Dell Precision M6300 Manuale utente

Dell Precision™ Mobile

Workstation M6300

User’s Guide

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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.

Abbreviations and Acronyms

For a complete list of abbreviations and acronyms, see "Glossary" on page 275.

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, PowerConnect,PowerVault, PowerApp, Dell Media Experience, Dell

TravelLite, ExpressCharge, Undock & Go, and Strike Zone are trademarks of Dell Inc.; Intel is a

registered trademark and Core is a trademark of Intel Corporation; Microsoft, Windows,Windows

Server,MS-DOS and Windows Vista are either trademarks or registered trademarks of Microsoft

Corporation in the United States and/or other countries; Bluetooth is a registered trademark owned by

Bluetooth SIG, Inc. and is used by Dell under license; EMC is a registered trademark of EMC

Corporation; ENERGY STAR is a registered trademark of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.

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 PP05XA

June 2007 P/N PY760 Rev. A00

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Contents

1 Finding Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

2 About Your Computer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33

Determining Your Computer’s Configuration . . . . . . 33

Front View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34

Left Side View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39

Right Side View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40

Back View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41

Bottom View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45

3 Setting Up Your Computer . . . . . . . . . . . . 47

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

Microsoft®Windows®XP . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47

Running the Files and Settings Transfer

Wizard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48

Microsoft Windows Vista™ . . . . . . . . . . . . 50

4 Using a Battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53

Battery Performance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53

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Checking the Battery Charge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54

Dell™ QuickSet Battery Meter . . . . . . . . . . . 54

Microsoft®Windows®Vista™ Power Meter . . . 55

Microsoft®Windows®Power Meter . . . . . . . 55

Charge Gauge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55

Low-Battery Warning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56

Conserving Battery Power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56

Power Management Modes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57

Standby and Sleep Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57

Hibernate Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57

Configuring Power Management Settings . . . . . . . 58

Accessing Power Options Properties . . . . . . . 59

Charging the Battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59

Removing the Battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60

Storing a Battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61

5 Using the Keyboard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75

Numeric Keypad . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75

Key Combinations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76

System Functions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76

Battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76

CD or DVD Tray . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76

Display Functions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76

Wireless Networking and Bluetooth®Wireless

Technology Function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76

Power Management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77

Speaker Functions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77

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Microsoft®Windows®Logo Key Functions . . . . 77

Microsoft®Windows®Vista™Logo Key

Functions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78

Touch Pad . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78

Customizing the Touch Pad . . . . . . . . . . . . 80

6 Using the Display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81

Adjusting Brightness . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81

Using a Projector . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81

Making Images and Text Look Bigger or Sharper . . . 82

Microsoft®Windows®XP . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82

Windows Vista™ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82

7 Using Multimedia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85

Playing CDs or DVDs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85

Copying CD, DVD, and Blu-ray Disc™ (BD)

Media . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87

Adjusting the Volume . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91

Adjusting the Picture . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92

Connecting Your Computer to a TV or Audio

Device . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92

8 Setting Up and Using Networks . . . . . . 111

Connecting a Network or Broadband Modem

Cable . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111

Setting Up a Network in the Microsoft®

Windows® XP Operating System . . . . . . . . . . . . 112

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Setting Up a Network in the Microsoft

Windows Vista™ Operating System . . . . . . . . . . 113

Wireless Local Area Network (WLAN) . . . . . . . . . 113

What You Need to Establish a WLAN

Connection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113

Checking Your Wireless Network Card . . . . . . 113

Setting Up a New WLAN Using a Wireless

Router and a Broadband Modem . . . . . . . . . 114

Connecting to a WLAN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116

Mobile Broadband / Wireless Wide Area Network

WWAN) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118

What You Need to Establish a Mobile Broadband

Network Connection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119

Checking Your Dell Mobile Broadband Card . . . . 119

Connecting to a Mobile Broadband Network . . . 120

Microsoft®Windows®Firewall . . . . . . . . . . . . 120

9 Using Cards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123

ExpressCards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123

ExpressCard Blanks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124

Installing an ExpressCard . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124

