Dell Inspiron 2100 Manuel utilisateur

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Dell™ Dimension™ 2100

HINT: A HINT 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.

For a complete list of abbreviations and acronyms, see the Tell Me How help

file. To access help files, see page 24.

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Information in this document is subject to change without notice.

Reproduction in any manner whatsoever without the written permission of Dell Computer

Corporation is strictly forbidden.

Trademarks used in this text: Dell, the DELL logo, Dimension, Inspiron, Dell Precision, OptiPlex,

Latitude, DellPlus, DellNet, and DellWare are trademarks of Dell Computer Corporation; Intel

and Pentium are registered trademarks and Celeron is a trademark of Intel Corporation;

Microsoft and Windows are registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation.

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 Computer Corporation disclaims any

proprietary interest in trademarks and trade names other than its own.

This product incorporates copyright protection technology that is protected by method claims of

certain U.S. patents and other intellectual property rights owned by Macrovision Corporation

and other rights owners. Use of this copyright protection technology must be authorized by

Macrovision Corporation, and is intended for home and other limited viewing uses only unless

otherwise authorized by Macrovision Corporation. Reverse engineering or disassembly is

prohibited.

September 2001 P/N 2H946 Rev. A00

Contents 3

Safety Instructions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

When Using Your Computer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

Ergonomic Computing Habits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

When Working Inside Your Computer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

Protecting Against Electrostatic Discharge . . . . . . . . . . . 11

1Setting Up

Connecting a Printer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

Parallel Printer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

USB Printer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

Installing the Printer Driver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

Transferring Information to a New Computer

(Windows XP Only) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

Setting Up a Home and Office Network

(Windows XP Only) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18

Turning Off the Computer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18

Windows XP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18

Windows Me and Windows 2000 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18

2Solving Problems

Finding Solutions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22

Accessing Help Files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24

Power Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25

Start-Up Error Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25

4Contents

Video and Monitor Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26

If the screen is blank . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26

If the screen is difficult to read . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27

Sound and Speaker Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28

Printer Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29

If you cannot print to a parallel port printer . . . . . . . . . . 29

If you cannot print to a USB printer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30

Scanner Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31

Modem Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32

Mouse Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34

Keyboard Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35

Drive Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35

If you cannot save a file to a floppy disk . . . . . . . . . . . . 35

If you cannot play a music CD or install a program

from a CD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36

If you cannot play a DVD movie . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37

If the CD-RW drive stops writing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38

If you have a hard drive problem . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38

Network Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39

Microsoft®Windows®Error Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39

General Program Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40

A program crashes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40

A program stops responding . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40

A program is designed for an earlier Windows operating

system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41

A solid blue screen appears . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41

Internet Connection Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41

If you have a problem with your Internet connection . . . . . . 41

E-Mail Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43

Contents 5

Resolving Other Technical Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43

Reinstalling Drivers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44

Using the Windows XP Device Driver Rollback . . . . . . . . . 45

Resolving Software and Hardware Incompatibilities . . . . . . . 46

Windows XP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46

Windows Me . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47

Windows 2000 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48

Using System Restore . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49

Creating a Restore Point . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50

Restoring the Computer to an Earlier Operating State . . . . . . 51

Undoing the Last System Restore . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52

Reinstalling Windows XP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53

Reinstalling Windows Me . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55

Reinstalling Windows 2000 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57

3Adding Parts

Removing the Computer Cover . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60

Rotating the Power Supply . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62

Looking Inside Your Computer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65

System Board . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66

Adding a 3.5-Inch Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67

Adding Cards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73

Removing Cards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77

Adding Memory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78

Replacing the Computer Cover . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80

6Contents

4Appendix

Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82

Standard Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86

Viewing Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86

System Setup Screens . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87

Clearing Forgotten Passwords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87

Replacing the Battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88

Dell Technical Support Policy (U.S. Only) . . . . . . . . . . . . 90

Definition of "Dell-Installed" Software and Peripherals . . . . . 90

Definition of "Third-Party" Software and Peripherals . . . . . . 91

Contacting Dell . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92

Contact Numbers and Addresses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92

Returning Items for Warranty Repair or Credit . . . . . . . . . 106

Regulatory Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107

FCC Notices (U.S. Only) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108

Battery Disposal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110

NOM Information (Mexico Only) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111

Información para NOM (únicamente para México) . . . . . . . 112

Limited Warranties and Return Policy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113

One-Year Limited Warranty (U.S. Only) . . . . . . . . . . . . 113

Two-Year Limited Warranty (U.S. Only) . . . . . . . . . . . . 115

Three-Year Limited Warranty (U.S. Only) . . . . . . . . . . . 119

One-Year Limited Warranty (Canada Only) . . . . . . . . . . . 122

Two-Year Limited Warranty (Canada Only) . . . . . . . . . . . 124

Three-Year Limited Warranty (Canada Only) . . . . . . . . . . 127

“Total Satisfaction” Return Policy

(U.S. and Canada Only) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131

One-Year End-User Manufacturer Guarantee

(Latin America and the Caribbean Only) . . . . . . . . . . . . 132

Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135

Use the following safety guidelines to protect yourself and your computer.

