Dell Inspiron 15 AMD Setup Guide - Page 5

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 Contents Setting Up Your Inspiron Laptop 5 Before Setting Up Your Computer 5 Connect the AC Adapter 6 Connect the Network Cable (Optional 7 Press the Power Button 8 Set Up Microsoft Windows 9 Enable or Disable Wireless (Optional 10 Connect to the Internet (Optional 12 Using Your Inspiron Laptop 16 Right Side Features 16 Left Side Features 18 Front Side Features 20 Computer Base Features 24 Touch Pad Gestures 26 Media Controls 28 Using the Optical Drive 30 Display Features 32 Removing and Replacing the Battery 34 Software Features 36 Dell Dock 39 Solving Problems 40 Beep Codes 40 Network Problems 41 Power Problems 41 Memory Problems 43 Lockups and Software Problems 44 Using Support Tools 47 Dell Support Center 47 System Messages 48 Hardware Troubleshooter 49 Dell Diagnostics 49 3

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Setting Up Your Inspiron Laptop. . . . . . . . . .5
Before Setting Up Your Computer . . . . . . . . . 5
Connect the AC Adapter
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Connect the Network Cable (Optional)
. . . . . 7
Press the Power Button
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Set Up Microsoft Windows. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Enable or Disable Wireless (Optional). . . . . 10
Connect to the Internet (Optional) . . . . . . . . 12
Using Your Inspiron Laptop. . . . . . . . . . . . .16
Right Side Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Left Side Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Front Side Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Computer Base Features. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Touch Pad Gestures. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Media Controls. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Using the Optical Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Display Features
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Removing and Replacing the Battery
. . . . . 34
Software Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Dell Dock
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Solving Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .40
Beep Codes
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Network Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Power Problems. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Memory Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Lockups and Software Problems . . . . . . . . . 44
Using Support Tools. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .47
Dell Support Center . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
System Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Hardware Troubleshooter. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Dell Diagnostics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
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