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
Contents 5
Storing a Battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Battery and Power Problems
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If the battery is not charging
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
If battery life is short
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
4 Using the Keyboard and Touch Pad
Dell™ AccessDirect™ Button . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Reprogramming the Button
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Numeric Keypad . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Keyboard Shortcuts
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
System Functions
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Display Functions
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Power Management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Speaker Functions
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Logo Key Functions . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Touch Pad
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Customizing the Touch Pad
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Touch Pad or Mouse Problems
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
External Keyboard Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Unexpected Characters
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5 Using CDs, DVDs, and Other Multimedia
Using CDs and DVDs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
CD or DVD Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
If you cannot play a CD, CD-RW, DVD, or DVD+RW
. . . . . . 56
If you cannot eject the CD, CD-RW, DVD, or DVD+RW drive tray 56
If you hear an unfamiliar scraping or grinding sound
. . . . . . 56
If the CD-RW or DVD+RW drive stops writing
. . . . . . . . . 56