Dell C/Dock Expansion Station - Manual (Page 6)

2. Shut down the computer, dock it, and turn it on
again.
3. Follow the instructions on the display to load the
appropriate drivers.
4. Install the appropriate drivers to use a PCI net­
work expansion card in the C/Dock Expansion
Station.
For more information, see “Removing and Installing
a PCI Expansion Card” later in this document.
For instructions on installing the IBM Token-Ring
driver, see “Token-Ring Network Driver” found later
in this document.
F eatures
The C/Dock Expansion Station, which is designed
around PCI technology, has the following features (see
Figures 1-1 and 1-2):
• A 10/100 megabit-per-second (Mbps) BASE-TX
3Com® Ethernet network controller.
• An expansion-card slot for a half-length, 5-volt (V)
PCI expansion card (or a universal PCI card). Dell
may have installed a PCI 4/16-Mbps Token-Ring
network card.
NOTE: The PCI Token-Ring network card that Dell
installed has been tested for use with the C/Dock
Expansion Station. Although you can install other
PCI expansion cards, Dell does not guarantee their
functionality.
A media bay into which you can insert the CD-ROM
drive, DVD-ROM drive, diskette drive, LS-120
drive, or second hard-disk drive from the Dell
Latitude portable computer.
Standard input/output (I/O) connectors to attach a
serial and a parallel device, an external monitor or
other video device, a Personal System (PS)/2-
compatible mouse, and a PS/2-style keyboard or
external keypad.
Two stacked Universal Serial Bus (USB) connectors.
A small computer system interface (SCSI) connector
compatible with the UltraSCSI-2 PCI-to-SCSI stan­
dard. The connector also supports Fast SCSI devices.
Audio Jacks to attach headphones or speakers; a
microphone; and a record/playback device (such as a
cassette player, CD player, radio, stereo system,
VCR, or tape player).
An infrared port compatible with the Infrared Data
Association (IrDA) Standards 1.1 (Fast IR) and 1.0.
A docking control base to facilitate the proper con­
nection between the C/Dock Expansion Station and
the computer.
A monitor stand that fits onto the docking control
base and provides a platform for an external monitor.
connector serial
connector
connector connectors connector connector connector
Figure 1-1. I/O Panel of the C/Dock Expansion Station
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