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Introduction: Dell Latitude CS/CSx Portable Computers User's Guide
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Introduction: Dell™ Latitude™
CS/CSx Portable Computers User's Guide
Overview
Dell Latitude CS and CSx portable computers are expandable multimedia systems
designed around an Intel® Mobile Pentium® II microprocessor or an Intel Mobile Pentium
III microprocessor, both with Peripheral Component Interconnect (PCI) technology. This
section describes the major hardware and software features of your computer. Figure 1, Figure 2, and Figure
3 show the front/right, back/left, and bottom views of the computer. Figure 4 identifies the system status and keyboard status indicators.
Figure 1. Front/Right View of the Computer
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1 |
Display |
2 |
System status indicators (3) |
3 |
Integrated microphone |
4 |
Audio jacks (2) |
5 |
PC Card slots (2) |
6 |
External media bay |
7 |
Media bay cable (attached to media bay
connector on computer) |
8 |
Speaker |
9 |
Hard-disk drive bay |
10 |
Display latch |
| 11 |
Touch pad buttons |
| 12 |
Touch pad |
13 |
Keyboard |
14 |
Power button |
| 15 |
Keyboard status indicators (3) |
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Figure 2. Back/Left View of
the Computer
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1 |
Air vent |
2 |
Security cable slot |
3 |
Air vent |
4 |
AC adapter connector |
5 |
Video connector |
6 |
Docking connector |
7 |
Parallel connector |
8 |
USB connector |
9 |
PS/2 connector |
| 10 |
Integrated microphone |
| 11 |
System status indicators |
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Figure 3. Bottom View of the
Computer
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| 1 |
Hard-disk drive bay |
| 2 |
Battery |
| 3 |
Battery latch |
| 4 |
Memory module cover |
| 5 |
Battery charge gauge |
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Figure 4. Indicator Panel
Features
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| 1 |
Power button |
| 2 |
Num Lock indicator |
| 3 |
Caps Lock indicator |
| 4 |
Scroll Lock indicator |
| 5 |
Power indicator |
| 6 |
Drive access indicator |
| 7 |
Battery status indicator |
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Features
Your Dell computer provides the following features:
- Full multimedia capability through the following standard features:
- A 13.3-inch extended graphics array (XGA), 1024 x 768 thin film
transistor (TFT) active-matrix color display
- An external media bay that supports storage devices such as a
DVD-ROM, CD-ROM, diskette, SuperDisk LS-120, or second
hard-disk drive
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NOTE: For information on installing devices in the
external media bay, see "External Media Bay." |
- 256-bit hardware-accelerated video support, with 4 megabytes (MB) of
video memory
- Accelerated graphics port (AGP) architecture that increases the
computer's video performance
- Support for a zoomed video (ZV) PC Card in the top PC Card slot
- Two audio jacks for connecting a microphone and external stereo
speakers or headphones
- Integrated microphone and speaker
- Software wavetable support and Sound Blaster software-emulation
capability
- System memory consisting of synchronous dynamic random-access memory
(SDRAM) small outline, dual-inline memory modules (SODIMMs). Factory-installed memory
can range from 64 MB to a system maximum of 320 MB. Depending on the memory already
installed, you may be able to increase memory by installing a 32-, 64-, or 128-MB SDRAM
SODIMM in the memory upgrade socket. The achievable memory total for your computer depends
on the computer's original memory configuration.
- Two power conservation modes—suspend (or standby) mode
and suspend-to-disk mode—that help you conserve battery power. If the
batteries run out of power, suspend-to-disk mode prevents data loss by copying all system
data to the hard-disk drive and turning off the computer.
- Connectors for two 3.3-volt (V) or 5-V PC Cards. The upper PC Card
slot supports ZV PC Cards.
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NOTE: The PC Card controller supports the CardBus
standard for 32-bit data transfer on the PC Card. |
- Hardware and software support for the Dell Latitude C/Port Family
Advanced Port Replicator (APR) and the Dell Latitude C/Dock Family Expansion Station.
- A touch-pad pointing device positioned for both left- and
right-handed users. The left and right touch-pad buttons mimic mouse buttons; you can also
perform many pointing functions by tapping the touch pad itself. Click-and-drag buttonless
functions are supported.
- A lithium ion battery in the battery bay. The Dell ExpressCharge™
technology charges a single battery in approximately 1 hour (when the computer is off or
in suspend [or standby] mode).
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NOTE: The batteries are designed to work only with
Dell Latitude CS/CSx portable computers. Do not use the batteries with other computers,
and do not use batteries from other computers with the Dell Latitude CS/CSx. |
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CAUTION: Do not puncture or incinerate
the battery. When your battery no longer holds a charge, call your local waste disposal
agency or environmental agency for advice on disposing of the computer's lithium ion
battery. The lithium ion technology used in the battery is significantly less hazardous to
the environment than the lithium metal technology used in some other batteries (such as
watch batteries). |
- A high-performance parallel port and a multipurpose Personal System/2
(PS/2) connector for attaching external devices, a monitor connector for attaching an
external monitor to your computer, and a Universal Serial Bus (USB) connector that
supports stand-alone and hub devices.
- An automatic thermal management system that uses a variable-speed fan
and microprocessor speed changes to keep the system running at the optimum temperature.
The following software is included with your Dell computer:
- The Microsoft® Windows® 95, Windows 98, or Windows NT® 4.0 or
later operating system is installed on your hard-disk drive. For more information, see
your operating system documentation.
- The System Setup program lets you view and
change the system configuration.
- The Program Diskette Maker allows you to create program diskette sets
of software that Dell installed on your computer's hard-disk drive.
- Dell Diagnostics for evaluating the computer's
components and devices.
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NOTE: If Dell did not install an operating system
on your hard-disk drive, the drivers, system utilities, and diagnostics are available
separately from Dell. To order them, see "Getting Help"
for the appropriate telephone number in your location. |
Available Options
Dell offers the following devices and upgrade options:
- C/Port Family APRs and C/Dock Family Expansion Stations
- Additional batteries
- External keyboards and keypads
- External monitors
- External pointing devices
- External speakers, headphones, and microphones
- Printers
- Dell Latitude C-Family storage devices such as hard-disk drives,
additional hard-disk drives for the external media bay, CD-ROM drives,
4x DVD-ROM drives, and SuperDisk LS-120 drives
- AC adapter
- PC Cards
- 32-, 64-, and 128-MB memory upgrade modules
- Carrying cases
Instructions for connecting or installing these options are included in the upgrade kit
you receive from Dell. For more information on options available for your system,
visit the Dell World Wide Web site at http://www.dell.com.
Getting Help
If at any time you don't understand a procedure described in this guide, or if your
computer does not perform as expected, Dell provides a number of tools to help you. For
more information on these help tools, see "Getting Help."
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