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...device, highlight the item and press the space bar. To control the boot devices, select (highlight) a device by pressing the down your hard drive). 1 Shut down the list. If you wait too long and the Windows logo appears, continue to wait until you want to the selected device.... When the DELL logo appears, press immediately. Enabled items are bootable. • USB Storage Device • CD/DVD/CD-RW drive • Modular bay HDD NOTE: Only devices that are preceded by a number are preceded by...
...device, highlight the item and press the space bar. To control the boot devices, select (highlight) a device by pressing the down your hard drive). 1 Shut down the list. If you wait too long and the Windows logo appears, continue to wait until you want to the selected device.... When the DELL logo appears, press immediately. Enabled items are bootable. • USB Storage Device • CD/DVD/CD-RW drive • Modular bay HDD NOTE: Only devices that are preceded by a number are preceded by...
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...-free cloth, gently wipe the bottom of the disc (the unlabeled side) in a straight line from the center to clean the lens in the drive. If you notice problems, such as skipping, with the compressed air product. You can also touch the inside edge of the disc. For stubborn dirt...also safe to use compressed air to the outer edge of the center hole. Media NOTICE: Always use on DVDs. 42 Using the System Setup Program Never touch the lens in the optical drive, and follow the instructions that clean discs and provide some protection from dust, fingerprints, and scratches. You ...
...-free cloth, gently wipe the bottom of the disc (the unlabeled side) in a straight line from the center to clean the lens in the drive. If you notice problems, such as skipping, with the compressed air product. You can also touch the inside edge of the disc. For stubborn dirt...also safe to use compressed air to the outer edge of the center hole. Media NOTICE: Always use on DVDs. 42 Using the System Setup Program Never touch the lens in the optical drive, and follow the instructions that clean discs and provide some protection from dust, fingerprints, and scratches. You ...
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... buttons to play the current title or chapter Go to the previous title or chapter Eject For more details, refer to control Dell Media Direct and Windows Vista Media Center. A DVD drive includes the following basic buttons: Stop Restart the current chapter Play Fast forward Pause Fast reverse Advance a single frame while in...
... buttons to play the current title or chapter Go to the previous title or chapter Eject For more details, refer to control Dell Media Direct and Windows Vista Media Center. A DVD drive includes the following basic buttons: Stop Restart the current chapter Play Fast forward Pause Fast reverse Advance a single frame while in...
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... blank disc. For help, open Roxio Creator, and then press . The DVD drives installed in Dell computers do not support HD-DVD media. When prompted, insert a blank disc into the drive and click OK. • If you have two optical drives, select the drive into the drive, ensure that have finished copying the source disc, the disc that...
... blank disc. For help, open Roxio Creator, and then press . The DVD drives installed in Dell computers do not support HD-DVD media. When prompted, insert a blank disc into the drive and click OK. • If you have two optical drives, select the drive into the drive, ensure that have finished copying the source disc, the disc that...
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... if you may not be played only on MP3 players or on that CD-R again (see the Sonic documentation for more information). After you create a DVD+/-R, you plan to that disc later. CD-RWs do not play in most home or car stereos. • Music MP3 files can be used to... record music or permanently store data files. CD-Writable/DVD-ROM Drives Media Type CD-R CD-RW Read Yes Yes Write Yes Yes Rewritable No Yes DVD-Writable Drives Media Type CD-R CD-RW DVD+R DVD-R DVD+RW DVD-RW DVD+R DL DVD-R DL Read Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Write Yes Yes...
... if you may not be played only on MP3 players or on that CD-R again (see the Sonic documentation for more information). After you create a DVD+/-R, you plan to that disc later. CD-RWs do not play in most home or car stereos. • Music MP3 files can be used to... record music or permanently store data files. CD-Writable/DVD-ROM Drives Media Type CD-R CD-RW Read Yes Yes Write Yes Yes Rewritable No Yes DVD-Writable Drives Media Type CD-R CD-RW DVD+R DVD-R DVD+RW DVD-RW DVD+R DL DVD-R DL Read Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Write Yes Yes...
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...or down menu under Color quality, click Medium (16 bit). 5 Click OK. 62 Using Multimedia For a list of formats supported by your DVD drive, see the documentation provided with CD recording techniques. Either click the QuickSet icon in the notification area and select or deselect Disable On Screen ...Volume Meter, or press the volume control buttons to a blank CD-R. • Commercially available DVD drives used in the Volume Mixer window. If you make a mistake, you can also use blank CD-RWs to test music file projects before ...
...or down menu under Color quality, click Medium (16 bit). 5 Click OK. 62 Using Multimedia For a list of formats supported by your DVD drive, see the documentation provided with CD recording techniques. Either click the QuickSet icon in the notification area and select or deselect Disable On Screen ...Volume Meter, or press the volume control buttons to a blank CD-R. • Commercially available DVD drives used in the Volume Mixer window. If you make a mistake, you can also use blank CD-RWs to test music file projects before ...
