CHAPTER 2: Getting to Know Your Computer

Front

Important

Your computer hardware options and port locations may vary from the illustration below.

Optical drive

Optical drive (optional)

USB port (optional)

Hard drive access indicator

IEEE 1394 ports (optional)

USB ports (optional)

Model:

S/No:

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Memory card reader (optional)

Power button/

Power indicator

Microphone jack Headphone jack

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Model and serial number

and Customer Care

 

information

 

Component

Icon

Description

 

 

 

Optical drive

 

Use this drive to listen to audio CDs, install games and programs, watch DVDs,

 

 

and store large files onto recordable discs (depending on drive type).

 

 

This drive may be a CD, recordable CD, DVD, or recordable DVD drive. To identify

 

 

your drive type and for more information about your drive, see “Identifying

 

 

drive types” on page 73.

 

 

 

USB ports

 

Plug a USB (Universal Serial Bus) device (such as a printer, scanner, camera,

(optional)

 

keyboard, or mouse) into this port. For more information, see “Installing a

 

 

printer, scanner, or other peripheral device” on page 13.

 

 

 

Hard drive access

 

Turns on when the hard drive is accessed.

indicator

 

 

 

 

 

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