Dell Inspiron 531s (Mid 2007) - Manual (Page 6)

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Contents
Mouse Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
Network Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
Power Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
Printer Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
Scanner Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
Sound and Speaker Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
No sound from speakers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
No sound from headphones . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
Video and Monitor Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
If the screen is blank . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
If the screen is difficult to read . . . . . . . . . . . 77
3 Troubleshooting Tools
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Power Lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
Beep Codes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
System Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
Dell Diagnostics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84
When to Use the Dell Diagnostics . . . . . . . . . 84
Starting the Dell Diagnostics From
Your Hard Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84
Starting the Dell Diagnostics From the
Drivers and Utilities Media . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
Dell Diagnostics Main Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
Drivers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
What Is a Driver? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
Identifying Drivers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
Reinstalling Drivers and Utilities . . . . . . . . . . 88
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