laptop computer a rack mount computer system or other desired computer systems accordingly the component 10 and the connector 120 may comprise a variety of communication buses and interfaces such as integrated drive electronics ide enhanced integrated drive electronics eide peripheral component interconnect pci advanced technology attachment ata universal serial bus usb institute of electrical and electronics engineers ieee 1394 small computer system interface scsi and other desired interfaces and buses in operation a wireless transmitter sends a control signal to the wireless receiver 112 which activates the location indicator 114 to enable the user identifiable locator 116 e g light a user is then able to locate the connector 118 disposed adjacent the user identifiable locator 116 thereby facilitating a connection between the component 110 and a separate device for example a computer system having a plurality of peripherals and components such as the component 110 may be set up more easily by the foregoing connector location technique by way of this locator assisted connection process even a non technical user or consumer may set up a computer system without knowledge of the components the cable types the connector types and so forth as discussed above the wireless transmitter and trigger may be disposed in a variety of locations and devices fig4 is a block diagram illustrating an alternative embodiment of the system 10 as illustrated the system 10 comprises a wireless transmitter 122 and a trigger.