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www.dell.com | support.dell.com Dell™ Latitude™ D630/D630c User’s Guide Model PP24L
2 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. If you purchased a Dell™ n Series computer, any references in this document to Microsoft® Windows® operating systems are not applicable. ____________________ Information in this document is subject to change without notice. © 2007–2008 Dell Inc. All rights reserved. Trademarks used in this text: Dell, the DELL logo, Latitude, ExpressCharge, TravelLite, Strike Zone, Wi-Fi Catcher, and Client Manager are trademarks of Dell Inc.; Core, Active Management Technology, Centrino, and Intel are registered trademarks of Intel Corporation; Microsoft, Outlook, Windows, Windows Vista are either registered trademarks or trademarks of Microsoft Corporation in the United States and/or other countries; Bluetooth is a registered trademark owned by Bluetooth SIG, Inc. and is used by Dell under license; TouchStrip is a trademark of UPEK, Inc.; EMC is a registered trademark of EMC Corporation; ENERGY STAR is a registered trademark of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. As an ENERGY STAR partner, Dell Inc. has determined that this product meets the ENERGY STAR guidelines for energy efficiency. Other trademarks and trade names may be used in this document to refer to either the entities claiming the marks and names or their products. Dell Inc. disclaims any proprietary interest in trademarks and trade names other than its own. Model PP24L May 2008 P/N HN566 Rev. A03
3 Contents 1 Finding Information. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 2 About Your Computer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 Front View. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 Left Side View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 Right Side View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 Back View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 Bottom View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32 3 Transferring Information to a New Computer. . . . . 35 Microsoft® Windows® XP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35 Running the Files and Settings Transfer Wizard With the Operating System Media . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36 Running the Files and Settings Transfer Wizard Without the Operating System Media . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37 Microsoft Windows Vista ®. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39 Easy Transfer Cable for Windows Vista . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39 4 Using a Battery. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41 Battery Performance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41 Checking the Battery Charge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42 Dell™ QuickSet Battery Meter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42 Microsoft® Windows® Power Meter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43 Charge Gauge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
4 Low-Battery Warning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44 Conserving Battery Power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44 Power Management Modes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45 Standby and Sleep Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45 Hibernate Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45 Configuring Power Management Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46 Accessing Power Options Properties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46 Charging the Battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47 Replacing the Battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47 Storing a Battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48 Battery Errors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48 5 Using the Keyboard. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49 Numeric Keypad. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49 Key Combinations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50 System Functions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50 Battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50 Display Functions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50 Power Management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50 Microsoft® Windows® Logo Key Functions . . . . . . . . . . . 51 Touch Pad . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51 Customizing the Touch Pad and Track Stick . . . . . . . . . . . . 52 Changing the Track Stick Cap . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53 6 Using the Display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55 Adjusting Brightness . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55 Using the Ambient Light Sensor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
5 Switching the Video Image. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57 Setting Display Resolution and Refresh Rate . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57 Dual Independent Display Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58 Swapping Primary and Secondary Displays . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59 7 Setting Up and Using Networks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61 Connecting a Network or Broadband Modem Cable. . . . . . . . . . 61 Setting Up a Network in the Microsoft ® Windows® XP Operating System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62 Setting Up a Network in the Microsoft Windows Vista ® Operating System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62 Wireless Local Area Network . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63 What You Need to Establish a WLAN Connection . . . . . . . . . 63 Checking Your Wireless Network Card . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63 Setting Up a New WLAN Using a Wireless Router and a Broadband Modem . . . . . . . . . . . . 64 Connecting to a WLAN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65 Mobile Broadband (or Wireless Wide Area Network) . . . . . . . . . 68 What You Need to Establish a Mobile Broadband Network Connection . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68 Checking Your Dell Mobile Broadband Card . . . . . . . . . . . . 68 Connecting to a Mobile Broadband Network . . . . . . . . . . . 69 Enabling/Disabling the Dell™ Mobile Broadband Card . . . . . . 70 Managing Your Network Settings Through the Dell QuickSet Location Profiler . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70 Dell Wi-Fi Catcher™ Network Locator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71 Microsoft ® Windows® Firewall . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
6 8 Using Multimedia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73 Playing Media. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73 Copying Media . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75 How to Copy Media . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75 Using Blank Media . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76 Helpful Tips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77 Adjusting the Volume . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78 Adjusting the Picture . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79 Microsoft® Windows® XP Operating System . . . . . . . . . . . 79 Microsoft Windows Vista® Operating System . . . . . . . . . . 79 9 Using Cards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81 Card Types. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81 PC Cards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81 ExpressCards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81 Smart Cards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81 Card Blanks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82 Extended Cards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82 Installing a PC Card or ExpressCard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82 PC Card . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82 ExpressCards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83 Removing a Card or Blank . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84 10 Securing Your Computer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85 Security Cable Lock. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85 Smart Card . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86 About Smart Cards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86 Installing a Smart Card . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86 Passwords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
