Dell Inspiron 531S Support Question
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Question posted by impulsChad099 on May 21st, 2014
What Type Of Modem Is The Inspiron 531s
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Answer #1: Posted by RoyanAtDell on May 26th, 2014 3:55 AM
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Related Dell Inspiron 531S Manual Pages
Owner's Manual - Page 2
... Corporation; AMD, AMD Athlon, AMD Sempron, and Cool 'n' Quiet are registered trademarks of Nvidia Corporation in this text: Dell, the DELL logo, YOURS IS HERE, Inspiron, Dell TravelLite, and Strike Zone, are not applicable. Model DCSLA
April 2008
Rev. Bluetooth is a registered trademark owned by Dell under license; disclaims any proprietary...
Owner's Manual - Page 5
... 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...
Owner's Manual - Page 13
... discussions with other Dell customers
Premier Support website at
• Upgrades - To download Desktop System Software:
If you should also and Downloads.
NOTE: The support.dell.com user...? Certified drivers,
patches, and software updates
• Desktop System Software (DSS)- DSS
2 Enter your Service Tag or Product Type and
provides critical updates for your Dell computer. operation ...
Owner's Manual - Page 14
...use Windows Vista • How to work with programs and
files • How to personalize my desktop
Find it Here
Windows Help and Support Center
1 To access Windows Help and Support: • In... In Windows Vista®, click the Windows Vista Start button™ and click Help and Support.
2 Type a word or phrase that describes your problem and press .
3 Click the topic that describes your problem...
Owner's Manual - Page 21
...; Leave a 10.2 cm (4 inches) minimum clearance on your computer's specifications, you reach your computer's maximum operating temperature.
The ambient room temperature needs to be of a type that allows at least 30 percent airflow through the enclosure (front and back).
• If your computer is at least 5.1 cm (2 inches) clearance from the...
Owner's Manual - Page 28
NOTE: The types of CD or DVD drives offered by Dell may not read DVD-RAM or DVD-R DL media. You can write to and read DVD+/-R, DVD+/-...
Owner's Manual - Page 30
...+/-Rs can be played only on MP3 players or on that disc later. CD-Writable 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
Read Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes...
Owner's Manual - Page 51
...Connecting to the modem connector on your existing telephone line or cellular telephone service. Setting Up and Using Your Computer
51 Dial-up an Internet connection with a provided ISP desktop shortcut:
1 Save...any open programs. 2 Double-click the ISP icon on the Microsoft® Windows® desktop.
3 Follow the instructions on the screen to the Internet, you set up connections are ...
Owner's Manual - Page 52
If you do not have an ISP icon on your desktop or if you are having problems connecting to the Internet, see "E-Mail, Modem, and Internet Problems" on the screen to complete the ...setup.
6 Click the appropriate option under How do you selected Set up my connection manually.
• If you do not know which type of Internet...
Owner's Manual - Page 53
...type of connection to select, click Help me choose or contact your ISP to complete the setup. Setting Up and Using Your Computer
53
The Connect to the Internet window appears.
4 Click either Broadband (PPPoE) or Dial-up modem...connect:
• Choose Broadband if you will use a DSL, satellite modem, cable TV modem, or Bluetooth wireless technology connection.
• Chose Dial-up if you ...
Owner's Manual - Page 85
... Run the 32 Bit Dell Diagnostics from the main menu, the following menu appears:
NOTE: It is recommended that appears and press .
5 Type 1 to start -up, the computer boots according to the devices specified in the computer.
Troubleshooting Tools
85 NOTE: If you want . On... the Main Menu screen appears, click the button for the option you see the Microsoft® Windows® desktop;
Owner's Manual - Page 172
... such as follows: • To change the system configuration information after you add, change, or
remove any hardware in your computer • To set the type of memory or set or change the settings for the F2
prompt to wait until you are prompted, this program. If you press before you...
Owner's Manual - Page 182
... the following measures:
• Reorient the receiving antenna.
• Relocate the system with the FCC regulations:
Product name: Model number: Company name:
Dell™ Inspiron™ 531s
DCSLA
Dell Inc. NOTICE: The FCC regulations provide that the system and the receiver are on , you are designed to correct the interference by Dell...
Owner's Manual - Page 192
...computing efficiency and multi-tasking ability. A round, six-pin connector that allows certain types of users. Disk striping can be written to the resources. DMA -
Many devices...installed in or connected to bypass the processor.
disk striping - A technique for distributed desktop, network, enterprise, and Internet environments. Computers that allows you to use disk striping ...
Owner's Manual - Page 193
... communications equipment.
enhanced integrated device electronics - Electrical interference caused by electromagnetic radiation. ESD - A rapid discharge of ExpressCards. expansion card - Modems and network adapters are common types of static electricity. extended display mode -
digital video interface -
extended capabilities port -
Similar to EPP, ECP uses direct memory...
Owner's Manual - Page 197
... rounded to 1,000,000 bytes. megapixel - MB/sec - memory - memory address -
MHz - modem - ms - A measure of storage devices are often measured in RAM. Access times of time that... are working on communications such as RAM, ROM, and video memory.
Mini-Card - Three types of data storage that equals 1 million cycles per second.
memory mapping - Devices and software ...
Owner's Manual - Page 198
... source. NIC - A measure of time that you can set and the device are common types of a second. NVRAM is used for PC Cards.
198
Glossary A drive that supports 32...as system tray.
P
partition -
NVRAM -
Modems and network adapters are capable of memory that provides network capabilities. See network adapter. A type of different speeds, they will operate at speeds ...
Owner's Manual - Page 203
...computer or in to protect against interference. video memory - video mode - virus - A common type of virus is a boot virus, which is stored in the drive when the computer is infected... a resistance of 1 ohm when a current of speakers, printer, broadband devices (DSL and cable modems), imaging devices, or storage devices. USB devices can be connected and disconnected while the computer is ...
Owner's Manual - Page 204
...area network. A video standard for 2 hours. wallpaper - The background pattern or picture on the Windows desktop. Change your favorite picture and make it . WLAN - To write-protect a 3.5-inch floppy disk,...of measure commonly used to the open position.
wireless local area network. WWAN - A type of current flowing at 1 volt. Files that cannot be installed or removed with each...
Owner's Manual - Page 208
... CD-RW drive, 57 computer crashes, 62-64 computer stops responding, 6263 conflicts, 91 Dell Diagnostics, 84 memory installing, 113 problems, 67
messages error, 60
modem problems, 58
monitor blank, 76 clone mode, 35 connect DVI, 33-34 connect TV, 33-34 connect two, 33-34 connect VGA, 33-34 display...
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