Dell Inspiron 530b Manuel utilisateur

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Dell™ Inspiron™ 530 Series

Owner’s Manual

Model DCMF

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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.

Abbreviations and Acronyms

For a complete list of abbreviations and acronyms, see the "Glossary" on page 203.

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Information in this document is subject to change without notice.

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Trademarks used in this text: Dell, the DELL logo, YOURS IS HERE, and Inspiron are trademarks of

Dell Inc.; Bluetooth is a registered trademark owned by Bluetooth SIG, Inc. and is used by Dell under

license; Microsoft, Windows, Internet Explorer, Windows Vista, and Windows Vista start button logo

are either trademarks or registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation in the United States and/or

other countries; Intel, Pentium, and Celeron are registered trademarks, SpeedStep and Core are

trademarks of Intel Corporation in the U.S. and other countries.

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 DCMF

September 2008 P/N KP338 Rev. A05

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Contents

Finding Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

1 Setting Up and Using Your Computer . . . 15

Front View of the Computer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

Inspiron 530/530a/530c . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

Inspiron 530b/530d . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

Back View of the Computer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19

Inspiron 530/530a/530c . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19

Inspiron 530b/530d . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21

Back Panel Connectors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22

Inspiron 530/530a/530c . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22

Inspiron 530b/530d . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25

Installing Your Computer in an Enclosure. . . . . . . . 27

Setting Up a Printer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29

Printer Cable . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29

Connecting a USB Printer . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29

Playing CDs and DVDs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31

Adjusting the Volume . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32

Configuring the Audio Connectors for

5.1-Channel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33

Adjusting the Picture . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33

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Copying CDs and DVDs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34

How to Copy a CD or DVD. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34

Using Blank CDs and DVDs . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35

Helpful Tips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36

Using a Media Card Reader (Optional) . . . . . . . . . 36

Connecting Two Monitors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38

Connecting Two Monitors With VGA

Connectors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38

Connecting One Monitor With a VGA Connector

and One Monitor With a DVI Connector . . . . . . 39

Connecting a TV. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39

Changing the Display Settings . . . . . . . . . . . 40

Power Management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40

Power Management Options in

Microsoft®Windows®XP . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40

Standby Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40

Hibernate Mode. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41

Power Options Properties . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42

Power Management Options in

Windows Vista®. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43

Standby Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44

Hibernate Mode. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44

Power Plan Properties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45

Enabling SpeedStep™ Technology . . . . . . . . . . . 46

About RAID Configurations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47

RAID Level 1 Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47

Configuring Your Hard Drives for RAID . . . . . . . 48

Configuring for RAID Using the Intel®

Option ROM Utility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49

Configuring for RAID Using the Intel®

Matrix Storage Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50

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Transferring Information to a New Computer . . . . . . 54

Microsoft®Windows®XP . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54

Setting Up a Home and Office Network. . . . . . . . . 58

Connecting to a Network Adapter . . . . . . . . . 58

Setting Up a Network in the Microsoft®

Windows®XP Operating System. . . . . . . . . . 59

Setting Up a Network in the Windows Vista®

Operating System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59

Connecting to the Internet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60

Setting Up Your Internet Connection . . . . . . . . 60

2 Solving Problems. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63

Troubleshooting Tips. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63

Battery Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63

Drive Problems. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64

CD and DVD drive problems . . . . . . . . . . . . 65

Hard drive problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66

E-Mail, Modem, and Internet Problems . . . . . . . . . 66

Error Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68

Keyboard Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69

Lockups and Software Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . 70

The computer does not start up . . . . . . . . . . 70

The computer stops responding . . . . . . . . . . 70

A program stops responding . . . . . . . . . . . . 70

A program crashes repeatedly . . . . . . . . . . . 70

A program is designed for an earlier

Microsoft®Windows®operating system . . . . . 71

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A solid blue screen appears . . . . . . . . . . . . 71

