Service Guide 1-7
Table 1-3 External Ports
Port Assignment Description
External VGA Port 15-Pin Female connector used to attach an external SVGA monitor to the
notebook.
Serial Port 9-Pin Male connector used to attach an RS-232 serial device to the notebook.
Parallel/Floppy Port 25-Pin Female connector used to attach a bidirectional printer or an external floppy
disk drive (requires special cable for use with floppy disk drive).
PS/2® Port 6-Pin Circular connectors used to attach external keyboard/mouse devices to the
notebook.
DC-IN Connector Power in connector used to attach the output of the AC adapter to the notebook.
Fast Infrared Port Fast Infrared Port (4 M/b) used for wireless communications between the notebook
and an FIR-equipped device such as keyboard, another notebook, printer, etc.
Audio In/Out, Mic In
Jacks Provide for input of external sound source or audio output to drive external
speakers
Expansion Bus 120-Pin PCI Bus that supports an external Port Replicator
1.3.4 Standard Peripheral Devices
As standard features, the Extensa notebooks include a user-removable internal hard drive, a 3.5-
inch floppy disk drive, a CD-ROM drive and built-in point touchpad (mouse device). The FDD or
CD-ROM drives is user removable.
1.3.5 Expansion Capabilities
The Extensa 67x Series Notebooks are designed with a variety of expansion features that permit
substantial functionality and performance upgrades over the life of the product. The expansion
capabilities built into the notebook are summarized in Table 1-4 and described in greater detail in the
following paragraphs.
Table 1-4 Expansion Features Summary
Expansion Feature Description
CD-ROM Drive Reads from Audio CD, Photo CD or CD ROM
3.5-inch Diskette Drive Module Provides convenient storage on a removable disk format
Memory Expansion Features Main memory can be expanded from 16 MB to a maximum of 80 MB
using soDIMM modules (8 MB, 16 MB or 32 MB configurations).
Flash ROM (hardware feature) Permits new versions of BIOS to be downloaded into Flash ROM without
physically having to replace the ROMs
PCMCIA Slots Allows installation of any optional PCMCIA device such as speakerphone
modems, Ethernet® cards, and full motion video cards.
Desktop Connectivity Ports Permits attaching a variety of external devices to the notebook including
external CRTs, keyboards, mouse devices, modems, printers, etc.
Port Replicator Device that attaches to the Expansion Bus and provides the connectivity
for the desktop environment. Removing and replacing the notebook
from/to the desktop environment is greatly simplified using the Port
Replicator option.
1.3.6 PCMCIA Card Options
The Notebook contains an onboard PCMCIA Controller and two 64-pin sockets that can accept up
to two credit-card size (14.5 mm) Type I or Type II PCMCIA option cards or one Type III card. The