Dell XPS 700 Manual de usuario

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Contents

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

1 Setting Up and Using Your Computer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

Front and Back View of the Computer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

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

Front I/O Connectors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

Back View. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

Back I/O Connectors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

Attaching the Computer Stand. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18

Connecting Monitors. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20

Connecting a Monitor (Without an Adapter) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20

Connecting a Monitor (With an Adapter). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21

Connecting a Monitor in a Dual Graphics Card Configuration . . . . . . . 22

Connecting Two or More Monitors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23

Connecting a TV . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24

Changing the Display Settings to Support Two or More Monitors . . . . . 25

About Your RAID Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25

RAID Level 0 Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26

RAID Level 1 Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26

Configuring Your Hard Drives for RAID . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27

Using the Nvidia MediaShield ROM Utility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28

Using Nvidia MediaShield . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29

Playing CDs and DVDs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32

Playing a CD or DVD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32

Adjusting the Volume . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33

Adjusting the Picture . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33

Copying CDs and DVDs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34

How to Copy a CD or DVD. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34

Using Blank CDs and DVDs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34

Helpful Tips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35

Using a Media Card Reader (Optional) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36

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

Transferring Information to a New Computer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38

Power Management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39

Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39

Standby Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39

Hibernate Mode. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40

Power Options Properties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40

2 Optimizing Performance. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43

Understanding Hyper-Threading. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43

Understanding PCI Express Cards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43

Understanding Dual Graphics Technology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44

Understanding CPU Over-Clocking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44

3 Solving Problems. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45

Troubleshooting Tips. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45

Battery Problems. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45

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

CD and DVD drive problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46

Hard drive problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47

E-Mail, Modem, and Internet Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47

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

IEEE 1394 Device Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Mouse Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53

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

Power Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54

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

Scanner Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56

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

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

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

Video and Monitor Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58

The screen is blank . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58

The screen is difficult to read. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58

3-D image quality is poor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59

4 Advanced Troubleshooting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61

Diagnostic Lights. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61

Dell Diagnostics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64

When to Use the Dell Diagnostics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64

Drivers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67

What Is a Driver? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67

Identifying Drivers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67

Reinstalling Drivers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67

Using Microsoft®Windows®XP System Restore . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69

Creating a Restore Point . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69

Restoring the Computer to an Earlier Operating State . . . . . . . . . . . 70

Undoing the Last System Restore. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70

Resolving Software and Hardware Incompatibilities . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71

Reinstalling Microsoft®Windows®XP. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71

Before You Begin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71

Reinstalling Windows XP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71

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5 Removing and Installing Parts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75

Before You Begin. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75

Recommended Tools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75

Preparing to Work Inside Your Computer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75

Removing the Computer Cover. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76

Inside View of Your Computer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78

System Board Components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79

Memory. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81

DDR2 Memory Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81

Addressing Memory Configurations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82

Installing Memory. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82

Removing Memory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84

Cards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85

Removing PCI and PCI Express Cards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86

Installing PCI and PCI Express Cards. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88

Removing a PCI Express Graphics Card from a Dual Configuration . . . . 91

Installing a PCI Express Graphics Card in a Dual Configuration . . . . . . 93

Network Adapter and Sound Card Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96

Drives. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97

About Serial ATA Drives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98

General Drive Installation Guidelines. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98

Hard Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99

Removing a Hard Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99

Installing a Hard Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101

Drive Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104

Removing the Drive Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104

Replacing the Drive Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105

Floppy Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106

Removing a Floppy Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106

Installing a Floppy Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108

Media Card Reader . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110

Removing a Media Card Reader . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110

Installing a Media Card Reader. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112

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CD/DVD Drive. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114

Removing a CD/DVD Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114

Installing a CD/DVD Drive. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116

Processor Airflow Shroud . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119

Removing the Processor Airflow Shroud. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119

Installing the Processor Airflow Shroud . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120

Processor. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120

Removing the Processor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120

Installing the Processor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121

Battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123

Replacing the Battery. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123

Removing the Computer Stand. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124

Replacing the Computer Cover . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125

6 Appendix . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127

Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127

System Setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132

Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132

Entering System Setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132

System Setup Options. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133

Boot Sequence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138

Clearing Forgotten Passwords. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139

