Dell XPS RW491 Manual de usuario

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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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Trademarks used in this text: Dell, the DELL logo, XPS, Wi-Fi Catcher, and Dell MediaDirect are

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in the U.S. and other countries; Microsoft, Windows, 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.

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 PP25L

September 2008 P/N RW491 Rev. A03

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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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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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