Dell Latitude XT PP12S Manuel utilisateur

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Dell™ Latitude™ XT User’s Guide

Model PP12S

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Notes, Notices, and Cautions

NOTE: A NOTE indicates important information that helps you make better use of

your Tablet-PC.

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.

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and the Windows Vista start button are either trademarks or registered trademarks of Microsoft

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Other trademarks and trade names may be used in this document to refer to either the entities claiming

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Model PP12S

May 2008 P/N PU189 Rev. A03

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Contents

1 Resources . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

Finding Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

Getting Help . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21

Obtaining Assistance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21

Dell Support Service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21

Problems With Your Order . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23

Product Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23

Returning Items for Warranty Repair or Credit . . 24

Before You Call . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24

Contacting Dell . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26

2 About Your Tablet-PC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27

Front View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27

Left Side View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32

Right Side View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34

Back View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36

Top View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39

Bottom View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40

Pen View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41

Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42

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3 Setting Up and Using Your Tablet-PC . . . 51

Transferring Information to a New Tablet-PC . . . . . . 51

Transferring Information in Windows Vista®. . . 51

Transferring Information in Windows XP . . . . . 51

Using Notebook Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54

Using Tablet Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55

Converting Your Tablet-PC Between Notebook

and Tablet Modes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55

Right- and Left-handed Use . . . . . . . . . . . . 59

Screen Orientation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61

Controlling Your Tablet-PC in Tablet Mode . . . . . 62

Using the Pen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65

Using Touch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70

Accessing Management Tasks and User Information . 71

QuickSet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71

Control Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72

Help and Support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72

Windows Vista Mobility Center . . . . . . . . . . 72

Using a Battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73

Battery Performance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73

Checking the Battery Charge . . . . . . . . . . . . 74

Power Meter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75

Conserving Battery Power . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76

Power Management Modes . . . . . . . . . . . . 77

Configuring Power Management Settings . . . . . 79

Charging the Main Battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79

Removing the Main Battery . . . . . . . . . . . . 80

Installing the Main Battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81

Storing a Battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81

Using a Keyboard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82

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Numeric Keypad . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82

Key Combinations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82

Touch Pad . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85

Changing the Track Stick or Pointer Cap . . . . . 86

Using the Display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87

Adjusting Brightness on the

LED Backlit Thin-and-Light LCD . . . . . . . . . . 88

Adjusting Brightness on the

Dual-bulb (CCFL) LCD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88

Using Cards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89

ExpressCards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89

Smart Cards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91

Secure Digital (SD) Cards . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93

4 Using Your Tablet-PC With a Projector . . 95

Display Positions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95

Classic Notebook . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95

Tablet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95

Display Modes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96

Clone Mode (Mirrored) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96

Extended Desktop Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97

Changing the Display Settings for the Projector . . . . 97

5 Setting Up and Using Networks . . . . . . . 99

Connecting a Network or Broadband Modem . . . . . 99

Network Setup Wizard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100

Wireless Local Area Network (WLAN) . . . . . . . . . 100

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What You Need to Establish a WLAN Connection . 101

Checking Your Wireless Network Adapter . . . . . 101

Setting Up a New WLAN Using a

Wireless Router and a Broadband Modem . . . . 102

Connecting to a WLAN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103

Mobile Broadband/Wireless

Wide Area Network (WWAN) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105

What You Need to Establish a

Mobile Broadband Network Connection . . . . . . 105

Checking Your Dell Mobile Broadband Card . . . . 106

Connecting to a Mobile Broadband Network . . . 107

Enabling/Disabling the

Dell Mobile Broadband Card . . . . . . . . . . . . 108

Managing Your Network Settings

Through the Dell QuickSet Location Profiler . . . . 108

Dell Wi-Fi Catcher™ Network Locator . . . . . . . . . 109

Microsoft®Windows®Firewall . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109

6 Securing Your Tablet-PC . . . . . . . . . . . . 111

Security Cable Lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111

Smart Cards and Biometric Readers . . . . . . . . . . 111

Passwords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112

About Passwords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112

Using a Primary (or System) Password . . . . . . 113

Using an Administrator Password . . . . . . . . . 114

Using a Hard Drive Password . . . . . . . . . . . 114

Trusted Platform Module (TPM) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115

Enabling the TPM Feature . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116

