Right Side; Expresscard Slot; Wireless Switch - Asus U81A Hardware User Manual

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Knowing the Parts

Right Side

Refer to the diagram below to identify the components on this side of the Notebook PC.
EXPRESS
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ExpressCard Slot

One 26pin Express card slot is available to support one ExpressCard/34mm expansion card.
This new interface is faster by using a serial bus supporting USB 2.0 and PCI Express instead
of the slower parallel bus used in the PC card slot. (Not compatible with previous PCMCIA
cards.)

Wireless Switch

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Enables or disables the built-in wireless LAN and Bluetooth (selected models). When
enabled, the wireless status indicator will light. Windows software settings are neces-
sary before use.
Optical Drive

The Notebook PC comes in various models with different optical drives. The Note-
book PC's optical drive may support compact discs (CD) and/or digital video discs
(DVD) and may have recordable (R) or re-writable (RW) capabilities. See the market-
ing specifications for details on each model.

USB Port (2.0/1.1)
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The USB (Universal Serial Bus) port is compatible with USB 2.0 or USB 1.1 devices such
as keyboards, pointing devices, cameras, hard disk drives, printers, and scanners connected
in a series up to 12Mbits/sec (USB 1.1) and 480Mbits/sec (USB 2.0). USB allows many
devices to run simultaneously on a single computer, with some peripherals acting as additional plug-in
sites or hubs. USB supports hot-swapping of devices so that most peripherals can be connected or
disconnected without restarting the computer.
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