Connecting Peripheral Devices
The connectors on your computer enable you to attach peripheral devices to the computer (Figure 10).
Turn off your computer before you connect a peripheral device. Connecting a peripheral device with your computer turned on may seriously damage the device or your computer.
| Kensington |
| Lock |
| * Modem jack |
| USB ports |
| |
| Headphone jack |
| |
Power |
|
connector |
|
PS/2 mouse and |
|
keyboard port |
|
Parallel port |
|
* Docking connector |
|
Video port |
|
Serial port | * |
|
Figure 10. Peripheral Connectors
* Optional
Table 4 shows the icons located near each connector and tells you the devices that you can attach to the connectors.
20 Connecting Peripheral Devices