Dell LATITUDE D400: Preface:Dell™Latitude™CS/CS
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Preface:Dell™Latitude™CS/CS
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Portable Computers User's Guide
About This Guide
This guide is intended for anyone who uses the Dell Latitude CS/CSx portable computers. It can be used by both first-time and experienced
computer users who want to learn about the features of the computer. This guide also provides basic troubleshooting procedures and instructions
for using the Dell Diagnostics to test your computer and its components. The sections are summarized as follows:
l "Introduction" — overview of the computer features and available upgrades
l "Setup and Operation" — instructions on operating your computer
l "Powering Your Computer" — instructions and options on how to power your computer
l "Traveling With Your Computer" — suggestions on how to travel safely with your computer
l "Drivers" — instructions on how to install driver software on your computer
l "Customizing Your Computer" — instructions on accessing the System Setup program, power management software, and the Suspend-to-
Disk utility, all of which allow you to change system settings affecting your computer's power conservation features
l "Removing and Replacing Parts" — instructions on how to remove and install hard-disk drives and memory modules
l "Troubleshooting Your Computer" — initial checks and procedures that can be used to solve basic computer problems, general guidelines
on analyzing software problems, messages, and beep codes
l "Technical Specifications" — reference material about the details of your computer
l "Getting Help" — help tools Dell provides to assist you if you have a problem with the computer and explains how and when to call Dell for
technical assistance.
Warranty and Return Policy Information
Dell Computer Corporation ("Dell") manufactures its hardware products from parts and components that are new or equivalent to new in
accordance with industry-standard practices.
For information about the Dell warranty and return policy, see your Dell Latitude System Information guide.
Other Documents You May Need
Besides this User's Guide, the following documentation is included with your computer.
l The operating system Setup Guide, which describes how to set up the Dell-installed operating system on your computer.
l Microsoft®Windows 95®, Windows 98, and Windows NT®operating system documentation is included if you ordered your operating
system from Dell. This documentation describes how to configure and use your operating system software.
l Documentation is included with any options you purchase separately from your computer. This documentation includes information that you
need to configure and install these options in your Dell computer.
l "Readme" files may be installed on your hard-disk drive to provide last-minute updates about technical changes to your computer or
advanced technical reference material intended for experienced users or technicians.
About This Guide
Notational Conventions
Warranty and Return Policy Information
Typographical Conventions
Other Documents You May Need
NOTE: Documentation updates are sometimes included with your computer to describe changes to your computer or software. Always
read these updates beforeconsultinganyotherdocumentationbecausetheupdatescontainthelatestinformation.
Notational Conventions
The following subsections list notational conventions used in this document.
Notes, Notices, and Cautions
Throughout this guide, blocks of text may be accompanied by an icon and printed in bold type or in italic type. These blocks are notes, cautions,
and warnings, and they are used as follows:
Typographical Conventions
The following list defines (where appropriate) and illustrates typographical conventions used as visual cues for specific elements of text throughout
this document:
l Interface components are window titles, button and icon names, menu names and selections, and other options that appear on the monitor
screen or display. They are presented in bold.
Example: Click OK.
l Keycaps, the labeling that appears on the keys on a keyboard, are enclosed in angle brackets.
Example: <Enter>
l Key combinations are series of keys to be pressed simultaneously (unless otherwise indicated) to perform a single function.
Example: <Ctrl><Alt><Enter>
l Commands presented in lowercase bold are for reference purposes only and are not intended to be typed at that particular point in the
discussion.
Example: "Use the setup command to . . . ."
In contrast, commands presented in the Courier New font are intended to be typed as part of an instruction.
Example: "Type format a: to format the diskette in drive A."
l Filenames and directory names are presented in lowercase bold.
Examples: autoexec.bat and c:\windows
l Syntax lines consist of a command and all its possible parameters. Commands are displayed in lowercase bold; variable parameters
(those for which you substitute a value) are displayed in lowercase italics; constant parameters are displayed in lowercase bold. The
brackets indicate items that are optional.
Example: del [drive:] [[path]filename] [/p]
l Command lines consist of a command and may include one or more of the command's possible parameters. Command lines are
presented in the Courier New font.
Example: del c:\myfile.doc
l Screen text is text that appears on the screen of your display or external monitor. It can be a system message, for example, or it can be text
that you are instructed to type as part of a command (referred to as a command line). Screen text is presented in the Courier New font.
Example: The following message appears on your screen:
No boot device available
l Variables are symbols for which you substitute a value. They are presented in italics.
Example: module n (where n represents the memory module number)
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NOTE:ANOTEindicatesimportantinformationthathelpsyoumakebetteruseofyourcomputer.
NOTICE: A NOTICE indicates either potentialdamagetohardwareorlossofdataandtellsyouhowtoavoidtheproblem.
CAUTION:ACAUTIONindicatesthepotentialforbodilyharmandtellsyouhowtoavoidtheproblem.
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- Dell™Latitude™CS/CS
- AC Adapter: Dell™Latitude™CS/CS
- Power Management Settings: Dell™Latitude™CS/CS
- Batteries:Dell™Latitude™CS/CS
- CD-ROM and DVD-ROMDrives:Dell™Latitude™CS/CS
- ContactingDell:Dell™Latitude™CS/CS
- CustomizingYourComputer:Dell™Latitude™CS/CS
- Dell™Diagnostics:DellLatitude™CS/CS
- Diskette Drive: Dell™Latitude™CS/CS
- Display: Dell™Latitude™CS/CS
- Drivers:Dell™Latitude™CS/CS
- ErrorMessagesandFlashCodes:Dell™Latitude™CS/CS
- Connecting External Devices: Dell™Latitude™CS/CS
- GettingHelp:Dell™Latitude™CS/CS
- HelpOverview:Dell™Latitude™CSPortableComputersUser'sGuide
- Introduction:Dell™Latitude™CS/CS
- Keyboard: Dell™Latitude™CS/CS
- External Media Bay: Dell™Latitude™CS/CS
- MediaOptions:Dell™Latitude™CS/CS
- PC Cards: Dell™Latitude™CS/CS
- PoweringYourComputer:Dell™Latitude™CS/CS
- Preface:Dell™Latitude™CS/CS
- Removing and Replacing Parts: Dell™Latitude™CS/CS
- Suspend-to-Disk Utility: Dell™Latitude™CS/CS
- Securing Your Computer: Dell™Latitude™CS/CS
- Using the System Setup Program:Dell™Latitude™CS/CS
- SystemSetupOptions:Dell™Latitude™CS/CS
- TechnicalSpecifications:Dell™Latitude™CS/CS
- SetupandOperation:Dell™Latitude™CS/CS
- Touch Pad: Dell™Latitude™CS/CS
- TravelingWithYourComputer:Dell™Latitude™CS/CS
- TroubleshootingYourComputer:Dell™Latitude™CS/CS
- Installing the Microsoft® Windows® 95 and Windows 98 Operating System Drivers: Dell™Latitude™CS/CS
- Installing the Microsoft® Windows NT® Operating System Drivers: Dell™Latitude™ CS/CS
