Note:IfyouattachyourcomputertotheThinkPadMiniDockPlusSeries3ortheThinkPadMiniDockPlus
Series3(170W)anduseanexternalmonitorconnector,usetheexternalmonitorconnectorontheThinkPad
MiniDockPlusSeries3ortheThinkPadMiniDockPlusSeries3(170W),nottheoneonthecomputer.
10Whenyouattachamechanicallocktothesecuritykeyhole,theejectbuttonislockedsothatthe
computercannotberemovedfromtheThinkPadMiniDockPlusSeries3ortheThinkPadMiniDockPlus
Series3(170W).
AttachingaThinkPadPortReplicatorSeries3,ThinkPadMiniDockSeries3,ThinkP adMiniDockPlusSeries3,orThinkPadMiniDockPlusSeries3(170W)
ToattachyourcomputertoaThinkPadPortReplicatorSeries3,aThinkPadMiniDockSeries3,aThinkPad
MiniDockPlusSeries3,oraThinkPadMiniDockPlusSeries3(170W),dothefollowing:
ThefollowingdrawingsarefortheThinkPadMiniDockSeries3,theThinkPadMiniDockPlusSeries3,or
theThinkPadMiniDockPlusSeries3(170W).TheprocedureisthesamefortheThinkPadPortReplicator
Series3.
Notes:
•BeforeyouattachthecomputertoaThinkPadPortReplicatorSeries3,aThinkPadMiniDockSeries
3,aThinkPadMiniDockPlusSeries3,oraThinkPadMiniDockPlusSeries3(170W),disconnectan
acpoweradapterfromthecomputer.
•Ifyourcomputerisoperating,makesur ethatithasnishedanyoperationsinvolvingdevicesthatare
connectedtoaUSBconnectorandaUSB/eSATAconnector.Alsomakesurethatanyconnectionto
anEthernetporthasended.
•BeforeyouattachyourcomputertoaThinkPadMiniDockSeries3,aThinkPadMiniDockPlusSeries
3,oraThinkPadMiniDockPlusSeries3(170W),makesurethatthesystemlockkeyisinplaceand
intheunlocked(horizontal)position.
•ForThinkPadMiniDockPlusSeries3(170W),usethe170acpoweradapterandU.S.powercor d
shippedwithyourcomputer.
1.T oattachyourcomputer,makesurethatthesystemlockkeyisinplaceandintheunlocked(horizontal)
positionfortheThinkPadMiniDockSeries3,theThinkPadMiniDockPlusSeries3,ortheThinkPad
MiniDockPlusSeries3(170W).MakesurethatthemechanicallockisdetachedfortheThinkPad
PortReplicatorSeries3.
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