User manual DELL XPS INSPIRON 400

[. . . ] DellTM InspironTM XPS Owner's Manual Model PP09L www. dell. com | support. dell. com 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. Abbreviations and Acronyms For a complete list of abbreviations and acronyms, see the DellTM InspironTM Help file. If you purchased a DellTM n Series computer, any references in this document to Microsoft® Windows® operating systems are not applicable. ____________________ Information in this document is subject to change without notice. Reproduction in any manner whatsoever without the written permission of Dell Inc. [. . . ] R E I N S T A L L T H E T O U C H P A D D R I V E R -- See "Reinstalling Drivers and Utilities" on page 94. Printer Problems C H E C K T H E P R I N T E R C A B L E C O N N E C T I O N S -- Ensure that the printer cable is properly connected to the computer. TEST T H E E L E C T R I C A L O U T L E T -- Ensure that the electrical outlet is working by testing it with another device, such as a lamp. E N S U R E T H A T T H E P R I N T E R I S T U R N E D O N -- See the documentation supplied with the printer. VERIFY T H A T W I N D O W S ® R E C O G N I Z E S T H E P R I N T E R 1 Click the Start button. 4 Click View installed printers or fax printers. If the printer model is listed, right-click the printer icon. 5 Click Properties, and then click the Ports tab. Ensure that the Print to the following port(s): setting is USB. RE I N S T A L L T H E P R I N T E R D R I V E R -- See the documentation supplied with the printer. Solving Problems 85 www. dell. com | support. dell. com E-Mail Problems E N S U R E T H A T Y O U A R E C O N N E C T E D T O T H E I N T E R N E T -- With the Outlook Express e-mail program open, click File. If Work Offline has a check mark next to it, click the check mark to remove it and connect to the Internet. Modem and Internet Connection Problems NOTICE: Connect the modem to an analog telephone wall jack only. Connecting the modem to a digital telephone network damages the modem. NOTICE: Modem and network connectors look similar. Do not plug a telephone line into the network connector. NOTE: If you can connect to your Internet service provider (ISP), your modem is functioning properly. If you are sure that your modem is working properly and you still experience problems, contact your ISP. C H E C K T H E T E L E P H O N E W A L L J A C K -- Disconnect the telephone line from the modem and connect it to a telephone. Ensure that you have touchtone telephone service. Try connecting the modem to a different telephone wall jack. Slow connection speeds can be caused by telephone noise as well as by telephone line or network conditions. Contact your telephone company or network administrator for more information. C O N N E C T T H E M O D E M C A B L E D I R E C T L Y T O T H E T E L E P H O N E W A L L J A C K -- If you have other telephone devices sharing the line, such as an answering machine, fax machine, surge protector, or line splitter, then bypass them and use the telephone line to connect the modem directly to the telephone wall jack. C H E C K T H E C O N N E C T I O N -- Verify that the telephone line is connected to the modem. C H E C K T H E T E L E P H O N E L I N E -- Try using a different telephone line. If you are using a line that is 3 m (10 ft) or more in length, try a shorter one. I R R E G U L A R D I A L T O N E -- If you have voice mail service, you might hear an irregular dial tone when you have messages. [. . . ] That's why we have hundreds of people dedicated to continuously improve our design, manufacturing, and testing technology. We put every one of our Pentium® and Celeron® processors through a rigorous battery of tests during the design and manufacturing processes. To verify that the new chip will correctly run the software written for Intel Architecture processors, a team of Intel engineers is dedicated to compatibility testing. In a state-of-art lab, this group runs an extensive set of operating systems, applications, network tests and stress tests repeatedly to ensure that the processor is compatible with representative software. [. . . ]