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Dell Support Center 285 Solving Problems 287 Battery Problems 287 Drive Problems 287 Optical Drive Problems 288 E-Mail, Modem, and Internet Problems . . . . . 289 Error Messages 290 ... Scanner Problems 299 Sound and Speaker Problems 299 Touch Pad or Mouse Problems for Laptop Computers 301 Video and Monitor Problems 302 Power Lights 304 Dell Technical Update Service 305 21 System Setup 307 Viewing System Settings With the System Setup Program 307 Entering the System Setup Program 308 Working With...
Dell Support Center 285 Solving Problems 287 Battery Problems 287 Drive Problems 287 Optical Drive Problems 288 E-Mail, Modem, and Internet Problems . . . . . 289 Error Messages 290 ... Scanner Problems 299 Sound and Speaker Problems 299 Touch Pad or Mouse Problems for Laptop Computers 301 Video and Monitor Problems 302 Power Lights 304 Dell Technical Update Service 305 21 System Setup 307 Viewing System Settings With the System Setup Program 307 Entering the System Setup Program 308 Working With...
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Changing Boot Sequence to a USB Device . . . . 310 Changing the BIOS Settings 310 Viewing the BIOS Settings 311 Upgrading the BIOS (Flashing the BIOS 311 22 Ports 313 USB Port 313 IEEE 1394 Port 314 RS232 Serial Port 315 Parallel Port 316 eSATA Port 317 Modem 318 Ethernet Port 319 Keyboard and Mouse Port (PS2 320 VGA Port 321 DVI-I Port 322 S-Video TV-Out Port 323 Component Video 324 Composite Video 325 HDMI Port 326 DisplayPort 327 S/PDIF Port (Coaxial RCA 328 Contents 21
Changing Boot Sequence to a USB Device . . . . 310 Changing the BIOS Settings 310 Viewing the BIOS Settings 311 Upgrading the BIOS (Flashing the BIOS 311 22 Ports 313 USB Port 313 IEEE 1394 Port 314 RS232 Serial Port 315 Parallel Port 316 eSATA Port 317 Modem 318 Ethernet Port 319 Keyboard and Mouse Port (PS2 320 VGA Port 321 DVI-I Port 322 S-Video TV-Out Port 323 Component Video 324 Composite Video 325 HDMI Port 326 DisplayPort 327 S/PDIF Port (Coaxial RCA 328 Contents 21
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..." on page 88) or Intel (see the following procedure deletes all data on page 92) programs to exit the system setup program and resume the boot process. Using the NVIDIA Utilities If installed on page 92. NOTE: Hard drives in a RAID configuration should be done before continuing. 1 Enable RAID for each...
..." on page 88) or Intel (see the following procedure deletes all data on page 92) programs to exit the system setup program and resume the boot process. Using the NVIDIA Utilities If installed on page 92. NOTE: Hard drives in a RAID configuration should be done before continuing. 1 Enable RAID for each...
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... have marked for example - The time to convert an array depends on the volume. NOTICE: If your computer currently boots to RAID and you delete the RAID volume, your computer will not boot. 1 Launch Nvidia MediaShield. 2 Click to select the array you want to convert. 4 Click Convert Array in the System Tasks...
... have marked for example - The time to convert an array depends on the volume. NOTICE: If your computer currently boots to RAID and you delete the RAID volume, your computer will not boot. 1 Launch Nvidia MediaShield. 2 Click to select the array you want to convert. 4 Click Convert Array in the System Tasks...
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... the default. 6 From the drop-down box, and then click Next. and down-arrow keys to RAID-Enabled Mode" on the RAID volume. Your computer boots to launch the Migration Wizard. 4 Click Next on the RAID volume. 9 On the Select Member Hard Drive screen, double-click the hard drive(s) to select...
... the default. 6 From the drop-down box, and then click Next. and down-arrow keys to RAID-Enabled Mode" on the RAID volume. Your computer boots to launch the Migration Wizard. 4 Click Next on the RAID volume. 9 On the Select Member Hard Drive screen, double-click the hard drive(s) to select...
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... applications have been restored to factory condition. 8 Click Finish to access the Vista Advanced Boot Options window. 2 Select Repair Your Computer. When the Dell logo appears, press several times to reboot the system. 268 Restoring Your Operating System The Dell Factory Image Restore welcome screen appears. 6 Click Next. Any programs or files added...
