Locating components

The following illustration will help you locate the various components in your computer.

1CD drive or DVD drive

7 DIMMs

2USB connector

8 Microprocessor and heat sink

3USB connector

9 AGP slot

4Optional drive bay

10Battery

5Hard disk drive

11PCI slots

6Diskette drive

 

Identifying parts on the system board

The system board (sometimes called the planar or motherboard) is the main circuit board in your computer. It provides basic computer functions and supports a variety of devices that are IBM-installed or that you can install later.

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