Connectyourcomputertothesupporteddockingstationtoextendthecomputercapabilitieswhenyou
areinyourofceorathome.
4Harddiskdriveorsolidstatedrive
Dependingonmodels,yourcomputermighthavealarge-capacity,customer-upgradableharddiskdrive
thatcanmeetavarietyofstoragedemands.
Ifyouwish,youcanpurchaseanotherharddiskdriveandinstallitintheSerialUltrabayEnhancedbay.
Somemodelsareequippedwithasolidstatedrivefordatastorage,makingyourcomputerlighter,smaller,
andfaster .
Note:Thehiddenservicepartitionisthereasonwhythereislessfreespacethanexpectedonyourhard
diskdriveorsolidstatedrive.Thisreductionismorenoticeableonthesolidstatedrivebecauseofits
smallercapacity .
5Memory-upgradeslot
Youcanincreasetheamountofmemoryinyourcomputerbyinstallingamemorymoduleinthe
memory-upgradeslot.MemorymodulesareavailableasoptionsfromLenovo.
6PCIExpressMiniCardslotforwirelessWANcardormSATAsolidstatedrive
Yourcomputermighthaveawirelesswideareanetwork(WAN)cardinstalledinthePCIExpressMini
Cardslotforwir elessWANconnections.
Forsomemodels,anmSATAsolidstatedrivemightbeinstalledinsteadofthewirelessWANcard.
Rearview
Figure5.ThinkPadT430andT430irearview.
1AlwaysOnUSBconnector2Ethernetconnector
3Powerjack4Fanlouvers(rear)
1AlwaysOnUSBconnector
Bydefault,theAlwaysOnUSB2.0connectorenablesyoutochargesomedevices,suchasiPod®,iPhone,
andBlackBerry®smartphones,evenwhenyourcomputerisinsleep(standby)mode.
Ifyouwanttochargethesedeviceswhenyourcomputeristurnedoff,dothefollowing:
1.Connectthecomputertoanacpowersupply.
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