Removing an ExpressCard or Blank . . . . . . . . 125

Smart Cards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126

About Smart Cards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126

Installing a Smart Card . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127

10 Securing Your Computer . . . . . . . . . . . . 129

Security Cable Lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129

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Smart Cards and Fingerprint Readers . . . . . . . . . 129

Passwords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130

About Passwords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130

Using a Primary Password . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131

Using an Administrator Password . . . . . . . . . 131

Using a Hard Drive Password . . . . . . . . . . . 132

Trusted Platform Module (TPM) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133

Enabling the TPM Feature . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133

Security Management Software . . . . . . . . . . . . 134

Activating the Security Management

Software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134

Using the Security Management Software . . . . 134

Computer Tracking Software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135

If Your Computer Is Lost or Stolen . . . . . . . . . . . 135

Alert Standard Format (ASF) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136

11 Cleaning Your Computer . . . . . . . . . . . . 137

Computer, Keyboard, and Monitor . . . . . . . . . 137

Touch Pad . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137

CDs and DVDs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137

12 Troubleshooting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139

Dell Diagnostics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139

When to Use the Dell Diagnostics . . . . . . . . . 139

Starting the Dell Diagnostics From Your

Hard Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139

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Starting the Dell Diagnostics From the Drivers

and Utilities Media . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140

Dell Diagnostics Main Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . 141

Solving Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143

Battery Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144

Drive Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144

E-Mail, Modem, and Internet Problems . . . . . . 146

Error Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147

IEEE 1394 Device Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148

Lockups and Software Problems . . . . . . . . . . 149

Memory Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151

Network Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151

Power Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153

Printer Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153

Scanner Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154

Sound and Speaker Problems . . . . . . . . . . . 155

Touch Pad or Mouse Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156

Video and Monitor Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . 157

If only part of the display is readable . . . . . . . 158

Power Lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159

13 System Setup Program . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161

Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161

Viewing the System Setup Screens . . . . . . . . . . . 162

System Setup Screens . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162

Commonly Used Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162

Changing the Boot Sequence . . . . . . . . . . . 162

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14 Reinstalling Software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165

Drivers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165

What Is a Driver? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165

Identifying Drivers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165

Reinstalling Drivers and Utilities . . . . . . . . . . 166

Troubleshooting Software and Hardware Problems in

he Microsoft®Windows®XP and Microsoft Windows

Vista™ Operating Systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169

Restoring Your Operating System . . . . . . . . . . . . 170

Using Microsoft® Windows® System Restore . . . 170

Using Microsoft Windows System Restore . . . . 172

Using Dell™ PC Restore and Dell Factory Image

Restore . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174

Using the Operating System Media . . . . . . . . 176

15 Adding and Replacing Parts . . . . . . . . . 179

Before You Begin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179

Recommended Tools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179

Turning Off Your Computer . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179

Before Working Inside Your Computer . . . . . . . 180

Optical Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182

Hard Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183

Removing the Hard Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183

Replacing the Hard Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185

Memory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185

Removing the Memory Module(s) . . . . . . . . . 185

Replacing the Memory Module(s) . . . . . . . . . 187

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Modem . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189

Removing the Modem . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189

Replacing the Modem . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190

Mini Card . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191

Internal Card With Bluetooth®Wireless Technology . 195

Hinge Cover . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197

Removing the Hinge Cover . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197

Replacing the Hinge Cover . . . . . . . . . . . . . 198

Keyboard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 198

Display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200

Removing the Display Assembly . . . . . . . . . . 200

Replacing the Display Assembly . . . . . . . . . . 203

Display Bezel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205

Removing the Display Bezel . . . . . . . . . . . . 206

Replacing the Display Bezel . . . . . . . . . . . . 209

Display Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 209

Removing the Display Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . 210

Replacing the Display Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . 211

Display Latch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 212

Removing the Display Latch . . . . . . . . . . . . 212

Replacing the Display Latch . . . . . . . . . . . . 213

Coin-Cell Battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 213

Removing the Coin-Cell Battery . . . . . . . . . . 213

Replacing the Coin-Cell Battery . . . . . . . . . . 215

Flash Cache Module . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 215

Removing the FCM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 215

Replacing the FCM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 216

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