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Question posted by Joejshaff on November 9th, 2013
Whats The Best Video Card I Can Put In Vostro 400
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Owner's Manual - Page 2
... you how to avoid the problem. CAUTION: A CAUTION indicates a potential for property damage, personal injury, or death. Information in this text: Dell, the DELL logo, Vostro, TravelLite, and Strike Zone are either potential damage to Microsoft® Windows® operating systems are not applicable. Dell Inc. NOTICE: A NOTICE indicates either trademarks...
Owner's Manual - Page 3
... 24 Connecting a USB Printer 24
Playing CDs and DVDs 26 Adjusting the Volume 27 Adjusting the Picture 27
Copying CDs and DVDs 28
Using a Media Card Reader (Optional 31
Connecting Two Monitors 33 Connecting Two Monitors With VGA Connectors 33 Connecting One Monitor With a VGA Connector and One Monitor With a DVI...
Owner's Manual - Page 5
... repeatedly 67 A program is designed for an earlier Microsoft® Windows® operating system . . . . . 68 A solid blue screen appears 68 Other software problems 69
Media Card Reader Problems 70
Memory Problems 71
Mouse Problems 72
Network Problems 73
Power Problems 74
Printer Problems 75
Scanner Problems 76
Contents
5
Owner's Manual - Page 16
...). button
7 FlexBay drive
Can contain an optional floppy drive or optional Media Card Reader.
8 USB 2.0 connectors (4) Use the front USB connectors for devices that you use the back USB connectors for devices that you connect occasionally, such as digital video cameras.
10 headphone connector
Use the headphone connector to attach headphones and...
Owner's Manual - Page 21
... L/R surround Use the gray connector to provide enhanced surround
connector
audio for voice or musical input into a sound or telephony program
On computers with a video card, use the front USB connectors for devices that typically remain connected, such as a cassette player, CD player, or VCR.
The LFE channel drives a subwoofer to a ...
Owner's Manual - Page 33
... these instructions to connect and enable your computer has integrated video, do not force the media or card. NOTE: If your monitors. To use the Media Card Reader: 1 Check the media or card to determine the proper orientation for insertion. 2 Slide the media or card into the appropriate slot until it is covered by a cap...
Owner's Manual - Page 35
...desktop displays on changing the display settings for your graphics card, go to support.dell.com.
Setting Up and Using Your Computer
35 For information on the primary monitor.
2 Enable clone mode or extended desktop... you can drag objects from one screen to the other end of the S-video cable to the S-video input connector on your computer uses when it is connected to a network, ...
Owner's Manual - Page 42
... segment 2 duplicated segment 3 duplicated segment 4 duplicated segment 5 duplicated segment 6 duplicated
hard drive 2
42
Setting Up and Using Your Computer serial ATA RAID configured for its Vostro computers. When data is written to ensure that the larger drive does not contain unallocated (and therefore unusable) space.
However, if four drives are present...
Owner's Manual - Page 79
... E D I A G N O S T I C L I C A L O U T L E T -
Video and Monitor Problems
CAUTION: Before you are using a graphics extension cable and removing the cable solves the problem, the cable is ...P O W E R L I G H T - If an optional video card is installed, check that the monitor cable is connected to the card, rather than the video connector on . If the power light is blinking, press a key on...
Owner's Manual - Page 171
...-inch Serial ATA CD-ROM, CD-RW, DVD-ROM, DVD+/-RW, or combo drive (optional)
one 3.5-inch floppy drive (optional) or Media Card Reader (optional)
Connectors External connectors:
Video Network adapter USB
Audio System board connectors:
Serial ATA Internal USB device Floppy drive Processor fan Chassis fan PCI 2.3 PCI Express x1 PCI...
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. Operation is subject to operate this document in this equipment. could void your Product Information Guide.
186
Appendix However, there is provided...
Owner's Manual - Page 193
... PCI Express and USB 2.0 standard. Also referred to as an extension of memory that installs in an expansion slot on your display.
extended PC Card - E
ECC - A type of your Dell™
computer. Examples include video, modem, and sound cards. ExpressCard - Express Service Code - Glossary
193 A standard for testing the accuracy of the PC...
Owner's Manual - Page 197
...for computer processors, buses, and interfaces are working on communications such as RAM, ROM, and video memory.
modem - module bay -
megabytes per second. memory address - The speeds for integrated...media bay. M
Mb - This measurement is functionally equivalent to a standard PCI expansion card. A measurement of data storage that allows your files while you shut down the ...
Owner's Manual - Page 198
... a second. A measure of time that equals one billionth of PC Cards.
An I /O card adhering to as logical drives. Modems and network adapters are often measured in... - O
optical drive - A drive that is used for maintaining computer configuration information such as video, drives, and networks.
198
Glossary A measure of time that you can contain multiple logical drives...
Owner's Manual - Page 199
... storage area for attaching a PS/2-compatible keyboard, mouse, or keypad.
Personal Computer Memory Card International Association - Pixels are detected during POST, the computer continues the start-up and ...operating system, and all devices are capable of connector for program instructions and data.
A video resolution, such as 800 x 600, is lost when you shut down . A computer ...
Owner's Manual - Page 201
.... surge protectors -
If you can rename a shortcut icon. An audio transfer file format that identifies your Windows desktop and doubleclick the icon, you delete a shortcut, the original file is not affected. super-video graphics array - smart card -
Strike Zone™ - Service Tag - The setup.exe or install.exe program comes with the optimal...
Owner's Manual - Page 202
..., such as file and e-mail protection. Unless you to create and edit files that , when enabled, provides an added layer of video memory installed in the computer.
S-video TV-out -
A video standard for video cards and controllers that serves as the motherboard.
trusted platform module - user account control- super-extended graphics array - super-extended graphics...
Owner's Manual - Page 203
... computer running for a low-speed device such as x columns by z colors. universal serial bus - unshielded twisted pair - V
video controller - video memory - video resolution - See resolution.
The circuitry on a video card or on your computer. The amount of video memory installed primarily influences the number of a floppy disk.
A common type of virus is a boot virus, which...
Owner's Manual - Page 204
... a 3.5-inch floppy disk, slide its socket.
204
Glossary
A type of power for 1 hour or 33 W for video cards and controllers that allows a computer chip to be changed or destroyed. WWAN - extended graphics array - turned on the Windows desktop. V - wallpaper - wireless local area network. Files or media that computer until the virus is 1 ampere...
Owner's Manual - Page 210
... Vista, 94
optical drive installing, 145, 147 problems, 61 removing, 143
P
password clearing, 180 jumper, 180
PC Restore, 95
PCI cards installing, 117 removing, 121
phone numbers, 187
playing CDs and DVDs, 26
power button, 17 hibernate mode, 36, 38, 40 options,... connect TV, 33-34 connect two, 33-34 connect VGA, 33-34 display settings, 35 extended desktop mode, 35 hard to read, 80
motherboard.
