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Latest Configuration of Laptop

Hardware:

Intel® Core™ 2 Duo Processor T8300 (2.4GHz, 3MB L2 Cache, 800MHz FSB)

RAM 4GB Dual Channel 667MHz DDR2

Intel® 965PM / GM Express Chipset

Intel® Integrated Graphics Media Accelerator X3100

Glossy widescreen 14.1 inch display (1280x800)

Intel High Definition Audio 2.0

320GB configured with a 5400 RPM SATA hard drive

8X Slot Load CD/DVD Writer (DVD+/-RW)

6-cell 56WHr Li-Ion Battery

Wi-Fi Wireless 1395 802.11g Mini-Card

Wireless 355 Bluetooth Internal (2.0) Mini-Cards

Software:

Windows Vista OS

Office 2007

Dell Laptop

DellTM StudioTM  14 Processor Intel®  CoreTM 2 Duo Processor T6400

Operating System Genuine Windows Vista®  Home Premium

Chipset Intel®  965GM Chipset

Memory 3GB DDR2 SDRAM

Hard Drive 320GB 5400RPM SATA Hard Drive

Display/Monitor 14.1" Widescreen WXGA CCFL (1280x800) TFT Display with True LifeTM

Network Card Internal 10/100/1000 Gigabit Ethernet

Graphic Card Intel®  Integrated Graphics Media Accelerator X3100

Sound Card Intel®  High Definition Audio 2.0

CD-ROM/DVD-ROM/Disk drive Slot Load 8X max DVD+/-RW Drive6 with DVD+R double layer write capability

I/O Ports VGA, RJ11 (via optional USB dongle), RJ45, 3 Audio jacks (1 line-in, 1-line out, 1 Mic-in), 1 Express Card 54mm slot, 2 mini-card slots, 1394a, consumer IR, 3USB 2.0 ports (SR), 1 HDMI, Sim socket

Modem N/A

Battery 6-cell Primary Battery

Carrying Case N/A

Service/Warranty 1 Year Limited Warranty (Next Business Day On-Site Service)

Software Microsoft®  Works 9.0  Dell Recommends Microsoft®  Office 2007 Home & Student Edition - OEM Version

Speakers Integrated speakers

Keyboard DellTM  Keyboard with Touchpad

Anti-virus McAfee®  Security CenterTM  30 days Introductory Offer Dell Recommends McAfee®  Security CenterTM  15-months OEM

Bluetooth DellTM  Wireless 370 Bluetooth Internal (2.0) mini-card

Controller Card DellTM  Wireless 1397 802.11b/g Half Mini Card

Additional Accessories N/A

Media Direct Dell Media DirectTM  featuring Instant Office

Webcam Integrated 2.0 mega pixel web cam

Card reader 8-in-1 Memory card reader

Color Kit All colors available

Remote & Ear Buds DellTM  Travel Remote Control & Noise Isolation Ear Buds

Strike Zone Strike ZoneTM  Shock Absorber

Security Feature Sensible Vision Fas tAccess Facial Recognition Software

TROUBLESHOOT THE SYSTEM BOARD

In this basic motherboard troubleshooting tutorial, you will learn about system board configurations, ROM BIOS troubleshooting, basic hardware components, physical memory and basic configuration errors and system memory basics. This motherboard configuration and microprocessor troubleshooting tutorial help you identify the basic system board problems. There are many replacable components on a mother or system board such as RAM, ROM, CMOS battery and ROM BIOS. If any of these components functions improperly, you can replace the faulty components with the new components. The Microprocessor and the ROM BIOS are the two major components that are responsible for the problems that are generated for the system board. While proceeding with the troubleshooting, you should from the Microprocessor and the ROM BIOS. There are a large number of the hardware failure symptoms that are associated with the system board. Typical symptoms associated with system board failure are the following.
1. The system locks up during working

