Connectors

External connectors:

Video

15-hole connector

Network adapter

RJ-45 connector

USB

two front-panel and five back-panel USB 2.0-compliant connectors

Audio

five connectors for line-in, line-out, microphone/ side-surround,

 

surround, and center/subwoofer connector (LFE channel); two front-

 

panel connectors for headphones and microphone

System board connectors:

 

Primary IDE drive

one 40-pin connector on PCI local bus

Serial ATA

two 7-pin connectors

FlexBay Drive

one USB 10-pin header for optional Media Card Reader (3.5-inch bay device)

Floppy drive

one 33-pin connector

Fan

one 5-pin connectors

PCI 2.3

two 120-pin connectors

PCI Express x1

one 36-pin connector

PCI Express x16

one 164-pin connector

 

 

Controls and Lights

 

 

 

Power button

push button

Power light

green light — Blinking green in sleep state; solid green for power-on state.

 

amber light — Blinking amber indicates a problem with the power supply

 

inside the computer. If the system cannot boot and there is a solid amber

 

light, this indicates a problem with the system board (see "Power

 

Problems" on page 36).

Hard-drive access light

green

Link integrity light (on integrated

green light — A good connection exists between a 10-Mbps network

network adapter)

and the computer.

 

orange light — A good connection exists between a 100-Mbps network

 

and the computer.

 

off (no light) — The computer is not detecting a physical connection

 

to the network.

Activity light (on integrated network adapter)

yellow blinking light

Diagnostic lights

four lights on the front panel (see "Diagnostic Lights" on page 43.)

Standby power light

AUX_PWR on the system board

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