Dell INSPIRON 531s Series Bedienungsanleitung

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Dell™ Inspiron™ 531s Owner’s Manual

Model DCSLA

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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.

If you purchased a Dell™ n Series computer, any references in this document to

Microsoft

Windows

operating systems are not applicable.

Abbreviations and Acronyms

For a complete list of abbreviations and acronyms, see the "Glossary" on page 189.

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Model DCSLA

April 2008 Rev. A00

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Contents

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

1 Setting Up and Using Your Computer . . . 15

Front View of the Computer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

Back View of the Computer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

Back Panel Connectors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19

Installing Your Computer in an Enclosure . . . . . . . 21

Setting Up a Printer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23

Printer Cable . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23

Connecting a USB Printer . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23

Playing CDs and DVDs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25

Adjusting the Volume . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27

Adjusting the Picture . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27

Copying CDs and DVDs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28

How to Copy a CD or DVD . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28

Using Blank CDs and DVDs . . . . . . . . . . . . 29

Helpful Tips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30

Using a Media Card Reader (Optional) . . . . . . . . . 31

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Connecting Two Monitors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33

Connecting Two Monitors With VGA

Connectors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33

Connecting One Monitor With a VGA Connector

and One Monitor With a DVI Connector . . . . . . 34

Connecting a TV . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34

Changing the Display Settings . . . . . . . . . . . 35

Power Management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35

Power Management Options in

Microsoft®Windows®XP . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35

Power Options Properties . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37

Power Schemes Tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37

Advanced Tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38

Hibernate Tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38

Power Management Options in

Windows Vista®. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38

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

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

Power Plan Properties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40

Enabling Cool ’n’ Quiet Technology . . . . . . . . . . . 42

About RAID Configurations

(For Windows Vista®only) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43

RAID Level 1 Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43

Configuring Your Hard Drives for RAID . . . . . . . 44

Using the Nvidia MediaShield ROM Utility . . . . . 45

Using Nvidia MediaShield . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46

Transferring Information to a New Computer . . . . . . 47

Windows Vista®:. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48

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Setting Up a Home and Office Network . . . . . . . . 49

Connecting to a Network Adapter . . . . . . . . . 49

Network Setup Wizard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50

Connecting to the Internet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51

Setting Up Your Internet Connection . . . . . . . . 51

2 Solving Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55

Troubleshooting Tips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55

Battery Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55

Drive Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56

CD and DVD drive problems . . . . . . . . . . . . 57

Hard drive problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58

E-Mail, Modem, and Internet Problems . . . . . . . . 58

Error Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60

Keyboard Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62

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

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

The computer stops responding . . . . . . . . . . 63

A program stops responding . . . . . . . . . . . . 63

A program crashes repeatedly . . . . . . . . . . 63

A program is designed for an earlier

Microsoft®Windows®operating system . . . . . 64

A solid blue screen appears . . . . . . . . . . . . 64

Other software problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65

Media Card Reader Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66

Memory Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67

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Mouse Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68

Network Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69

Power Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70

Printer Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71

Scanner Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73

Sound and Speaker Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74

No sound from speakers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74

No sound from headphones . . . . . . . . . . . . 75

Video and Monitor Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76

If the screen is blank . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76

If the screen is difficult to read . . . . . . . . . . . 77

3 Troubleshooting Tools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79

Power Lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79

Beep Codes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80

System Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82

Dell Diagnostics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84

When to Use the Dell Diagnostics . . . . . . . . . 84

Starting the Dell Diagnostics From

Your Hard Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84

Starting the Dell Diagnostics From the

Drivers and Utilities Media . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85

Dell Diagnostics Main Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . 85

Drivers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87

What Is a Driver? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87

Identifying Drivers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87

Reinstalling Drivers and Utilities . . . . . . . . . . 88

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Resolving Software and Hardware

Incompatibilities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91

Restoring Your Operating System . . . . . . . . . . . . 92

Using Microsoft Windows System Restore . . . . 93

Using Dell PC Restore . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95

Using the Operating System CD . . . . . . . . . . 98

4 Removing and Installing Parts . . . . . . . 101

Before You Begin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101

Recommended Tools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101

Turning Off Your Computer . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102

Before Working Inside Your Computer . . . . . . . 102

Removing the Computer Cover . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103

Removing the Support Bracket . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104

Inside View of Your Computer . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106

System Board Components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107

Power Supply DC Connector Pin Assignments . . . . . 109

Memory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112

Memory Installation Guidelines . . . . . . . . . . 112

Installing Memory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113

Removing Memory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115

Cards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116

PCI and PCI Express Cards . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116

Bezel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123

Removing the Bezel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123

Replacing the Bezel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124

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Drives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124

Recommended Drive Cable Connections . . . . . 125

Connecting Drive Cables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125

Drive Interface Connectors . . . . . . . . . . . . 126

Connecting and Disconnecting Drive Cables . . . 126

Hard Drives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126

Installing a Second Hard Drive (Optional) . . . . . 129

Floppy Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131

Media Card Reader . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137

CD or DVD Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141

Battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144

Replacing the Battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144

Power Supply . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146

Replacing the Power Supply . . . . . . . . . . . . 146

Processor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148

Removing the Processor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148

Installing the Processor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150

I/O Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153

Removing the I/O Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153

Installing the I/O Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154

Processor Fan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155

Removing the Processor Fan . . . . . . . . . . . . 155

Installing the Processor Fan . . . . . . . . . . . . 158

Chassis Fan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160

Removing the Chassis Fan . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160

Replacing the Chassis Fan . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161

System Board . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162

Removing the System Board . . . . . . . . . . . . 162

Installing the System Board . . . . . . . . . . . . 164

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Replacing the Support Bracket . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164

Replacing the Computer Cover . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165

Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167

System Setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172

Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172

Entering System Setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172

System Setup Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173

Boot Sequence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175

Changing Boot Sequence for the

Current Boot . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175

Clearing Forgotten Passwords . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176

Clearing CMOS Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177

Flashing the BIOS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178

Cleaning Your Computer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179

Computer, Keyboard, and Monitor . . . . . . . . . 179

Mouse . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179

Floppy Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180

CDs and DVDs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180

Dell Technical Support Policy (U.S. Only) . . . . . . . 180

Definition of "Dell-Installed" Software

and Peripherals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181

Definition of "Third-Party" Software

and Peripherals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181

FCC Notice (U.S. Only) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181

FCC Class B . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181

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Getting Help . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183

Obtaining Assistance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183

Technical Support and Customer Service . . . . . 183

DellConnect . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184

Online Services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184

AutoTech Service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185

Automated Order-Status Service . . . . . . . . . 185

Problems With Your Order . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185

Product Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185

Returning Items for Warranty Repair or Credit . . . . . 186

Before You Call . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186

Contacting Dell . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188

Glossary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189

Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205

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