2. The system produces a one long beep and 3 short beeps.

3. Current time and time disappear or changed.

4. DMA error message occurs

5. Low CMOS battery message appears.

6. CMOS checksum failure message appears

7. A 201 error message appears which indicates the RAM failure.

8. A Parity check message appears which also indicates the RAM error.

9. The On/Off indicator lights of the system are working, hard drive is also spinning up but there is no boot up starts.

10. The On/Off lights are working and there is also a display on the monitor but the hard disk doesn’t starts up and no system boot ups occur.
Configuration Problems
The configuration problems are most likely to occur when the system starts up for the first time or there is some new installation has been performed on the system. The values and configurations that are stored in the CMOS but accurately reflect the configurations. Incorrectly CMOS values results in the associated hardware to fail. In the advanced CMOS settings, check the enabling functions as a part of the hardware configurations. There are many configuration options in the modern BIOS and a user must have the knowledge of how to configure them. If you can see the startup screen on which BIOS information is displayed, you can consider that there is not basic hardware configuration problems exists in the basic hardware components. After this point, the system starts to load the device drivers and other additional components information and next to this point, the system loads the operating system. If the error occurs after the CMOS display and before the boot up tone, you must clean boot the system.
Microprocessors Troubleshooting
If the Microprocessor fails to work, you must hear a slow beep sound or no display occurs at the monitor screen. This tells that some internal hardware or configuration errors have stopped the microprocessor’s internal circuitry to work. Some kinds of internal problems allow microprocessor to work but in case of extra working, microprocessor fails to perform additional work. The best solution for the microprocessor’s problems is to replace it with a new one. If the system locks up for a continuous few minutes, this means that the fan of the microprocessor or the internal cooling mechanism is not working properly. In this scenario, you should replace the fan of the microprocessor to provide it continuous cooling.
RAM Errors
RAM is a serviceable part of the system board and the RAM failure basically can be categorized into the following two categories. Soft-memory errors: Soft memory errors are the errors that are caused by the infrequent glitches in the operation of the system. These errors can be controlled just by restarting the system. Hard-memory errors: Hard memory errors are the permanent physical errors and that requires that memory units should be checked properly and replaced.
ROM BIOS Setup Erros
A malfunctioning or damaged ROM stops the systems’ working completely. If the system board is dead, you should first examine the BIOS chip for any kind of physical damage. If the BIOS chip is heated up, it is most likely for it to crack. Another symptom that points towards the damaged RAM is bootup sequence automatically moves into the CMOS configuration display. In this situation, you must replace the faulty BIOS chip with another one, which matches according to your system’s configurations. Another cause of the system’s failure or problem is the malfunctioning of the CMOS battery. If the system fails to display the current time and date, the most likely reason for this is the faulty CMOS battery and the only solution for this is to replace the battery with the new one. In case the battery is replaced, the configurations and settings in the CMOS chip are lost, the only method for the configuration is to access the CMOS batter and reconfigure the system.

How to install Windows 2000 Server

In this section you will learn the basicss of windows 2000 server installation, how to install window, active directory, domain controllers, system configurations. Being a network administrator or Microsoft Windows 2000 Server support professional, one of your job description tasks is Windows Server Installation.
Step #1: Planning for your installation
When you run the Windows 2000 Server setup program you must know that how to install the Windows 2000 server. Thorough planning can make you avoid potential problems during the installation process. So, it’s necessary to do some paper work and make a good plan before installing the Windows 2000 server operating system. You must know the needs of your office network, server hardware and software to be installed on your server.

