Note:Thehiddenservicepartitionisthereasonwhythereislessfreespacethanexpectedonyourhard
diskdriveorsolid-statedrive.Thisreductionismorenoticeableonthesolid-statedrivebecauseofits
smallercapacity.
5Memory-upgradeslot
Youcanincreasetheamountofmemoryinyourcomputerbyinstallingamemorymoduleinthe
memory-upgradeslot.MemorymodulesareavailableasoptionsfromLenovo.Formoreinformation,see
“Replacingandinstallingamemorymodule”onpage78.
6PCIExpressMiniCardslotforwirelessWANormSATAsolid-statedrive(onsomemodels)
Yourcomputermighthaveawirelesswideareanetwork(WAN)cardinstalledinthePCIExpressMini
CardslotforwirelessWANconnections.
Forsomemodels,anmSATAsolid-statedrivemightbeinstalledinsteadofthewirelessWANcardfor
datastorage.
Rearview
Figure5.ThinkPadL430andL530rearview
1Ethernetconnector2Powerjack
3Fanlouvers
1Ethernetconnector
ConnectyourcomputertoaLANwiththeEthernetconnector.
DANGER
Toavoidtheriskofelectricalshock,donotconnectthetelephonecabletotheEthernetconnector.
YoucanonlyconnectanEthernetcabletothisconnector.
Therearetwoindicatorstoshowthestatusofthenetworkconnection.Oneislocatedtotheupperright
oftheconnector,andtheothertotheupperleft.WhenyourcomputerconnectstoaLANandanetwork
sessionisavailable,theupperleftindicatorissteadygreen.Whiledataisbeingtransmitted,theupper
rightindicatorblinksyellow.
Note:Ifyouattachyourcomputertoadockingstationorportreplicator,usetheEthernetconnectoronthe
dockingstationorportreplicatortoconnecttoaLAN,nottheoneonthecomputer.
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