Lenovo IdeaCentre A530 User Manual
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Identifying parts on the motherboard
The motherboard (sometimes called the planar or system board) is the main circuit board in your computer.
It provides basic computing functions and supports a variety of devices that are factory-installed or that
can be installed later. The following illustration shows the location of connectors and components on
the front of the motherboard.
1. HDMI-out connector
12. Headphone connector
2. HDMI-in connector
13. TV jack
3. USB 3.0 connector
14. Scalar headphone input connector (Functional when
switched to HDMI-in mode)
4. Ethernet connector(RJ45)
15. Speaker connector
5. Power connector
16. Optical drive connector
6. System fan connector
17. Card reader
7. DVI/HDMI cable connector
18. Solid state disk connector
8. Scalar cable connector
19. Hard disk drive connector
9. USB 2.0 connectors (2)
20. Memory slots
10. USB 3.0 connector
21. CPU socket
11. Microphone connector
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