... applications have been restored to factory condition. 8 Click Finish to access the Vista Advanced Boot Options window. 2 Select Repair Your Computer. When the Dell logo appears, press several times to reboot the system. 268 Restoring Your Operating System The Dell Factory Image Restore welcome screen appears. 6 Click Next. Any programs or files added...
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...CD-RW Drive and press . 6 Press any key to Boot from CD-ROM. 7 Follow the instructions on the screen to wait until you see the Microsoft® Windows® desktop; then, shut down your computer and try again. When the DELL logo appears, press immediately. NOTE: The next steps change ...the boot sequence for one time only. 3 Click Exit if the Install Windows message appears. 4 Restart the computer. NOTE: If ...
...CD-RW Drive and press . 6 Press any key to Boot from CD-ROM. 7 Follow the instructions on the screen to wait until you see the Microsoft® Windows® desktop; then, shut down your computer and try again. When the DELL logo appears, press immediately. NOTE: The next steps change ...the boot sequence for one time only. 3 Click Exit if the Install Windows message appears. 4 Restart the computer. NOTE: If ...
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... power lights. Troubleshooting Tools Some of your Service Manual for information about diagnostic and status lights. With the Dell Diagnostics, the computer runs the Pre-boot System Assessment (PSA), a series of initial tests of the troubleshooting tools you may display messages indicating errors or... problems, which need to resolve the problem. Dell Diagnostics can also indicate internal power problems. See your Service Manual...
... power lights. Troubleshooting Tools Some of your Service Manual for information about diagnostic and status lights. With the Dell Diagnostics, the computer runs the Pre-boot System Assessment (PSA), a series of initial tests of the troubleshooting tools you may display messages indicating errors or... problems, which need to resolve the problem. Dell Diagnostics can also indicate internal power problems. See your Service Manual...
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...status of the lights to help identify the problem. FOR MORE INFORMATION: to complete the boot routine three consecutive times for the same error (see "Contacting Dell" on the Dell Support website support.dell.com. Possible motherboard failure or RTC battery low. Replace the CPU fan (see the Service... for assistance). Replace the battery (see the documentation shipped with your computer for your computer). Possible HDD failure during HDD boot test (see "Contacting Dell" on page 337 for the topic on page 337 for either the operating system or the program that was running when ...
...status of the lights to help identify the problem. FOR MORE INFORMATION: to complete the boot routine three consecutive times for the same error (see "Contacting Dell" on the Dell Support website support.dell.com. Possible motherboard failure or RTC battery low. Replace the CPU fan (see the Service... for assistance). Replace the battery (see the documentation shipped with your computer for your computer). Possible HDD failure during HDD boot test (see "Contacting Dell" on page 337 for the topic on page 337 for either the operating system or the program that was running when ...
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... L U R E - D E C R E A S I N G A V A I L U R E - The system cannot detect a bootable device or partition. • If the optical drive is your boot device, ensure that the cables are connected and that a bootable optical media is in the drive. • If the hard drive is your... R M A T I L A B L E - MEMORY ADDRESS LINE FAILURE AT (ADDRESS), READ VALUE EXPECTING 276 Troubleshooting N O B O O T D E V I C E A V A I O N - DELL RECOMMENDS THAT YOU BACK UP YOUR DATA REGULARLY. This feature can be malfunctioning or the system board itself may have a failure (see "Working With Options...
... L U R E - D E C R E A S I N G A V A I L U R E - The system cannot detect a bootable device or partition. • If the optical drive is your boot device, ensure that the cables are connected and that a bootable optical media is in the drive. • If the hard drive is your... R M A T I L A B L E - MEMORY ADDRESS LINE FAILURE AT (ADDRESS), READ VALUE EXPECTING 276 Troubleshooting N O B O O T D E V I C E A V A I O N - DELL RECOMMENDS THAT YOU BACK UP YOUR DATA REGULARLY. This feature can be malfunctioning or the system board itself may have a failure (see "Working With Options...
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... in the drive. • If the hard drive is your boot device, ensure that the drive is installed properly and partitioned as a boot device. • Enter the system setup program and ensure that the boot sequence information is correct (see "Running the Dell Diagnostics" on page 308. Enter the system setup program and ensure...
