Dell Inspiron 17R 5721 User manual

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2013 – 01 Rev. A00
Contents 3
Contents
Charms Sidebar ...................................... 15
Signing in to Windows 8 .............................. 16
Closing a Windows 8 app...............................17
Turning off your computer – Windows 8 ................17
Power Adapter ....................................... 21
Battery .............................................. 22
Laptop Battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Conserving the Battery Power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Coin-Cell Battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Improving the Battery Performance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Touchpad............................................ 24
About Touchpad . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Touchpad Gestures. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Scroll. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Zoom. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Rotate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Flick . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
My Favorites . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Desktop . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Display .............................................. 29
3D Display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Wireless Display. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Touchscreen Display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
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Touchscreen Gestures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Zoom. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Dwell. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Flick . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Scroll. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Rotate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Keyboard ............................................ 33
Backlit Keyboard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Keyboard Connection Types . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Locating the Service Tag and Express—Service Code..... 36
Locating the Label on Your Computer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Using Dell’s Online System Profiler . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Storage .............................................. 36
About Storage Devices. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Internal Storage Devices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Hard Drives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Solid-State Drives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Removable Storage Devices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Optical Discs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Memory Cards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Memory Module...................................... 39
System Board ........................................40
Processor ............................................42
Computer Fan........................................43
Heat Sink ............................................43
Thermal Grease ......................................44
Contents 5
Video Cards ..........................................44
TV Tuners ............................................ 45
Speakers.............................................46
Webcam .............................................46
Enabling a Webcam . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Dell Webcam Manager. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
ExpressCards.........................................48
Communication Devices ..............................49
Setting Up Your Laptop ............................... 55
Setting Up Your Desktop .............................. 57
Internet.............................................. 59
Setting Up a Wired Internet Connection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Setting Up a Wireless Internet Connection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Display .............................................. 61
Setting Up Your Display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Setting Up 3D Display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
Setting Up Wireless Display. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Digital Visual Interface Connector Cables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Audio................................................66
Setting Up 5.1 Audio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
Setting Up 7.1 Audio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
Setting Up Your Printer................................ 70
Setting Up Your Webcam...............................71
Installing Your USB Wireless Adapter ....................71
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Battery .............................................. 75
Charging Laptop Battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
Improving the Battery Performance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
Dell Desktop Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
Dell Desktop Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
Keyboard ............................................ 77
General Keyboard Shortcuts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
Changing Keyboard Input Language . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
Using Numeric Keypad on a Laptop Computer . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
Touchpad............................................ 81
Using Your Touchpad . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
Touchpad Gestures. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
Scroll. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
Zoom. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
Rotate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84
Flick . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84
My Favorites . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84
Desktop . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84
Touchscreen ......................................... 85
Using a Touchscreen Display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
Using a Touchscreen Display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
Audio Connectors ....................................89
Types of audio connectors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
5.1 Audio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
7.1 Audio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
Contents 7
USB .................................................90
USB Connectors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
USB Standards. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91
Digital Visual Interface (DVI) ........................... 92
DisplayPort/Mini–DisplayPort .........................92
Advantages of DisplayPort . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93
HDMI................................................ 93
Advantages of HDMI . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93
eSATA Connector.....................................94
S/PDIF ...............................................94
IEEE 1394 ............................................94
Key Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94
Types of IEEE 1394 Cables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
Comparing USB and IEEE 1394. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96
Network ............................................. 99
Local Area Network (LAN). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
Wireless Local Area Network (WLAN) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100
Wireless Wide Area Network (WWAN) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100
Wireless Personal Area Network (WPAN). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100
Worldwide Interoperability for Microwave Access (WiMAX) . . . . .101
Setting Up Your Network ............................. 101
Setting Up a Wired Network . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .101
Setting Up Wireless Network . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102
Setting Up Your Internet Connection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102
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Setting Up a Local Area Network ......................103
Setting Up a Wired Internet Connection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103
To set up WLAN: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103
Setting Up a Wireless Local Area Network . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
To set up WLAN: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
Checking Your Wireless Network Card . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
Setting Up a Wired Internet Connection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
Setting Up a Wireless Internet Connection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .107
Computrace .........................................111
About Computrace . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .111
Enabling Computrace . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .112
