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Dell Inspiron 546 (Early 2009) User Manual

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Using Your Inspiron™ Desktop

1 Optical drive panel eject button (2) —

Press to open or close the optical drive.

2

USB 2.0 connectors (2) — Connects

to USB devices such as memory keys,

digital cameras, and MP3 players.

3

Headphone connector — Connects

to headphones.

NOTE: To connect to a powered

speaker or sound system, use the

audio out connector on the back of

your computer.

4

Power button — Press to turn

computer on or off. The light in the center

of this button indicates the power state:

Solid white — the computer is in

power-on state.
Blinking amber — there may be a

problem with the system board.

Solid amber — the computer is in

sleep state.
Power light is off — the computer is

either turned off or is not receiving

power.

5

Hard drive activity light — The

hard drive activity light is on when the

computer reads data from or writes data

to the hard drive.

6 FlexBay panel — Open the FlexBay panel

to access the FlexBay drive.

7

Microphone connector — Connects

to a microphone for voice or to an audio

cable for audio input.

8 FlexBay — Supports a Media Card

Reader, or an additional hard drive.

9 Optical drive panel (2) — This panel

covers the optical drive. Use the optical

drive to play a CD/DVD/Blu-ray Disc™.