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Dell™ Vostro™ 1000 Owner’s Manual
Model PP23LB
www.dell.com | support.dell.com
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book.book Page 2 Friday, October 19, 2007 2:03 PM Notes, Notices, and Cautions NOTE: A NOTE indicates important information that helps you make better use of your computer. NOTICE: A NOTICE indicates either potential damage to hardware or loss of data and tells you how to avoid the problem. CAUTION: A CAUTION indicates a potential for property damage, personal injury, or death. Abbreviations and Acronyms For a complete list of abbreviations and acronyms, see "Glossary" on page 185. ____
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book.book Page 3 Friday, October 19, 2007 2:03 PM Contents 1 Finding Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 2 About Your Computer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 Determining Your Computer’s Configuration . . . . . . 19 Front View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 Left Side View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 Right Side View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 Back View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 Bottom View . .
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book.book Page 4 Friday, October 19, 2007 2:03 PM Power Protection Devices. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39 Surge Protectors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39 Line Conditioners . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39 Uninterruptible Power Supplies . . . . . . . . . . 39 4 Using the Display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41 Adjusting Brightness. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41 Using a Projector. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41 Making Images and Text Look Bigg
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book.book Page 5 Friday, October 19, 2007 2:03 PM Power Management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48 Speaker Functions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49 ® ® Microsoft Windows Logo Key Functions . . . . 49 Adjusting Keyboard Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . 49 Touch Pad . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50 Customizing the Touch Pad. . . . . . . . . . . . . 51 6 Using a Battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53 Battery Performance. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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book.book Page 6 Friday, October 19, 2007 2:03 PM Copying CDs and DVDs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63 How to Copy a CD or DVD. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63 Using Blank CDs and DVDs . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64 Helpful Tips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65 Adjusting the Volume . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66 Adjusting the Picture. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67 8 Using Cards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69 ExpressCards. . . . . . . . . .
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book.book Page 7 Friday, October 19, 2007 2:03 PM Checking Your Wireless Network Card. . . . . . . 77 Setting Up a New WLAN Using a Wireless Router and a Broadband Modem. . . . . . . . . . 78 Connecting to a WLAN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79 Enabling/Disabling the Wireless Network Card. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81 Mobile Broadband/Wireless Wide Area Network (WWAN) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82 What You Need to Establish a Mobile Broadband Network Con
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book.book Page 8 Friday, October 19, 2007 2:03 PM Memory. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95 Modem . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98 Hinge Cover . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100 Keyboard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101 Wireless Mini-Card . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103 Coin-Cell Battery. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106 Display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107 12 Troubleshoot
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book.book Page 9 Friday, October 19, 2007 2:03 PM Keyboard Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129 External Keyboard problems . . . . . . . . . . . . 129 Unexpected characters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130 Lockups and Software Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . 130 The computer does not start . . . . . . . . . . . . 130 The computer stops responding . . . . . . . . . . 131 A program stops responding or crashes repeatedly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131 A program is d
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book.book Page 10 Friday, October 19, 2007 2:03 PM Video and Display Problems. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141 If the display is blank . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141 If the display is difficult to read. . . . . . . . . . 142 If only part of the display is readable. . . . . . . 143 Drivers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143 What Is a Driver? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143 Identifying Drivers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143 Reinstalling Drivers and Utilitie
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book.book Page 11 Friday, October 19, 2007 2:03 PM Travel Tips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162 Traveling by Air . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163 15 Contacting Dell . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165 16 Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167 17 Appendix . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175 Using the System Setup Program . . . . . . . . . . . . 175 Viewing the System Setup Screens . . . . . . . . 176 Commonly Used Options .
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book.book Page 12 Friday, October 19, 2007 2:03 PM 12 Contents
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book.book Page 13 Friday, October 19, 2007 2:03 PM Finding Information NOTE: Some features or media may be optional and may not ship with your computer. Some features or media may not be available in certain countries. NOTE: Additional information may ship with your computer. What Are You Looking For? Find It Here A diagnostic program for my computer Drivers and Utilities Media Drivers for my computer Documentation and drivers are already installed on your computer. You can use My
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book.book Page 14 Friday, October 19, 2007 2:03 PM What Are You Looking For? Find It Here Warranty information Dell™ Product Information Guide Terms and Conditions (U.S. only) Safety instructions Regulatory information Ergonomics information End User License Agreement How to set up my computer Setup Diagram NOTE: See the setup diagram that came with your computer. 14 Finding Information
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book.book Page 15 Friday, October 19, 2007 2:03 PM What Are You Looking For? Find It Here ® ® Service Tag and Express Service Code Service Tag and Microsoft Windows License Microsoft Windows License Label NOTE: Your computer’s Service Tag and ® ® Microsoft Windows License labels are located on your computer. Your computer’s Service Tag contains both a Service Tag number and an Express Service Code. Use the Service Tag to identify your computer when you use support.dell.com or con
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book.book Page 16 Friday, October 19, 2007 2:03 PM What Are You Looking For? Find It Here Solutions — Troubleshooting hints and Dell Support Website — support.dell.com tips; articles from technicians; online NOTE: Select your region or business courses; and frequently asked questions segment to view the appropriate support site. Community — Online discussion with other Dell customers Upgrades — Upgrade information for components, such as memory, the hard drive, and the operating s
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book.book Page 17 Friday, October 19, 2007 2:03 PM What Are You Looking For? Find It Here Notebook System Software (NSS)— If To download Notebook System Software: you reinstall the operating system for 1 Go to support.dell.com and click your computer, you should also reinstall Drivers & Downloads. the NSS utility. NSS provides critical 2 Enter your Service Tag or Product Type updates for your operating system and and Product Model, and click Go. support for processors, optical drives
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book.book Page 18 Friday, October 19, 2007 2:03 PM What Are You Looking For? Find It Here How to reinstall my operating system Operating System Media The operating system is already installed on your computer. To reinstall your operating system, use one of the following methods: Microsoft Windows System Restore — Microsoft Windows System Restore returns your computer to an earlier operating state without affecting data files. Dell PC Restore — Dell PC Restore returns your comput
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book.book Page 19 Friday, October 19, 2007 2:03 PM About Your Computer Determining Your Computer’s Configuration Based on selections that you made when purchasing your computer, your computer has one of several different video controller configurations. To determine your computer’s video controller configuration: ® ® 1 Access the Microsoft Windows Help and Support Center. For instructions, see "Windows Help and Support Center" on page 17. 2 Under Pick a Task, click Use Tools to view your
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book.book Page 20 Friday, October 19, 2007 2:03 PM Front View 1 2 3 4 10 5 9 6 8 7 1 display latch release 2 display latches (2) 3 display 4 power button 5 device status lights 6 touch pad 7 speakers (2) 8 touch pad buttons 9 keyboard 10 keyboard and wireless status lights 20 About Your Computer
