CHAPTER 2: Checking Out Your Computer

Component

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Description

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Digital (DVI) video in

 

 

 

 

 

If you have a digital video (DVI) expansion

port

 

 

 

 

 

card installed, connect its DVI out port to

 

 

 

 

 

 

this DVI in port.

Telephone jack

 

 

 

 

 

Plug a telephone into this jack (optional).

(optional)

 

 

 

 

 

The modem cable must be connected to a

 

 

 

 

 

 

walljackforthetelephonetobeconnected

 

 

 

 

 

 

to this jack. For more information on

 

 

 

 

 

 

connecting the modem, see “Connecting a

 

 

 

 

 

 

dial-up modem” on page 19.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

IEEE 1394/FireWire™

 

 

 

 

 

Plug IEEE 1394 (also known as Firewire®)

 

 

 

 

4-pin port

 

 

 

 

 

devices (such as a digital camcorder) into

 

 

 

 

 

 

this 4-pin IEEE 1394 port.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(VGA) in port

 

 

 

 

 

If you have an analog (VGA) video

 

 

 

 

 

 

expansion card installed, connect its VGA

 

 

 

 

 

 

out port to this VGA in port.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Parallel port

 

 

 

 

 

Plug a parallel device (such as a printer)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

into this port. For more information, see

 

 

 

 

 

 

“Installing a printer, scanner, or other

 

 

 

 

 

 

device” on page 31.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Serial port

 

 

 

 

 

Pluga serial device(such asan olderdigital

 

 

 

 

 

 

camera or mouse) into this port.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

USB ports

 

 

 

 

 

Plug a USB device (such as a printer,

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

scanner,camera,keyboard,ormouse)into

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

one of these ports. For more information,

 

 

 

 

 

 

see “Setting Up and Getting Started” on

 

 

 

 

 

 

page 15.

PS/2 mouse port

 

 

 

 

 

Plug a PS/2 mouse into this port.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

PS/2 keyboard port

 

 

 

 

 

Plug a PS/2 keyboard into this port.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

S/PDIF optical audio

 

 

 

 

 

Plug an S/PDIF optical audio connection to

jack

 

 

 

 

 

this jack.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Microphone jack (pink

 

 

 

 

 

Plug a microphone into this jack.

 

 

 

 

 

plug)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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