Bottomview
Figure4.ThinkPadS230ubottomview
Note:Yourcomputerbottomviewmightlookslightlydifferentfromtheillustr ationabove.
1Fanlouvers3Harddiskdriveorsolid-statedrive
2Integratedbattery
1Fanlouvers
Theint ernalfanandlouversenableairtocirculateinthecomputerandcoolthecentralprocessor.
Note:Toavoidimpedingairow,donotplaceanyobstacleinfrontofthefan.
2Integratedbattery
Useyourcomputerwiththebatterypowerwheneveracpowerisunavailable.
3Harddiskdriveorsolid-statedrive
Dependingonmodels,yourcomputermighthavealarge-capacity,customer-upgradableharddiskdrive
thatcanmeetavarietyofstoragedemands.
Somemodelsareequippedwithasolid-statedrivefordatastorage,makingyourcomputerlighter,smaller,
andfaster.
Note:Thehiddenservicepartitionisthereasonwhythereislessfreespacethanexpectedonyourhard
diskdriveorsolid-statedrive.Thisreductionismorenoticeableonthesolid-statedrivebecauseofits
smallercapacity.
Statusindicators
Thestatusindicatorsshowthecurrentstatusofyourcomputer .

Systemstatusindicators

TheilluminateddotintheThinkPadlogoontheouterlidofyourcomputerandonthepalmrestworks
asasystemstatusindicator.
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