7 About Passwords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88 Using a Primary (or System) Password . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89 Using an Administrator Password . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89 Using a Hard Drive Password . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90 Trusted Platform Module (TPM) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91 Enabling the TPM Feature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91 Security Management Software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92 Activating the Security Management Software . . . . . . . . . . 92 Using the Security Management Software . . . . . . . . . . . . 93 Computer Tracking Software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93 If Your Computer Is Lost or Stolen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93 Cleaning Your Computer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95 Computer, Keyboard, and Display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95 Touch Pad . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96 Mouse . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96 Floppy Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97 CDs and DVDs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97 11 Troubleshooting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99 Diagnostic Lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99 Diagnostic Light Codes During POST . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99 Dell™ Technical Update Service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101 Dell Diagnostics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101 When to Use the Dell Diagnostics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102 Starting the Dell Diagnostics From Your Hard Drive . . . . . . . 102 Starting the Dell Diagnostics from the Drivers and Utilities Media . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103 Dell Diagnostics Main Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104 Dell Support Utility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105 Accessing the Dell Support Utility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
8 Clicking the Dell Support Icon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106 Double-Clicking the Dell Support Icon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106 Drive Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106 Media drive problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107 If you cannot eject the CD, CD-RW, DVD, or DVD+RW drive tray 107 If you hear an unfamiliar scraping or grinding sound . . . . . . 108 Hard drive problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108 E-Mail, Modem, and Internet Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108 Error Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110 IEEE 1394 Device Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115 Keyboard Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115 External Keyboard problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115 Unexpected characters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117 Lockups and Software Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117 The computer does not start up . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117 The computer stops responding . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117 A program stops responding or crashes repeatedly . . . . . . 117 A program is designed for an earlier Microsoft ® Windows® operating system . . . . . . . . . . . . 118 A solid blue screen appears . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118 Other software problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118 Memory Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119 Network Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119 General . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120 Wireless Local Area Network (WLAN) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120 Mobile Broadband (Wireless Wide Area Network) . . . . . . . 120 PC Card Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121 Power Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122 Ensuring Sufficient Power for Your Computer . . . . . . . . . . 123 Docking Power Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123
9 Printer Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124 Scanner Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124 Sound and Speaker Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125 No sound from integrated speakers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125 No sound from external speakers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126 No sound from headphones . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126 Touch Pad or Mouse Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126 Video and Display Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127 If the display is blank . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128 If the display is difficult to read . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128 If only part of the display is readable . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129 12 Intel® Active Management Technology . . . . . . . 131 13 System Setup Program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135 Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135 Viewing the System Setup Screens . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136 System Setup Screens . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136 Commonly Used Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136 Changing the Boot Sequence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136 Changing Printer Modes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138 Changing COM Ports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138 14 Reinstalling Software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139 Drivers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139 What Is a Driver? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139 Identifying Drivers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139 Reinstalling Drivers and Utilities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140
10 Using the Hardware Troubleshooter Tool. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144 Microsoft Windows XP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144 Microsoft Windows Vista . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144 Restoring Your Operating System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144 Using Microsoft ® Windows® System Restore. . . . . . . . . . 145 Using the Operating System Media . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146 15 Adding and Replacing Parts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149 Before You Begin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149 Recommended Tools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149 Turning Off Your Computer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149 Before Working Inside Your Computer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150 Hinge Cover . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152 Keyboard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153 Internal Card With Bluetooth ® Wireless Technology . . . . . . . . 154 Coin-Cell Battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156 Memory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157 Wireless Local Area Network (WLAN) Card . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163 Mobile Broadband Card . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166 Subscriber Identity Module (SIM) Card . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169 Hard Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170 Media Bay . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173 Removing Media Bay Devices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173 FCM (Flash Cache Module) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174