1 Power button 2 Display latch 3 Drive access indicator 4 Pad Lock (Num Lock) indicator 5 Caps Lock indicator 6 Scroll Lock indicator 7 Integrated microphone 8 PC Card slot 9 Hard-disk drive 10 Security cable slot 11 Battery status indicator 12 Power indicator 13 Touch pad buttons 14 Touch pad 15 Keyboard

NOTICE: To avoid overheating the computer, do not place the external media bay close to the air inlet or fan intake/exhaust vents (see Figure 2).

NOTICE: Do not confuse the modem and NIC connectors on your computer. Do not plug a telephone line into the NIC connector (see Figure 2).

Figure 2. Back/Left View of the Computer

1 USB connector 2 Speakers and headphones (line-out/speaker-out) jack 3 Microphone (MIC IN) jack 4 Fan intake/exhaust vents 5 Air inlet 6 PS/2 connector 7 AC adapter connector 8 External media bay connector 9 Parallel connector 10 Video connector 11 Modem connector 12 NIC connector 13 External media bay

Figure 3. Bottom View of the Computer

1 Docking connector 2 Reset switch access hole 3 Microphone (MIC IN) jack 4 Speakers and headphones (line-out/speaker-out) jack 5 USB connector 6 Speaker 7 Battery latch 8 Battery charge gauge 9 Battery 10 Hard-disk drive bay

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Features

Your Dell computer provides the following features:

• Full multimedia capability through the following standard features:
  
  
  • A 12.1-inch super video graphics array (SVGA), 800 x 600 thin film transistor (TFT) active-matrix color display
    
  • An external media bay that supports storage devices such as a DVD-ROM, CD-ROM, diskette, or SuperDisk LS-120 drive
    
    

    NOTE: For information on installing devices in the external media bay, see "External Media Bay."

• 256-bit hardware-accelerated video support, with 2.5 megabytes (MB) of video memory
  
  
• Accelerated graphics port (AGP) architecture that increases the computer's video performance
  
  
• Support for a zoomed video (ZV) PC Card in the PC Card slot
  
  
• Two audio jacks for connecting a microphone and external stereo speakers or headphones
  
  
• Integrated microphone and speaker
  
  
• Software wavetable support and Sound Blaster software-emulation capability

• System memory consisting of 64, 128 or 256 MB of synchronous dynamic random-access memory (SDRAM) small outline, dual-inline memory modules (SODIMMs).
  
  
• Two power conservation modes—suspend (or standby) mode and suspend-to-disk (S2D) mode—that help you conserve battery power. If the batteries run out of power, S2D mode prevents data loss by copying all system data to the hard-disk drive and turning off the computer.
  
  
• Connector for one 3.3-volt (V) or 5-V PC Card. The PC Card slot supports type II PC Cards, including ZV PC Cards.
  
  

  NOTE: The PC Card controller supports the CardBus standard for 32-bit data transfer on the PC Card.

• Hardware and software support for the Dell Latitude LS Advanced Port Replicator (APR).
  
  
• A touch-pad pointing device positioned for both left- and right-handed users. The left and right touch-pad buttons mimic mouse buttons; you can also perform many pointing functions by tapping the touch pad itself. Click-and-drag buttonless functions are supported.
  
  
• A lithium ion battery in the battery bay. A 4-cell battery is standard, with a 6-cell battery optional at the time of purchase, or as post-sale customer kit.

NOTICE: The batteries are designed to work only with Dell Latitude LS portable computers. Do not use the Latitude LS batteries with other computers, and do not use batteries from other computers with the Dell Latitude LS.

CAUTION: Do not puncture or incinerate the battery. When your battery no longer holds a charge, call your local waste disposal agency or environmental agency for advice on disposing of the computer's lithium ion battery.

• A high-performance parallel port and a multipurpose Personal System/2 (PS/2) connector for attaching external devices, a monitor connector for attaching an external monitor to your computer, and a Universal Serial Bus (USB) connector that supports stand-alone and hub devices.
  
  
• An integrated 56-kilobits per second (Kbps) v.90 controllerless modem with support for telephone hardware worldwide.
  
  
• An integrated 3Com® 10/100-BASETX PCI bus master Ethernet network interface controller (NIC).
  
  
• A reset switch (accessible though the reset switch access hole on the bottom of the computer) for restarting the computer without turning the power off and on.

NOTE: To restart the computer using the reset switch, straighten a paper clip and press it into the reset switch access hole for about one second.

• An automatic thermal management system that uses a fan and microprocessor speed changes to keep the computer running at an optimum temperature.

CAUTION: Do not allow your portable computer to operate with the base resting directly on your body. With extended operation, heat can potentially build up in the base. Allowing sustained contact with the skin could cause discomfort or, eventually, a burn.

The following software is included with your Dell computer:

• The Microsoft® Windows® 95, Windows 98 Second Edition, or Windows NT® 4.0 or later operating system installed on your hard-disk drive. For more information, see your operating system documentation.
  
  
• The system setup program that lets you view and change the system configuration.
  
  
• The Dell System Software CD that allows you to run the Dell Diagnostics and reinstall, if necessary, the device drivers that Dell installed on your computer's hard-disk drive.
  
  
• Dell Diagnostics for evaluating the computer's components and devices.

NOTE: If Dell did not install an operating system on your hard-disk drive, the drivers, system utilities, and diagnostics are available separately from Dell. To order them, see "Getting Help" for the appropriate telephone number in your location.

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Available Options

Dell offers the following devices and upgrade options:

• Latitude LS APR
  
  
• Additional batteries
  
  
• External keyboards and keypads
  
  
• External monitors
  
  
• External pointing devices
  
  
• External speakers, headphones, and microphones
  
  
• Printers
  
  
• Dell Latitude storage devices such as hard-disk drives, CD-ROM drives, DVD-ROM drives, and SuperDisk LS-120 drives
  
  
• AC adapter
  
  
• PC Cards
  
  
• Carrying cases

Instructions for connecting or installing these options are included in the upgrade kit you receive from Dell.For more information on options available for your computer, visit the Dell World Wide Web site at http://www.dell.com.

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Getting Help

If at any time you don't understand a procedure described in this guide, or if your computer does not perform as expected, Dell provides a number of tools to help you. For more information on these help tools, see "Getting Help."

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