Dell Inspiron 518 (Mid 2008) - Manual (Page 3)

Contents
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Contents
1 About Your Dell™ Inspiron™ 518/519 . . . . 7
Front View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Back View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Back Panel Connectors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
2 Setting Up Your Computer
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11
Installing Your Computer in an Enclosure . . . . . . . . 11
Connecting to the Internet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Setting Up Your Internet Connection . . . . . . . . 13
Transferring Information to a New Computer . . . . . . 15
3 Specifications
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17
4 Troubleshooting
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27
Troubleshooting Tools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Beep Codes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
System Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Troubleshooting Hardware Problems in the
Windows Vista
®
Operating System . . . . . . . . 31
Dell Diagnostics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
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