FIC service manual Outline of the A360, Series Port COM, LAN Port, Modem Port, IEEE1394 Port

Outline of the A360

Series Port (COM 1)

The 9-pin serial port provides a serial interface to which you can connect an RS-232C device such as external serial mouse or modem. This port is commonly referred to as COM1.

When connecting an external serial mouse, you must first power off the system before connecting the external mouse. It can auto-detect the serial mouse hardware and run both glide pad and serial mouse simultaneously.

Whenever using an external mouse in place of the built-in glide pad, it is recommended to switch the mouse driver to the default standard Microsoft mouse driver.

LAN Port

If you purchase an internal 10Base-T/100Base-TX LAN module, it connects your computer to other computers/networks through a local area network (LAN).

Modem Port

The modem port provides a reserve jack for installing an internal modem with RJ-11 jack. The internal modem is a 56Kbps-fax/data PCI modem and supports the latest V.90 standard and sort of a PCI add-in card reduced into a smaller compact form. The internal module uses mini-PCI technology and is inserted into the mini-PCI socket found on the underside of the notebook. It keeps you connected to the outside world through networks.

IEEE1394 Port

IEEE 1394 port is a high speed I/O port that can transfer high levels of data in real-time, such as external hard disk, Digital Video Camera.

USB (Universal Serial Bus) Ports

The USB (Universal Serial Bus) Port is a port with the symbol . This 4-pin slim port allows you to connect multiple USB devices through daisy chaining or through a USB hub and use them all simultaneously. The USB specification states it can support up to 127 USB devices running at up to 12Mbps. This notebook provides two USB ports.

When you resume the system from suspend mode, the USB port may not initialize properly. If in case the USB device does not work, unplug and plug the USB device again. This is a known bug released by Intel and Microsoft Windows.

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