ThinkCentre M79

Hardware Maintenance Manual

Machine Types: 10CT, 10CU, 10CV, and 10CW

Locating connectors, controls, and indicators on the front of your
computer
The following illustration shows the locations of the connectors, controls, and indicators on the front of your
computer.

Figure 1. Front connector, control, and indicator locations

1 Optical drive eject/close button 2 Power button

3 Power indicator 4 Hard disk drive activity indicator

5 USB 2.0 connector (USB connector 2) 6 Microphone connector

7 Headphone connector 8 USB 2.0 connector (USB connector 1)

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Locating connectors on the rear of your computer
The following illustration shows the locations of the connectors on the rear of your computer. Some
connectors on the rear of your computer are color-coded to help you determine where to connect the
cables on your computer.

5 6

3 4

Figure 2. Rear connector locations

1 Power cord connector 2 PS/2 mouse connector (available on some models)

3 PS/2 keyboard connector (available on some 4 DisplayPort® connector

models)
5 VGA connector 6 USB 3.0 connectors (2)

7 USB 2.0 connectors (2) 8 Microphone connector

9 Audio line-out connector 10 Audio line-in connector

11 PCI/PCI Express card area (different cards 12 Ethernet connector

provide different connectors)
13 Security-lock slot 14 Serial connector

15 Padlock loop

Note: A discrete graphics card, a network interface card, or an audio card can be installed in the appropriate
PCI or PCI Express card slot. If such a card is installed, ensure that you use the connectors on the card
instead of the corresponding connectors on the computer.

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Locating parts on the system board
The following illustration shows the locations of the parts on the system board.

Figure 5. System board part locations

1 Microprocessor power connector 2 Microprocessor fan connector

3 Memory slot 1 4 Memory slot 2

5 Memory slot 3 6 Memory slot 4

7 Thermal sensor connector 8 Hard disk drive fan connector

9 Optical drive and hard disk drive power 10 System power connector
connectors (2)
11 Power fan connector 12 Parallel connector

13 SATA 3.0 connectors (2) 14 SATA 3.0 connector

15 Front panel connector (for connecting LED
indicators and power button)
17 Front USB 2.0 connector 2 (for connecting an
additional USB device)
19 Serial connector
16 Front USB 2.0 connector 1 (for connecting USB connectors
1 and 2 on the front bezel)
18 Clear CMOS (Complementary Metal Oxide Semiconductor)
/Recovery jumper
20 Battery

21 Front audio connector 22 PCI card slot

23 PCI Express x1 card slots (2) 24 PCI Express x16 graphics card slot

25 System fan connector 26 DisplayPort connector

27 Microprocessor

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• On the Microsoft Windows 8.1 operating system, go to the desktop and move your pointer to the
top-right or bottom-right corner of the screen to display the charms. Then click Settings ➙ PC info to
view the information.

For more information, see “Installing or replacing a memory module” on page 109.

Internal drives
• Optical drive
• Serial Advanced Technology Attachment (SATA) hard disk drive
• SATA hybrid drive (available on some models)
• SATA solid-state drive (available on some models)

Video features
• Integrated graphics supports the following connectors on your computer:
– DisplayPort connector
– VGA connector
• Discrete graphics card installed in one of the Peripheral Component Interconnect (PCI) Express x16
graphics card slots (available on some models) (connectors vary by graphics card)

Audio features
• Integrated audio controller supports the following connectors and devices on your computer:
– Audio line-in connector
– Audio line-out connector
– Headphone connector
– Internal speaker (available on some models)
– Microphone connectors
• Discrete audio card installed in one of the PCI card slots (available on some models) (the connectors
vary by audio card)

Input/Output (I/O) features

• 9-pin serial connectors
• Audio connectors (audio line-in connector, audio line-out connector, headphone connector, and
microphone connector)
• Ethernet connector
• Display connectors (DisplayPort connector and VGA connector)
• Personal System/2 (PS/2) keyboard connector
• PS/2 mouse connector
• USB connectors
For more information, see “Locating connectors, controls, and indicators on the front of your computer” on
page 28 and “Locating connectors on the rear of your computer” on page 29.

Expansion
• Card reader bay
• Hard disk drive bays
• Memory slots

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