Dell Inspiron 4000 - Manual (Page 4)

4 Contents
2 Solving Problems
Finding Solutions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 6
Accessing Help Files
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 8
Power Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 9
Start-Up Error Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 0
Video and Display Problems
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 0
If the display is blank . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 0
If the display is difficult to read . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 1
Sound and Speaker Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 2
Integrated Speakers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 2
External Speakers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 2
Printer Problems
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 3
If you cannot print to a parallel port printer . . . . . . . . . . 3 3
If you cannot print to a USB printer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 4
Modem Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 4
Scanner Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 5
Touch Pad Problems
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 5
External Keyboard Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 6
Unexpected Characters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 6
Drive Problems
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 6
If you cannot save a file to a floppy disk . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 6
If you cannot play a music CD
or install a program from a CD
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 7
If you cannot play a DVD movie . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 8
If the CD-RW drive stops writing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 8
If you have a hard drive problem . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 8
Network Problems
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 9