Dell Inspiron 1721 Support Question
Dell Inspiron 1721 Support Question
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Question posted by davisambo on April 29th, 2014
Dell Inspiron 1721 Wireless Switch Wont Turn On
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.... Trademarks used in this document is here, Inspiron, Wi-Fi Catcher, and Dell MediaDirect are trademarks of Dell Inc. Bluetooth is strictly forbidden.
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All...indicates either trademarks or registered trademarks of Dell Inc.;
CAUTION: A CAUTION indicates a potential for property damage, personal injury, or death. AMD, AMD Turion, HyperMemory, ATI Radeon and combinations ...
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...Protectors 37 Line Conditioners 38 Uninterruptible Power Supplies 38
3 Using the Display 39
Adjusting Brightness 39
Switching the Video Image From Your Computer Display To a Projector 39
Setting Display Resolution and Refresh ...® Logo Key Functions . . . 42 Dell™ QuickSet Key Combinations 42 Adjusting Keyboard Settings 42
Touch Pad 43 Customizing the Touch Pad 44
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Contents
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... 86 Connecting to a WLAN 87
Mobile Broadband (or Wireless Wide Area Network 89
What You Need to Establish a Mobile Broadband Network Connection 89 Checking Your Dell Mobile Broadband Card . . . . 90 Connecting to a Mobile Broadband Network . . . 90 Enabling/Disabling the Dell Mobile roadband Card 91
Dell Wi-Fi Catcher™ Network Locator 92
10 Securing...
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PC TuneUp 104 PC CheckUp 104
Drive Problems 105 Optical drive problems 105 Hard drive problems 106
...174; Windows® operating system . . . . . 116 A solid blue screen appears 117 Dell MediaDirect problems 117 Other software problems 118
Memory Problems 119
Network Problems 119 Mobile Broadband (Wireless Wide Area Network [WWAN 120
Power Problems 121
Printer Problems 122
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Contents
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... 130
Restoring Your Operating System 131 Using Windows Vista System Restore 132
12 Adding and Replacing Parts 135
Before You Begin 135 Recommended Tools 135 Turning Off Your Computer 135 Before Working Inside Your Computer 136
Hard Drive 138 Removing the Hard Drive 138 Replacing the Hard Drive 140 Returning a Hard...
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To enable or disable wireless networking, use the wireless switch (see "wireless switch" on when the computer reads or writes data. Wi-Fi status light - NOTICE: To avoid loss of the keyboard indicate the following:
Power light - Battery status light - Turns on steadily or blinks to the right of data, never turn on the computer, and blinks when...
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..., use the touch pad to an electrical outlet, the - Turns on page 43). For more information, see "wireless switch" on only if you ordered the card with Bluetooth wireless technology is turned off only the Bluetooth wireless technology functionality, right-click the icon in the notification area, and then click Disable Bluetooth Radio. Flashing blue: The...
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... the computer (see "Security Cable Lock" on page 92). The computer uses an internal fan to rapidly turn off or on any wireless devices such as a closed briefcase, while it to create airflow through Dell QuickSet, this switch can damage the computer or cause a fire.
About Your Computer
25 Lets you attach a commercially available...
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Scans for WLAN networks (see "Dell Wi-Fi Catcher™ Network Locator" on position 3 momentary position
4 Wi-Fi Catcher light
Disables wireless devices. Right Side View
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About Your Computer
Enables wireless devices. 1 2 34
1 off position 2 on page 92).
• Flashing green: Searching for networks • Solid green: Strong network...
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...Display
Adjusting Brightness
When a Dell™ computer is connected...running on an external monitor). • Press and the down-arrow key to switch the video image between the display only, the external device only, or the display... with an external device attached (such as an external monitor or projector) and turned on, the image may appear, but the brightness level on either the computer ...
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...Dell MediaDirect™
Dell MediaDirect is turned off or in the notification area. 2 Click Open Volume Mixer. 3 Click and drag the bar to slide it up or down menu under Color quality, click Medium (16 bit). 5 Click OK. Press the Dell... On Screen Volume Meter, or press the volume control buttons to launch Dell MediaDirect. The Volume Meter displays the current volume level, including mute, ...
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...your wireless network card to connect to a WLAN, ensure that you turn on page 85.
Connecting to a WLAN
NOTE: Before you connect to the wireless network (see "Checking Your Wireless ...name of wireless network card installed in "Wireless Local Area Network" on page 87). See "Wireless Local Area Network" on the Dell™ Support website at support.dell.com. Your wireless network card ...
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When you turn the wireless activity indicator on to your network from the list and click Connect. Thereafter, whenever you of the wireless network that network. Network security settings are enabled or disabled. Dell cannot provide this information. NOTE: Your computer can take up notifies you log on or off, click the QuickSet icon in...
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... button.
3 Follow the instructions on page 88. Enabling/Disabling the Dell Mobile Broadband Card
NOTE: If you are unable to connect to disable the switch and the Mobile Broadband card.
You can turn your Mobile Broadband card on and off using the wireless switch on your Mobile Broadband card is in the on position, move...
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... and not configured for use when your computer is turned on the Wi-Fi Catcher Network Locator and to enable the feature through Dell QuickSet or the BIOS (system setup program) to scan for wireless networks in BIOS.
Dell Wi-Fi Catcher™ Network Locator
The wireless switch on page 25) for a few seconds.
The Wi...
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... day and time of "good" restore points, and other maintenance activities designed to customers in the U.S. and Canada. Dell recommends that provides customized scanning and testing of PC Tune-Up are available to improve PC performance and security. A typical tuneup includes hard drive defrag, removal of unwanted and temporary files, updated security settings...
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...is attached to an external monitor, press to switch the video image to verify that the electrical outlet is at least 60 cm (2 ft) away from the computer or external monitor.
Turn off nearby fans, fluorescent lights, halogen lamps,..."Dell Diagnostics" on page 97, then contact Dell (see "Contacting Dell" on . If no error message appears and you are using the AC adapter, and then turn ...
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...computer is company-owned-to speed your passage through a metal detector.
To disable wireless activity, use the wireless switch (see "wireless switch" on page 25).
• Consider changing your power management options to maximize ...8226; Find out what type of electrical outlets are asked to turn on the computer.
• Prior to entering the airplane, verify that you have it offers...
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... with radio or television reception, which can be determined by turning the equipment off and on, you are on the device ...with the FCC regulations:
Product name: Model number: Company name:
Dell™ Inspiron™ 1721
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Dell Inc.
Appendix
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Worldwide Regulatory Compliance & Environmental Affairs One Dell Way Round Rock, TX 78682 USA 512-338-4400
Macrovision Product ...
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media playing, 53
media control buttons Dell MediaDirect button, 59 description, 23
memory DIMM A, 148 DIMM B, 149 installing,... description, 32
messages error, 108
Mini Card installing, 154
Mobile Broadband network connections, 89 problems, 119 See also wireless switch
modem connector description, 29
monitor. See display
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network installing WLAN Mini Card, 154 Mobile Broadband, 119 problems, ...
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