Dell Inspiron 8100 - Key Controls and Indicators

4 Contents
2 Solving Problems
Finding Solutions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Accessing Help Files
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Power Problems
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Start-Up Error Messages
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Video and Display Problems
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
If the display is blank
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
If the display is difficult to read
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Sound and Speaker Problems
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Integrated Speakers
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
External Speakers
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Printer Problems
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
If you cannot print to a parallel port printer
. . . . . . . . . . 32
If you cannot print to a USB printer
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Modem Problems
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Scanner Problems
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Touch Pad Problems
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
External Keyboard Problems
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Unexpected Characters
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Drive Problems
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
If you cannot save a file to a floppy disk
. . . . . . . . . . . . 36
If you cannot play a music CD
or install a program from a CD
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
If you cannot play a DVD movie
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
If the CD-RW drive stops writing
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
If you have a hard drive problem
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Network Problems
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39