Contents 7
Mobile Broadband (or Wireless Wide
Area Network)
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
What You Need to Establish a Mobile
Broadband Network Connection
. . . . . . . . . 70
Checking Your Dell Mobile Broadband Card
. . . . 71
Connecting to a Mobile Broadband Network
. . . 71
Enabling/Disabling the Dell Mobile
Broadband Card
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
Dell Wi-Fi Catcher™ Network Locator
. . . . . . . . . 73
11 Securing Your Computer . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
Security Cable Lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
Passwords
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
If Your Computer Is Lost or Stolen
. . . . . . . . . . . 76
12 Troubleshooting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
Dell Technical Update Service . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
Dell Diagnostics
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
Dell Support Utility
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
Drive Problems
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84
Optical drive problems
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
Hard drive problems
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
E-Mail, Modem, and Internet Problems
. . . . . . . . 86
Error Messages
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
ExpressCard Problems
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92