Identifying Ports and Connectors on a Laptop

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I have this port on my laptop and I have no idea what is it used for. It's not even listen in the laptop technical specifications. The laptop is a HP Pavillion dv5-1101en.

Unknown computer port

Here is a larger image showing all the ports on the laptop:

Unknown computer port close-up

Left to right:

  1. D-sub 15 pin (AKA VGA)
  2. Unknown port
  3. Ethernet
  4. HDMI
  5. eSATA
  6. USB
  7. IEEE 1394 (AKA FireWire)

Best Answer

It's a docking connector for the HP XB4 docking station and other expansion devices.

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Found in your Service manual at this page

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