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Question posted by mdp3fra on February 7th, 2014
How To Set Bios Smart In Dell Vostro 400
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Owner's Manual - Page 2
... references in this document is strictly forbidden. and is a registered trademark owned by Dell under license; Other trademarks and trade names may be used in this document to ...If you how to hardware or loss of Intel Corporation.
Information in this text: Dell, the DELL logo, Vostro, TravelLite, and Strike Zone are either potential damage to avoid the problem.
SpeedStep ...
Owner's Manual - Page 9
... "Third-Party" Software and Peripherals 185
FCC Notice (U.S. Only 185 FCC Class B 185
Contacting Dell 187
Glossary 189
Index 207
Contents
9 System Setup Options 176 Boot Sequence 178
Clearing Forgotten Passwords 180
Clearing CMOS Settings 181
Flashing the BIOS 182
Cleaning Your Computer 182 Computer, Keyboard, and Monitor 183 Mouse 183 Floppy Drive...
Owner's Manual - Page 11
... with your computer.
only) • Safety instructions • Regulatory information • Ergonomics information • End User License Agreement
Find it Here Dell™ Product Information Guide
• How to set up my computer
Setup Diagram
See the setup diagram that came with your system. Finding Information
NOTE: Some features or media may...
Owner's Manual - Page 15
Setting Up and Using Your Computer
15 Setting Up and Using Your Computer
Front View of the Computer
1 2
3 4 5 6 7
8 9 10 11 12
13
14
1 location of Service Tag Use the Service Tag to identify your computer when you access the Dell Support website or call technical support.
2 optical drive
Use the optical drive for playing a CD/DVD.
Owner's Manual - Page 28
... country. For help, open Roxio Creator Plus, and then click the question mark icon in Dell™ computers can also use Roxio Creator Plus for available software patches on your computer or ... observe all copyright laws when creating CDs or DVDs. This section applies only to reduce the resolution setting.
4 In the drop-down 5 Click OK. The following instructions explain how to DVD media. ...
Owner's Manual - Page 35
... drive after a designated period of electricity your graphics card, go to support.dell.com.
3 Connect the other end of the S-video cable to the S-video input connector on the primary monitor.
2 Enable clone mode or extended desktop mode in the display settings. • In clone mode, both monitors display the same image. •...
Owner's Manual - Page 36
...immediately activate standby mode without a period of the computer memory, Dell creates an appropriately sized hibernate mode file before shipping the computer... drive becomes corrupted, Windows XP recreates the hibernate file automatically.
36
Setting Up and Using Your Computer To exit from hibernate mode, the desktop is restored to entering hibernate mode. To exit hibernate mode, press the...
Owner's Manual - Page 39
...-
When the computer exits from a power conservation mode (Standby or Hibernate), the Windows desktop is restored to the hard drive. Hybrid Sleep provides fast wake if the system is...; Balanced
• Power Saver
• High Performance
Dell has added a fourth, Dell-Recommended mode that sets power management to the most typical settings for Windows Vista. Standby Mode
Standby mode is in ...
Owner's Manual - Page 40
...computer exits from hibernate mode, the desktop is restored to the state it...mouse does not bring the computer out of the computer memory, Dell creates an appropriately sized hibernate mode file before it was in hibernate mode. ...Power Plan Properties
You can change or modify power settings.
40
Setting Up and Using Your Computer Because hibernate mode requires a special file ...
Owner's Manual - Page 41
...; Choose what to set many different settings in the Power Options, Advanced Settings dialog box. In the Power Options window, click Change Plan Settings to change the default settings for a plan: 1 Click Start → Control Panel→ System and Maintenance. 2 Under System and Maintenance, click Power Options. Performance is disabled in the Dell Recommended, Balanced, and...
Owner's Manual - Page 42
... its data redundancy advantages.
Dell offers RAID level 1 for its Vostro computers. When data is ...recommended for RAID level 1
segment 1 segment 2 segment 3 segment 4 segment 5 segment 6
hard drive 1
segment 1 duplicated segment 2 duplicated segment 3 duplicated segment 4 duplicated segment 5 duplicated segment 6 duplicated
hard drive 2
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Setting...
Owner's Manual - Page 52
... to the path for fastwiz (on the appropriate removable media) and click OK.
4 On the Files and Settings Transfer Wizard welcome screen, click Next.
5 On the Which computer is this procedure, search support.dell.com for transferring your old computer screen on the screen. After the information has been copied, the Completing...
Owner's Manual - Page 83
...page 150).
failure.
Code
Description
(repetitive
short
beeps)
Suggested Remedy
1
BIOS checksum failure.
Verify that the memory modules that no special memory
module/...problem persists, contact Dell.
6
Video BIOS Test Failure
Contact Dell.
7
CPU cache test failure
Contact Dell. If the problem persists, contact Dell.
3
Possible motherboard failure Contact Dell.
4
RAM ...
Owner's Manual - Page 85
... a boot device.
• Enter system setup and ensure that the boot sequence information is correct.
S.M.A.R.T error or possible hard drive failure.
See "Contacting Dell" on the system board might be enabled or disabled in the drive.
• If the hard drive is your computer. N O N -
S YS...one that a bootable floppy disk is in the BIOS setup. A PARAMETER OUT OF RANGE MAY OR ...
Owner's Manual - Page 174
...make your computer (see the Microsoft® Windows® desktop. Certain changes can appear very quickly, so you must ... on (or restart) your computer. 2 When the blue DELL™ logo is recommended that the keyboard has initialized.
If... or
remove any hardware in your computer • To set or change the settings for this F2 prompt appears, press immediately.
Environmental (continued...
Owner's Manual - Page 179
... (see page 174).
1 If you see the Microsoft Windows desktop. You can run the Dell Diagnostics on (or restart) your device is to a USB memory...the upper-right corner of the screen, press . Appendix
179 The BIOS detects the device and adds the USB flash option to a USB floppy.... NOTE: To boot to a USB device, the device must first set the floppy drive to it.
4 At the bottom of the menu,...
Owner's Manual - Page 182
... the safety instructions located in this Agreement. The file downloads to your desktop and is available or when replacing the system board.
1 Turn on the computer. 2 Locate the BIOS update file for your computer at the Dell Support
website at support.dell.com. 3 Click Download Now to download the file. 4 If the Export Compliance...
Owner's Manual - Page 186
or an experienced radio/television technician for additional suggestions. This device complies with the FCC regulations:
Product name: Model number: Company name:
Dell™ Vostro™ 400
DCMF
Dell Inc. NOTICE: The FCC regulations provide that interference will not occur in compliance with Part 15 of the FCC Rules. These limits are designed to ...
Owner's Manual - Page 201
...folder or file without converting it first. SIM cards can be used to save energy. Smart cards can be used in phones or portable computers. A power management mode that is... from one file to another without having to find it to your Windows desktop and doubleclick the icon, you call Dell for customer service or technical support. Subscriber Identity Module - SIM - Prevent...
Owner's Manual - Page 207
...sound
B
battery problems, 59 replacing, 150
beep codes, 82 BIOS, 174 boot sequence, 178
changing, 179-180 option settings, 178 booting to a USB device, 179
C
cards installing PCI..., 66-68 inside view, 105 stops responding, 66-67
conflicts software and hardware incompatibilities, 100
contacting Dell, 187
copying CDs general information, 28 helpful tips, 30 how to, 28
copying DVDs general information,...
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