Dell 1526 Laptop User Manual


 
8 Contents
Network Assistant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
PC TuneUp
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
PC CheckUp
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102
Drive Problems
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102
Optical drive problems
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103
Hard drive problems
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
E-Mail, Modem, and Internet Problems
. . . . . . . . . 104
Error Messages
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106
ExpressCard Problems
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111
IEEE 1394 Device Problems
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111
Keyboard Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112
External Keyboard problems
. . . . . . . . . . . . 112
Unexpected characters
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113
Lockups and Software Problems
. . . . . . . . . . . . 113
The computer does not start
. . . . . . . . . . . . 113
The computer stops responding
. . . . . . . . . . 113
A program stops responding or
crashes repeatedly
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114
A program is designed for an earlier
Microsoft
®
Windows
®
operating system . . . . . 114
A solid blue screen appears
. . . . . . . . . . . . 114
Dell MediaDirect problems
. . . . . . . . . . . . . 114
Other software problems
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115
Memory Problems
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116
Network Problems
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116
Mobile Broadband
(Wireless Wide Area Network [WWAN])
. . . . . 117
Power Problems
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118