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Dell™ XPS™ M1530
Owner’s Manual
Model PP28L
www.dell.com | support.dell.com
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book.book Page 2 Tuesday, October 7, 2008 6:05 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. ____________________ Information in this document is subject to change without notice. © 2008 Dell Inc. All ri
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book.book Page 3 Tuesday, October 7, 2008 6:05 PM Contents Finding Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 1 Setting Up Your Computer . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 Connecting to the Internet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 Setting Up Your Internet Connection . . . . . . . . 20 Transferring Information to a New Computer . . . . . 21 Setting Up a Printer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 Printer Cable . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 Connecting a USB Printer .
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book.book Page 4 Tuesday, October 7, 2008 6:05 PM 3 Using the Keyboard and Touchpad . . . . . 37 Numeric Keypad . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37 Key Combinations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37 System Functions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37 Display Functions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37 Battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37 Power Management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38 ® ® Microsoft Windows Logo Key Functions . . . . 38
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book.book Page 5 Tuesday, October 7, 2008 6:05 PM Conserving Battery Power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46 Configuring Power Management Settings . . . . . 46 Using the Sleep Power State . . . . . . . . . . . 47 Charging the Battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47 Replacing the Battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48 Storing a Battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49 6 Using Multimedia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51 Playing Media . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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book.book Page 6 Tuesday, October 7, 2008 6:05 PM 7 Using the Camera . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69 Accessing the Camera’s Help File . . . . . . . . . . . 69 Manually Adjusting the Camera Settings . . . . . . . . 70 Creating a Picture or a Video . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70 8 Using ExpressCards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71 ExpressCard Blanks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71 Installing an ExpressCard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72 Removing an ExpressCard or Bla
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book.book Page 7 Tuesday, October 7, 2008 6:05 PM Setting Up a New WLAN Using a Wireless Router and a Broadband Modem . . . . 77 Connecting to a WLAN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79 Mobile Broadband/Wireless Wide Area Network (WWAN) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80 What You Need to Establish a Mobile Broadband Network Connection . . . . . . . . . 81 Checking Your Dell Mobile Broadband Card . . . . 81 Connecting to a Mobile Broadband Network . . . 82 Enabling/Disabling the
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book.book Page 8 Tuesday, October 7, 2008 6:05 PM Dell Network Assistant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96 DellConnect . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96 Drive Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97 Optical drive problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97 Hard drive problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98 E-Mail, Modem, and Internet Problems . . . . . . . . . 98 Error Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100 ExpressCard Problems . . . . . . . . .
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book.book Page 9 Tuesday, October 7, 2008 6:05 PM Printer Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112 Scanner Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113 Sound and Speaker Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114 No sound from integrated speakers . . . . . . . . 114 No sound from external speakers . . . . . . . . . 114 No sound from headphones . . . . . . . . . . . . 115 Remote Control Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115 Touch Pad or Mouse Problems . . . . . . . . . .
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book.book Page 10 Tuesday, October 7, 2008 6:05 PM 13 Adding and Replacing Parts . . . . . . . . . 129 Before You Begin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129 Recommended Tools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129 Turning Off Your Computer . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129 Before Working Inside Your Computer . . . . . . . 130 Hard Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131 Removing the Hard Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132 Replacing the Hard Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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book.book Page 11 Tuesday, October 7, 2008 6:05 PM Flash Cache Module . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147 Removing the FCM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147 Replacing the FCM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148 ® Internal Card With Bluetooth Wireless Technology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149 Removing the Card . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149 Replacing the Card . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150 14 Traveling With Your Computer . . . . . . . 151 Identifyin
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book.book Page 12 Tuesday, October 7, 2008 6:05 PM 16 Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159 A Appendix . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169 Using the System Setup Program . . . . . . . . . . . . 169 Viewing the System Setup Screen . . . . . . . . . 170 System Setup Screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170 Commonly Used Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170 Cleaning Your Computer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172 Computer, Keyboard, and Display . . .
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book.book Page 13 Tuesday, October 7, 2008 6:05 PM Finding Information NOTE: Some features may be optional and may not ship with your computer. Some features 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 � Device documentation installed on your computer. You can use
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book.book Page 14 Tuesday, October 7, 2008 6:05 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: The appearance of your setup diagram may vary. � Service Tag and Express Service Code Service Tag and Microsoft Windows ® ® Product Key � Microsoft Windows Product Ke
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book.book Page 15 Tuesday, October 7, 2008 6:05 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 � Community — Online discussion with site. other Dell customers � Upgrades — Upgrade information for components, such as the memory, hard drive, and operating system
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book.book Page 16 Tuesday, October 7, 2008 6:05 PM What Are You Looking For? Find It Here � Software upgrades and troubleshooting Dell Support Utility hints — Frequently asked questions, The Dell Support Utility is an automated hot topics, and general health of your upgrade and notification system installed computing environment on your computer. This support provides real-time health scans of your computing environment, software updates, and relevant self-support information. Access
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book.book Page 17 Tuesday, October 7, 2008 6:05 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 the Operating System media. See "Restoring Your Microsoft® Windows Vista® Operating System" on page 122. After you reinstall your operating system, use the Drivers and Utilities media to reinstall drivers for the devices that came with y
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book.book Page 18 Tuesday, October 7, 2008 6:05 PM 18 Finding Information
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book.book Page 19 Tuesday, October 7, 2008 6:05 PM Setting Up Your Computer Connecting to the Internet NOTE: Internet Service Providers (ISPs) and ISP offerings vary by country. To connect to the Internet, you need a modem or network connection and an ISP . Your ISP will offer one or more of the following Internet connection options: � DSL connections that provide high-speed Internet access through your existing telephone line or cellular telephone service. With a DSL connection, you can
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book.book Page 20 Tuesday, October 7, 2008 6:05 PM Setting Up Your Internet Connection To set up an Internet connection with a provided ISP desktop shortcut: 1 Save and close any open files, and exit any open programs. ® ® 2 Double-click the ISP icon on the Microsoft Windows desktop. 3 Follow the instructions on the screen to complete the setup. If you do not have an ISP icon on your desktop or if you want to set up an Internet connection with a different ISP, perform the steps in the follow
