Dell XPS RW491 Manuale utente

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Dell™ XPS™ M1330

Owner’s Manual

Model PP25L

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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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registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation in the United States and/or other countries; Bluetooth

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Other trademarks and trade names may be used in this document to refer to either the entities claiming

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Model PP25L

September 2008 P/N RW491 Rev. A03

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Contents 3

Contents

Finding Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

1 About Your Computer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19

Determining Your Computer’s Configuration . . . . . . 19

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

Left Side View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24

Right Side View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26

Back View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28

Bottom View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29

2 Setting Up Your Computer . . . . . . . . . . . . 31

Connecting to the Internet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31

Setting Up Your Internet Connection . . . . . . . . 32

Transferring Information to a New Computer . . . . . 33

Microsoft Windows Easy Transfer . . . . . . . . . 33

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

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

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

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4Contents

Power Protection Devices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35

Surge Protectors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35

Line Conditioners . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36

Uninterruptible Power Supplies (UPS) . . . . . . . 36

3 Using the System Setup Program . . . . . . 37

Viewing the System Setup Screen . . . . . . . . . 38

System Setup Screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38

Commonly Used Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38

Cleaning Your Computer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40

Computer, Keyboard, and Display . . . . . . . . . 40

Touch Pad . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41

Mouse . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41

Media . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42

4 Using the Keyboard and Touch Pad . . . . 43

Numeric Keypad . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43

Key Combinations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43

System Functions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43

Display Functions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43

Battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43

Power Management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44

Microsoft® Windows® Logo Key Functions . . . 44

Dell™ QuickSet Key Combinations . . . . . . . . . 44

Adjusting Keyboard Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . 44

Touch Pad . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45

Customizing the Touch Pad . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46

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5 Using the Display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47

Adjusting Brightness . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47

Switching the Video Image From Your Computer

Display To a Projector . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47

Setting Display Resolution and Refresh Rate . . . . . 47

6 Using a Battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49

Battery Performance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49

Checking the Battery Charge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50

Dell QuickSet Battery Meter . . . . . . . . . . . . 50

Microsoft®Windows®Battery Meter . . . . . . . 51

Charge Gauge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51

Low-Battery Warning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52

Conserving Battery Power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52

Configuring Power Management Settings . . . . . 52

Using the Sleep Power State . . . . . . . . . . . 53

Charging the Battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53

Replacing the Battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54

Storing a Battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55

7 Using Multimedia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57

Playing Media . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57

Playing Media Using Dell Travel Remote (Optional) . . 58

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Copying CDs and DVDs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60

How to Copy a CD or DVD . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60

Using Blank CDs and DVDs . . . . . . . . . . . . 60

Helpful Tips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61

Adjusting the Volume . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62

Adjusting the Picture . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62

Using Dell MediaDirect™ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63

Connecting Your Computer to a TV Using the

HDMI Connector . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64

Enabling the Display Settings for a TV . . . . . . . 64

Enabling the Audio Settings for a TV . . . . . . . . 65

8 Using ExpressCards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67

ExpressCard Blanks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67

Installing an ExpressCard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68

Removing an ExpressCard or Blank . . . . . . . . . . . 69

9 Using the Memory Card Reader . . . . . . . 71

Memory Card Blanks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71

Installing a Memory Card . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71

Removing a Memory Card or Blank . . . . . . . . . . . 72

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10 Setting Up and Using Networks . . . . . . . 73

Connecting a Network or Broadband

Modem Cable . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73

Setting Up a Network . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74

Wireless Local Area Network (WLAN) . . . . . . . . . 74

What You Need to Establish a WLAN

Connection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74

Checking Your Wireless Network Card . . . . . . 74

Setting Up a New WLAN Using a Wireless

Router and a Broadband Modem . . . . . . . . . 75

Connecting to a WLAN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77

Mobile Broadband (or Wireless Wide

Area Network) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78

What You Need to Establish a Mobile

Broadband Network Connection . . . . . . . . . 78

Checking Your Dell Mobile Broadband Card . . . . 79

Connecting to a Mobile Broadband Network . . . 80

Enabling/Disabling the Dell Mobile

Broadband Card . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80

Dell Wi-Fi Catcher™ Network Locator . . . . . . . . . 81

11 Securing Your Computer . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83

Security Cable Lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83

Passwords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83

Fingerprint Reader (Optional) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84

If Your Computer Is Lost or Stolen . . . . . . . . . . . 85

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12 Troubleshooting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87

Dell Technical Update Service . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87

Dell Diagnostics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87

Dell Support Center . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91

Dell Support 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92

Dell PC Tune-Up . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93

Dell PC CheckUp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93

Dell Network Assistant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94

DellConnect . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94

Drive Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94

Optical drive problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95

Hard drive problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96

E-Mail, Modem, and Internet Problems . . . . . . . . . 96

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

ExpressCard Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103

IEEE 1394 Device Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103

Keyboard Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104

External Keyboard problems . . . . . . . . . . . . 104

Unexpected characters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105

Lockups and Software Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . 105

The computer does not start . . . . . . . . . . . . 105

The computer stops responding . . . . . . . . . . 105

A program stops responding or

crashes repeatedly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106

A program is designed for an earlier

Microsoft Windows operating system . . . . . . . 106

A solid blue screen appears . . . . . . . . . . . . 106

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Dell MediaDirect problems . . . . . . . . . . . . 106

Other software problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107

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

Network Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108

Mobile Broadband (Wireless Wide Area

Network [WWAN]) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109

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

Printer Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111

Scanner Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112

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

No sound from integrated speakers . . . . . . . . 112

No sound from external speakers . . . . . . . . . 113

No sound from headphones . . . . . . . . . . . . 113

Touch Pad or Mouse Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113

Video and Display Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114

If the display is blank . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114

If the display is difficult to read . . . . . . . . . . 115

If only part of the display is readable . . . . . . . 116

Drivers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116

What Is a Driver? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116

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

Reinstalling Drivers and Utilities . . . . . . . . . . 117

Troubleshooting Software and Hardware Problems

in the Windows Vista®Operating System . . . . . . . 119

Restoring Your Microsoft®Windows Vista®

Operating System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120

Using Windows Vista System Restore . . . . . . . 121

Using the Operating System Media . . . . . . . . 124

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13 Adding and Replacing Parts . . . . . . . . . 127

Before You Begin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127

Recommended Tools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127

Turning Off Your Computer . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127

Before Working Inside Your Computer . . . . . . . 128

Hard Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129

Removing the Hard Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130

Replacing the Hard Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131

Returning a Hard Drive to Dell . . . . . . . . . . . 131

Hinge Covers and Center Control Cover . . . . . . . . 132

Removing the Hinge Covers and Center

Control Cover . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132

Replacing the Hinge Covers and Center

Control Cover . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134

Keyboard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135

Removing the Keyboard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135

Replacing the Keyboard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136

Memory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137

Removing the DIMM 1 Memory Module . . . . . . 137

Replacing the DIMM 1 Memory Module . . . . . . 139

Removing the DIMM 2 Memory Module . . . . . . 140

Replacing the DIMM 2 Memory Module . . . . . . 142

Subscriber Identity Module . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144

Wireless Mini-Cards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144

Removing a WLAN Card . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145

Replacing a WLAN Card . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147

Removing a Mobile Broadband or

WWAN Card . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147

Replacing a WWAN Card . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149

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