Overview

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Front view

Notes

Your computer model might look slightly different from the illustration.

Front view
  • 1Power button

    Used to turn on your computer. You also can use the power button to turn off your computer when you cannot use the Microsoft® Windows® shutdown procedure normally to turn off your computer.

  • 2Storage drive status indicator

    This indicator is on when the storage drive is in use.

  • 3USB 3.0 connector

    Used to connect a device, such as a keyboard, mouse, scanner, printer, or PDA, that requires a USB 2.0 or USB 3.0 connection.

    Statement on USB transfer rate

    Depending on many factors such as the processing capability of the host and peripheral devices, file attributes, and other factors related to system configuration and operating environments, the actual transfer rate using the various USB connectors on this device will vary and will be slower than the data rate listed below for each corresponding device.

    Data rate

    • USB 3.1 Gen 1: 5 Gbit/s

    • USB 3.1 Gen 2: 10 Gbit/s

    • USB 3.2: 20 Gbit/s

  • 4Microphone connector

    Used to connect a microphone to your computer. You can use the microphone to record sounds or use speech-recognition software.

  • 5Headset connector

    Used to connect a headset or headphones to your computer.

  • 6Always On USB 3.0 connector

    Used to connect a device that requires a USB 2.0 or USB 3.0 connection, such as a keyboard, a mouse, a scanner, a printer, or a personal digital assistant (PDA). With the power adapter connected, you can charge the automatically detected device even when the computer is in hibernation mode or turned off. If the Always On USB connector function is not enabled, open the Power Manager program and enable the function. To open the Power Manager program, see “Accessing a program on the computer” on page 38. To enable the Always On USB connector, refer to the help system of the Power Manager program.

    Statement on USB transfer rate

    Depending on many factors such as the processing capability of the host and peripheral devices, file attributes, and other factors related to system configuration and operating environments, the actual transfer rate using the various USB connectors on this device will vary and will be slower than the data rate listed below for each corresponding device.

    Data rate

    • USB 3.1 Gen 1: 5 Gbit/s

    • USB 3.1 Gen 2: 10 Gbit/s

    • USB 3.2: 20 Gbit/s