Chapter 2: Checking Out Your Gateway Computer
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Microphone jack |
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| Plug a microphone into this jack. |
(red or pink) |
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Rear speaker jack |
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| Plug your rear right and left speaker into this optional jack. For |
(black) (optional) |
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Center/subwoofer |
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| Plug your center speaker and subwoofer into this optional jack. |
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| For information on configuring this jack, see “Configuring the |
(orange) (optional) |
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Ethernet (network) |
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| Plug a 10/100 Ethernet network cable or a device (such as a |
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USB ports |
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| Plug USB (Universal Serial Bus) devices (such as a printer, |
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| scanner, camera, keyboard, or mouse) into these ports. For |
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Video port |
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| Plug a monitor into this port if you do not have an |
(integrated) |
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Parallel port |
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| Plug a parallel device (such as a printer) into this port. For more |
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Serial port |
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| Plug a serial device into this port. For more information, see |
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PS/2 mouse port |
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| Plug a Personal System/2® (PS/2) keyboard into this port. |
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PS/2 keyboard port |
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| Plug a PS/2 mouse into this port. |
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PCI card slots |
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| Remove the EMI shield from the corresponding PCI card slot |
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| when installing a PCI card. |
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