... in the drive. • If the hard drive is your boot device, ensure that the drive is installed properly and partitioned as a boot device. • Enter the system setup program and ensure that the boot sequence information is correct (see "Running the Dell Diagnostics" on page 308. Enter the system setup program and ensure...
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.... THE SYSTEM CAN ONLY BOOT WITH A 130-W POWER ADAPTER OR GREATER. Contact Dell for instructions, see "Contacting Dell" on page 308). S T R I T Y. - P R O G R A M - D A Y N O T S E T - THEY SYSTEM WILL ADJUST THE PERFORMANCE TO MATCH THE POWER AVAILABLE. PLEASE CONNECT A DELL XXX-W AC ADAPTER OR ..., OR THE COMPUTER IS NOT PROPERLY CONNECTED TO THE DOCKING STATION. Enter the system setup program and correct the date or time (see "Running the Dell Diagnostics" on page 308). THE COMPUTER IS DOCKED AND ONLY BATTERY POWER IS DETECTED. P L E A S E R U N T H E S YS T E M S E T U P P R ...
.... THE SYSTEM CAN ONLY BOOT WITH A 130-W POWER ADAPTER OR GREATER. Contact Dell for instructions, see "Contacting Dell" on page 308). S T R I T Y. - P R O G R A M - D A Y N O T S E T - THEY SYSTEM WILL ADJUST THE PERFORMANCE TO MATCH THE POWER AVAILABLE. PLEASE CONNECT A DELL XXX-W AC ADAPTER OR ..., OR THE COMPUTER IS NOT PROPERLY CONNECTED TO THE DOCKING STATION. Enter the system setup program and correct the date or time (see "Running the Dell Diagnostics" on page 308). THE COMPUTER IS DOCKED AND ONLY BATTERY POWER IS DETECTED. P L E A S E R U N T H E S YS T E M S E T U P P R ...
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...board may be defective. The battery may be installed incorrectly, or the battery or system board may be defective. THE SYSTEM WILL NOT BOOT WITH THIS BATTERY PLUGGED IN. WARNING! STRIKE T H E F 1 K E Y T O S H U T D O...T H E T P M C O U L D N O T B E I N I T I A L I S R E M O V E D . - RUN THE SETUP UTILITY TO ENABLE T H E S E M E S S A G E S . - Contact Dell for assistance (see "Contacting Dell" on page 307. THEY SYSTEM WILL ADJUST THE PERFORMANCE TO MATCH THE POWER AVAILABLE. THIS SYSTEM WILL BE U N A B L E T O C H A R G E B A T T E R I E S U N T I L T H I S B A T T...
...board may be defective. The battery may be installed incorrectly, or the battery or system board may be defective. THE SYSTEM WILL NOT BOOT WITH THIS BATTERY PLUGGED IN. WARNING! STRIKE T H E F 1 K E Y T O S H U T D O...T H E T P M C O U L D N O T B E I N I T I A L I S R E M O V E D . - RUN THE SETUP UTILITY TO ENABLE T H E S E M E S S A G E S . - Contact Dell for assistance (see "Contacting Dell" on page 307. THEY SYSTEM WILL ADJUST THE PERFORMANCE TO MATCH THE POWER AVAILABLE. THIS SYSTEM WILL BE U N A B L E T O C H A R G E B A T T E R I E S U N T I L T H I S B A T T...
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... stating that no diagnostics utility partition has been found, run . 6 Continue with "Using the Dell Diagnostics Main Menu" on page 284. • When the DELL™ logo appears, press immediately. The computer runs the Pre-boot System Assessment (PSA), a series of initial tests of your system board, keyboard, display, memory... computer on (or restart) your computer cannot display a screen image, see the Microsoft® Windows® desktop; If the Pre-boot System Assessment completes successfully, the following message appears: "Booting Dell Diagnostic Utility Partition.
... stating that no diagnostics utility partition has been found, run . 6 Continue with "Using the Dell Diagnostics Main Menu" on page 284. • When the DELL™ logo appears, press immediately. The computer runs the Pre-boot System Assessment (PSA), a series of initial tests of your system board, keyboard, display, memory... computer on (or restart) your computer cannot display a screen image, see the Microsoft® Windows® desktop; If the Pre-boot System Assessment completes successfully, the following message appears: "Booting Dell Diagnostic Utility Partition.