Without a proper plan Potential problems can occur in the future and work can become more hectic. There are some important points, which you should take into account before starting the installation process.
1. Check System requirement2. Check hardware and software compatibility3. Check the disk partitioning options4. Select the file systems according to your needs.5. Decide workgroup or domain installation6. Complete a pre installation checklist.Once you are making sure about these things you can start the installation process.
Step #2: Starting the installation process
You can install Windows 2000 Server in different ways, all the methods are valid and which method you choose is depends on your needs and limitations. Manual installation process can be divided into different ways as followings.
• Boot from CD- This is a fresh installation and no existing partition is required.• Boot from the 4 setup disks and then insert the CD, in this way also not existing partition is required. • Boot from an MS-DOS startup floppy disk, go to the command prompt, create a 4GB FAT32 partition with FDISK command, reboot the computer, format the C partition, you have created and then go to the CD drive, go to the i386 folder and run the Winnt.exe command. • In the other methods, run an already installed operating system such as Windows NT 4.0 Server and from within the NT 4.0 go to the i386 folder in the Windows 2000 Server installation CD and run the WINNT32.exe command. This will upgrade the Windows NT Server 4.0 to the Windows 2000 Server.
• Alternatively, if you want to upgrade from Windows 98 into Windows 2000 Professional you can follow the same steps as I have described in the above installation method. But you cannot upgrade Windows 98 into Windows 2000 server.
Additionally, there are other automated installation methods, such as uninstallation method by using an unattended file, using Sysprep, using RIS or running the uninstallation method by the CD itself.
It doesn’t matter that which installation method you use to install Windows 2000 Server or Professional. All methods look alike and the main function is the same.
Step #3: Text based portion of the setup
The setup process starts loading a blue-looking text screen. In this way you will be asked to accept the license agreement EULA and choose a partition on which you want to install Windows 2000 and you will be also asked to format the partition if the partition is new FAT, FAT32 or NTFS. The setup process begins loading a blue-looking text screen (not GUI).1. Select to boot the computer from CD.
2. At this stage you can press F6 if you need to install the additional SCSI adapters or other storage devices. If you choose it then you will be asked to provide the floppy disk for the drivers.
3. Setup will get all the required drivers and files. 4. Now select to setup Windows 2000. At this point, if you want to fix some problems in the previously installed operating systems then you will have to press R. If not, then just press enter to continue with the fresh installation. 5. If you haven’t made any partition then you will get a warning message to create a partition and delete the old partitions. You can specify the partition size here. If you want to continue then press C.
6. Accept the license agreement and press F8.• Select or create the partition on which you will install W2K. • If you hard disk is already partitioned but don’t have enough disk space for the installation, you can create an additional partition from the unpartitioned space. If the hard disk is already partitioned, but has enough unpartitioned disk space, you can create an additional partition in the unpartitioned space. If the hard disk already has a existing partition, you can delete it to create more unpartitioned space for the new partition. By deleting the old partition you will delete all data on that partition.
If you select a new partition during Setup, create and size only the partition on which you will install Windows 2000. After installation, use Disk Management to partition the remaining space on the hard disk.
7. Select the file system like FAT32, NTFS for the installation partition. After you create the partition, select a file system. After selecting the file system, it will ask you to format the disk. Windows 2000 supports FAT, FAT32 and NTFS file system. You can get access to the local data on your hard disk, if it is formatted with the NTFS and if your operating system is Windows Server 2003, Windows XP Professional, Windows 2000 and Windows NT. If you plan to get data on your local hard disk’s drive where Windows 95 or Windows 98 is installed then you will have to use FAT or FAT32 file systems.
8. Setup will then begin copying files after formatting the disk, from the installation point (CD, local i386 or a network share).
9. After copying files step is completed the computer will be restarted in the graphical mode. Step #4: Graphical user interface (GUI) based setup portionAfter the first reboot and copying the necessary installation files the setup comes in the graphical mode.
Next it will load the device drivers based on the hardware it finds in your computer. At this point, you can change the regional settings if you want.1. Install the Hebrew language support at this point.2. Here type your name and organization name.3. Next type product key.4. Enter the appropriate license types and the number of the purchased licenses. 5. Here you type the computer name and the password of the local administrator account. The local administrator account is based in the SAM of the computer and is used for the locally administrative tasks4. Next choose which network or other components to be installed on the system. 5. Next select the date, time and zone settings. 6. Setup now will install the networking components. Press Next to accept the typical settings option if you have one of the following situations:• You have DHCP on your network.• Your computer running Internet Connection Sharing (ICS).• You are in a workgroup environment and do not plan to have any other servers or Active Directory at all, and all other workgroup members are configured in the same manner.Otherwise select Custom Settings and press Next to customize your network settings.7. You should highlight the TCP/IP section and press Properties.In the following general tab enter the necessary information. You should specify the IP address, and if you don't know what the Subnet Mask entry should be - you can simply place your mouse pointer over the empty area in the Subnet Mask box and click it. The operating system will automatically detect the settings.
If you are a stand alone computer or you don’t have the sufficient rights, leave the default entry selected and press next.8. In the next stage setup process will finish copying files and configuring the setup. 9. Next the setup process finishes and displays the finish window.10. Next Windows 2000 reboots and you after reboot you get the CTRL-ALT-DEL window.11. Congratulations. You are done. Windows 2000 has been installed on you computer.