When Using Your Computer

CAUTION: Do not operate your computer with any cover(s)

(including the computer cover, filler brackets, front-panel inserts,

and so on) removed.

•To help avoid damaging your computer, be sure that the voltage

selection switch is set to match the AC power available at your

location:

– 115 V/60 Hz in most of North and South America and some Far

Eastern countries such as South Korea and Taiwan

– 100 V/50 Hz in eastern Japan and 100 V/60 Hz in western Japan

– 230 V/50 Hz in most of Europe, the Middle East, and the Far East

Also be sure that your monitor and attached devices are electrically

rated to operate with the AC power available in your location.

•To avoid shorting out your computer when disconnecting a network

cable, first unplug the cable from the network adapter on the back of

your computer, and then from the network jack. When reconnecting a

network cable to your computer, first plug the cable into the network

jack, and then into the network adapter.

•To help avoid possible damage to the system board, wait 5 seconds

after turning off the computer before disconnecting or connecting a

non-USB device from the computer.

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•To help prevent electric shock, plug the computer and device power

cables into properly grounded power sources. These cables are

equipped with 3-prong plugs to help ensure proper grounding. Do not

use adapter plugs or remove the grounding prong from a cable. If you

must use an extension cable, use a 3-wire cable with properly grounded

plugs.

•To help protect your computer from sudden, transient increases and

decreases in electrical power, use a surge suppressor, line conditioner,

or uninterruptible power supply.

•Be sure that nothing rests on your computer’s cables and that the

cables are not located where they can be stepped on or tripped over.

•Do not spill food or liquids on your computer. If the computer gets

wet, contact Dell (see page 92).

•Do not push any objects into the openings of your computer. Doing so

can cause fire or electric shock by shorting out interior components.

•Keep your computer away from radiators and heat sources. Also, do not

block cooling vents. Avoid placing loose papers underneath your

computer; do not place your computer in a closed-in wall unit or on a

bed, sofa, or rug.

Ergonomic Computing Habits

CAUTION: Improper or prolonged keyboard use may result in

injury.

CAUTION: Viewing the monitor screen for extended periods of

time may result in eye strain.

For comfort and efficiency, observe the following ergonomic guidelines

when setting up and using your computer:

•Position your computer so that the monitor and keyboard are directly

in front of you as you work. Special shelves are available (from Dell and

other sources) to help you correctly position your keyboard.

•Set the monitor at a comfortable viewing distance (usually 510 to

610 millimeters [20 to 24 inches] from your eyes).

•Make sure the monitor screen is at eye level or slightly lower when you

are sitting in front of the monitor.

•Adjust the tilt of the monitor, its contrast and brightness settings, and

the lighting around you (such as overhead lights, desk lamps, and the

curtains or blinds on nearby windows) to minimize reflections and

glare on the monitor screen.

•Use a chair that provides good lower back support.

•Keep your forearms horizontal with your wrists in a neutral,

comfortable position while using the keyboard or mouse

•Always leave space to rest your hands while using the keyboard or

mouse.

•Let your upper arms hang naturally at your sides.

•Sit erect with your feet resting on the floor and your thighs level.

•When sitting, make sure the weight of your legs is on your feet and not

on the front of your chair seat. Adjust your chair’s height or use a

footrest, if necessary, to maintain proper posture.

•Vary your work activities. Try to organize your work so that you do not

have to type for extended periods of time. When you stop typing, try

to do things that use both hands.

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When Working Inside Your Computer

Before you open the computer cover, perform the following steps in the

sequence indicated.

NOTICE: Do not attempt to service the computer yourself, except as

explained in this guide and elsewhere in Dell documentation or at the guidance

of a Dell support technician. Always follow installation and service instructions

closely.

1Turn off your computer.

2Turn off all devices.

monitor screen at or

below eye level

wrists relaxed

and flat

computer positioned

directly in front of

user

arms at desk

level

feet flat on the

floor

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