Cd And Dvd Drive Problems; If There Is No Audio; If You Hear An Unfamiliar Scraping Or Grinding Sound; Hard Drive Problems - Dell Inspiron PP10S Owner's Manual

H E C K F O R H A R D W A R E I N C O M P A T I B I L I T I E S
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CD and DVD drive problems

NOTE:
High-speed CD or DVD drive vibration is normal and may cause noise, which does not indicate a
defect in the drive or the CD or DVD.
NOTE:
Because of different regions worldwide and different disc formats, not all DVD titles work in all
DVD drives.

If there is no audio

D J U S T T H E
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• Click the speaker icon in the lower-right corner of your screen.
• Ensure that the volume is turned up by clicking the slidebar and dragging it up.
• Ensure that the sound is not muted by clicking any boxes that are checked.
C H E C K T H E S P E A K E R S A N D S U B W O O F E R

If you hear an unfamiliar scraping or grinding sound

• Ensure that the sound is not caused by the program that is running.
• Ensure that the disk or disc is inserted properly.

Hard drive problems

L L O W T H E C O M P U T E R T O C O O L B E F O R E T U R N I N G I T O N
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operating system from starting. Try allowing the computer to return to room temperature before turning
it on.
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Solving Problems
D I A G N O S T I C S — See page 51.
I N D O W S V O L U M E C O N T R O L
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— See page 70.
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— See page 65.
— A hot hard drive may prevent the