External monitor, External monitor -9, Disconnecting 3 1/2" floppy disk drive – Toshiba Satellite Pro L100 (PSLA1) User Manual

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User’s Manual

8-9

Optional Devices

Disconnecting 3 1/2" floppy disk drive

When you have finished using the floppy disk drive, follow the procedures

below to disconnect it:
1. Wait for the indicator light to go out to make sure all floppy disk activity

has stopped.

2. Click the Safely Remove Hardware icon on the Task Bar.
3. Click floppy disk drive.
4. Pull the floppy disk drive connector out of the USB port.

External monitor

An external analog monitor can be connected to the external monitor port

on the computer. The computer supports several video modes. Refer to

Appendix B,

Display Controller and Modes

. To connect a monitor, follow the

steps below.
1. Turn the computer off.
2. Connect the monitor to the external monitor port.
3. Turn the monitor’s power on.
4. Turn the computer on.
When you turn on the power, the Windows

®

Bootup screen (Windows

®

Logo) appears on the display device.
However, the Windows

®

Desktop appears on a display device that you

used last time to shut down your PC, if the display device exists when you

turn on the power.
To change the display settings, press Fn+F5. If you disconnect the monitor

before you turn the computer off, be sure to press Fn+F5 to switch to the

internal display. Refer to Chapter 5,

The Keyboard

, for details on using hot

keys to change the display setting.

If you disconnect the floppy disk drive or turn off the power while the

computer is accessing the drive you may lose data or damage the floppy

disk or the drive.

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