The Grand Tour

Keep foreign metal objects, such as screws, staples and paper clips, out of the Bridge media slot. Foreign metal objects can create a short circuit, which can cause damage and fire, possibly resulting in serious injury.

Left side

The following figure shows the computer’s left side.

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Cooling vents

4.

Universal Serial Bus (USB 2.0) ports

2.

External monitor port

5.

Microphone jack

3.

LAN jack

6.

Headphone jack

 

The left side of the computer

 

 

Cooling vents

The cooling vents help keep the processor from

 

overheating.

Do not block the cooling vents. Keep foreign metal objects, such as screws, staples and paper clips, out of the cooling vents. Foreign metal objects can create a short circuit, which can cause damage and fire, possibly resulting in serious injury.

External monitor port This port provides 15-pin, analog VGA port.

 

This port allows you to connect an external

 

monitor to the computer.

LAN jack

This jack lets you connect to a LAN. The adaptor

 

has built-in support for Ethernet LAN (10

 

megabits per second, 10BASE-T), Fast Ethernet

 

LAN (100 megabits per second, 100BASE-TX).

 

Some models are equipped with a Gigabit

 

Ethernet LAN (1000 megabits per second,

 

1000BASE-T). Refer to Chapter 4, Operating

 

Basics, for details.

■Do not connect any cable other than a LAN cable to the LAN jack. It

could cause damage or malfunction.

■Do not connect the LAN cable to a power supply. It could cause damage or malfunction.

User’s Manual

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