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...specified in the system setup program. 3 When the boot device list appears, highlight CD/DVD/CD-RW and press . 4 Select the Boot from CD-ROM option from the menu that no diagnostics utility partition has been found, run . 8 Continue with "Using the Dell Diagnostics Main Menu" on page 284. then, ...to wait until you see the Microsoft Windows desktop; NOTE: The next steps change the boot sequence for your hard drive. 5 When the Dell Diagnostics Main Menu appears, select the test you want to run the Dell Diagnostics from the Drivers and Utilities media. 4 Press any key to start the CD ...
...specified in the system setup program. 3 When the boot device list appears, highlight CD/DVD/CD-RW and press . 4 Select the Boot from CD-ROM option from the menu that no diagnostics utility partition has been found, run . 8 Continue with "Using the Dell Diagnostics Main Menu" on page 284. then, ...to wait until you see the Microsoft Windows desktop; NOTE: The next steps change the boot sequence for your hard drive. 5 When the Dell Diagnostics Main Menu appears, select the test you want to run the Dell Diagnostics from the Drivers and Utilities media. 4 Press any key to start the CD ...
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Entering the System Setup Program 1 Turn on (or restart) your computer. 2 When the DELL™ logo appears, press immediately. 3 If you wait too long and the operating system logo appears, continue to wait until you cannot change settings that ... are determined by the computer) appear less bright. On each option is the setting or value for that appear as : • System configuration • Boot order • Boot (start-up) configuration • Basic device configuration settings • System security and hard drive password settings 308 System Setup Options or values that you...
Entering the System Setup Program 1 Turn on (or restart) your computer. 2 When the DELL™ logo appears, press immediately. 3 If you wait too long and the operating system logo appears, continue to wait until you cannot change settings that ... are determined by the computer) appear less bright. On each option is the setting or value for that appear as : • System configuration • Boot order • Boot (start-up) configuration • Basic device configuration settings • System security and hard drive password settings 308 System Setup Options or values that you...
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...start the operating system. and right-arrow keys to exit the system setup program and resume the boot process. System Setup 309 To control the boot devices, select (highlight) a device by a number are bootable. Boot sequence changes take effect as soon as you want to change, and then press . 5 ... Enter the system setup program. 2 Press the left- NOTE: To change its order in your computer, including but not limited to select the boot device you save the changes and exit the system setup program. When the computer finds the files, it stops searching and starts the operating system...
...start the operating system. and right-arrow keys to exit the system setup program and resume the boot process. System Setup 309 To control the boot devices, select (highlight) a device by a number are bootable. Boot sequence changes take effect as soon as you want to change, and then press . 5 ... Enter the system setup program. 2 Press the left- NOTE: To change its order in your computer, including but not limited to select the boot device you save the changes and exit the system setup program. When the computer finds the files, it stops searching and starts the operating system...
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... see the Windows desktop, then shut down your computer and try again. 4 The Boot Menu appears, listing all available boot devices. 5 Use the arrow keys to a USB device, the device must be updated for the current boot only). When the DELL logo appears, press immediately. Changing the BIOS Settings The BIOS is a utility that...
... see the Windows desktop, then shut down your computer and try again. 4 The Boot Menu appears, listing all available boot devices. 5 Use the arrow keys to a USB device, the device must be updated for the current boot only). When the DELL logo appears, press immediately. Changing the BIOS Settings The BIOS is a utility that...
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... the devices from which can read CDs and write to the processor or incorporated into foreign countries. CD recordable - A drive that you can use to boot. boot sequence - In case your hard drive is damaged or your computer. bus speed - cache - An international customs document that you can be written to start...
... the devices from which can read CDs and write to the processor or incorporated into foreign countries. CD recordable - A drive that you can use to boot. boot sequence - In case your hard drive is damaged or your computer. bus speed - cache - An international customs document that you can be written to start...
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...,000 MHz. ROM - If no problems are at typical radio frequencies, in Hz, at which your computer. A file can have read -only - resolution - RFI - pre-boot execution environment - RAM - Data and/or files you shut down your screen's horizontal lines are more likely to have interference than the higher frequency radiations...
...,000 MHz. ROM - If no problems are at typical radio frequencies, in Hz, at which your computer. A file can have read -only - resolution - RFI - pre-boot execution environment - RAM - Data and/or files you shut down your screen's horizontal lines are more likely to have interference than the higher frequency radiations...