Clearing CMOS Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141

Cleaning Your Computer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141

Computer, Keyboard, and Monitor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141

Mouse. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142

Floppy Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142

CDs and DVDs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142

Dell Technical Support Policy (U.S. Only) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142

Definition of "Dell-Installed" Software and Peripherals . . . . . . . . . 143

Definition of "Third-Party" Software and Peripherals. . . . . . . . . . . 143

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

Class A . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144

Class B . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144

FCC Identification Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144

Contacting Dell. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145

Glossary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163

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

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Finding Information 9

Finding Information

NOTE: Some features or media may be optional and may not ship with your computer. Some features or media may

not be available in certain countries.

NOTE: Additional information may ship with your computer.

What Are You Looking For? Find It Here

• A diagnostic program for my computer

• Drivers for my computer

• My device documentation

• Desktop System Software (DSS)

Drivers and Utilities CD (ResourceCD)

Documentation and drivers are already installed on your

computer. You can use the Drivers and Utilities CD to

reinstall drivers (see "Reinstalling Drivers" on page 67),

access your documentation or run the Dell Diagnostics

(see "Dell Diagnostics" on page 64).

Readme files may also be

included on your CD to

provide last-minute

updates about technical

changes to your computer

or advanced technical

reference material for

technicians and

experienced users.

NOTE: Drivers and documentation updates can be found at

support.dell.com.

• Warranty information

• Terms and Conditions (U.S. only)

• Safety instructions

• Regulatory information

• Ergonomics information

• End User License Agreement

Dell™ Product Information Guide

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10 Finding Information

• How to set up my computer

Setup Diagram

• Service Tag and Express Service Code

• Microsoft

Windows

Product Key Label

Service Tag and Microsoft Windows Product Key

These labels are located on your computer.

• Use the Service Tag to

identify your computer

when you use

support.dell.com

contact support.

• Enter the Express

Service Code to direct

your call when contacting support.

What Are You Looking For? Find It Here

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• Solutions — Troubleshooting hints and tips, articles

from technicians, online courses, and frequently asked

questions

• Community — Online discussion with other Dell

customers

• Upgrades — Upgrade information for components, such

as the memory, hard drive, and operating system

• Customer Care — Contact information, service call and

order status, and warranty and repair information

• Service and Support — Service call status, support

history, service contract, and online discussions with

support

• Reference — Computer documentation, details on my

computer configuration, product specifications, and

white papers

• Downloads — Certified drivers, patches, and software

updates

• Desktop System Software (DSS)— If you reinstall the

operating system on your computer, you should also

reinstall the DSS utility. DSS automatically detects your

computer and operating system and installs the updates

appropriate for your configuration, providing critical

updates for your operating system and support for Dell™

3.5-inch USB floppy drives, Intel

Pentium

processors, optical drives, and USB devices. DSS is

necessary for correct operation of your Dell computer.

Dell Support Website — support.dell.com

NOTE: Select your region or business segment to view the

appropriate support site.

To download Desktop System Software:

Go to

support.dell.com

, select your business segment,

and then enter your Service Tag or product model.

Select

Drivers & Downloads

, and then click

Select your operating system and language, and then

search for the keyword

Desktop System Software

NOTE: The support.dell.com user interface may vary

depending on your selections.

• How to use Windows XP

• How to work with programs and files

• How to personalize my desktop

Windows Help and Support Center

Click

Start

→

Help and Support

Type a word or phrase that describes your problem, and

then click the arrow icon.

Click the topic that describes your problem.

Follow the instructions on the screen.

What Are You Looking For? Find It Here

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12 Finding Information

• How to reinstall my operating system

Operating System CD

The operating system is already installed on your computer.

To reinstall your operating system, use the Operating

System CD (see "Reinstalling Microsoft®Windows®XP"

on page 71).

After you reinstall the

operating system, use the

Drivers and Utilities CD to

reinstall drivers for the

devices that came with

your computer.

The operating system

product key label is located

on your computer.

NOTE: The color of your Operating System CD varies

according to the operating system you ordered.

What Are You Looking For? Find It Here

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