User's Manual
Table Of Contents
- Contents
- CAUTION: Safety Instructions
- When Using Your Computer
- A Tour of Your Computer
- Setting Up Your Computer
- Using a Battery
- Using the Keyboard and Touch Pad
- Using CDs, DVDs, and Other Multimedia
- Setting Up a Home and Office Network
- Solving Problems
- Finding Solutions
- Accessing Help
- Error Messages
- Video and Display Problems
- Scanner Problems
- Drive Problems
- PC Card Problems
- General Program Problems
- Resolving Other Technical Problems
- If Your Computer Gets Wet
- If You Drop or Damage Your Computer
- Drivers
- Resolving Software and Hardware Incompatibilities
- Using System Restore
- Reinstalling Microsoft® Windows® XP
- Adding and Replacing Parts
- Appendix
- Index
Index 157
Index
A
AccessDirect button
description, 23
system view, 23
air vents
description, 25-26, 29
system view, 25-26, 29
audio connectors
description, 24
system view, 24
B
battery
charging, 43
checking the charge, 43
description, 24, 29
installing, 45
low-battery warning, 43
performance, 42
power meter, 43
removing, 44
storing, 45
system view, 24, 29
battery latch release
description, 30
system view, 30
C
CD or DVD drive
description, 24
replacing, 108
system view, 24
characters
unexpected, 53
computer
crashes, 85
specifications, 114
conflicts
resolving software and
hardware
incompatibilities, 92
crashes, 85
Customizing, 52
D
damaged computer
testing, 88
device status lights
description, 22
display
adjusting the size of icons, 32
adjusting the size of
toolbars, 32
description, 20
system view, 20
display latch
description, 20
system view, 20
drivers
reinstalling, 89
drives
fixing problems, 84
See hard drive
DVD drive
See CD or DVD drive
E
e-mail
fixing problems, 36
F
finding solutions, 78
floppy drive
fixing problems, 84
H
hard drive
description, 30
replacing, 106
returning to Dell, 108
system view, 30