Dell Inspiron 2650 - Manual (Page 5)

Contents 5
Video and Display Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
If the display is blank . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
If the display is difficult to read . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
If only part of the display is readable . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Sound and Speaker Problems
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54
If you have a problem with integrated speakers . . . . . . . . . 54
If you have a problem with external speakers . . . . . . . . . . 55
Printer Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Modem and Internet Connection Problems
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56
Scanner Problems
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58
PC Card Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Touch Pad or Mouse Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
External Keyboard Problems
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59
Unexpected Characters
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60
Drive Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
If you cannot save a file to a floppy disk drive . . . . . . . . . . 60
If you cannot play a CD, CD-RW, or DVD . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
If you cannot eject the CD, CD-RW, or DVD drive tray . . . . . 62
If you hear an unfamiliar scraping or grinding sound . . . . . . 62
If the CD-RW drive stops writing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
If you have problems with a hard drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Network Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
General Program Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
A program crashes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
A program stops responding . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
A solid blue screen appears . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Error messages appear . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
E-Mail Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
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