ThinkPad T430 - Bottom View

1Fanlouvers(left)
Theinternalfanandlouversenableairtocirculateinthecomputerandcoolthecentralprocessor.
Note:Toavoidimpedingairow,donotplaceanyobstacleinfrontofthefan.
2Monitorconnector
Youcanattachanexternalmonitororaprojectortoyourcomputertodisplaycomputeroutput.
Note:Ifyouattachyourcomputertoaportreplicatororadockingstationanduseamonitorconnector,use
themonitorconnectorontheportreplicatorordockingstation,nottheoneonthecomputer.
Fordetails,referto“Attachinganexternalmonitor”onpage36.
3Comboaudiojack
Tolistentothesoundfromyourcomputer,connectaheadphoneoraheadsetthathasa3.5mm4-pole
plugtothecomboaudiojack.
Notes:
•Ifyouareusingaheadsetwithafunctionswitch,forexample,aheadsetforaniPhone
®
mobiledigital
device,donotpressthisswitchwhileusingtheheadset.Ifyoupressit,theheadsetmicrophonewillbe
disabled,andtheintegratedmicrophonesonthecomputerwillbeenabledinstead.
•Thecomboaudiojackdoesnotsupportaconventionalmicrophone.
4MiniDisplayPortconnector
UsetheMiniDisplayPortconnectortoconnectyourcomputertoacompatibleprojector,externalmonitor,or
high-denitiontelevision.
5USB3.0connectors
TheUSB3.0connectorsareusedforconnectingdevicescompatiblewithaUSBinterface,suchasa
USBprinteroradigitalcamera.
Note:TheUSB3.0functiononlyworksintheWindows7operatingsystem.IfyouareusingotherWindows
operatingsystemratherthanWindows7,theconnectorworksasaUSB2.0connector.
Bottomview
Figure4.ThinkPadT430andT430ibottomview
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