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Lenovo IdeaCentre A530 User Manual

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Identifying parts on the motherboard

The motherboard (sometimes called the planar or system board) is the main circuit board in your computer.
It provides basic computing functions and supports a variety of devices that are factory-installed or that
can be installed later. The following illustration shows the location of connectors and components on
the front of the motherboard.

1. HDMI-out connector

12. Headphone connector

2. HDMI-in connector

13. TV jack

3. USB 3.0 connector

14. Scalar headphone input connector (Functional when
switched to HDMI-in mode)

4. Ethernet connector(RJ45)

15. Speaker connector

5. Power connector

16. Optical drive connector

6. System fan connector

17. Card reader

7. DVI/HDMI cable connector

18. Solid state disk connector

8. Scalar cable connector

19. Hard disk drive connector

9. USB 2.0 connectors (2)

20. Memory slots

10. USB 3.0 connector

21. CPU socket

11. Microphone connector

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Locating connectors, controls and components

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