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INSPIRON Contents Setting Up Your Inspiron Laptop 5 Before Setting Up Your Computer 5 Connect the AC Adapter 6 Check the Wireless Switch 6 Connect the Network Cable (optional 7 Press the Power Button 7 Windows Vista® Setup 8 Connect to the Internet (Optional 8 Using Your Inspiron Laptop 12 Device Status Lights 12 Right Side Features 14 Left Side Features 16 Front Side Features 17 Computer Base and Keyboard Features 18 Media Controls 19 Display Features 20 Removing and Replacing the Battery 21 Using the Optical Disc Drive 22 Software Features 23 Network Problems 25 Solving Problems 25 Power Problems 26 Memory Problems 28 Lockups and Software Problems 28 Dell Support Center 31 Using Support Tools 31 System Messages 32 Hardware Troubleshooter 33 Dell Diagnostics 34 3

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INSPIRON
Setting Up Your Inspiron Laptop. . . . . . . . . .5
Before Setting Up Your Computer . . . . . . . . . 5
Connect the AC Adapter
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Check the Wireless Switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Connect the Network Cable
(optional). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Press the Power Button
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Windows Vista
®
Setup
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Connect to the Internet (Optional) . . . . . . . . . 8
Using Your Inspiron Laptop. . . . . . . . . . . . .12
Device Status Lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Right Side Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Left Side Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Front Side Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Computer Base and Keyboard
Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Media Controls. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Display Features
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Removing and Replacing
the Battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Using the Optical Disc Drive. . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Software Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Network Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Solving Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .25
Power Problems. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Memory Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Lockups and Software Problems . . . . . . . . . 28
Dell Support Center . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Using Support Tools. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .31
System Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Hardware Troubleshooter. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Dell Diagnostics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
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