Dell Inspiron 9300 Manual de usuario

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Dell™ Inspiron™ 9300

Owner’s Manual

Model PP14L

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

Dell Inspiron Help

file. To access the help file, see

page 9.

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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Microsoft, Windows,MS-DOS, and Outlook are registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation; Bluetooth is a registered trademark owned by

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Model PP14L

January 2005 P/N G7903 Rev. A01

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Contents

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

1 A Tour of Your Computer

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

Left Side View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

Right Side View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18

Back View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20

Bottom View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22

2 Setting Up Your Computer

Connecting to the Internet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25

Setting Up Your Internet Connection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25

Setting Up a Printer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26

Printer Cable . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26

Connecting a USB Printer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27

Power Protection Devices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27

Surge Protectors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28

Line Conditioners . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28

Uninterruptible Power Supplies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28

3 Using a Battery

Battery Performance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29

Checking the Battery Charge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30

Dell QuickSet Battery Meter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30

Microsoft Windows Power Meter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30

Charge Gauge. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30

Low-Battery Warning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31

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Charging the Battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31

Removing a Battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31

Installing a Battery. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32

Storing a Battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32

4 Using CDs, DVDs, and Other Multimedia

Using CDs and DVDs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33

Copying CDs and DVDs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33

How to Copy a CD or DVD. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33

Using Blank CD-Rs and CD-RWs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34

Helpful Tips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34

Using MediaDirect . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35

Connecting Your Computer to a TV or Audio Device . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36

S-Video and Standard Audio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37

S-Video and S/PDIF Digital Audio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38

Composite Video and Standard Audio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40

Composite Video and S/PDIF Digital Audio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41

Changing Your Audio Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43

Enabling the Display Settings for a TV . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43

5 Using the Keyboard and Touch Pad

Numeric Keypad . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45

Key Combinations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46

System Functions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46

Battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46

CD or DVD Tray . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46

Display Functions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46

Radios (Including Wireless Networking and Bluetooth®

Wireless Technology) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46

Power Management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46

Speaker Functions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47

Microsoft®Windows®Logo Key Functions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47

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Touch Pad . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48

Customizing the Touch Pad . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48

6 Using PC Cards

PC Card Types . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49

PC Card Blanks. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49

Extended PC Cards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49

Installing a PC Card . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49

Removing a PC Card or Blank . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51

7 Solving Problems

Dell Diagnostics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53

When to Use the Dell Diagnostics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53

Drive Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55

DVD drive problems. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56

Hard drive problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57

E-Mail, Modem, and Internet Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57

Error Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59

IEEE 1394 Device Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60

Keyboard Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60

External keyboard problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61

Unexpected characters. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61

Lockups and Software Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62

The computer does not start up . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62

The computer stops responding . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62

A program stops responding . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62

A program crashes repeatedly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62

A program is designed for an earlier Windows operating system . . . . . 63

A solid blue screen appears . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63

Other software problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63

Memory Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64

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Network Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64

PC Card Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65

Power Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65

Printer Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67

Scanner Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67

Sound and Speaker Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68

No sound from integrated speakers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68

No sound from external speakers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68

No sound from headphones . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69

Touch Pad or Mouse Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69

Video and Display Problems. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70

If the display is blank . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70

If the display is difficult to read . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71

If only part of the display is readable . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71

Drivers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72

What Is a Driver? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72

Identifying Drivers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72

Reinstalling Drivers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72

Restoring Your Operating System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73

Using Microsoft Windows XP System Restore . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74

Using Dell PC Restore by Symantec . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75

Resolving Software and Hardware Incompatibilities . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76

8 Setting Up a Home and Office Network

Connecting to a Network Adapter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77

Network Setup Wizard. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78

Connecting to a Wireless Local Area Network . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78

Determining Your Network Type . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78

Connecting to a Wireless Network in Microsoft®Windows®XP . . . . . 79

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9 Adding and Replacing Parts

Before You Begin. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81

Recommended Tools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81

Turning Off Your Computer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81

Before Working Inside Your Computer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82

Hard Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83

Returning a Hard Drive to Dell . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85

Memory. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85

Modem . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88

Mini PCI Card. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90

Hinge Cover . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93

Keyboard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94

Coin-Cell Battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95

Display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96

Optical Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97

Internal Card With Bluetooth®Wireless Technology. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98

10 Appendix

Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101

Using the System Setup Program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107

Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107

Viewing the System Setup Screens . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107

System Setup Screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107

Commonly Used Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108

Dell Technical Support Policy (U.S. Only) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109

Definition of "Dell-Installed" Software and Peripherals . . . . . . . . . 109

Definition of "Third-Party" Software and Peripherals. . . . . . . . . . . 110

Contacting Dell. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110

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FCC Notices (U.S. Only) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127

Class A . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127

Class B . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127

FCC Identification Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128

Macrovision Product Notice. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128

Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129

Finding Information 9

Finding Information

What Are You Looking For? Find It Here

• Warranty information

• Terms and Conditions

• Safety instructions

• Regulatory information

• Ergonomics information

• End User License Agreement

Dell™ Product Information Guide

NOTE: This document is available as a PDF at

support.dell.com.

• How to set up my computer

Setup Diagram

• Tips on using Microsoft

Windows

• How to play CDs and DVDs

• How to use standby mode and hibernate mode

• How to change my display resolution

• How to clean my computer

Dell Inspiron Help File

Click the

Start

button and click

Help and Support

Click

User and system guides

and click

User’s guides

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Dell Inspiron Help

10 Finding Information

www.dell.com | support.dell.com

• Service Tag and Express Service Code

• Microsoft Windows License Label

Service Tag and Microsoft Windows License

These labels are located on the bottom of your computer.

• Use the Service Tag to

identify your

computer when you

use

support.dell.com

or contact technical

support.

• Enter the Express Service Code to direct your call when

contacting technical support. The Express Service Code

is not available in all countries.

• Solutions — Troubleshooting hints and tips, articles

from technicians, online courses, frequently asked

questions

• Community — Online discussion with other Dell

customers

• Upgrades — Upgrade information for components, such

as memory, the hard drive, and the operating system

• Customer Care — Contact information, service call and

order status, warranty, and repair information

• Service and support — Service call status and support

history, service contract, online discussions with

technical support

• Reference — Computer documentation, details on my

computer configuration, product specifications, and

white papers

• Downloads — Certified drivers, patches, and software

updates

• Notebook System Software (NSS) — If you reinstall the

operating system for your computer, you should also

reinstall the NSS utility. NSS provides critical updates

for your operating system and support for Dell™

3.5-inch USB floppy drives, Intel

Pentium

processors, optical drives, and USB devices. NSS is

necessary for correct operation of your Dell computer.

The software automatically detects your computer and

operating system and installs the updates appropriate

for your configuration.

Dell Support Website — support.dell.com

NOTE: Select your region to view the appropriate support

site.

NOTE: Corporate, government, and education customers

can also use the customized Dell Premier Support website

at premier.support.dell.com.The website may not be

available in all regions

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