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3150 Notebook

Checking Out Your Notebook

Keyboard and LCD panel

Component	Description
A. 12.1" TFT Color LCD (Liquid Crystal Display)	Provides sharp, crisp resolution with backlit anti-glare screen.
B. Keyboard	Provides full functionality of a desktop computer keyboard. Many keys have been assigned alternate functions.
C. Speakers	Provides high-quality sound reproduction for software, audio CDs, and DVDs.
D. EZ PointTM	Controls the cursor movement on the screen.

Top panel buttons and indicators

Component	Icon	Description
A. Power or Suspend/Standby button		Can be set to either turn the system on and off or suspend and resume. Pressing the button for five seconds restarts the system.
B. Display off button		Turns off the LCD display. Activated automatically when you close the notebook lid.
C. Hard drive activity indicator		Lights when the computer accesses the hard drive.
D. DVD or CD indicator		Displays when the computer accesses the DVD or CD (Compact Disc) drive.
E. Caps lock indicator		Lights when Caps Lock is enabled.
F. Pad lock indicator		Lights when Pad Lock is enabled.
G. Scroll lock indicator		Lights when Scroll Lock is enabled.
H. Microphone		Records sounds when the system is recording.

Rear panel

Port	Icon	Description
A. LAN		Provides an Ethernet 10/100 connection to a network.
B. Fast IR (Infrared) port		Sends infrared signals between the notebook and a remote device that uses infrared (for example, a printer or other peripheral).
C. Speaker out/Headphone jack		Connect external speakers or headphones to this port. Supports small unamplified speakers. (1/8 inch/3.5 mm jack.)
D. Modem jack		Plug a phone line into this jack to connect the notebook's on-board modem to an analog phone system.
E. PS/2 port		Connect an external keyboard, mouse, numeric keypad, or other device to this port.
F. VGA port		Connect a VGA (Video Graphics Adapter) monitor cable to this port.
G. Parallel port (LPT1)		Connect a parallel device such as a printer to this port.
H. Serial port		Connect a serial device such as a serial mouse to this port.

Right side

Component	Icon	Description
A. DVD or CD-ROM drive		Reads data and audio CDs (and DVDs if you have a DVD drive).
B. Eject button		Ejects the DVD or CD tray from the drive. This button works only when the power is on.
C. Manual eject button		Provides manual eject capability to remove a DVD or CD if power is unavailable. Insert a straightened paper clip or other stiff wire and push to open the DVD or CD tray.
D. PC Card slot		Accepts one Type I or Type II PC Card.
E. Volume wheel		Adjusts speaker volume. Other port volume levels are controlled by multimedia software.
F. PC Card eject button		Push to release the eject button, then push again to eject the PC Card. Push a third time to retract the button into the chassis.

Left side

Component	Icon	Description
A. Kensington lock slot		Attach a Kensington lock into this slot. A Kensington lock is an optional cable lock for portable computers.
B. Air outlet port		Outlet for air intake to cool components.
C. Power connector		Connect the AC power adapter to this port.
D. USB port		Plug Universal Serial Bus (USB) devices into this port.
E. Hard disk drive		Hard disk drive storage bay. The hard drive can be removed only by first removing the mounting screw on the bottom of the notebook, then sliding the drive out.

Bottom

Component	Icon	Description
A. Battery pack		Slide battery pack into bay for battery power and battery charging.
B. Battery release latch		Slide the latch to release the battery pack from the battery pack bay.
C. Hard disk drive		The hard drive can be removed only by first removing the two mounting screws, then sliding the drive out.
D. Replicator port		Connect the port replicator to this port.
E. Memory bay		Open the memory bay cover to install or remove RAM memory modules.