Dell Inspiron 1521 - Page 8

8 Contents
Drive Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
Optical drive problems
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
Hard drive problems
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106
E-Mail, Modem, and Internet Problems
. . . . . . . . . 106
Error Messages
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108
ExpressCard Problems
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113
IEEE 1394 Device Problems
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113
Keyboard Problems
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114
External Keyboard problems
. . . . . . . . . . . . 114
Unexpected characters
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115
Lockups and Software Problems
. . . . . . . . . . . . 115
The computer does not start
. . . . . . . . . . . . 115
The computer stops responding
. . . . . . . . . . 115
A program stops responding or crashes
repeatedly
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116
A program is designed for an earlier Microsoft
®
Windows
®
operating system . . . . . . . . . . . . 116
A solid blue screen appears
. . . . . . . . . . . . 116
Dell MediaDirect problems
. . . . . . . . . . . . . 116
Other software problems
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117
Memory Problems
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118
Network Problems
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119
Mobile Broadband (Wireless Wide Area
Network [WWAN])
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119
Power Problems
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120
Printer Problems
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121
Scanner Problems
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122