Toshiba Satellite Pro A500D series, Maintenance Manual

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Satellite A500D Maintenance Manual 1-3
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Universal Serial Bus (USB) Ports
The computer has three USB 2.0 ports. It is supported to daisy-chain a maximum of 127
USB devices. The serial data transfer rate is 480 Mbps or 12 Mbps and 1.5 Mbps. These
ports support PnP installation and hot plugging. They also support Sleep and Charge
function.
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eSATA
The external SATA or eSATA end user can now utilize shielded cable lengths up to 2
meters outside the PC to take advantage of the benefits the SATA interface brings to
storage. SATA is now becoming an external standard, with specifically defined cables,
connectors, and signal requirements released as new standards in mid-2004. eSATA is hot
pluggable.
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Express Card Slot
The internal Express Card slot is a universal slot. This slot supports ExpressCard/34/54 and
the slot is covered with a dummy card. It also supports USB/PCI Express signals.
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Bridge Media Slot
This slot allows you to insert SD, MiniSD/ MicroSD (through adapter), Memory
Stick/Memory Stick Duo (through adaptor), Memory Stick Pro/Memory Stick Duo (through
adaptor), xD and MMC memory cards. It supports High-speed SD, SDHC and SD-IO. An
I/O port heel cover is needed. This model does not support CF or Smart Media cards.
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Sound system
The integrated sound system ’is composed of two Realtek Azalia internal speakers, an
internal microphone (equipped with echo cancellation) as well as standard MIC-IN and
S/PDIF-OUT ports.
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Internal Camera
Camera supports 1.3M pixels with Auto Macro. Comes with a blue LED indicator. (The
internal camera is BTO with the internal microphone). The camera is not a rotation type.
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HDMI Out Port (BTO)
HDMI 1.3 out port can connect with Type A connector HDMI cable. One HDMI cable can
send and receive SD and HD video/audio and control signals.