2 Knowing the Parts

Left Side

Refer to the diagram below to identify the components on this side of the Notebook PC.

Kensington®

Monitor

1394

Infrared

ExpressCard or PCMCIA

Optical

Activity

Emergency

Electronic

Lock Port

Port

Port

Port

Slot (depending on model)

Drive

Indicator

Eject

Eject

Kensington® Lock Port

The Kensington® lock port allows the Notebook PC to be secured using Kensington® compatible Notebook PC security products. These security products usually include a metal cable and lock that prevent the Notebook PC to be removed from a fixed object. Some security products may also include a motion detector to sound an alarm when moved.

Display (Monitor) Output

The 15-pin D-sub monitor port supports a standard VGA-compatible device such as a monitor or projector to allow viewing on a larger external display.

1394 Port

IEEE1394 is a high speed serial bus like SCSI but has simple connections and hot-plugging capabilities like USB. The interface IEEE1394 has a bandwidth of 100-400 Mbits/sec and can handle up to 63 units on the same bus. IEEE1394 is also used in high-end digital equipment and should be marked “DV” for Digital Video port.

Infrared Port (Standard Infrared)

The standard infrared (IrDA) communication port allows convenient wireless data communication with infrared-equipped devices or computers. This allows easy wireless synchronization with PDAs or mobile phones and even wireless printing. If your office supports IrDA networking, you can have wireless connection to a network anywhere provided there is a direct line of sight to an IrDA node.

PC Card or ExpressCard Slot (depending on model)

Depending on model, this slot either accomodates one PCMCIA 2.1 type I/II 16-bit or 32-bit (CardBus) PC card or one 26pin ExpressCard/34mm/54mm expansion card.

Optical Drive

The Notebook PC comes in various models with different optical drives. The Notebook PC’s optical drive may support compact discs (CD) and/or digital video discs (DVD) and may have recordable (R) or re-writable (RW) capabilities. See the marketing specifications for details on each model.

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