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Dell™ XPS™ 630i Owner’s Manual

Model DCDR01

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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.

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Information in this document is subject to change without notice.

Reproduction in any manner whatsoever without the written permission of Dell Inc. is strictly forbidden.

Trademarks used in this text: Dell, the DELL logo, XPS, and YOURS IS HERE are trademarks of Dell

Inc.; Bluetooth is a registered trademark owned by Bluetooth SIG, Inc. and is used by Dell under

license;Intelisa registeredtrademarkandCoreisatrademarkofIntelCorporation;Microsoft,Windows,

Windows Vista,and Windows Vista start button logo are either trademarks or registered trademarks of

Microsoft Corporation in the United States and/or other countries; Blu-ray Disc is a trademark of the

Blu-ray Disc Association; Nvidia is a registered trademark of Nvidia Corporation in the United States

and/or other countries.

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

trade names other than its own.

Model DCDR01

April 2008 P/N PP521 Rev. A01

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Contents 3

Contents

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

1 About Your Computer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

Front View of the Computer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

Back View of the Computer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19

Front-Panel Connectors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20

Back-Panel Connectors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21

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

Installing Your Computer in an Enclosure. . . . . . . . 25

Connecting to the Internet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27

Setting Up Your Internet Connection . . . . . . . . 28

Transferring Information to a New Computer . . . . . . 29

Microsoft®Windows®XP . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30

Windows Vista . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33

Setting Up a Printer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33

Printer Cable . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34

Connecting a USB Printer . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34

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Connecting Two Monitors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35

Connecting Two Monitors With

VGA Connectors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35

Connecting One Monitor With a VGA Connector

and One Monitor With a DVI Connector . . . . . . 36

Connecting a TV. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37

Changing the Display Settings . . . . . . . . . . . 37

Power Protection Devices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37

Surge Protectors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37

Line Conditioners . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38

Uninterruptible Power Supplies . . . . . . . . . . 38

Power Management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38

Power Management Options in

Windows XP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38

Power Management Options in

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

3 Using Multimedia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43

Playing CDs or DVDs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43

Copying CDs and DVDs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45

How to Copy a CD or DVD. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45

Using Blank CDs and DVDs . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46

Helpful Tips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47

Adjusting the Picture. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47

Connecting Your Computer to a TV or

Audio Device . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48

S-Video and Standard Audio . . . . . . . . . . . . 50

S-Video and S/PDIF Digital Audio. . . . . . . . . . 51

Composite Video and Standard Audio . . . . . . . 53

Composite Video and S/PDIF Digital Audio . . . . . 55

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Component Video and Standard Audio. . . . . . . 57

Component Video and S/PDIF Digital Audio . . . . 59

Setting Up the Cyberlink (CL) Headphones. . . . . 62

Enabling the Display Settings for a TV . . . . . . . 63

Using a Media Card Reader (Optional) . . . . . . . . . 64

Instructions for Setting Up a Device With

Bluetooth Wireless Technology . . . . . . . . . . 66

4 About RAID Configurations . . . . . . . . . . . 67

RAID Level 0 Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67

RAID Level 1 Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68

Configuring Your Hard Drives for RAID . . . . . . . . . 69

Setting Your Computer to RAID-Enabled Mode . . . . . 69

Using the Nvidia MediaShield ROM Utility . . . . . . . 70

Using Nvidia MediaShield . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71

Creating a RAID Array . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71

Deleting a RAID Array . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72

Converting From One RAID Configuration to

Another RAID Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . 73

Rebuilding a RAID Configuration . . . . . . . . . . 74

5 Cleaning Your Computer . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75

Computer, Keyboard, and Monitor. . . . . . . . . . . . 75

Mouse (Non-Optical) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75

Floppy Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76

CDs and DVDs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76

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6 System Setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77

Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77

Entering System Setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77

System Setup Screens . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77

System Setup Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79

Boot Sequence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82

Option Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82

Changing Boot Sequence for the

Current Boot . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82

Changing Boot Sequence for

Future Boots . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83

7 Clearing Passwords and

CMOS Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85

Clearing Passwords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85

Clearing CMOS Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87

Flashing the BIOS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88

8 Troubleshooting Tools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89

Power Lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89

Beep Codes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90

System Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93

Hardware Troubleshooter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95

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Dell Diagnostics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95

When to Use the Dell Diagnostics . . . . . . . . . 95

Starting the Dell Diagnostics From Your

Hard Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96

Starting the Dell Diagnostics From the

Drivers and Utilities Media . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97

Dell Diagnostics Main Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . 98

9 Troubleshooting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101

Battery Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101

Drive Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102

Error Messages. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103

IEEE 1394 Device Problems. . . . . . . . . . . . . 104

Keyboard Problems. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105

Lockups and Software Problems . . . . . . . . . . 106

Memory Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108

Mouse Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108

Network Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109

Power Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110

Printer Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110

Scanner Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111

Sound and Speaker Problems . . . . . . . . . . . 112

Video and Monitor Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . 113

Overclocking Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115

Power Lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115

10 Reinstalling Software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117

Drivers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117

What Is a Driver? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117

Identifying Drivers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117

Reinstalling Drivers and Utilities . . . . . . . . . . 118

Using the Drivers and Utilities Media . . . . . . . 119

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Troubleshooting Software and Hardware

Problems in the Microsoft®Windows®XP and

Windows Vista®Operating Systems . . . . . . . . . 121

Restoring Your Operating System . . . . . . . . . . . 122

Using Microsoft Windows System Restore . . . . 122

Using Dell™ PC Restore and

Dell Factory Image Restore . . . . . . . . . . . . 124

Using the Operating System Media. . . . . . . . 127

11 Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129

12 Getting Help . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135

Obtaining Assistance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135

Technical Support and Customer Service . . . . 136

DellConnect . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136

Online Services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136

AutoTech Service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137

Automated Order-Status Service . . . . . . . . . 137

Problems With Your Order . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137

Product Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138

Returning Items for Warranty Repair or Credit . . . . 138

Before You Call. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139

Contacting Dell. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141

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Contents 9

A Appendix . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143

FCC Notice (U.S. Only) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143

FCC Class B . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143

Macrovision . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144

Glossary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145

Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163

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