Getting Help on Computrace . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .112
My Dell Downloads .................................. 113
My Dell Support Center .............................. 113
Downloading or Upgrading Dell Support Center . . . . . . . . . .113
PC Checkup Utilities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .114
Solution Station ..................................... 114
Solution Station Offerings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .115
Dell QuickSet ....................................... 116
Installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .116
NVIDIA 3DTV Play . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .116
3D Games . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .116
Playing Games in 3D . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .116
Keyboard Shortcuts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .117
Customizing Keyboard Shortcuts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .118
3D Photos . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .118
Contents 9
DellConnect ........................................ 118
DellConnect . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .118
Using DellConnect . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .118
About Restoring Your Operating
System – Windows 8 ................................ 123
Dell Backup and Recovery............................ 123
Dell Backup and Recovery - Windows 8 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .123
Dell Backup and Recovery Basic – Windows 8 . . . . . . . . . . . . 124
Dell Backup and Recovery Professional – Windows 8. . . . . . . . .125
System Recovery Media ..............................126
System Recovery Media – Windows 8 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126
Restoring Your Computer Using System
Recovery Media – Windows 8 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126
Restoring Your Operating System .................... 127
System Restore...................................... 127
About System Restore . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .127
Starting System Restore . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128
Undoing the Last System Restore . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128
Dell DataSafe Local Backup........................... 129
About Dell DataSafe Local Backup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129
Dell DataSafe Local Backup. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129
Dell DataSafe Local Backup Basic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130
Dell DataSafe Local Backup Professional. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130
System Recovery Media .............................. 131
About System Recovery Media . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .131
Restoring Your Computer Using System Recovery Media . . . . . .131
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Dell Factory Image Restore ........................... 132
About Dell Factory Image Restore . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .132
Starting Dell Factory Image Restore . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .132
Operating System Disc ............................... 133
About Operating System Disc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .133
Reinstalling the Operating System Using the
Operating System Disc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .133
Diagnostics ......................................... 137
Pre-Boot System Assessment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .137
Invoking PSA. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .137
Enhanced PSA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138
Invoking ePSA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138
Beep Codes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139
Troubleshooting.....................................140
Display Screen is Difficult to Read. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140
Desktop. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140
Laptop . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .141
No Display on the Screen or Screen is Blank . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142
Desktop. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142
Laptop . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143
Keyboard Not Working, Not Detected, or Working
Intermittently . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143
External Keyboard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143
Laptop Keyboard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144
System Setup (BIOS) ................................. 147
Entering System Setup (BIOS)......................... 147
System Setup Screens................................148
Changing the Boot Sequence for the Current Boot .....149
Contents 11
Changing the Default Boot Sequence .................150
Flashing the BIOS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150
Getting Help and Contacting Dell ..................... 155
Self-Help Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .155
Accessing Windows Help and Support: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .155
Contacting Dell . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .156
Before Calling Dell................................... 159
Computer Maintenance .............................160
Ergonomic Instructions for Desktops..................160
Ergonomic Instructions for Laptops ................... 162
Dell and the Environment ............................164
Regulatory Compliance Policy ....................... 165
Contact Details for Regulatory Compliance Web site . . . . . . . . .165
Additional Compliance Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .165
Migration Tips.......................................166
Migrating to Windows 7 From an Earlier Windows
OperatingSystem. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166
Transfer Methods . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .167
Power Management ................................. 167
Configuring the Power Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168
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New Features in Windows 8
Charms Sidebar 15
Charms Sidebar
Charms are a set of features which are located within the Start screen.
To open the Charms menu, you can swipe in from the right edge of the
screen. If you are using a mouse, point to the upper-right corner of the
screen, move the mouse pointer down. If you are using a multi-touch
touchpad, place your finger to the right of your touchpad and swipe
left onto the touchpad. Charms include Search, Share, Start, Devices,
andSettings.
Search charm Allows you to search the
web, files, and apps.
Share charm Allows you to share
photos, links, and so on
with your friends and
social networks.
Start charm Takes you to the Start
screen.
Devices charm Allows you to send files
and stream movies to
TVs, printers, and other
devices.
Settings charm Provides access to
notifications, volume
controls, brightness
controls, and other
computer setting
options.
16 Signing in to Windows 8
Signing in to Windows 8
The following options are available when you log on to your computer for
the first time.
1. Using a Microsoft account: If you already have a Microsoft account,
you can use the Microsoft account e-mail ID in the Email address
field to log on to your computer. This feature will synchronize your
computer with your Microsoft accounts.
2. Creating a Microsoft account: You can create a Microsoft account,
ifyou do not have it already, to log on to your computer. Tap or click
Sign up for a new email address to create a new Microsoft account.
This feature will provide you access to most of the Microsoft services
(such as Outlook, SkyDrive, and so on).
3. Logging on without a Microsoft account: You can log on to your
computer with out using a Microsoft account. Tap or click Sign in
without a Microsoft account and follow the instructions on the
screen.
To lock your computer:
1. Open Start by swiping in from the right edge of the screen (or if you
are using a mouse, pointing to the upper-right corner of the screen),
and then tapping or clicking Start.
2. Tap or click your account picture in the upper-right corner, and then
choose Lock.
To dismiss the lock screen:
1. Swipe up from the bottom edge of the screen (or press any key if you
are using a keyboard) to dismiss the lock screen.
2. In the sign-in screen, sign in to your computer using the method of
your choice.
NOTE: To use a different sign-in method, tap or click Sign-in options
to see the available options.
Closing a Windows 8 app 17
Closing a Windows 8 app
To close an app:
• If you are using a mouse, click and drag the app from the top of the
screen to the bottom of the screen and release the app.
• If you are using touchscreen, drag the app to the bottom of the screen
and release the app.
Turning off your computer – Windows 8
To turn off your computer:
1. Swipe from the right edge of the screen (or if you are using a mouse,
point to the upper-right corner of the screen), and then click Settings.
2. Tap or click Power and then choose Shut down.
NOTE: You can also choose to put your computer in sleep or
hibernate state.
18 Closing a Windows 8 app
About Your Computer
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