Dell Inspiron 5000 Reference And Troubleshooting Manual page 14
Dell inspiron 5000: reference guide
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- Service manual (100 pages) ,
- Installation and operation manual (53 pages) ,
- User manual (31 pages)
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Troubleshooting Procedures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-9
Restart Your Computer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-10
Dry Out a Wet Computer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-10
Test a Dropped or Damaged Computer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-11
Recover From a Program That Is Not Responding . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-12
Restart a Computer That Is Not Responding . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-12
Resolve Audio Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-13
Resolve CD-ROM or DVD-ROM Drive Problems. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-13
Resolve Diskette Drive Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-13
Resolve Display Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-14
Resolve External Monitor Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-14
Resolve External Keyboard Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-15
Resolve Hard-Disk Drive Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-15
Resolve Hardware Conflicts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-15
Resolve Infrared Port Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-16
Resolve Memory Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-17
Resolve Modem, Fax, and Internet Connection Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-18
Resolve PC Card Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-18
Resolve Software Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-19
Install and Configure Software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-19
Resolve Touch Pad and Mouse Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-19
Resolve Television Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-20
Check the Television Type Setting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-20
Check the System Setup Program Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-20
Installing System Software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-1
Installing the Windows 98 Operating System. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-1
Recreating the Hibernate (Save-to-Disk Suspend) File (Windows 98) . . . . . . . . . . 3-2
Boot Your Computer With the System Software CD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-2
Delete the Hibernate File . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-3
Create the Hibernate File . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-4
Enable Hibernate Support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-4
View the Hibernate File Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-4
Installing Drivers and Utilities for Windows 98 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-5
Install the Audio Driver (Windows 98) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-5
Install the Video Driver (Windows 98) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-6
Install the Touch Pad Driver (Windows 98) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-6
Install Softex BayManager (Windows 98) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-7
Install the Internal Modem Driver (Windows 98) (Optional). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-8
Install the Software DVD Decoder (Windows 98) (Optional) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-9
Configuring the Television Control Panel Setting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-10
Setting and Changing the DVD-ROM Drive Region Code . . . . . . . . . . . 3-10
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