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Component

Ventilation intake

Stereo speakers

Brightness control

Contrast control (not shown)

Power/suspend light

Battery light

Microphone

PC Card slots

Battery release

Keyboard

Battery compartment

Hard drive bay

MultiBay

Function

The ventilation intake, along with the exhaust, provides airflow that helps prevent the computer from overheating.

Built-in stereo speakers for PC sounds and the multimedia sound system.

Adjusts the brightness of the display.

Adjusts the contrast of the display (not on all models).

Green light turns on when power to the computer is turned on; turns off when power to the computer is turned off; blinks when the computer is in Suspend.

Yellow light turns on when a battery pack in the computer is charging; turns off when battery pack completes fast charging; blinks to indicate a low- battery condition.

Built-in microphone for the multimedia sound system.

Accepts one Type III or any combination of two Type II and Type I PC Cards (PCMCIA).

Releases a battery pack in the battery compartment so that it can be removed.

Keyboard with EasyPoint II pointing device and mouse buttons. Refer to Chapter 2, "Keyboard and EasyPoint II Pointing Device," for information on the keyboard and integrated pointing device.

Dedicated battery compartment for the main battery pack.

Dedicated hard drive bay.

Bay that supports multiple devices: a CD-ROM drive, hard drive, diskette drive, or battery pack.

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Compaq LTE 5000 Ventilation intake Stereo speakers Brightness control, Built-in microphone for the multimedia sound system