I/O Connector Locations; Serial Port Connector - Dell Inspiron 5000 Series Owner's Manual

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Ports and Connectors: Dell™ Inspiron™ 5000 Series

I/O Connector Locations

Serial Port Connector

Parallel Port Connector
TV-Out S-Video Connector
I/O Connector Locations
1 Fan exhaust
2 Serial port connector
3 Parallel port connector
4 TV-out S-video connector
5 Video connector
Serial Port Connector
Use the 9-pin serial port connector to attach a serial device to the computer. The serial port passes data in serial format (1 bit at a time over one line). This port
supports a variety of devices, including a serial mouse, that require serial data transmission. If you reconfigure your hardware, you may need pin number and signal
information for the serial port connector.
Pin Signal
1 DCD
2 RXDA
3 TXDA
4 DTR
5 GND
6 DSR
7 RTS
6 Docking connector
7 Infrared port
8 USB connector
9 PS/2 connector
I/O Definition
I Data carrier detect
I Receive data
O Transmit data
O Data terminal ready
N/A Signal ground
I Data set ready
O Request to send
Video Connector
Infrared Port
USB Connector
PS/2 Connector