If You Hear An Unfamiliar Scraping Or Grinding Sound; Hard Drive Problems; E-Mail, Modem, And Internet Problems - Dell D630 - LATITUDE ATG NOTEBOOK User Manual

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

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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
prevent the operating system from starting. Try allowing the computer to return
to room temperature before turning it on.
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U N H E C K I S K
1 Click the Start button and click My Computer.
2 Right-click Local Disk C:.
3 Click Properties.
4 Click the Tools tab.
5 Under Error-checking, click Check Now.
6 Click Scan for and attempt recovery of bad sectors.
7 Click Start.

E-Mail, Modem, and Internet Problems

Fill out the Diagnostics Checklist (see "Diagnostics Checklist" on page 198) as
you complete these checks.
CAUTION:
safety instructions in the
NOTE:
Connect the modem to an analog telephone jack only. The modem does not
operate while it is connected to a digital telephone network.
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H E C K T H E I C R O S O F T
cannot open your e-mail attachments:
1 In Outlook Express, click Tools, click Options, and then click Security.
2 Click Do not allow attachments to remove the checkmark.
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Troubleshooting
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