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Dell™ Inspiron™ 1000

Owner’s Manual

Model PP08S

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 the

Dell Inspiron Help

file. To access the help file,

see page 9.

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

Windows

operating systems are not applicable.

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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, Inspiron, Dell Precision, Dimension, OptiPlex, Latitude, PowerEdge, PowerVault,

PowerApp,Axim,andDellNetaretrademarksof DellInc.; IntelandCeleronare registeredtrademarksofIntelCorporation;Microsoft,MS-DOS,

and Windows are registered trademarks of Microsoft 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 trade names other than its own.

Model PP08S

December 2004 P/N Y6960 Rev. A01

Contents 3

Contents

Finding Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

1 About Your Computer

Front View. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

Left Side View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

Right Side View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

Back View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

Bottom View. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20

2 Setting Up Your Computer

Connecting to the Internet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21

Setting Up Your Internet Connection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21

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

Printer Cable . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22

Connecting a USB Printer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22

Power Protection Devices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23

Surge Protectors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23

Line Conditioners . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24

Uninterruptible Power Supplies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24

3 Using a Battery

Battery Performance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25

Checking the Battery Charge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26

Low-Battery Warning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26

Charging the Battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26

Recalibrating a Battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26

Removing a Battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28

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Installing a Battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28

Storing a Battery. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28

4 Using CDs, DVDs, and Other Multimedia

Using CDs and DVDs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29

Copying CDs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29

How to Copy a CD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29

Using Blank CD-Rs and CD-RWs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30

Helpful Tips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30

5 Using the Keyboard and Touch Pad

Numeric Keypad . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31

Key Combinations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32

System Functions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32

Display Functions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32

Speaker Functions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32

Microsoft®Windows®Logo Key Functions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32

Touch Pad . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33

Customizing the Touch Pad . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33

6 Using PC Cards

PC Card Types . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35

Extended PC Cards. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35

Installing a PC Card . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35

Removing a PC Card . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36

7 Setting Up a Network

Connecting to a Network Adapter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37

Network Setup Wizard. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38

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8 Removing the Hard Drive

Before You Begin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39

Turning Off Your Computer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39

Before Working Inside Your Computer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39

Hard Drive. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40

9 Solving Problems

Dell Diagnostics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43

When to Use the Dell Diagnostics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43

Drive Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45

CD and DVD drive problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45

If you there is no audio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46

If you hear an unfamiliar scraping or grinding sound . . . . . . . . . . 46

Hard drive problems. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46

E-Mail, Modem, and Internet Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46

Error Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48

Keyboard Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49

External Keyboard Problems. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49

Unexpected Characters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50

Lockups and Software Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50

The computer does not start up . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50

The computer stops responding . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50

Slow computer performance or problems connecting to the Internet. . . 51

A program stops responding . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51

A program crashes repeatedly. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51

A program is designed for an earlier Windows operating system. . . . . 51

A solid blue screen appears . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51

Other software problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52

Memory Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52

Network Problems. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53

PC Card Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53

Power Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53

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Printer Problems. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55

Scanner Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55

Sound and Speaker Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56

No sound from integrated speakers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56

No sound from external speakers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56

No sound from headphones . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57

Touch Pad or Mouse Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58

Video and Display Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58

If the display is blank . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58

If the display is difficult to read. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59

If only part of the display is readable . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60

Drivers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60

What Is a Driver? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60

Identifying Drivers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60

Reinstalling Drivers and Utilities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61

Resolving Software and Hardware Incompatibilities . . . . . . . . . . . . 62

Restoring Your Operating System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62

Using Microsoft Windows XP System Restore . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62

Using Dell PC Restore by Symantec . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64

10 Appendix

Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67

Using the System Setup Program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72

Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72

Viewing the System Setup Screens. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73

System Setup Screens. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73

Commonly Used Options. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73

Dell Technical Support Policy (U.S. Only) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74

Definition of "Dell-Installed" Software and Peripherals . . . . . . . . . 75

Definition of "Third-Party" Software and Peripherals . . . . . . . . . . 75

Contents 7

Contacting Dell . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75

Macrovision Product Notice . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92

FCC Notices (U.S. Only) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92

Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95

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Finding Information 9

Finding Information

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NOTE: Additional information may ship with your computer.

What Are You Looking For? Find It Here

• Warranty information

• Terms and Conditions (U.S. only)

• Safety instructions

• Regulatory information

• Ergonomics information

• End User License Agreement

Dell™ Product Information Guide

• How to set up my computer

Setup Diagram

• Tips on using Microsoft

Windows

• How to play CDs and DVDs

• How to use standby mode and hibernate mode

• How to change my display resolution

• How to clean my computer

Help File

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• Service Tag and Express Service Code

• Microsoft Windows License Label

Service Tag and Microsoft Windows License

These labels are located on the bottom of your computer.

• Use the Service Tag to

identify your

computer when you

use

support.dell.com

or contact technical

support.

• Enter the Express Service Code to direct your call when

contacting technical support.

• Solutions — Troubleshooting hints and tips, articles

from technicians, online courses, frequently asked

questions

• Community — Online discussion with other Dell

customers

• Upgrades — Upgrade information for components, such

as memory, the hard drive, and the operating system

• Customer Care — Contact information, service call and

order status, warranty, and repair information

• Service and support — Service call status and support

history, service contract, online discussions with

technical support

• Reference — Computer documentation, details on my

computer configuration, product specifications, and

white papers

• Downloads — Certified drivers, patches, and software

updates

• If you reinstall the operating system for your computer,

you should also reinstall the NSS utility. NSS provides

critical updates for your operating system and support

for Dell™ 3.5-inch USB floppy drives, Intel

Pentium

M processors, optical drives, and USB

devices. NSS is necessary for correct operation of your

Dell computer. The software automatically detects your

computer and operating system and installs the updates

appropriate for your configuration.

Dell Support Website — support.dell.com

NOTE: Select your region to view the appropriate support

site.

NOTE: Corporate, government, and education customers

can also use the customized Dell Premier Support website

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