Dell PP05XB Personal Computer User Manual


 
Contents 7
11 Troubleshooting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
Dell Technical Update Service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
Dell Diagnostics
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
When to Use the Dell Diagnostics
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
Starting the Dell Diagnostics From Your Hard Drive
. . . . . . . . . . . . 89
Starting the Dell Diagnostics From the Drivers and Utilities CD
. . . . . . 90
Dell Diagnostics Main Menu
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91
Dell Support Utility
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92
Accessing the Dell Support Utility
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92
Clicking the Dell Support Icon
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93
Double-Clicking the Dell Support Icon
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93
Drive Problems
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93
CD and DVD Drive Problems
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93
If You Cannot Eject the CD, CD-RW, DVD, or DVD+RW Drive Tray
. . . . . 94
If You Hear an Unfamiliar Scraping or Grinding Sound
. . . . . . . . . . . 94
Hard Drive Problems
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94
E-Mail, Modem, and Internet Problems
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94
Error Messages
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96
IEEE 1394 Device Problems
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
Keyboard Problems
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100
External Keyboard Problems
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100
Unexpected Characters
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100
Lockups and Software Problems
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
The Computer Does Not Start Up
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
The Computer Stops Responding
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
A Program Stops Responding or Crashes Repeatedly
. . . . . . . . . . 101
A Program Is Designed for an Earlier Microsoft
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Windows
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Operating System
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
A Solid Blue Screen Appears
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
Dell MediaDirect Problems
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102
Other Software Problems
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102
Memory Problems
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103