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book.book Page 1 Wednesday, September 16, 2009 11:12 AM
Dell™ Vostro™ 1400 Owner’s Manual
Model PP26L
www.dell.com | support.dell.com
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book.book Page 2 Wednesday, September 16, 2009 11:12 AM 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 Dell Inc.
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book.book Page 3 Wednesday, September 16, 2009 11:12 AM Contents 1 Finding Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 2 About Your Computer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 Determining Your Computer’s Configuration . . . . . . 23 Front View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 Left Side View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 Right Side View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31 Back View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32 Bottom Vie
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book.book Page 4 Wednesday, September 16, 2009 11:12 AM Power Protection Devices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45 Surge Protectors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45 Line Conditioners . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46 Uninterruptible Power Supplies . . . . . . . . . . 46 4 Using the Display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47 Adjusting Brightness . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47 Switching the Video Image From Your Computer Display To a Projector . . . . . . . . . . . .
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book.book Page 5 Wednesday, September 16, 2009 11:12 AM 6 Using a Battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55 Battery Performance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55 Checking the Battery Charge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56 Dell QuickSet Battery Meter . . . . . . . . . . . . 56 Charge Gauge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57 Low-Battery Warning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58 ® ® Microsoft Windows XP Battery Meter . . . . . 58 ® ® Microsoft Windows Vista Battery Meter
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book.book Page 6 Wednesday, September 16, 2009 11:12 AM 8 Using Multimedia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67 Playing Media . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67 Playing Media Using Dell Express Card Remote Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69 Copying CD and DVD Media . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71 How to Copy a CD or DVD . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71 Using Blank CD and DVD Media . . . . . . . . . . 72 Helpful Tips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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book.book Page 7 Wednesday, September 16, 2009 11:12 AM 9 Using ExpressCards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93 ExpressCard Blanks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93 Installing an ExpressCard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94 Removing an ExpressCard or Blank . . . . . . . . . . 95 10 Using the Memory Card Reader . . . . . . . 97 Memory Card Blanks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97 Installing a Memory Card . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97 Removing a Memory Card or Blank . .
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book.book Page 8 Wednesday, September 16, 2009 11:12 AM Mobile Broadband (or Wireless Wide Area Network) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106 What You Need to Establish a Mobile Broadband Network Connection . . . . . . . . . . 106 Checking Your Dell Mobile Broadband Card . . . . 107 Connecting to a Mobile Broadband Network . . . 107 Enabling/Disabling the Dell Mobile Broadband Card . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108 Dell Wi-Fi Catcher™ Network Locator . .
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book.book Page 9 Wednesday, September 16, 2009 11:12 AM E-Mail, Modem, and Internet Problems . . . . . . . . 125 Error Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127 ExpressCard Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132 IEEE 1394 Device Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133 Keyboard Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133 External Keyboard problems . . . . . . . . . . . . 133 Unexpected characters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134 Lockups and Software Problems . . .
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book.book Page 10 Wednesday, September 16, 2009 11:12 AM Sound and Speaker Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143 No sound from integrated speakers . . . . . . . . 143 No sound from external speakers . . . . . . . . . 143 No sound from headphones . . . . . . . . . . . . 144 Remote Control Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144 Touch Pad or Mouse Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145 Video and Display Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146 If the display is blank . . . . . . . . . .
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book.book Page 11 Wednesday, September 16, 2009 11:12 AM 14 Adding and Replacing Parts . . . . . . . . . 163 Before You Begin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163 Recommended Tools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163 Turning Off Your Computer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164 Before Working Inside Your Computer . . . . . . . 164 Hard Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166 Removing the Hard Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166 Replacing the Hard Drive . . . . . . . .
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book.book Page 12 Wednesday, September 16, 2009 11:12 AM ® Internal Card with Bluetooth Wireless Technology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182 Removing a Mobile Broadband or WWAN Card . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184 Replacing a WWAN Card . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185 Flash Cache Module . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186 Removing the FCM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186 Replacing the FCM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187 Coin-Cell Battery . .
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book.book Page 13 Wednesday, September 16, 2009 11:12 AM Problems With Your Order . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197 Product Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 198 Returning Items for Warranty Repair or Credit . . . . . 198 Before You Call . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 199 Contacting Dell . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 201 18 Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 203 19 Appendix . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 213 Using t
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book.book Page 14 Wednesday, September 16, 2009 11:12 AM Glossary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 223 Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 241 14 Contents
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book.book Page 15 Wednesday, September 16, 2009 11:12 AM 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
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book.book Page 16 Wednesday, September 16, 2009 11:12 AM 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. 16 Finding Information
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book.book Page 17 Wednesday, September 16, 2009 11:12 AM What Are You Looking For? Find It Here � Service Tag and Express Service Code Service Tag and Microsoft Windows ® ® Licence � Microsoft Windows Licence 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
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book.book Page 18 Wednesday, September 16, 2009 11:12 AM 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
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book.book Page 19 Wednesday, September 16, 2009 11:12 AM What Are You Looking For? Find It Here � Software upgrades and troubleshooting Dell Support Center hints — Frequently asked questions, The Dell Support Center is an hot topics, and general health of your automated upgrade and notification computing environment system installed on your computer. This support provides real-time health scans of your computing environment, software updates, and relevant self-support information. Ac
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book.book Page 20 Wednesday, September 16, 2009 11:12 AM 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 and other items controlled by Dell ® the QuickSet icon in the Microsoft QuickSet ® Windows taskbar, and select Help. The taskbar is located in the lower-right corner of your screen. For more information on Dell QuickSet, see "Dell™ QuickSet Features" on page 191
