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11 Troubleshooting. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107
Dell Technical Update Service . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107
Dell Diagnostics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107
Dell Support Center . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111
Dell Support 3. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112
Dell PC Tune-Up . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113
Dell PC CheckUp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113
Dell Network Assistant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113
DellConnect. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114
Drive Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114
Optical drive problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115
Hard drive problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116
E-Mail, Modem, and Internet Problems . . . . . . . . . 117
Error Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119
ExpressCard Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124
IEEE 1394 Device Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124
Keyboard Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125
External Keyboard problems . . . . . . . . . . . . 125
Unexpected characters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126
Lockups and Software Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . 127
The computer does not start . . . . . . . . . . . . 127
The computer stops responding . . . . . . . . . . 127
A program stops responding or
crashes repeatedly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127
A program is designed for an earlier
Microsoft® Windows® operatingsystem . . . . . 127
A solid blue screen appears . . . . . . . . . . . . 128