Dell Vostro 200 Manuale utente

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Dell™ Vostro™ 200

Owner’s Manual – Slim Tower

Model DCSLF

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.

If you purchased a Dell™ n Series computer, any references in this document to

Microsoft

Windows

operating systems are not applicable.

Abbreviations and Acronyms

For a complete list of abbreviations and acronyms, see the "Glossary" on

page 185.

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under license; Microsoft, Windows, Outlook, and Windows Vista are either trademarks or registered

trademarks of Microsoft Corporation in the United States and/or other countries. Intel, Pentium, and

Celeron are registered trademarks, SpeedStep and Core are trademarks of Intel Corporation.

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 Inc. disclaims any proprietary interest in trademarks and

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Model DCSLF

July 2007 P/N PK009 Rev. A01

Contents 3

Contents

1 Finding Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

2 Setting Up and Using Your Computer . . . 15

Front View of the Computer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

Back View of the Computer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

Back Panel Connectors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18

Installing Your Computer in an Enclosure . . . . . . . 20

Setting Up a Printer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22

Printer Cable . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23

Connecting a USB Printer . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23

Playing CDs and DVDs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24

Adjusting the Volume . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26

Adjusting the Picture . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26

Copying CDs and DVDs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27

Using a Media Card Reader (Optional) . . . . . . . . . 30

Connecting Two Monitors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31

Connecting Two Monitors With VGA

Connectors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31

Connecting One Monitor With a VGA Connector

and One Monitor With a DVI Connector . . . . . . 32

Connecting a TV . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32

Changing the Display Settings . . . . . . . . . . . 33

4Contents

Power Management Options in Windows XP . . . . . 33

Standby Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33

Hibernate Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34

Power Options Properties . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35

Power Management Options in Windows Vista . . . . 36

Standby Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37

Hibernate Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38

Power Plan Properties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38

Enabling SpeedStep™ Technology . . . . . . . . . . . 40

About RAID Configurations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40

RAID Level 1 Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40

Configuring Your Hard Drives for RAID . . . . . . . 41

Configuring for RAID Using the Intel®Option

ROM Utility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42

Configuring for RAID Using the Intel®Matrix

Storage Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43

Transferring Information to a New Computer . . . . . . 47

Setting Up a Home and Office Network . . . . . . . . . 51

Connecting to a Network Adapter . . . . . . . . . 51

Network Setup Wizard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52

Connecting to the Internet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53

Setting Up Your Internet Connection . . . . . . . . 54

3 Solving Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57

Troubleshooting Tips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57

Battery Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57

Contents 5

Drive Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58

Optical drive problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59

Hard drive problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60

E-Mail, Modem, and Internet Problems . . . . . . . . 60

Error Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63

Keyboard Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64

Lockups and Software Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . 65

The computer does not start up . . . . . . . . . . 65

The computer stops responding . . . . . . . . . . 65

A program stops responding . . . . . . . . . . . . 65

A program crashes repeatedly . . . . . . . . . . 65

A program is designed for an earlier Microsoft®

Windows®operating system . . . . . . . . . . . 66

A solid blue screen appears . . . . . . . . . . . . 66

Other software problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67

Media Card Reader Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68

Memory Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69

Mouse Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70

Network Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71

Power Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72

Printer Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73

Scanner Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74

Sound and Speaker Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75

No sound from speakers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75

No sound from headphones . . . . . . . . . . . . 76

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Video and Monitor Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77

If the screen is blank . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77

If the screen is difficult to read . . . . . . . . . . . 78

4 Troubleshooting Tools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79

Power Lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79

Beep Codes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80

System Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82

Dell Diagnostics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84

When to Use the Dell Diagnostics . . . . . . . . . 84

Starting the Dell Diagnostics From Your

Hard Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84

Starting the Dell Diagnostics From the Drivers

and Utilities Media . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85

Dell Diagnostics Main Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . 85

Drivers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87

What Is a Driver? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87

Identifying Drivers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88

Reinstalling Drivers and Utilities . . . . . . . . . . 88

Restoring Your Operating System . . . . . . . . . . . . 91

Using Microsoft Windows System Restore . . . . 92

Using Dell PC Restore and Dell Factory

Image Restore . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93

Using the Operating System Media . . . . . . . . 96

Troubleshooting Software and Hardware

Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97

Contents 7

5 Removing and Installing Parts . . . . . . . . 99

Before You Begin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99

Recommended Tools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99

Turning Off Your Computer . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100

Before Working Inside Your Computer . . . . . . . 100

Removing the Computer Cover . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101

Removing the Support Bracket . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102

Inside View of Your Computer . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104

System Board Components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105

Power Supply DC Connector Pin Assignments . . . . . 107

Memory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111

Memory Installation Guidelines . . . . . . . . . . 111

Installing Memory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112

Removing Memory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114

Cards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115

PCI and PCI Express Cards . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115

Bezel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121

Removing the Bezel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122

Replacing the Bezel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123

Drives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124

Recommended Drive Cable Connections . . . . . 124

Connecting Drive Cables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125

Drive Interface Connectors . . . . . . . . . . . . 125

Connecting and Disconnecting Drive Cables . . . 126

Hard Drives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126

8Contents

Floppy Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131

Media Card Reader . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136

Optical Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139

Battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143

Replacing the Battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143

Power Supply . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145

Replacing the Power Supply . . . . . . . . . . . . 145

I/O Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147

Removing the I/O Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147

Installing the I/O Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148

Processor Fan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149

Removing the Processor Fan/Heat Sink

Assembly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150

Installing the Processor Fan/Heat Sink

Assembly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151

Processor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152

Removing the Processor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152

Installing the Processor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153

Chassis Fan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156

Removing the Chassis Fan . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156

Replacing the Chassis Fan . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158

System Board . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159

Removing the System Board . . . . . . . . . . . . 159

Installing the System Board . . . . . . . . . . . . 160

Replacing the Support Bracket . . . . . . . . . . 161

Replacing the Computer Cover . . . . . . . . . . . 162

Contents 9

6 Appendix . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165

Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165

System Setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170

Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170

Entering System Setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170

System Setup Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172

Boot Sequence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174

Clearing Forgotten Passwords . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176

Clearing CMOS Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177

Flashing the BIOS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178

Cleaning Your Computer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178

Computer, Keyboard, and Monitor . . . . . . . . . 179

Mouse . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179

Floppy Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180

CDs and DVDs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180

Dell Technical Support Policy (U.S. Only) . . . . . . . 180

Definition of "Dell-Installed" Software and

Peripherals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181

Definition of "Third-Party" Software and

Peripherals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181

FCC Notice (U.S. Only) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181

FCC Class B . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181

Contacting Dell . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183

10 Contents

Glossary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185

Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 203

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