Dell Dimension 4500C Owner's Manual

Also see for Dimension 4500: Owner's manual Manual

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Contents 5Mouse Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48Network Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49PC Card Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50Power Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51Printer Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52Scanner Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53Sound and Speaker Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54Video and Monitor Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55If the screen is blank . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55If the screen is difficult to read . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 563 Advanced TroubleshootingDiagnostic Lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60Using System Restore . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62Creating a Restore Point . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62Restoring the Computer to an Earlier Operating State . . . . . . 62Undoing the Last System Restore . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63Dell Diagnostics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64When to Use the Dell Diagnostics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64Starting the Dell Diagnostics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65Drivers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67What Is a Driver? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67Identifying Drivers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68Reinstalling Drivers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68Resolving Software and Hardware Incompatibilities . . . . . . . 70Reinstalling Windows ® XP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71