Lenovo ThinkCentre M73 10B0, Hardware Maintenance Manual

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Locating connectors on the rear of your computer
Figure 7 “Rear connector locations” on page 77 shows the locations of the connectors on the rear of your
computer. Some connectors on the rear of your computer are color-coded to help you determine where to
connect the cables on your computer.
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Figure 7. Rear connector locations
1
Power cord connector
2
PS/2 mouse connector
3
PS/2 keyboard connector
4
DisplayPort connector
5
VGA monitor connector
6
USB 3.0 connectors (USB connectors 5 and 6)
7
USB 2.0 connectors (USB connectors 3 and 4)
8
Microphone connector
9
Audio line-out connector
10
Audio line-in connector
11
PCI Express x16 graphics card slot
12
PCI Express x1 card slots (2)
13
Ethernet connector
14
Security-lock slot
15
Serial connector
16
Padlock loop
Connector Description
Audio line-in connector Used to receive audio signals from an external audio device, such as a stereo
system. When you attach an external audio device, a cable is connected between
the audio line-out connector of the device and the audio line-in connector of the
computer.
Audio line-out connector Used to send audio signals from the computer to external devices, such as powered
stereo speakers (speakers with built-in amplifiers), headphones, multimedia
keyboards, or the audio line-in connector on a stereo system or other external
recording device.
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