Dell Inspiron 1200 Bedienungsanleitung

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Dell™ Vostro™ 1200 Owner’s Manual

Model PP16S

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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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Model PP16S

November 2007 P/N RK930 Rev. A00

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Contents

1 Finding Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

2 About Your Computer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19

Front View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19

Left Side View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23

Right Side View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24

Back View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25

Bottom View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28

3 Using a Battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31

Battery Performance. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31

Checking the Battery Charge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32

Microsoft®Windows®Power Meter . . . . . . . 32

Low-Battery Warning. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32

Conserving Battery Power. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33

Power Management Modes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33

Standby and Sleep Mode. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33

Hibernate Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34

Configuring Power Management Settings . . . . . . . 35

Accessing Power Options Properties . . . . . . . 35

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Charging the Battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35

Removing the Battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36

Storing a Battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37

4 Using the Keyboard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39

Numeric Keypad . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39

Key Combinations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40

System Functions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40

Power Management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40

Speaker Functions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40

Microsoft®Windows®Logo Key Functions . . . . 40

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

Customizing the Touch Pad . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42

5 Using the Display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43

Adjusting Brightness. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43

Using a Projector. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43

Making Images and Text Look Bigger or Sharper. . . . 44

Microsoft®Windows®XP . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44

Windows Vista™ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44

Using Both a Monitor and Your Computer Display . . . 45

Microsoft®Windows®XP . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45

Windows Vista™ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46

Using a Monitor as Your Primary Display . . . . . . . . 46

Microsoft®Windows®XP . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47

Windows Vista™ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47

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6 Using Multimedia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49

Playing CDs or DVDs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49

Copying CDs and DVDs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51

How to Copy a CD or DVD . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51

Using Blank CDs and DVDs. . . . . . . . . . . . . 52

Helpful Tips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53

Adjusting the Volume . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54

Adjusting the Picture . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54

7 Setting Up and Using Networks . . . . . . . 55

Connecting a Network or Broadband Modem Cable . . 55

Setting Up a Network in the Microsoft®Windows®XP

Operating System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56

Setting Up a Network in the Microsoft Windows Vista™

Operating System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56

Wireless Local Area Network (WLAN) . . . . . . . . . 57

What You Need to Establish a WLAN Connection . 57

Checking Your Wireless Network Card. . . . . . . 57

Setting Up a New WLAN Using a Wireless Router and a

Broadband Modem . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58

Connecting to a WLAN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59

Microsoft®Windows®Firewall . . . . . . . . . . . . 61

8 Using Cards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63

ExpressCards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63

ExpressCard Blanks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64

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Installing an ExpressCard. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64

Removing an ExpressCard or Blank . . . . . . . . 65

9 Securing Your Computer . . . . . . . . . . . . 67

Security Cable Lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67

Passwords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67

About Passwords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67

Using a Primary (or System) Password . . . . . . . 68

Using an Administrator Password . . . . . . . . . 69

Computer Tracking Software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70

Fingerprint Reader (Optional) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70

If Your Computer Is Lost or Stolen . . . . . . . . . . . . 70

10 Troubleshooting Tools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73

Diagnostic Lights. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73

Diagnostic Light Codes During POST . . . . . . . . 73

System Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74

Hardware Troubleshooter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78

Dell Diagnostics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79

When to Use the Dell Diagnostics . . . . . . . . . 79

Starting the Dell Diagnostics From Your Hard Drive 79

Starting the Dell Diagnostics From the Drivers and

Utilities Media. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81

Dell Diagnostics Main Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . 82

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11 Troubleshooting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85

Battery Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85

E-Mail, Modem, and Internet Problems . . . . . . 85

Error Messages. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87

Lockups and Software Problems. . . . . . . . . . 88

Memory Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90

Network Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91

Power Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91

Printer Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92

Scanner Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93

Sound and Speaker Problems . . . . . . . . . . . 94

Touch Pad or Mouse Problems. . . . . . . . . . . 95

Video and Monitor Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . 96

Power Lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97

Dell Technical Update Service . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98

Dell Support Utility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98

Accessing the Dell Support Utility . . . . . . . . . 99

Clicking the Dell Support Icon . . . . . . . . . . . 99

Double-Clicking the Dell Support Icon . . . . . . . 99

12 System Setup Program . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101

Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101

Viewing the System Setup Screens . . . . . . . . . . . 102

System Setup Screens . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102

Commonly Used Options. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102

Changing the Boot Sequence . . . . . . . . . . . 102

Enabling the Infrared Sensor . . . . . . . . . . . . 104

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13 Reinstalling Software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105

Drivers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105

What Is a Driver? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105

Identifying Drivers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105

Reinstalling Drivers and Utilities . . . . . . . . . 106

Hardware and Software Problems . . . . . . . . . . 110

Restoring Your Operating System . . . . . . . . . . . 110

Using Microsoft Windows System Restore . . . . 111

Using Dell™ PC Restore and Dell Factory Image

Restore . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113

Using the Operating System Media. . . . . . . . 116

14 Traveling With Your Computer . . . . . . . . 119

Identifying Your Computer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119

Packing the Computer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119

Travel Tips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120

Traveling by Air . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120

15 Getting Help . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123

Obtaining Assistance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123

Technical Support and Customer Service . . . . 124

DellConnect . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124

Online Services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124

AutoTech Service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125

Automated Order-Status Service . . . . . . . . . 125

Problems With Your Order . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125

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Product Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126

Returning Items for Warranty Repair or Credit . . . . . 126

Before You Call . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127

Contacting Dell . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129

16 Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131

17 Appendix . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137

FCC Notice (U.S. Only) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137

FCC Class B . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137

Cleaning Your Computer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138

Computer, Keyboard, and Display . . . . . . . . . . . . 138

Mouse (Non-Optical) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139

Touch Pad . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139

CDs and DVDs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139

Glossary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141

Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159

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