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Dell™ XPS™ M1730 Owner’s Manual
Model PP06XA
www.dell.com | support.dell.com
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book.book Page 2 Monday, April 14, 2008 4:23 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. © 2007-2008 Dell Inc. All
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book.book Page 3 Monday, April 14, 2008 4:23 PM Contents Finding Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 1 About Your Computer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 Front View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 Left Side View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 Right Side View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 Back View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 Bottom View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31 2 Setting U
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book.book Page 4 Monday, April 14, 2008 4:23 PM 3 Using the Display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39 Adjusting Brightness . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39 Using a Projector . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39 Making Images and Text Look Bigger or Sharper . . . 40 ® ® Microsoft Windows XP . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40 Windows Vista™ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41 Setting Display Resolution and Refresh Rate . . . . . . 41 Microsoft Windows XP . . . . . . . . . .
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book.book Page 5 Monday, April 14, 2008 4:23 PM ® ® Microsoft Windows Battery Meter . . . . . . . 48 Charge Gauge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49 Low-Battery Warning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49 Conserving Battery Power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50 Power Management Modes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50 Standby and Sleep Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50 Hibernate Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51 Configuring Power Management Settings . . . . . . . 52 Accessin
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book.book Page 6 Monday, April 14, 2008 4:23 PM Playing Media Using Dell Express Card Remote Control (Optional) 61 Copying CD, DVD, and Blu-ray Disc™ (BD) Media . . . 62 How to Copy a CD, DVD or BD . . . . . . . . . . . 63 Using Blank CD, DVD, and BD Media . . . . . . . 63 Helpful Tips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64 Adjusting the Volume . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65 Adjusting the Picture . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66 Using Dell MediaDirect™ . . . . . . .
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book.book Page 7 Monday, April 14, 2008 4:23 PM 10 Setting Up and Using Networks . . . . . . . 91 Connecting a Network or Broadband Modem Cable . . 91 Setting Up a Network . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92 Windows XP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92 Windows Vista . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93 Wireless Local Area Network . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93 What You Need to Establish a WLAN Connection. 93 Checking Your Wireless Network Card . . . . . . 93 Setting Up a
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book.book Page 8 Monday, April 14, 2008 4:23 PM 13 Troubleshooting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107 Dell Technical Update Service . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107 Dell Diagnostics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107 Dell Support Utility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111 Drive Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112 Optical drive problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113 Hard drive problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114 E-Mail and Internet Problems
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book.book Page 9 Monday, April 14, 2008 4:23 PM Power Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128 Printer Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129 Scanner Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130 Sound and Speaker Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131 No sound from integrated speakers . . . . . . . . 131 No sound from external speakers . . . . . . . . . 131 No sound from headphones . . . . . . . . . . . . 132 Touch Pad or Mouse Problems . . . . . . . . . .
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book.book Page 10 Monday, April 14, 2008 4:23 PM Recommended Tools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149 Turning Off Your Computer . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150 Before Working Inside Your Computer . . . . . . . 150 Hard Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152 Removing the Hard Drive Cage . . . . . . . . . . . 152 Replacing a Hard Drive in the Hard Drive Cage . . 154 Replacing the Hard Drive Cage . . . . . . . . . . 155 Memory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
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book.book Page 11 Monday, April 14, 2008 4:23 PM Product Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167 Returning Items for Warranty Repair or Credit . . . . . 168 Before You Call . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168 Contacting Dell . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170 17 Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171 A Appendix . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179 Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179 Viewing the Sy
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book.book Page 12 Monday, April 14, 2008 4:23 PM 12 Contents
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book.book Page 13 Monday, April 14, 2008 4:23 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 de
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book.book Page 14 Monday, April 14, 2008 4:23 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 License This label is located in the battery
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book.book Page 15 Monday, April 14, 2008 4:23 PM What Are You Looking For? Find It Here Microsoft Windows License Label The label is located on the memory module cover at the bottom of the system. NOTE: If your operating system is Windows XP, this label might look different. NOTE: As an increased security measure,the newly designed Microsoft Windows license label incorporates a missing portion or "hole" to discourage removal of the label. Solutions — Troubleshooting hints and Dell S
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book.book Page 16 Monday, April 14, 2008 4:23 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 17 Monday, April 14, 2008 4:23 PM What Are You Looking For? Find It Here Information on network activity, the Dell QuickSet Help Power Management Wizard, hotkeys, To view Dell QuickSet Help, right-click the and other items controlled by ® QuickSet icon in the Microsoft Dell QuickSet. ® Windows taskbar, and select Help. How to change the LED colors for the The taskbar is located in the lower-right zones, play various LED effects (like corner of your screen. strobe light
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book.book Page 18 Monday, April 14, 2008 4:23 PM 18 Finding Information
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book.book Page 19 Monday, April 14, 2008 4:23 PM About Your Computer Front View 14 15 1 2 13 3 12 11 4 5 6 10 9 8 7 About Your Computer 19
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book.book Page 20 Monday, April 14, 2008 4:23 PM 1 camera 2 display 3 power button 4 GamePanel 5 device status lights 6 right speaker 7 infrared sensor 8 media control buttons 9 touch pad 10 left speaker 11 Dell™ MediaDirect™ button 12 keyboard status lights 13 digital array microphones (2) 14 display latch 15 camera indicator CAMERA — Built-in camera for video capture, conferencing, and chat. DISPLAY — For more information about your display, see "Using the Display" on page 39. POWER BUTTON
