composite Video and S/PDIF Digital Audio . . . . 62

Component Video and Standard Audio . . . . . . 64

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

Enabling the Display Settings for a TV . . . . . . . 68

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

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

ExpressCard Blanks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70

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

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

Memory Card Reader . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72

Memory Card Blanks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73

Installing a Memory Card . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73

Removing a Memory Card or Blank . . . . . . . . 74

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

Connecting a Network or Broadband Modem Cable . . 75

Setting Up a Network . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76

Wireless Local Area Network . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76

What You Need to Establish a WLAN Connection .76

Checking Your Wireless Network Card . . . . . . 76

Setting Up a New WLAN Using a Wireless Router and a

Broadband Modem . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77

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

Mobile Broadband (or Wireless Wide Area Network) .80

Contents 7

What You Need to Establish a Mobile Broadband Network

Connection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80

Checking Your Dell Mobile Broadband Card . . . . 81

Connecting to a Mobile Broadband Network . . . 82

Enabling/Disabling the Dell Mobile Broadband Card 82

Dell Wi-Fi Catcher™ Network Locator . . . . . . . . . 83

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

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

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

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

11 Troubleshooting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87

Dell Technical Update Service . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87

Dell Diagnostics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87

Dell Support Utility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91

Drive Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92

Optical drive problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93

Hard drive problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94

E-Mail and Internet Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94

Error Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96

ExpressCard Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101

IEEE 1394 Device Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101

Keyboard Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102

8Contents

External Keyboard problems . . . . . . . . . . . . 102

Unexpected characters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103

Lockups and Software Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . 103

The computer does not start . . . . . . . . . . . . 103

The computer stops responding . . . . . . . . . . 103

A program stops responding or crashes repeatedly 104

A program is designed for an earlier Microsoft®Windows®

operating system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104

A solid blue screen appears . . . . . . . . . . . . 104

Dell MediaDirect problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104

Other software problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105

Memory Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106

Network Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107

Mobile Broadband (Wireless Wide Area Network [WWAN]) 107

Power Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108

Printer Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109

Scanner Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110

Sound and Speaker Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111

No sound from integrated speakers . . . . . . . . 111

No sound from external speakers . . . . . . . . . 111

No sound from headphones . . . . . . . . . . . . 112

Remote Control Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112

Touch Pad or Mouse Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112

Video and Display Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113

If the display is blank . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113

If the display is difficult to read . . . . . . . . . . 114

If only part of the display is readable . . . . . . . 114

Contents 9

Drivers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115

What Is a Driver? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115

Identifying Drivers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115

Reinstalling Drivers and Utilities . . . . . . . . . . 116

Troubleshooting Software and Hardware Problems . . 118

Restoring Your Operating System . . . . . . . . . . . . 118

Using Microsoft Windows System Restore . . . . 118

Using the Operating System Media . . . . . . . . 119

12 Adding and Replacing Parts . . . . . . . . . 123

Before You Begin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123

Recommended Tools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123

Turning Off Your Computer . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123

Before Working Inside Your Computer . . . . . . . 124

Hard Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125

Returning a Hard Drive to Dell . . . . . . . . . . . 128

Memory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128

Mini-Card . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131

Hinge Cover . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136

Keyboard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137

Coin-Cell Battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138

Optical Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140

Internal Card With Bluetooth®Wireless Technology . 141

10 Contents

13 Dell™ QuickSet Features . . . . . . . . . . . 143

14 Traveling With Your Computer . . . . . . . . 145

Identifying Your Computer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145

Packing the Computer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145

Travel Tips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146

Traveling by Air . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146

15 Getting Help . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147

Obtaining Assistance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147

Technical Support and Customer Service . . . . . 148

DellConnect . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148

Online Services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148

AutoTech Service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149

Automated Order-Status Service . . . . . . . . . 149

Problems With Your Order . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149

Product Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149

Returning Items for Warranty Repair or Credit . . . . . 150

Before You Call . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150

Contacting Dell . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152

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