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Dell ® Inspiron™ Port Replicator I User's Guide The Dell Inspiron Port Replicator I integrates your Dell Inspiron 3000 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 computer 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 3000 computer before attaching the computer to the port replicator. For instructions, see the document titled Dell Inspiron 3000: Upgrading the BIOS, which came with the BIOS upgrade diskette. Connecting External Devices to the Port Replicator The input/output (I/O) connectors on the back of the port replicator duplicate those on the back and side of your computer, so you can connect any external device to the port replicator that you can connect to the computer. In addition, you can connect a musical instrument digital interface (MIDI) device or a gaming device, such as a joystick, to the port replicator. You can also connect two Universal Serial Bus (USB) devices at once. The following list 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 connected to the PS/ 2 mouse connector An external PS/2-compatible keyboard or external numeric keypad connected to the PS/2 keyboard connector A MIDI audio device or gaming device, such as a joystick, connected to the MIDI/game connector A serial device, such as a serial mouse or external modem, connected to the serial connector A parallel device, such as a printer, connected to the parallel connector An external monitor connected to the monitor connector A speaker or headphones connected to the line-out connector A microphone connected to the microphone connector A record/playback audio device such as a cassette player, CD player, or VCR, connected to the line-in connector The AC adapter that came with the port replicator connected to the AC adapter connector One or two USB devices, such as a USB mouse, connected to the dual USB connector A lock slot, which you can use to secure the port replicator Dell Inspiron Port Replicator I User's Guide 1