Top Panel Connectors

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1 Headphone connector — Connects to headphones.

NOTE: To connect to a powered speaker or sound system, use the audio out connector or one of the S/PDIF connectors (available on Aurora and Aurora ALX only) at the back of your computer.

2 Microphone connector — Connects to a microphone for voice or audio input into a sound or telephony program.

3 IEEE 1394 connector — Connects to high speed serial multimedia devices such as digital video cameras.

4 Power button Turns the computer on or off when pressed. The color of the button rim indicates the power status.

Off — the computer is either turned off, in hibernate mode, or is not receiving power.

Solid white — the computer is on.

Blinking white — the computer is in sleep or standby mode.

The color indicating the power status can be changed using the AlienFX® software. For information on AlienFX, see “AlienFX” on page 24.

5 USB 2.0 connectors (2) Connect to USB devices, such as a mouse, keyboard, printer, external drive, or MP3 player.

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