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Dell Studio XPS M1340 (Mid 2010) User Manual

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Using Your Studio XPS™

5

eSATA/USB combo connector

with PowerShare – Connects to eSATA

compatible storage devices (such as

external hard-disk drives or optical drives)

or USB devices (such as a mouse, keyboard,

printer, external drive, or MP3 player). This

connector can also be used for charging

USB devices when the computer is in

power on/off or sleep state. This function

may not work with certain external devices

when the computer is in power off or sleep

state, even if they are compliant with the

USB specification. In such cases, turn the

computer on to charge the device.

NOTE: If the computer is powered

off or turned to sleep state while the

USB device is charging, unplug the

USB device and plug it in again to

continue charging the device.
NOTE: The USB PowerShare

automatically shuts off when only

10% of the total battery life remains.

6

AC adapter connector – Connects

to the AC adapter which powers the

computer and charges the battery.

7 Power light – Illuminates when the

computer is powered on. The different

lights indicate the following:
On battery power:

Solid white

computer is running on

battery power
Solid amber

battery is low

Flashing amber

battery is critically

low
Blinking white

computer is in sleep

state

On AC adapter:

Solid white

computer is powered on

and battery is charged
Blinking white

computer is in standby

state.