1 | CD or DVD drive activity light | The drive activity light is on when the computer reads data from the CD or DVD drive. |
2 | CD or DVD eject button | Press this button to eject your disc from the CD or DVD drive. |
3 | Floppy drive eject button | Press this button to eject a disk from the floppy drive. |
4 | Hard-drive activity light | The hard drive light is on when the computer reads data from or writes data to your hard drive. |
5 | Headphone connector | Use the headphone connector to attach headphones and most speakers for listening to sounds in your computer, including
sound from your CD or DVD player. |
6 | USB 2.0 connectors (2) | For quick connections, it is recommended that you use the front USB connectors for USB devices such as digital cameras, gaming controllers, and scanners. Use the back-panel USB connectors for USB mouse and keyboard connections. |
7 | Power button | Press the power button to turn on the computer.
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NOTICE: To turn off your computer, perform a Windows® shutdown
instead of pressing the power button. Otherwise, you may lose data.
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8 | Power light | The power light is solid green for the computer's power-on state and blinking green for its standby state. |
9 | Floppy drive light | The floppy drive light is on when the computer reads data from or writes data to the floppy drive. |
10 | CD or DVD volume control dial | Move the dial to adjust the CD- or DVD-drive headphone connector volume of your audio CD or DVD disc. |
11 | CD or DVD headphone connector | Use the headphone connector to attach headphones to the CD or DVD drive. Your headphones won't work if the drive is operating in digital mode. To disable digital mode:
- Click the Start button, click Control Panel, and then click Sounds, Speech, and Audio Devices.
- Click Sounds and Audio Devices.
- Click the Hardware tab.
- Double-click the name of your CD or DVD drive.
- Click the Properties tab.
- Uncheck the Enable digital CD audio for this CD-ROM device box.
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12 | Service tag |
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HINT: Express Service may not be available in some countries.
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This label lists your computer's service tag and your Express Service Code (if applicable). If you call Dell technical support, use your Express Service Code to route the call directly to the correct support personnel. The Dell technical support staff will ask for your service tag. |
1 | mouse connector | Plug your computer's PS/2 mouse into the green mouse connector. Turn off the computer and any attached devices before you connect a mouse to the computer. |
2 | serial connector | Connect a serial device, such as a handheld device, to the serial connector. |
3 | PCI card slots (4) | Use these slots for a PCI card, such as a modem or a network adapter. |
4 | USB 2.0 connectors (4) | Connect a USB device such as a mouse, keyboard, printer, joystick, and speaker system into any of the USB connectors. |
5 | microphone connector | Use the pink microphone connector to attach a personal computer microphone for voice or musical input to a sound or telephony program. |
6 | line-in connector | Use the blue line-in connector to attach a record/playback device such as a cassette player, CD player, or VCR. |
7 | line-out connector | Use the green line-out connector to attach headphones and most speakers with integrated amplifiers. |
8 | video connector | Plug the cable from your monitor into the blue connector. |
9 | parallel connector | Connect a parallel device, such as a printer, to the parallel connector. If you have a USB printer, plug it into a USB connector. |
10 | keyboard connector | Plug your computer's PS/2 keyboard into the purple keyboard connector. Turn off the computer and any attached devices before you connect a keyboard to the computer. |
11 | voltage selection switch | See the safety instructions in your Owner's Manual for more information. |
12 | power connector | Connect the power cable. |
