HP Pavilion a400 HP Pavilion Desktop PCs - (English) Users Guide 5990-6416 - Page 58

special note about the safely remove hardware utility, using the 7-in-1 memory card reader

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The card reader is accessible on the front of the PC or located inside the front cover of the PC. It has two or four horizontal card slots which accept the memory cards and the microdrive disk drive. Card CompactFlash™ type I media CompactFlash type II media IBM Microdrive disk drive Secure Digital (SD) Memory Card MultiMediaCard (MMC) Memory Stick® (MS) Memory Card SmartMedia™ (SM) Memory Card 4-slot Reader Lower left slot Lower left slot Lower left slot Upper right slot Upper right slot Lower right slot Upper left slot 2-slot Reader Upper slot Upper slot Upper slot Lower slot Lower slot Lower slot Lower slot You can place media in one or more of the card slots and use each media independently. Place only one piece of media in a slot at one time. Each card slot has its own drive letter and icon. When you insert media, the display label may change to the title of the media, if the title is present. special note about the safely remove hardware utility CAUTION: Do not click Stop in the Safely Remove Hardware window with the USB Mass Storage Device selected. Doing so removes the operating system recognition of the 7-In-1 memory card reader from your PC; you must restart the PC to see your memory card reader again. If you open the Safely Remove Hardware window by mistake, click Close. using the 7-in-1 memory card reader NOTE: CompactFlash and Microdrive are keyed and cannot be inserted incorrectly. Insert the receptacle edge (holes) of this media into the slot. For the two-slot reader, the Secure Digital (SD) card, the MultiMediaCard (MMC), and the Memory Stick (MS) card must be inserted upside down (gold connector fingers facing up). Note the direction of the notched corner on the media. 1 Insert the media into the card slot until it stops. The in-use light (A) on the card reader lights, and the PC automatically detects the media. 2 The PC opens a window so you can use the media contents. You can copy files from or to the media. 3 When you are done, right-click the drive icon, select Eject, check that the in-use light is on but not blinking, and then remove the media. A steady light indicates that the PC is not reading or writing the media. 50 user's guide

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user’s guide
The card reader is accessible on the front of the PC or located inside the front
cover of the PC. It has two or four horizontal card slots which accept the
memory cards and the microdrive disk drive.
Card
4-slot Reader
2-slot Reader
CompactFlash
™
type I media
Lower left slot
Upper slot
CompactFlash type II media
Lower left slot
Upper slot
IBM Microdrive disk drive
Lower left slot
Upper slot
Secure Digital (SD) Memory Card
Upper right slot
Lower slot
MultiMediaCard (MMC)
Upper right slot
Lower slot
Memory Stick
®
(MS) Memory Card
Lower right slot
Lower slot
SmartMedia
™
(SM) Memory Card
Upper left slot
Lower slot
You can place media in one or more of the card slots and use each media
independently. Place only one piece of media in a slot at one time.
Each card slot has its own drive letter and icon. When you insert media, the
display label may change to the title of the media, if the title is present.
special note about the safely remove hardware utility
CAUTION: Do not click
Stop
in the Safely Remove Hardware
window with the USB Mass Storage Device selected. Doing so
removes the operating system recognition of the 7-In-1 memory
card reader from your PC; you must restart the PC to see your
memory card reader again.
If you open the Safely Remove Hardware window by mistake, click
Close
.
using the 7-in-1 memory card reader
NOTE:
CompactFlash and Microdrive are keyed and cannot be inserted
incorrectly. Insert the receptacle edge (holes) of this media into the slot.
For the two-slot reader, the Secure Digital (SD) card, the MultiMediaCard
(MMC), and the Memory Stick (MS) card must be inserted upside down (gold
connector fingers facing up). Note the direction of the notched corner on the
media.
1
Insert the media into the card slot until it stops. The in-use light (
A
) on the
card reader lights, and the PC automatically detects the media.
2
The PC opens a window so you can use the media contents. You can copy
files from or to the media.
3
When you are done, right-click the drive icon, select
Eject
, check that the
in-use light is on but not blinking, and then remove the media. A steady light
indicates that the PC is not reading or writing the media.