Dell Inspiron 8000 Handleiding

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Dell™Inspiron™8000

A Tour of Your Computer

Power Conservation

Solving Problems

System Specifications

Reinstalling Software

System Setup Program

Ports and Connector Pin-Outs

Removing and Replacing Parts

Hints, Notices, and Cautions

Abbreviations and Acronyms

For a complete list of abbreviations and acronyms, see the Tell Me How help file (click the Start button on the Microsoft®Windows®desktop, point to

Programs—> User's Guides, and click Tell Me How).

Information in this document is subject to change without notice.

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Other trademarks and trade names may be used in this document to refer to either the entities claiming the marks and names or their products. Dell Computer Corporation

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August 2001

HINT: A HINT indicates important information that helps you make better use of your computer.

NOTICE: A NOTICE indicates either potential damage to hardware or loss of data and tells you how to avoid the problem.

CAUTION: A CAUTION indicates a potential for property damage, personal injury, or death.

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Reinstalling Software

Dell™Inspiron™8000

Overview

Reinstalling Drivers and Utilities

Reinstalling Microsoft®Windows®Millennium Edition (Me)

Reinstalling Windows 2000

Overview

Dell provides software utilities and drivers that help you control certain features of your computer. The utilities and drivers for Dell-installed devices are

installed and operative when you receive the computer. If you ever need to reinstall any of these drivers, you can use the Dell Drivers and Utilities CD that

came with your computer.

Often, device problems can be corrected by reinstalling the appropriate drivers. Also, hardware manufacturers frequently provide updated drivers that support

feature enhancements or that correct problems. Obtain updated drivers for products purchased from Dell at the Dell support website, http://support.dell.com.

To reinstall drivers and utilities, you need the following items:

l Dell Drivers and Utilities CD

l CD drive or DVD drive installed in the media bay

Dell recommends that you print these procedures before you begin.

To reinstall the drivers and utilities correctly, you must reinstall them in the order presented in this document.

Reinstalling Drivers and Utilities

1. Save and close any open files, and exit any open programs.

2. Insert the Drivers and Utilities CD into the CD or DVD drive.

3. -If the CD does not start running automatically, start Microsoft Windows Explorer, click your drive directory to display the CD contents, and then double

click the start.htm file.

If the start.htm file does not exist, follow the instructions in "Reinstalling Drivers and Utilities for Windows Me" or "Reinstalling Drivers and Utilities for

Windows 2000."

4. Click a language button to select your preferred user interface language.

The System Software screen appears, displaying a list of operating systems (Software by Operating System) and an All Software category.

5. Under Software by Operating System, click your operating system to display a list of drivers, a Utilities subdirectory, and a Documentation subdirectory.

6. Click the type of driver (for example, Audio) or the utility you want to reinstall.

A link appears for the specific driver or utility used by your computer.

7. Click the link to display the Languages screen.

8. Click your preferred language for the driver or utility (if available) or click Multiple.

9. At the driver information screen, do one of the following:

l Click the Install button (if present) to start the automatic reinstallation. At the dialog box, click Run this program from its current location and then

follow the screen prompts to complete the reinstallation.

l If no Install button is present, automatic reinstallation is not an option. Click the Extract button to extract the driver files to your hard drive. Click

Run this program from its current location in the next dialog box, and follow the instructions in the Readme file that is included with the drivers.

You can also see the next section for reinstallation instructions.

NOTICE: DriversavailableontheDellsupportwebsitehavebeenvalidatedforcorrectoperationonDell™computers.Installingdriversobtainedfrom

other sources may cause errors or performance degradation.

HINT: Your Drivers and Utilities CD contains drivers for operating systems that may not be on your computer. Verify that the driver you are loading is

under your operating system subdirectory.

HINT: For more information on using the operating system installed on your computer by Dell, see the operating system documentation that came with

your computer. You can also access system tools and documentation from http://support.dell.com by entering your service tag or Express Service Code

and then clicking Go!

NOTICE: Make sure that the computer is undocked before you reinstall drivers.

HINT: If instructed to navigate to the driver files, click the CD directory on the driver information screen to display the files associated with that driver.

Reinstalling the Internal Modem and Network Adapter Drivers

If you have an internal modem, you need to reinstall the modem driver. If you have the combination modem/network adapter, you need to reinstall both the

modem and network adapter drivers.

To reinstall a modem or network adapter driver, use the appropriate following procedure, depending on your operating system.

Reinstalling the Modem or Network Adapter Driver for Windows Me

1. Save and close any open files, and exit any open programs.

2. Insert the Drivers and Utilities CD into the CD or DVD drive.

3. Click the Start button, point to Settings, and click Control Panel.

4. In the Control Panel window, double- click the System icon.

5. In the System Properties window, click the Device Manager tab, and look beneath Other Devices.

If you are reinstalling a modem, click PCI Communication Device.

If you are reinstalling a network adapter, click PCI Ethernet Controller.

6. Click the Properties button.

7. Click the Reinstall Driver button.

8. Verify that Automatic search for a better driver (Recommended) is selected, and click Next.

If you are reinstalling a network adapter, click Finish, and then click Yes to restart the computer. Repeat steps 1–8 if you need to reinstall both drivers.

If you are reinstalling a modem, perform the following steps:

a. In the Select Other Driver window, look under the Location column for a path containing WINME.

b. Under Device Description, click the name corresponding to the WINME line, and click OK to confirm.

c. Click Finish, and then click Yes to restart the computer.

d. Repeat steps 1–8 if you need to reinstall both drivers.

Reinstalling the Modem or Network Adapter Driver for Windows 2000

1. Save and close any open files, and exit any open programs.

2. Insert the Drivers and Utilities CD into the CD or DVD drive.

3. -Click the Start button, point to Settings, and double click Control Panel.

4. In the Control Panel window, double- click the System icon.

5. In the System Properties window, click the Hardware tab.

6. Click the Device Manager... button, and look beneath Other Devices.

If you are reinstalling a modem driver, click PCI Simple Communications Controller.

If you are reinstalling a network adapter, click Ethernet Controller.

7. -From the pull down menu, click Action, and select Properties.

8. Click the Reinstall Driver button, and click Next.

9. Verify that Search for a suitable driver for my device (Recommended) is selected, and click Next.

10. Verify that CD-ROM drives is selected, and click Next.

11. When the search is complete and the appropriate driver found, click Next.

12. Click Finish to complete reinstallation of the driver.

13. Repeat steps 3–12 if you need to reinstall both drivers.

Reinstalling Drivers and Utilities for Windows Me

Reinstalling Video Drivers

Video drivers control features such as screen resolution and the number of screen colors.

1. Save and close any open files, and exit any open programs because you will need to restart your computer at the end of this procedure to complete the

reinstallation.