Latitude D630 User's Guide - Dell

DellTM LatitudeTM D630/D630c

User's Guide

Model PP24L

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. If you purchased a DellTM n Series computer, any references in this document to Microsoft? Windows? operating systems are not applicable.

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Information in this document is subject to change without notice. ? 2007?2008 Dell Inc. All rights reserved.

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Other trademarks and trade names may be used in this document to refer to either the entities claiming the marks and names or their products. Dell Inc. disclaims any proprietary interest in trademarks and trade names other than its own.

Model PP24L

May 2008

P/N HN566 Rev. A03

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Contents

1 Finding Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

2 About Your Computer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21

Front View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 Left Side View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 Right Side View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 Back View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 Bottom View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32

3 Transferring Information to a New Computer . . . . . 35

Microsoft? Windows? XP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35 Running the Files and Settings Transfer Wizard With the Operating System Media . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36 Running the Files and Settings Transfer Wizard Without the Operating System Media . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37

Microsoft Windows Vista? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39 Easy Transfer Cable for Windows Vista . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39

4 Using a Battery. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41

Battery Performance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41 Checking the Battery Charge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42

DellTM QuickSet Battery Meter. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42 Microsoft? Windows? Power Meter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43 Charge Gauge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43

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Low-Battery Warning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44 Conserving Battery Power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44 Power Management Modes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45

Standby and Sleep Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45 Hibernate Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45 Configuring Power Management Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46 Accessing Power Options Properties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46 Charging the Battery. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47 Replacing the Battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47 Storing a Battery. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48 Battery Errors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48

5 Using the Keyboard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49

Numeric Keypad . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49 Key Combinations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50

System Functions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50 Battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50 Display Functions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50 Power Management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50 Microsoft? Windows? Logo Key Functions . . . . . . . . . . . 51 Touch Pad . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51 Customizing the Touch Pad and Track Stick . . . . . . . . . . . . 52 Changing the Track Stick Cap . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53

6 Using the Display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55

Adjusting Brightness . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55 Using the Ambient Light Sensor. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55

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Switching the Video Image . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57 Setting Display Resolution and Refresh Rate . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57 Dual Independent Display Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58 Swapping Primary and Secondary Displays . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59

7 Setting Up and Using Networks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61

Connecting a Network or Broadband Modem Cable. . . . . . . . . . 61 Setting Up a Network in the Microsoft? Windows? XP Operating System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62 Setting Up a Network in the Microsoft Windows Vista? Operating System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62 Wireless Local Area Network . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63

What You Need to Establish a WLAN Connection. . . . . . . . . 63 Checking Your Wireless Network Card . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63 Setting Up a New WLAN Using a Wireless Router and a Broadband Modem . . . . . . . . . . . . 64 Connecting to a WLAN. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65 Mobile Broadband (or Wireless Wide Area Network). . . . . . . . . 68 What You Need to Establish a Mobile Broadband Network Connection . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68 Checking Your Dell Mobile Broadband Card. . . . . . . . . . . . 68 Connecting to a Mobile Broadband Network . . . . . . . . . . . 69 Enabling/Disabling the DellTM Mobile Broadband Card . . . . . . 70 Managing Your Network Settings Through the Dell QuickSet Location Profiler . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70 Dell Wi-Fi CatcherTM Network Locator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71 Microsoft? Windows? Firewall . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71

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