ConnectorDescription
MicrophoneconnectorUsedtoattachamicrophonetoyourcomputerwhenyouwanttorecordsoundor
ifyouusespeech-recognitionsoftware.
SerialportUsedtoattachanexternalmodem,aserialprinter,orotherdevicesthatusea
9-pinserialport.
USBconnectorUsedtoattachadevicethatusesaUSBconnector,suchasaUSBkeyboard,
aUSBmouse,aUSBscanner,oraUSBprinter.IftheUSBconnectorsonyour
computerarenotenoughforyoutoconnectallyourUSBdevices,youcan
purchaseaUSBhub,whichyoucanusetoconnectadditionalUSBdevices.
VGAmonit orconnect orUsedtoattachaVGAmonitororotherdevicesthatuseaVGAmonitorconnector.
Locatingcomponents
Figure3“Componentlocations”onpage8showsthelocationsofthevariouscomponentsinyourcomputer.
Toremovethecomputercoverandgainaccesstotheinsideofthecomputer,see“Removingthecomputer
cover”onpage12.
Figure3.Componentlocations
1Heatsinkandfanassembly6Frontbezel
2Powersupplyassembly7Frontfanassembly
3Memorymodules(2)8Harddiskdrive
4Opticaldrive9PCIcard(availableinsomemodels)
5FrontUSBandaudioassembly10Heatsinkfanduct
Locatingpartsonthesystemboard
Figure4“Systemboardpartlocations”onpage9showsthelocationsofthepartsonthesystemboard.
8ThinkCentreUserGuide