User Guide

1 Hardware Overview 1.1 Features
 USB FDD
The two-mode 3.5-inch USB FDD supports 720KB, and 1.44MB formats.
 Display
LCD
Built-in 14.1- or 15.0-inch, XGA (1,024 x 768 dots), or 15-inch, SXGA+ (1,400 x
1,050 dots), 262,144 colors, amorphous silicon TFT color display.
CRT
Supported via an RGB connector.
TV-out
The S-Video terminal supports VIDEO-OUT.
 Keyboard
An easy-to-use 85(US)-/86(UK)-key keyboard (101 Key emulation). Windows key is
supported.
The keyboard also supports touchpad as a pointing device.
 Optical devices
A CD-ROM, DVD-ROM, DVD-ROM & CD-R/RW, DVD-R/-RW or DVD Super
Multi Drive is supported.
 Battery
The RTC battery is mounted inside the computer.
The main battery is a detachable lithium ion battery (2,200mAh: Li-Ion, 3 cell /
4,400mAh: Li-Ion, 6cell / 8,800mAh: Li-Ion, 12cell).
 USB (Universal Serial Bus)
Two or three USB ports are provided. The ports comply with the USB2.0 standard,
which enables data transfer speeds 40 times faster than USB1.1 standard. USB1.1 is
also supported.
 PC card slot
The PC card slot accepts one Type II (5mm thick) card. The slot is equipped with an
ejector and supports ToPIC-100 (3.3V/CardBus).
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