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DellInspiron 3500 Port Replicator User’s Guide 1-1
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The Dell Inspiron 3500 Port Replicator integrates your Dell Inspiron 3500 portable
computer quickly and easily into a desktop environment. Use the instructions in this
document to attach external devices to the port replicator and to connect your com-
puter to the port replicator.
NOTE: If you received a basic input/output system (BIOS) upgrade diskette with your
port replicator, use the diskette to upgrade the BIOS on your Dell Inspiron 3500 com-
puter before attaching the computer to the port replicator. For instructions, see the
document titled
Dell Inspiron 3500: Upgrading the BIOS
, which came with the BIOS
upgrade diskette.
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The input/output (I/O) connectors on the back of the port replicator duplicate the pri-
mary connectors on the back and side of your computer. Table 1-1 shows the icons for
each of the connectors on the back of the port replicator and indicates the type of
external device(s) that can be attached to each connector.
An external Personal System/2 (PS/2)-
compatible mouse connects to the
PS/2 mouse connector.
An external PS/2-compatible keyboard
or external numeric keypad connects to
the PS/2 keyboard connector.
A serial device, such as a serial mouse
or external modem, connects to the
serial connector.