Security Management Software . . . . . . . . . . . . 116

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Activating the Security Management Software . . 116

Using the Security Management Software . . . . 117

Computer Tracking Software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117

If Your Tablet-PC Is Lost or Stolen . . . . . . . . . . . 117

7 Cleaning Your Tablet-PC . . . . . . . . . . . . 119

Tablet-PC, Keyboard, and Display . . . . . . . . . . . 119

Touch Pad . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119

Optical Drives and Optical Drive Media . . . . . . . . 120

8 Troubleshooting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121

Dell Diagnostics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121

When to Use the Dell Diagnostics . . . . . . . . . 121

Starting the Dell Diagnostics

From Your Hard Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121

Starting the Dell Diagnostics From the

Drivers and Utilities Media . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123

Dell Diagnostics Main Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . 123

Dell Support Utility for Windows Vista . . . . . . . . . 125

Accessing the Dell Support Utility . . . . . . . . . 125

Clicking the Dell Support Icon . . . . . . . . . . . 126

Windows Hardware Troubleshooter . . . . . . . . . . 126

Solving Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126

Hard Drive Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127

Optical Drive Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128

E-Mail and Internet Problems . . . . . . . . . . . 128

Error Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129

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IEEE 1394 Device Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130

Lockups and Software Problems . . . . . . . . . . 130

Memory Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132

Network Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133

Power Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133

Printer Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134

Scanner Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134

Sound and Speaker Problems . . . . . . . . . . . 135

Touch Pad or Mouse Problems . . . . . . . . . . . 136

Troubleshooting Stylus and Touch Problems . . . 137

Display Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138

Power Lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139

9 Using the System Setup Program . . . . . 141

Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141

System Setup Screens . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142

Viewing the System Setup Screens . . . . . . . . 142

Commonly Used Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142

Changing the Boot Sequence . . . . . . . . . . . 142

10 Reinstalling Software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145

Drivers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145

What Is a Driver? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145

Identifying Drivers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145

Reinstalling Drivers and Utilities . . . . . . . . . . 146

Restoring Your Operating System . . . . . . . . . . . . 148

Using Microsoft Windows System Restore . . . . 149

Using Dell Factory Image Restore . . . . . . . . . 150

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Using the Operating System Media . . . . . . . . 151

11 Adding and Replacing Parts . . . . . . . . . 155

Before You Begin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155

Recommended Tools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155

Turning Off Your Tablet-PC . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155

Before Working Inside Your Tablet-PC . . . . . . . 156

Main Battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157

Removing the Main Battery . . . . . . . . . . . . 158

Installing the Main Battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159

Hard Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159

Removing the Hard Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160

Installing the Hard Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161

Subscriber Identity Module (SIM) Card . . . . . . . . 162

Removing the SIM Card . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162

Installing the SIM Card . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163

Internal Card With Bluetooth®Wireless Technology . 163

Remove the Internal Card Caddy . . . . . . . . . 164

Installing a Bluetooth Card . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165

Installing the Main Battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167

Memory and Mini-Card Cover . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167

Removing the Memory and Mini-Card Cover . . . 168

Installing the Memory and Mini-Card Cover . . . . 168

Memory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168

Removing a Memory Module . . . . . . . . . . . 169

Installing a Memory Module . . . . . . . . . . . . 169

Mini-Card . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170

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Removing a Mini-Card . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171

Installing a Mini-Card . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173

Hinge Cover . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174

Removing the Hinge Cover . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174

Installing the Hinge Cover . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175

Keyboard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175

Removing the Keyboard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176

Installing the Keyboard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177

Coin-Cell Battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177

Removing the Coin-cell Battery . . . . . . . . . . 178

Installing the Coin-Cell Battery . . . . . . . . . . . 178

Display Assembly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179

Removing the Display Assembly . . . . . . . . . . 179

Installing the Display Assembly . . . . . . . . . . 182

Palm Rest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186

Removing the Palm Rest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186

Installing the Palm Rest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189

System Board . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189

Removing the System Board . . . . . . . . . . . . 189

Installing the System Board . . . . . . . . . . . . 191

Fan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191

Removing the Fan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191

Installing the Fan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193

Pen and Whip Antenna Assembly . . . . . . . . . . . . 193

Removing the Pen and Whip Antenna Assembly . 193

Installing the Pen and Whip Antenna Assembly . . 195

Wireless Switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195

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