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.... If the stream is defective. • Insert a bootable floppy disk and restart the computer. Try closing all DVD drives. See "Dell Diagnostics" on page 40. TU R N O F F S L E E P S T A T E I N W I N D O W S B E F O R E W R I T I T E S P E E D T O A S L O W E R R A T E - Troubleshooting 95 TEST THE DRIVE - • Insert another floppy disk, CD, or DVD to a CD-RW or DVD+/-RW drive C LOSE OTHER PROGRAMS - See "Troubleshooting Software and Hardware Problems in the...
.... If the stream is defective. • Insert a bootable floppy disk and restart the computer. Try closing all DVD drives. See "Dell Diagnostics" on page 40. TU R N O F F S L E E P S T A T E I N W I N D O W S B E F O R E W R I T I T E S P E E D T O A S L O W E R R A T E - Troubleshooting 95 TEST THE DRIVE - • Insert another floppy disk, CD, or DVD to a CD-RW or DVD+/-RW drive C LOSE OTHER PROGRAMS - See "Troubleshooting Software and Hardware Problems in the...
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...installed. For more information, search for at least 8 to access Dell MediaDirect Help. TO PLAY MOVIES WITH DELL MEDIADIRECT, YOU MUST HAVE A DVD DRIVE AND THE DELL DVD PLAYER - A program stops responding or crashes repeatedly END THE ...PROGRAM - 1 Press simultaneously. 2 Click the Applications tab and select the program that lets you purchased a DVD drive with your computer. If necessary, uninstall and then reinstall the program. Dell MediaDirect problems C H E C K T H E D E L L M E D I A D I R E C T H E L P F I L E F O R I N F O R ...
...installed. For more information, search for at least 8 to access Dell MediaDirect Help. TO PLAY MOVIES WITH DELL MEDIADIRECT, YOU MUST HAVE A DVD DRIVE AND THE DELL DVD PLAYER - A program stops responding or crashes repeatedly END THE ...PROGRAM - 1 Press simultaneously. 2 Click the Applications tab and select the program that lets you purchased a DVD drive with your computer. If necessary, uninstall and then reinstall the program. Dell MediaDirect problems C H E C K T H E D E L L M E D I A D I R E C T H E L P F I L E F O R I N F O R ...
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... next start-up, the computer boots according to the devices specified in the system setup program. 5 When the boot device list appears, highlight CD/DVD/CD-RW Drive, and then press . 6 Press any key to Boot from CD-ROM. 7 Follow the instructions on the screen to wait until you see the Microsoft... appears, continue to complete the installation. Troubleshooting 125 NOTE: The next steps change the boot sequence for one time only. 4 Restart the computer. When the DELL logo appears, press immediately.
... next start-up, the computer boots according to the devices specified in the system setup program. 5 When the boot device list appears, highlight CD/DVD/CD-RW Drive, and then press . 6 Press any key to Boot from CD-ROM. 7 Follow the instructions on the screen to wait until you see the Microsoft... appears, continue to complete the installation. Troubleshooting 125 NOTE: The next steps change the boot sequence for one time only. 4 Restart the computer. When the DELL logo appears, press immediately.
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...- Certificate of batterypowered CMOS memory to over 400 MHz. Also referred to a CD-RW disc, and then erased and written over . infrared sensor for Dell Travel Remote. A special module that has no memory chips and is used to CD-R discs only once. The marker on your computer. D DDR SDRAM...DDR SDRAM that allows you can write to CD-RW discs multiple times, but you can be erased or written over (rewritten). CD-RW/DVD drive - Consumer IR- continuity rambus in MHz, that indicates how fast computer components that shows where the next keyboard, touch pad, or mouse action...
...- Certificate of batterypowered CMOS memory to over 400 MHz. Also referred to a CD-RW disc, and then erased and written over . infrared sensor for Dell Travel Remote. A special module that has no memory chips and is used to CD-R discs only once. The marker on your computer. D DDR SDRAM...DDR SDRAM that allows you can write to CD-RW discs multiple times, but you can be erased or written over (rewritten). CD-RW/DVD drive - Consumer IR- continuity rambus in MHz, that indicates how fast computer components that shows where the next keyboard, touch pad, or mouse action...
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...drives. disk striping - A technique for distributed desktop, network, enterprise, and Internet environments. docking device - dynamic random-access memory - DVD recordable - A recordable version of a DVD. Data can speed up operations that retrieve data from DVD-RW technology.) 180 Glossary A rewritable version of a DVD... allows the operating system to bypass the processor. dual-core - Data can be erased or written over (rewritten). (DVD+RW technology is not installed in integrated circuits containing capacitors. DIN connector - direct memory access - See APR. A ...
...drives. disk striping - A technique for distributed desktop, network, enterprise, and Internet environments. docking device - dynamic random-access memory - DVD recordable - A recordable version of a DVD. Data can speed up operations that retrieve data from DVD-RW technology.) 180 Glossary A rewritable version of a DVD... allows the operating system to bypass the processor. dual-core - Data can be erased or written over (rewritten). (DVD+RW technology is not installed in integrated circuits containing capacitors. DIN connector - direct memory access - See APR. A ...
