Dell Inspiron 1420 Manual de usuario

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Dell™ Inspiron™ 1420

Owner’s Manual

Model PP26L

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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Model PP26L

June 2007 P/N WM391 Rev. A01

Contents 3

Contents

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

1 About Your Computer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21

Determining Your Computer’s Configuration . . . . . . 21

Front View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22

Left Side View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27

Right Side View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28

Back View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30

Bottom View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31

2 Setting Up Your Computer . . . . . . . . . . . . 33

Connecting to the Internet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33

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

Transferring Information to a New Computer . . . . . 35

Windows Easy Transfer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35

Setting Up a Printer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35

Printer Cable . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36

Connecting a USB Printer . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36

4Contents

Power Protection Devices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37

Surge Protectors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37

Line Conditioners . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38

Uninterruptible Power Supplies . . . . . . . . . . 38

3 Using the Display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39

Adjusting Brightness . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39

Switching the Video Image From Your Computer

Display To a Projector . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39

Setting Display Resolution and Refresh Rate . . . . . . 40

4 Using the Keyboard and Touch Pad . . . . 41

Numeric Keypad . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41

Key Combinations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42

System Functions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42

Display Functions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42

Battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42

Power Management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42

Microsoft®Windows®Logo Key Functions . . . . 42

Dell™ QuickSet Key Combinations . . . . . . . . . 43

Adjusting Keyboard Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . 43

Touch Pad . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43

Customizing the Touch Pad . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44

Contents 5

5 Using a Battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45

Battery Performance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45

Checking the Battery Charge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46

Dell QuickSet Battery Meter . . . . . . . . . . . . 46

Microsoft®Windows®Battery Meter . . . . . . . 47

Charge Gauge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47

Low-Battery Warning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48

Conserving Battery Power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48

Configuring Power Management Settings . . . . . 48

Using the Sleep Power State . . . . . . . . . . . 49

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

Replacing the Battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50

Storing a Battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50

6 Using the Optional Camera . . . . . . . . . . . 51

Accessing the Camera’s Help File . . . . . . . . . . . 51

Manually Adjusting the Camera Settings . . . . . . . . 52

Creating a Picture or a Video . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52

7 Using Multimedia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53

Playing Media . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53

Playing Media Using Dell Express Card

Remote Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55

6Contents

Copying CD and DVD Media . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56

How to Copy a CD or DVD . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57

Using Blank CD and DVD Media . . . . . . . . . . 57

Helpful Tips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58

Adjusting the Volume . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59

Adjusting the Picture . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59

Using Dell MediaDirect™ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59

Connecting Your Computer to a TV or

Audio Device . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60

S-Video and Standard Audio . . . . . . . . . . . . 62

S-Video and S/PDIF Digital Audio . . . . . . . . . 64

Composite Video and Standard Audio . . . . . . . 66

Composite Video and S/PDIF Digital Audio . . . . 68

Component Video and Standard Audio . . . . . . 70

Component Video and S/PDIF Digital Audio . . . . 72

Enabling the Display Settings for a TV . . . . . . . 74

8 Using Cards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75

ExpressCards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75

ExpressCard Blanks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76

Installing an ExpressCard . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76

Removing an ExpressCard or Blank . . . . . . . . 77

Memory Card Reader . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78

Memory Card Blanks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79

Installing a Memory Card . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79

Removing a Memory Card or Blank . . . . . . . . 80

Contents 7

9 Setting Up and Using Networks . . . . . . . 81

Connecting a Network or Broadband

Modem Cable . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81

Setting Up a Network . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82

Wireless Local Area Network . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82

What You Need to Establish a WLAN

Connection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82

Checking Your Wireless Network Card . . . . . . 82

Setting Up a New WLAN Using a Wireless

Router and a Broadband Modem . . . . . . . . . 83

Connecting to a WLAN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85

Mobile Broadband (or Wireless Wide Area

Network) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86

What You Need to Establish a Mobile

Broadband Network Connection . . . . . . . . . 86

Checking Your Dell Mobile Broadband Card . . . . 87

Connecting to a Mobile Broadband Network . . . 88

Enabling/Disabling the Dell Mobile

Broadband Card . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88

Dell Wi-Fi Catcher™ Network Locator . . . . . . . . . 89

10 Securing Your Computer . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91

Security Cable Lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91

Passwords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91

If Your Computer Is Lost or Stolen . . . . . . . . . . . 92

8Contents

11 Troubleshooting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93

Dell Technical Update Service . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93

Dell Diagnostics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93

Dell Support Utility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97

Drive Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98

Optical drive problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99

Hard drive problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100

E-Mail, Modem, and Internet Problems . . . . . . . . . 100

Error Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102

ExpressCard Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107

IEEE 1394 Device Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107

Keyboard Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108

External Keyboard problems . . . . . . . . . . . . 108

Unexpected characters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109

Lockups and Software Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . 109

The computer does not start . . . . . . . . . . . . 109

The computer stops responding . . . . . . . . . . 109

A program stops responding or crashes

repeatedly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110

A program is designed for an earlier

Microsoft®Windows®operating system . . . . . 110

A solid blue screen appears . . . . . . . . . . . . 110

Dell MediaDirect problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110

Other software problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111

Memory Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112

Contents 9

Network Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113

Mobile Broadband (Wireless Wide Area

Network [WWAN]) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113

Power Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114

Printer Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115

Scanner Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116

Sound and Speaker Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117

No sound from integrated speakers . . . . . . . . 117

No sound from external speakers . . . . . . . . . 117

No sound from headphones . . . . . . . . . . . . 118

Remote Control Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118

Touch Pad or Mouse Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118

Video and Display Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119

If the display is blank . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119

If the display is difficult to read . . . . . . . . . . 120

If only part of the display is readable . . . . . . . 120

Drivers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121

What Is a Driver? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121

Identifying Drivers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121

Reinstalling Drivers and Utilities . . . . . . . . . . 122

Troubleshooting Software and Hardware

Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124

Restoring Your Operating System . . . . . . . . . . . . 124

Using Microsoft Windows System Restore . . . . 124

Using the Operating System Media . . . . . . . . 125

10 Contents

12 Adding and Replacing Parts . . . . . . . . . 129

Before You Begin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129

Recommended Tools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129

Turning Off Your Computer . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129

Before Working Inside Your Computer . . . . . . . 130

Hard Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131

Removing the Hard Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132

Replacing the Hard Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133

Returning a Hard Drive to Dell . . . . . . . . . . . 134

Optical Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134

Removing the Optical Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . 134

Replacing the Optical Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . 135

Hinge Cover . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135

Removing the Hinge Cover . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136

Replacing the Hinge Cover . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136

Keyboard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137

Removing the Keyboard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137

Replacing the Keyboard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138

Memory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139

Removing the Memory Module . . . . . . . . . . 139

Replacing the Memory Module . . . . . . . . . . 141

Modem . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142

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

Wireless Mini Cards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145

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

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

Internal Card with Bluetooth®Wireless

Technology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148

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