Hardware, Utilities and Options

Disconnecting the USB floppy diskette drive

When you have finished using the USB floppy diskette drive, you can follow the procedures below in order to disconnect it:

1.Wait for the Disk-In-Use Indicator light to go out to make sure all floppy diskette activity has stopped.

If you disconnect the USB floppy diskette drive or turn off the power while the computer is accessing the drive you may lose data or damage the floppy diskette or the drive.

2.Click the Safely Remove Hardware icon on the Windows Taskbar.

3.Click the USB floppy diskette drive device that you want to remove.

4.Carefully pull the floppy diskette drive's USB connector out from within the computer's USB port.

eSATA (External Serial ATA)

An device corresponding to eSATA function can be connected to the eSATA/USB combo port on the computer.

Connecting the eSATA device

To connect an eSATA device, follow the steps as detailed below: 1. Connect an eSATA cable to the eSATA/USB combo port.

Make sure the connector is properly aligned with the socket.

Do not try to force the connection, doing so can damage the connecting pins.

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1. eSATA/USB combo port

2. eSATA cable

Figure 3-12 Connecting an eSATA cable to the eSATA/USB combo port

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