Dell Inspiron 4150 - Manual (Page 5)

Contents 5
Power Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
Error Messages
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57
Video and Display Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
If the display is blank . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
If the display is difficult to read . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
If only part of the display is readable . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Sound and Speaker Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
If you have a problem with integrated speakers . . . . . . . . . 60
If you have a problem with external speakers . . . . . . . . . . 61
Printer Problems
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61
Modem and Internet Connection Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
Scanner Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Touch Pad or Mouse Problems
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64
External Keyboard Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Unexpected Characters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
Drive Problems
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66
If you cannot save a file to a floppy disk drive . . . . . . . . . . 66
If you cannot play a CD, CD-RW, or DVD . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
If you cannot eject the CD, CD-RW, or DVD drive tray . . . . . 68
If you hear an unfamiliar scraping or grinding sound . . . . . . 68
If the CD-RW drive stops writing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
If you have problems with a hard drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
PC Card Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
Network Problems
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70
General Program Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
A program crashes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
A program stops responding . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71