Dell 7500 manual Port Replicator, Connecting Other External Devices

5.At the MS-DOS prompt, type x:/, where x is the drive letter of your CD-ROM or DVD-ROM drive. Drive letter D is typical for CD-ROM or DVD-ROM drives.

6.Type cd\utility and press <Enter>.

7.Type phdisk /create /file and press <Enter>.

NOTE: Make sure to place a space between phdisk /create and /file.

The utility calculates the size of the file, in kilobytes, based on the amount of system memory in your computer, plus 4 or 8 MB to handle video memory, plus 2 MB to handle additional system requirements.

8.Follow the instructions on your screen to create the save-to-disk suspend file.

To check the size of the save-to-disk suspend file, type phdisk /info at an MS-DOS prompt and press <Enter>.

If you need to delete the save-to-disk suspend file, type phdisk /delete /file at an MS-DOS prompt and press <Enter>.

Port Replicator

If you purchased a port replicator from Dell, see the documentation that came with the port replicator for instructions on its use.

Connecting Other External Devices

You can connect the following external devices to your Dell computer:

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Speakers (and other audio devices)

Personal System/2 (PS/2) or universal serial bus (USB) Keyboard

PS/2 or USB mouse

Keypad

Monitor

Serial devices

Parallel devices

Infrared devices

For instructions, refer to the section titled “Connecting External Devices” in the system Help. To open the Help, click the Start button, point to Programs—> Dell Documents, and click Dell Inspiron 7500 System Help.

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