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About the PCI Card Slot, Inserting a PC Card, Removing a PC Card

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About the PCI Card Slot Your computer has a card bus PC Card slot that supports Type I or Type II PC (PCMCIA) Cards. You do not need to shut down your computer when inserting or removing a PC Card. For details about your PC Card, see the information supplied with the Card. Inserting a PC Card 1. Use your fingertip to open the panel covering the PC Card slot, located on the right side panel of your computer. 2. With the label facing towards the front of the computer, insert the PC Card into the PC Card slot. Inserting a PC Card 3. Push the PC Card gently into the slot. The card is automatically detected. If the PC Card does not insert easily, remove it from the PC Card slot and verify that it is not upside-down or backwards. Carefully reinsert the PC Card, without forcing it into the slot. Removing a PC Card 1. Close all software programs that may access the PC Card, to avoid data loss. 2. Double-click the Safely Remove Hardware icon in the Windows® taskbar. 3. Click to select the name of the card that you want to eject and click Stop. The Stop a Hardware Device window appears. Click OK. 4. When the message, Safe to Remove Hardware appears, press the Eject button once to extend the button out from the computer 5. Press the Eject button again, to eject the PC Card from the computer. Rem ov ing a PC Card 6. When the PC Card ejects from the PC Card slot, remove the card by holding the edges and pulling it out Page 50

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About the PCI Card Slot
Your computer has a card bus PC Card slot that supports Type I or Type II PC (PCMCIA) Cards. You do not need to shut
down your computer when inserting or removing a PC Card. For details about your PC Card, see the information supplied
with the Card.
Inserting a PC Card
1.
Use your fingertip to open the panel covering the PC Card slot, located on the right side panel of your computer.
2.
With the label facing towards the front of the computer, insert the PC Card into the PC Card slot.
Inserting a PC Card
3.
Push the PC Card gently into the slot. The card is automatically detected.
If the PC Card does not insert easily, remove it from the PC Card slot and verify that it is not upside-down or
backwards. Carefully reinsert the PC Card, without forcing it into the slot.
Removing a PC Card
1.
Close all software programs that may access the PC Card, to avoid data loss.
2.
Double-click the
Safely Remove Hardware
icon in the Windows
®
taskbar.
3.
Click to select the name of the card that you want to eject and click
Stop
. The
Stop a Hardware Device
window
appears. Click
OK
.
4.
When the message,
Safe to Remove Hardware
appears, press the Eject button once to extend the button out
from the computer
5.
Press the Eject button again, to eject the PC Card from the computer.
Removing a PC Card
6.
When the PC Card ejects from the PC Card slot, remove the card by holding the edges and pulling it out
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