Connecting external devices
Connecting USB devices
USBports
On the USB ports you can connect exter nal devices that also have a USB port
(e.g. a DVD drive, a printer, a scanner or a modem).
USB devices are hot-pluggable. This me ans you can connect and disconnect the
cables of USB devices while the operating system is running.
USB 1.x has a maximum data t ransfer rate of 12 Mbps.
USB 2.0 has a data transfer rate of up to 480 Mbps.
USB 3.0 has a data transfer rate of up to 5 Gbps.
Additional information can be found in the documentation for the USB devices.
► Connect the data cable
to the
external device.
► Connect the data cable to a USB
port of the notebook.
Device driver
s
USB devices wi
ll be automatically recognized and installed by your operating system.
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