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b Click on Properties. The "Properties" windows provide information about the attributes and drivers associated with the selected PC Card. Attributes Slot Card Manufacturer IRQ Port DOS Device: The slot number and assigned name for the slot. The type of this PC Card. The manufacturer of the PC Card. The interrupt request being used (if relevant). The I/O address associated with a communication port (if relevant). The communication port used by this device (if relevant). Name When you select device drivers, the following information is displayed: Driver Version The full path to the driver for this PC Card. The version for the current driver. Stopping the PC Card If you are removing a PC Card, you must first stop it. The system might freeze or data might be lost if a PC Card is removed before it is stopped. Note: You can stop only one card at a time. After invoking stop, you cannot stop another card until the first stop is either completed or fails. To stop a card, select Stop from the "Actions" menu. Power to the slot is turned off when a card is "stopped." You can remove ATA cards. To prevent loss of data and other unpredictable machine behavior, make sure the stop operation is complete before you remove the cards. Help If you press F1 or select the Help button, you can get help for most of the windows. A glossary of terms and an index of Help items are also available. Chapter 5. Using Your Computer with a PC Card 49

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b
Click on
Properties
.
The “Properties” windows provide information about the attributes
and drivers associated with the selected PC Card.
Attributes
Slot
The slot number and assigned name for the slot.
Card
The type of this PC Card.
Manufacturer
The manufacturer of the PC Card.
IRQ
The interrupt request being used (if relevant).
Port
The I/O address associated with a communication
port (if relevant).
DOS Device:
The communication port used by this device (if
relevant).
Name
When you select device drivers, the following information is
displayed:
Driver
The full path to the driver for this PC Card.
Version
The version for the current driver.
Stopping the PC Card
If you are removing a PC Card, you must first stop it.
The system
might freeze or data might be lost if a PC Card is removed before it
is stopped.
Note:
You can stop only one card at a time.
After invoking stop,
you cannot stop another card until the first stop is either
completed or fails.
To stop a card, select
Stop
from the “Actions” menu.
Power to the slot is turned off when a card is “stopped.” You can
remove ATA cards.
To prevent loss of data and other unpredictable
machine behavior, make sure the stop operation is complete before
you remove the cards.
Help
If you press
F1
or select the
Help
button, you can get help for most
of the windows.
A glossary of terms and an index of Help items are
also available.
Chapter 5.
Using Your Computer with a PC Card
49