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book.book Page 1 Friday, November 30, 2007 11:28 AM
Dell™ XPS™ M1530 Owner’s Manual
Model PP28L
www.dell.com | support.dell.com
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book.book Page 2 Friday, November 30, 2007 11:28 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. All
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book.book Page 3 Friday, November 30, 2007 11:28 AM 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 Friday, November 30, 2007 11:28 AM 3 Using the Keyboard and Touchpad . . . . . 39 Numeric Keypad . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39 Key Combinations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39 System Functions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39 Display Functions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39 Battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39 Power Management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40 ® ® Microsoft Windows Logo Key Functions . . . .
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book.book Page 5 Friday, November 30, 2007 11:28 AM Conserving Battery Power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48 Configuring Power Management Settings . . . . . 48 Using the Sleep Power State . . . . . . . . . . . 49 Charging the Battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49 Replacing the Battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50 Storing a Battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51 6 Using Multimedia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53 Playing Media . . . . . . . . . . . .
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book.book Page 6 Friday, November 30, 2007 11:28 AM 7 Using the Camera . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71 Accessing the Camera’s Help File . . . . . . . . . . . 71 Manually Adjusting the Camera Settings . . . . . . . . 72 Creating a Picture or a Video . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72 8 Using ExpressCards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73 ExpressCard Blanks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73 Installing an ExpressCard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74 Removing an ExpressCard or B
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book.book Page 7 Friday, November 30, 2007 11:28 AM Setting Up a New WLAN Using a Wireless Router and a Broadband Modem . . . . 79 Connecting to a WLAN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81 Mobile Broadband/ Wireless Wide Area Network (WWAN) . . . . . . . . 82 What You Need to Establish a Mobile Broadband Network Connection . . . . . 83 Checking Your Dell Mobile Broadband Card . . . . 83 Connecting to a Mobile Broadband Network . . . 84 Enabling/Disabling the Dell Mobile Broadband Card .
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book.book Page 8 Friday, November 30, 2007 11:28 AM Dell Network Assistant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98 DellConnect . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98 Drive Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99 Optical drive problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99 Hard drive problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100 E-Mail, Modem, and Internet Problems . . . . . . . . . 100 Error Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102 ExpressCard Problems . . . . . . . .
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book.book Page 9 Friday, November 30, 2007 11:28 AM Printer Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114 Scanner Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115 Sound and Speaker Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116 No sound from integrated speakers . . . . . . . . 116 No sound from external speakers . . . . . . . . . 116 No sound from headphones . . . . . . . . . . . . 117 Remote Control Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117 Touch Pad or Mouse Problems . . . . . . . . .
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book.book Page 10 Friday, November 30, 2007 11:28 AM 13 Adding and Replacing Parts . . . . . . . . . 131 Before You Begin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131 Recommended Tools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131 Turning Off Your Computer . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131 Before Working Inside Your Computer . . . . . . . 132 Hard Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133 Removing the Hard Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134 Replacing the Hard Drive . . . . . . . . . . . .
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book.book Page 11 Friday, November 30, 2007 11:28 AM Flash Cache Module . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149 Removing the FCM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149 Replacing the FCM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150 Internal Card With ® Bluetooth Wireless Technology . . . . . . . . . . . . 151 Removing the Card . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151 Replacing the Card . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152 14 Traveling With Your Computer . . . . . . . 153 Identifying Your Computer . .
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book.book Page 12 Friday, November 30, 2007 11:28 AM 16 Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161 A Appendix . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171 Using the System Setup Program . . . . . . . . . . . . 171 Viewing the System Setup Screen . . . . . . . . . 172 System Setup Screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172 Commonly Used Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172 Cleaning Your Computer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174 Computer, Keyboard, and Display . .
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book.book Page 13 Friday, November 30, 2007 11:28 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 us
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book.book Page 14 Friday, November 30, 2007 11:28 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: The appearance of your setup diagram may vary. Service Tag and Express Service Code Service Tag and Microsoft Windows ® ® Product Key Microsoft Windows Product
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book.book Page 15 Friday, November 30, 2007 11:28 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 syst
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book.book Page 16 Friday, November 30, 2007 11:28 AM 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 Friday, November 30, 2007 11:28 AM 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 124. After you reinstall your operating system, use the Drivers and Utilities media to reinstall drivers for the devices that came wi
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book.book Page 18 Friday, November 30, 2007 11:28 AM 18 Finding Information
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book.book Page 19 Friday, November 30, 2007 11:28 AM 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 ca
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book.book Page 20 Friday, November 30, 2007 11:28 AM 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 foll
