External Connector Color Coding
To help identify the external connectors, many connectors now use
standard colors as shown in the table below.
Connector
Analog VGA
Audio line in
Audio line out
Digital monitor / flat panel
IEEE 1394
Microphone
MIDI/Game
Parallel
PS/2 compatible keyboard
PS/2 compatible mouse
Serial
Speaker out / subwoofer
Right-to-left speaker
USB
Video out
SCSI, network, telephone, modem, and so on
NOTE: 1)Only LAN models have a LAN socket
2)Some connectors listed are not available on all models
LAN
PS2KBM
USB1
COM1
Color
Blue
Light blue
Lime
White
Grey
Pink
Gold
Burgundy
Purple
Green
Teal or Turquoise
Orange
Brown
Black
Yellow
None
LPT1
JS
VGA1
JS
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