CHAPTER 2: Checking Out Your Computer

Front

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Optical disc drive

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Additional drive bay

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Memory card reader and

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

USB port (optional)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Power button/

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

power indicator

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Hard drive indicator

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

IEEE 1394 ports

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

USB ports

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Headphone jack

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Microphone jack

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Component

Icon

Description

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Optical disc 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, recordable DVD, or Blu-ray drive. For

 

 

 

more information about your drive, see

 

 

 

“Identifying optical drive types” on page 27.

Additional drive

 

 

Install any 5.25-inch device into this bay, such

bay

 

 

as an additional optical drive, a removable

 

 

 

hard drive, or a system monitor display.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Memory card

 

 

Insert a memory card from a digital camera,

reader (optional)

 

 

MP3 player, PDA, cellular telephone, or other

 

 

 

devices into the memory card reader. For more

 

 

 

information, see “Using the memory card

 

 

 

reader” on page 30.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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