Other software problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72

Media Card Reader Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73

Memory Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74

Mouse Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75

Network Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76

Power Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77

Printer Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78

Scanner Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80

Sound and Speaker Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81

No sound from speakers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81

No sound from headphones . . . . . . . . . . . . 82

Video and Monitor Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82

If the screen is blank . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83

If the screen is difficult to read . . . . . . . . . . . 84

3 Troubleshooting Tools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85

Power Lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85

Beep Codes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86

System Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88

Dell Diagnostics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90

When to Use the Dell Diagnostics . . . . . . . . . 90

Starting the Dell Diagnostics From Your

Hard Drive. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90

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Starting the Dell Diagnostics From the

Drivers and Utilities Media . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91

Dell Diagnostics Main Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . 92

Drivers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94

What is a Driver? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94

Identifying Drivers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94

Reinstalling Drivers and Utilities . . . . . . . . . . 95

Troubleshooting Software and Hardware

Problems in the Microsoft Windows®XP and

Windows Vista®Operating System . . . . . . . . . . . 97

Restoring Your Operating System . . . . . . . . . . . . 98

Using Microsoft® Windows® System Restore . . . 98

Using Dell PC Restore and Dell Factory

Image Restore . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100

Using the Operating System CD . . . . . . . . . . 103

4 Removing and Installing Parts . . . . . . . 105

Before You Begin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105

Recommended Tools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105

Turning Off Your Computer . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106

Before Working Inside Your Computer . . . . . . . 106

Removing the Computer Cover . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107

Inside View of Your Computer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109

System Board Components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110

Inspiron 530 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110

Inspiron 530a . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112

Inspiron 530b . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114

Inspiron 530c . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116

Inspiron 530d . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118

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Power Supply DC Connector Pin Assignments . . . . 120

Memory. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123

Memory Installation Guidelines . . . . . . . . . 124

Installing Memory. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126

Removing Memory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128

Cards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129

PCI and PCI Express Cards . . . . . . . . . . . . 129

Bezel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136

Removing the Bezel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136

Replacing the Bezel. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137

Drives. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138

Recommended Drive Cable Connections. . . . . 139

Connecting Drive Cables . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139

Drive Interface Connectors . . . . . . . . . . . . 139

Connecting and Disconnecting Drive

Cables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140

Hard Drives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140

Floppy Drive (Optional) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145

Media Card Reader . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151

CD/DVD Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154

Battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160

Replacing the Battery. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160

Power Supply . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161

Replacing the Power Supply . . . . . . . . . . . 162

I/O Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163

Removing the I/O Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164

Installing the I/O Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165

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Processor Fan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165

Removing the Processor Fan/Heat

Sink Assembly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166

Installing the Processor Fan/Heat Sink

Assembly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167

Processor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168

Removing the Processor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168

Installing the Processor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170

Chassis Fan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172

Removing the Chassis Fan . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172

Replacing the Chassis Fan . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173

System Board . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174

Removing the System Board . . . . . . . . . . . . 174

Installing the System Board . . . . . . . . . . . . 176

Replacing the Computer Cover . . . . . . . . . . . 176

A Appendix . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179

Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179

Inspiron 530/530a/530c . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179

Inspiron 530b/530d . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182

Inspiron 530/530a/530b/530c/530d . . . . . . . . . 185

System Setup. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187

Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187

Entering System Setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188

System Setup Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189

Boot Sequence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191

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Clearing Forgotten Passwords. . . . . . . . . . . . . 193

Inspiron 530 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193

Inspiron 530a . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 194

Inspiron 530b . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 194

Inspiron 530c . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195

Inspiron 530d . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195

Clearing CMOS Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 196

Flashing the BIOS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197

Cleaning Your Computer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 198

Computer, Keyboard, and Monitor . . . . . . . . 198

Mouse. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 198

Floppy Drive (Optional) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 199

CDs and DVDs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 199

Dell Technical Support Policy (U.S. Only) . . . . . . . 199

Definition of "Dell-Installed" Software

and Peripherals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200

Definition of "Third-Party" Software

and Peripherals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200

FCC Notice (U.S. Only) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200

FCC Class B . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200

Contacting Dell. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202

Glossary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 203

Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 219

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