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7 Hardware Upgrades and Replacements
Device Connections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7–1Connecting a Powered Device. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7–1Connecting a USB Device. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7–2Stopping a USB device . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7–4Required USB Software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7–4Connecting a 1394 Device. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7–4Stopping a 1394 Device. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7–6Connecting a Communication Device. . . . . . . . . . . . 7–6
Digital Cards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7–7Using the Memory Reader Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7–8Inserting an Optional Digital Card . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7–9Removing a Digital Card. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7–10ExpressCards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7–12What Is an ExpressCard?. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7–12Selecting an ExpressCard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7–13Configuring an ExpressCard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7–13Inserting an ExpressCard. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7–14Stopping or Removing an ExpressCard. . . . . . . . . . 7–15Drives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7–17 Adding a Drive to the System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7–17Using the IDE Drive Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7–17Replacing the Internal Hard Drive. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7–19 Memory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7–23Increasing Memory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7–23Removing or Inserting a Memory Module . . . . . . . 7–24
8Software Updates and Recovery and System Software
Software Updates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8–1
Preparing for a Software Update . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8–2
Downloading and Installing an Update . . . . . . . . . . . 8–4
Software Recovery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8–9
Using System Restore . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8–9
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