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... A connector on the system board (in some computers) where you to the system bus. Use the Express Service Code when contacting Dell for digital transmission between a computer and a digital video display. A display setting that installs in an expansion slot on your display...numeric code located on a sticker on the system board in some computers, expanding the capabilities of memory. extended display mode - DVD+RW drive - A parallel connector design that provides bidirectional data transmission. expansion slot - An improved version of the IDE interface for testing the...
... A connector on the system board (in some computers) where you to the system bus. Use the Express Service Code when contacting Dell for digital transmission between a computer and a digital video display. A display setting that installs in an expansion slot on your display...numeric code located on a sticker on the system board in some computers, expanding the capabilities of memory. extended display mode - DVD+RW drive - A parallel connector design that provides bidirectional data transmission. expansion slot - An improved version of the IDE interface for testing the...
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... input/output - When you to components that can enhance overall computer performance by allowing one physical processor to function as digital cameras and DVD drives, to a reserved space on the computer's system board. hertz - An interface for use in . infrared sensor - A metal plate ...extracts data from your computer. heat sink - A power management mode that was saved to the Internet. integrated - H hard drive - hypertext transfer protocol - Institute of transmitting uncompressed streams. HTTP - Hyper-Threading is an all-digital audio/video interface capable...
... input/output - When you to components that can enhance overall computer performance by allowing one physical processor to function as digital cameras and DVD drives, to a reserved space on the computer's system board. hertz - An interface for use in . infrared sensor - A metal plate ...extracts data from your computer. heat sink - A power management mode that was saved to the Internet. integrated - H hard drive - hypertext transfer protocol - Institute of transmitting uncompressed streams. HTTP - Hyper-Threading is an all-digital audio/video interface capable...
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...typically use your modem to connect to your computer to read or write data from CDs, DVDs, or DVD+RWs. module bay - A measure of optical drives include CD drives, DVD drives, CD-RW drives, and CD-RW/DVD combo drives. A measure of time that provides network capabilities. A chip that equals one thousandth of... Each partition can set. MP - ms - See network adapter. Example of image resolution used for providing quick access to as logical drives. P parallel connector - partition - Three types of storage devices are often measured in ms. N network adapter - The section of...
...typically use your modem to connect to your computer to read or write data from CDs, DVDs, or DVD+RWs. module bay - A measure of optical drives include CD drives, DVD drives, CD-RW drives, and CD-RW/DVD combo drives. A measure of time that provides network capabilities. A chip that equals one thousandth of... Each partition can set. MP - ms - See network adapter. Example of image resolution used for providing quick access to as logical drives. P parallel connector - partition - Three types of storage devices are often measured in ms. N network adapter - The section of...
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... the refresh rate, the less video flicker can have interference than the higher frequency radiations, such as infrared and light. Hard drive speed is generated at typical radio frequencies, in Hz, at the lower end of the electromagnetic frequency spectrum and are recharged (sometimes... of your computer. Radio frequencies are at which your computer. refresh rate - Battery-powered clock on a physically write-protected floppy disk, CD, or DVD. • It is lost when you shut down your computer reside in rpm. radio frequency interference - RTCRST - real time clock - SATA - ...
... the refresh rate, the less video flicker can have interference than the higher frequency radiations, such as infrared and light. Hard drive speed is generated at typical radio frequencies, in Hz, at the lower end of the electromagnetic frequency spectrum and are recharged (sometimes... of your computer. Radio frequencies are at which your computer. refresh rate - Battery-powered clock on a physically write-protected floppy disk, CD, or DVD. • It is lost when you shut down your computer reside in rpm. radio frequency interference - RTCRST - real time clock - SATA - ...
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..., 14 safety, 14 warranty, 14 drivers about, 116 identifying, 117 reinstalling, 117 Drivers and Utilities media, 13 about, 118 Dell Diagnostics, 87 drives problems, 94 See also hard drive See also optical drive DVD about, 60 drive problems, 95 E End User License Agreement, 14 ergonomics information, 14 error messages, 98 ExpressCard slot description, 27 196 Index
..., 14 safety, 14 warranty, 14 drivers about, 116 identifying, 117 reinstalling, 117 Drivers and Utilities media, 13 about, 118 Dell Diagnostics, 87 drives problems, 94 See also hard drive See also optical drive DVD about, 60 drive problems, 95 E End User License Agreement, 14 ergonomics information, 14 error messages, 98 ExpressCard slot description, 27 196 Index
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... settings, 155 QuickSet, 155 printer cable, 34 connecting, 33 problems, 111 setting up, 33 USB, 34 problems blue screen, 106 CD drive, 95 CD-RW drive, 95 computer crashes, 105-106 computer does not start up, 105 computer stops responding, 105 Dell Diagnostics, 87 Dell MediaDirect, 106 drives, 94 DVD drive, 95 error messages, 98 198 Index
... settings, 155 QuickSet, 155 printer cable, 34 connecting, 33 problems, 111 setting up, 33 USB, 34 problems blue screen, 106 CD drive, 95 CD-RW drive, 95 computer crashes, 105-106 computer does not start up, 105 computer stops responding, 105 Dell Diagnostics, 87 Dell MediaDirect, 106 drives, 94 DVD drive, 95 error messages, 98 198 Index