Dell Inspiron 9300 Owner's Manual

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6 ContentsNetwork Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64PC Card Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65Power Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65Printer Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67Scanner Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67Sound and Speaker Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68No sound from integrated speakers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68No sound from external speakers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68No sound from headphones . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69Touch Pad or Mouse Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69Video and Display Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70If the display is blank . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70If the display is difficult to read . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71If only part of the display is readable . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71Drivers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72What Is a Driver? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72Identifying Drivers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72Reinstalling Drivers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72Restoring Your Operating System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73Using Microsoft Windows XP System Restore . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74Using Dell PC Restore by Symantec . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75Resolving Software and Hardware Incompatibilities . . . . . . . . . . . . . 768 Setting Up a Home and Office NetworkConnecting to a Network Adapter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77Network Setup Wizard. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78Connecting to a Wireless Local Area Network . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78Determining Your Network Type . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78Connecting to a Wireless Network in Microsoft® Windows® XP . . . . . 79