Connecting Peripheral Devices
The connectors on your computer enable you to attach peripheral devices to the computer (Figure 12).
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.
PC Card compartment
Headphone jack
PS/2™ mouse & keyboard port
LAN port | Parallel port | Docking | Video port Serial port | USB port |
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Figure 12. Peripheral Connectors
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