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Chapter 5

Connecting External

Desktop Equipment

The computer automatically detects most new equipment and installs any needed device drivers. If you connect new equipment that does not work as expected, double-click the Add New Hardware icon in Control Panel for help installing the equipment. Double-click the Printers icon in Control Panel for help installing a new printer.

This chapter describes connecting the following external desktop equipment:

Serial device, such as a serial mouse or a modem

Parallel device, such as a printer

External monitor

External keyboard, numeric keypad, PS/2 mouse, or other pointing device

MultiBay Expansion Base and MultiBay-ISA Expansion Base (docking and undocking the computer)

Security cable lock (attaching to the computer or to the expansion bases)

This chapter also describes how to use the infrared port.

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