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USB Devices
Discovering Your Computer
USB (Universal Serial Bus) is an interface designed to make it easy to connect various devices to your
computer. These peripherals may include a digital camera, scanner, printer, external optical drive, modem,
mouse, keyboard, key, game device, etc. Your computer is equipped with several USB ports that increase
your connectivity choices.
Note:
Read the instructions included with the USB device. If they contradict the information in
this topic, follow the instructions that came with the device.
1.
If your USB device uses a power cord, connect the device to a power source and turn it on before
connecting it.
2.
Determine which USB port you want to connect your device to and plug the device into the selected
USB port.
If Windows
to use. Otherwise, Windows
3.
After installation is complete, check the information for your device to see if any additional software
that might have been included with the device should be installed.
Connecting and Disconnecting Devices
Note:
USB devices can be hot-swapped or plugged, meaning that you do not need to turn
off your system before plugging or removing USB devices.
The first time you connect a device that plugs into a universal serial bus (USB) port, Windows
automatically installs a driver for that device. After a driver is installed, you can disconnect and reconnect
the device without performing any additional steps.
When unplugging storage devices, such as USB flash drives, you should be sure that the computer has
finished saving any information to the device before removing it. If the device has an activity light, wait
for a few seconds after the light has finished flashing before unplugging it.
If you see the Safely Remove Hardware icon in the notification area at the far right of the task bar, you can
use this to ensure that devices have finished all operations in progress and are ready to remove.
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Figure 11: Connecting a USB device
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is able to install a device driver automatically, you'll be notified that the device is ready
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will prompt you to insert a disc containing the driver for the device.
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