User's Manual
Table Of Contents
- Dell™ Latitude™ D400
- Finding Information
- About Your Computer
- Using Microsoft® Windows® XP
- Dell™ QuickSet Features
- Using the Keyboard and Touch Pad
- Using the Display
- Using the Dell™ D/Bay
- Using a Battery
- Power Management
- Using PC Cards
- Using Smart Cards
- Traveling With Your Computer
- Passwords
- Solving Problems
- Power Problems
- Error Messages
- Video and Display Problems
- Sound and Speaker Problems
- Printer Problems
- Modem and Internet Connection Problems
- Touch Pad or Mouse Problems
- External Keyboard Problems
- Unexpected Characters
- Drive Problems
- PC Card Problems
- Smart Card Problems
- Network Problems
- General Program Problems
- If Your Dell™ Computer Gets Wet
- If You Drop or Damage Your Computer
- Resolving Other Technical Problems
- Using the Dell Diagnostics
- Cleaning Your Computer
- Reinstalling Software
- Adding and Replacing Parts
- Using the System Setup Program
- Alert Standard Format (ASF)
- Getting Help
- Specifications
- Appendix
- Glossary
Contents 9
Smart Card Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126
Network Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126
General Program Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127
A program crashes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127
A program stops responding . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127
A solid blue screen appears . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127
Error messages appear . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128
I f Your Dell™ Computer Gets Wet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128
I f You Drop or Damage Your Computer . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129
Resolving Other Technical Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130
15 Using the Dell Diagnostics
When to Use the Dell Diagnostics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132
Features of the Dell Diagnostics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132
Starting the Dell Diagnostics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133
16 Cleaning Your Computer
Computer, Keyboard, and Display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138
Touch Pad . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138
Floppy Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138
Optical Media . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139
17 Reinstalling Software
Reinstalling Drivers and Utilities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142
Manually Reinstalling Drivers for Windows XP . . . . . . . . 143
Using the Windows XP Device Driver Rollback . . . . . . . . 144
Manually Reinstalling Drivers for Windows 2000 . . . . . . . 144
Resolving Software and Hardware I ncompatibilities . . . . . . 145