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Making Connections
Please read the following warning and cautionary notes before making any connections.
WARNING!
Route all cables where no one will trip on them and where the cables will not be
subject to abrasion or other damage. Frayed cables could cause personal injury and/or damage
to your computer.
CAUTION! To avoid damage, make sure your computer is completely powered off before
connecting or disconnecting an electronic device such as a peripheral.
CAUTION! Do not FORCE any connection! Forcing a connection may cause permanent damage
to the connector pins.
Refer to Figure 2-1, illustrated earlier in this chapter, to connect the system components and
peripherals.
1. Locate all the connectors on the computer for each component and peripheral you
are going to connect.
2. Place each component’s cable (case, keyboard, monitor, mouse, printer, etc.) near
the appropriate port.
3. Connect the keyboard cable to the connector marked Keyboard Port, color-coded
purple. Connect the mouse cable to the 9-pin serial port marked Serial Port, color-
coded turquoise or to the PS/2 connector marked Mouse, color-coded green.
4. Connect the VGA monitor cable to the 15-pin port marked Video Port, color-coded
blue.
5. Connect the accessories listed below:
• Speakers to Line Out, color-coded light green.
• Microphone to Mic, color-coded pink.
• You may connect your computer to another audio component such as a
receiver or tape deck using the Line Out and Line In connections, color-
coded light green and light blue, respectively. Doing so requires that you
purchase a stereo 1/8" earphone to RCA jack converter for both sound card
connections (available at most electronic supply retailers).
• Modem and Telephone. Be sure to connect the cord from the wall jack to the
jack labeled Line (or Telco), and the cord from the telephone (if any) to the
jack labeled Phone.
• Joystick to Game, Joystick, or MIDI, color-coded yellow.
• Printer to Parallel Port, color-coded magenta.