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Description

 

 

 

 

 

 

Memory card

 

 

 

 

Insert a memory card from a digital camera,

reader

 

 

 

 

MP3 player, PDA, cellular telephone, or other

 

 

 

 

 

device into the memory card reader.

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, Blu-ray,

 

 

 

 

 

or HD DVD drive. For more information about

 

 

 

 

 

your drive, see “Identifying optical drive

 

 

 

 

 

types” on page 25.

 

 

 

 

 

 

IEEE 1394 port

 

 

 

 

Plug IEEE 1394 (also known as Firewire®)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

devices (such as a digital camcorder) into

 

 

 

 

 

these 6-pin IEEE 1394 ports.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Diskette or

 

 

 

 

Use this drive to read from and write to 3.5"

removable hard

 

 

 

 

diskettes, or use this bay to connect a

drive (optional)

 

 

 

 

removable hard drive.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Headphone jack

 

 

 

 

Plug powered, analog front speakers, an

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

external amplifier, or headphones into this

 

 

 

 

 

jack. This jack is color-coded green.

 

 

 

 

 

Microphone jack

 

 

 

 

Plug a microphone into this jack. This jack is

 

 

 

 

 

color-coded pink.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Power

 

 

 

 

Press this button to turn the power on or off.

button/power

 

 

 

 

You can also configure the power button to

indicator

 

 

 

 

operate in Standby/Resume mode or

 

 

 

 

 

Hibernate mode. The power indicator lights

 

 

 

 

 

when the computer is turned on.

USB ports

 

 

 

 

Plug USB (Universal Serial Bus) devices (such

 

 

 

 

 

as a USB external drive, printer, scanner,

 

 

 

 

 

camera, keyboard, or mouse) into these ports.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Video, Audio left,

 

 

 

 

Connect your video camera to these jacks.

and Audio right

 

 

 

 

 

jacks (optional)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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