Dell Inspiron 600m Manuale utente

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Dell™ Inspiron™ 600m

Owner’s Manual

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 Tell Me How help

file. To access the help file, see page 98.

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Information in this document is subject to change without notice.

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Trademarks used in this text: Dell, the DELL logo, Inspiron, Dell TravelLite, Dell TrueMobile,

Dell Precision, Dimension, OptiPlex, DellNet, and Latitude are trademarks of Dell Computer

Corporation; Intel, Pentium, and Celeron are registered trademarks of Intel Corporation; Microsoft

and Windows are registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation; Bluetooth is a trademark owned

byBluetoothSIG,Inc.,andisusedbyDellComputerCorporationunderlicense;EMCisaregistered

trademark of the EMC Corporation.

Othertrademarksandtradenamesmaybeusedinthisdocumenttorefertoeithertheentitiesclaiming

themarksandnamesortheirproducts.DellComputerCorporationdisclaimsanyproprietaryinterest

in trademarks and trade names other than its own.

Model PP05L

July 2003 P/N 4N142 Rev. A01

Contents 3

Contents

CAUTION: Safety Instructions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

General . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

Power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

Battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

Air Travel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

EMC Instructions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

California Residents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

When Using Your Computer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

Ergonomic Computing Habits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

When Working Inside Your Computer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

Protecting Against Electrostatic Discharge . . . . . . . . . . . 17

Battery Disposal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

1A Tour of Your Computer

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

Left Side View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23

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

Back View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26

Bottom View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30

2Setting Up Your Computer

Connecting to the Internet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34

Setting Up Your Internet Connection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34

4Contents

Modem and Internet Connection Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . 35

E-Mail Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36

Transferring Information to a New Computer . . . . . . . . . . 37

Setting Up a Printer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38

Printer Cable . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39

Connecting a Parallel Printer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39

Connecting a USB Printer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40

Printer Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40

Setting Up the Docking Device to Connect to a Network . . . . 41

Power Protection Devices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41

Surge Protectors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42

Line Conditioners . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42

Uninterruptible Power Supplies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42

Turning Off Your Computer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43

3Using Batteries and Module Bay Devices

Using a Battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46

Battery Performance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46

Checking the Battery Charge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47

Charging the Battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49

Removing a Battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49

Installing a Battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50

Removing and Installing a Reserve Battery . . . . . . . . . . . 51

Storing a Battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52

Power Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52

About the Module Bay . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53

Checking the Charge on the Second Battery . . . . . . . . . . 54

Removing and Installing Devices While the Computer Is Turned Off

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If the Device Screw Is Not Installed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55

If the Device Screw Is Installed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56

Removing and Installing Devices While the Computer Is Running 58

If the Device Screw Is Not Installed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58

If the Device Screw Is Installed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60

4Using the Keyboard and Touch Pad

Numeric Keypad . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64

Keyboard Shortcuts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65

System Functions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65

Battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65

CD or DVD Tray . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65

Display Functions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65

Radios (Including Wireless Networking and Bluetooth™) . . . . 65

Power Management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66

Speaker Functions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66

Microsoft®Windows®Logo Key Functions . . . . . . . . . . . 66

Customizing the Touch Pad . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68

Touch Pad or Mouse Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68

External Keyboard Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68

Unexpected Characters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69

5Using CDs, DVDs, and Other Multimedia

Using CDs and DVDs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72

CD and DVD Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72

If you cannot play a CD or DVD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72

If you cannot eject the CD, CD-RW, or DVD drive tray . . . . . 72

If you hear an unfamiliar scraping or grinding sound . . . . . . 73

If the CD-RW drive stops writing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73

6Contents

Sound and Speaker Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73

If you have a problem with integrated speakers . . . . . . . . . 73

If you have a problem with external speakers . . . . . . . . . . 73

Copying CDs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74

Using Easy CD Creator Basic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75

Using Blank CD-R Discs or Blank CD-RW Discs . . . . . . . . 75

Helpful Tips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75

How to Copy a CD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76

Connecting a Television to the Computer . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77

S-Video Connection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78

Composite Video Connection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80

Enabling the Display Settings for a Television . . . . . . . . . 82

6Setting Up a Home and Office Network

Connecting to a Network Adapter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84

Network Setup Wizard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84

Network Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85

Connecting to Wireless Local Area Networks . . . . . . . . . . . 86

Determining your Network Type . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86

Connecting to a Network in Windows XP . . . . . . . . . . . . 87

Finalizing your Network Connection (Security Settings) . . . . 90

7Solving Problems

Finding Solutions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96

Accessing Help . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98

Error Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98

Video and Display Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99

If the display is blank . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99

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If the display is difficult to read . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100

If only part of the display is readable . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101

Scanner Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101

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

If you cannot save a file to a floppy drive . . . . . . . . . . . 102

If you have problems with a hard drive . . . . . . . . . . . . 103

PC Card Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103

General Program Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104

A program crashes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104

A program stops responding . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104

Error messages appear . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104

If Your Computer Gets Wet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105

If You Drop or Damage Your Computer . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106

Resolving Other Technical Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106

Drivers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107

What Is a Driver? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107

Identifying Drivers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107

Reinstalling Drivers and Utilities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108

Manually Reinstalling Drivers for Windows XP . . . . . . . . 109

Using System Restore . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110

Creating a Restore Point . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110

Restoring the Computer to an Earlier Operating State . . . . . 110

Undoing the Last System Restore . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111

Resolving Software and Hardware Incompatibilities . . . . . . 112

Reinstalling Microsoft®Windows®XP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113

Before You Reinstall . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113

Reinstalling Windows XP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113

Reinstalling Drivers and Software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115

8Contents

8Adding and Replacing Parts

Adding Memory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118

Adding a Mini PCI Card . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120

Replacing the Hard Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123

9Appendix

Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128

Standard Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135

Viewing the System Setup Screens . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135

System Setup Screens . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135

Commonly Used Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136

Dell Technical Support Policy (U.S. Only) . . . . . . . . . . . . 138

Definition of "Dell-Installed" Software and Peripherals . . . . . 139

Definition of "Third-Party" Software and Peripherals . . . . . . 139

Contacting Dell . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139

Regulatory Notices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157

NOM Information (Mexico Only) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158

Limited Warranties and Return Policy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159

Limited Warranty for Dell-Branded Hardware Products

(U.S. Only) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159

"Total Satisfaction" Return Policy (U.S. Only) . . . . . . . . . . 163

Limited Warranty Terms for Dell-Branded Hardware Products

(Canada Only) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163

"Total Satisfaction" Return Policy (Canada Only) . . . . . . . . 167

Dell Software and Peripherals (Canada Only) . . . . . . . . . . 167

1-Year End-User Manufacturer Guarantee (Latin America and the

Caribbean Only) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168

Intel®Warranty Statement for Pentium®and Celeron®Processors

Only (U.S. and Canada Only) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170

Contents 9

Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173

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