Connecting devices
Preparation for use and operation
Connecting devices
The power plug must be pulled out!
!
Read the documentation about the external device before connecting it.
Do not connect or disconnect cables during a thunderstorm.
Never unplug a cable by pulling the cable itself. Always take hold of the
actual plug body.
Connect and disconnect the cables in the order described below.
Connecting cables
– Turn off all power and equipment switches.
– Pull all power plugs out of the grounded-contact utility power sockets.
– Plug all cables into the system unit and peripherals. Please observe under all
circumstances the information provided in the chapter "Important notes".
– Plug all data communication cables into the utility sockets.
– Plug all power cables into the grounded-contact utility power sockets.
Disconnecting cables
– Turn off all power and equipment switches.
– Pull all power plugs out of the grounded-contact utility power sockets.
– Unplug all data communication cables from the utility sockets.
– Disconnect all cables from the system unit and peripherals.
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Preparation for use and operation Connecting
devices
Connecting external devices
The connectors for the devices are on the rear of the system unit.
1
2
3
4
5
6
a
b
c
d
e
f
g
h
1 = Keyboard port
a = Keyboard port
2 = Mouse port
b = Mouse port
3 = Serial interface 1
c = Serial interface
4 = Serial interface 2
d = Parallel interface
5 = Parallel interface
e = Game port
6 = Monitor port
f = Loudspeaker port
g = Audio input
h = Microphone port
You can set up the mouse port, the serial interface and the parallel interface
i
in the
BIOS setup
.
If you want to use the VGA board "Matrox Impression" with MS-Windows
standard drivers, you must disable the audio function on the system board.
Some of the devices that you connect require special drivers (e.g. a printer
driver for the printer). For information on which driver you need to install and
where, please refer to the documentation for the device concerned.
Connecting the keyboard
Plug the connector of the keyboard
cable into the socket on the
underside of the external keyboard.
Connect the round plug on the
keyboard cable into the keyboard
port on the system unit.
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