ThinkPad T430 - Page 24

1SIMcardslot
2Battery
3Portreplicatorordockingstationconnector4Harddiskdriveorsolidstatedrive
5Memory-upgradeslot
6PCIExpressMiniCardslotforwirelessWANcardor
mSATAsolidstatedrive
1SIMcardslot
IfyourcomputerhasawirelessWANfeature,itmightrequireaSubscriberIdenticationModule(SIM)card
toestablishwirelessWANconnections.Dependingonthecountryofdelivery,theSIMcardmightbe
alreadyinstalledintheSIMcardslot.
2Battery
Useyourcomputerwiththebatterypowerwheneveracpowerisunavailable.
YoucanusethePowerManagerprogramtoadjustyourpowersettingsasneeded.Fordetails,seethehelp
informationsystemofthePowerManagerprogram.
3Portreplicatorordockingstationconnector
Dependingonmodels,yourcomputermightsupportoneofthefollowingportreplicatorsordockingstations:
•ThinkPadPortReplicatorSeries3
•ThinkPadMiniDockSeries3
•ThinkPadMiniDockPlusSeries3
•ThinkPadMiniDockPlusforMobileWorkstationsSeries3(170W)
Connectyourcomputertothesupporteddockingstationtoextendthecomputercapabilitieswhenyou
areinyourofceorathome.
4Harddiskdriveorsolidstatedrive
Dependingonmodels,yourcomputermighthavealarge-capacity,customer-upgradableharddiskdrive
thatcanmeetavarietyofstoragedemands.
Ifyouwish,youcanpurchaseanotherharddiskdriveandinstallitintheSerialUltrabayEnhancedbay.
Somemodelsareequippedwithasolidstatedrivefordatastorage,makingyourcomputerlighter,smaller,
andfaster.
Note:Thehiddenservicepartitionisthereasonwhythereislessfreespacethanexpectedonyourhard
diskdriveorsolidstatedrive.Thisreductionismorenoticeableonthesolidstatedrivebecauseofits
smallercapacity.
5Memory-upgradeslot
Youcanincreasetheamountofmemoryinyourcomputerbyinstallingamemorymoduleinthe
memory-upgradeslot.MemorymodulesareavailableasoptionsfromLenovo.
6PCIExpressMiniCardslotforwirelessWANcardormSATAsolidstatedrive
Yourcomputermighthaveawirelesswideareanetwork(WAN)cardinstalledinthePCIExpressMini
CardslotforwirelessWANconnections.
Forsomemodels,anmSATAsolidstatedrivemightbeinstalledinsteadofthewirelessWANcard.
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