External component identification
Top components
Display components
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Your computer may look slightly different from the illustration in this section.
Item
Component
(1)
WWAN antennas (2)*
(2)
Internal microphones (1 or 2, varying
by computer model)†
(3)
WLAN antennas (2)*
(4)
Webcam light (select models only)
(5)
Webcam (select models only)
(6)
Internal display switch
*The antennas are not visible from the outside of the computer. For optimal transmission, keep the areas immediately around
the antennas free from obstructions.
†Only computers equipped with a webcam are equipped with 2 microphones. Computers not equipped with a webcam are
equipped with only one microphone.
2–2
Description
Send and receive wireless signals to communicate with wireless wide-area
networks (WWAN).
Record sound.
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If there is a microphone icon next to each microphone opening,
your computer has internal microphones.
Send and receive wireless signals to communicate with wireless local area
networks (WLAN).
On: The webcam is in use.
Records audio and video and captures still photographs.
Turns off the display or initiates the Sleep state (Windows 7 and
Windows Vista) or Standby (Windows XP) if the display is closed while the
power is on.
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