Your computer shipped with a plastic blank installed in the PC Card slot. Blanks protect unused slots from dust and other particles. Save the blank for use

when no PC Card is installed in the slot; blanks from other computers may not fit your computer.

To remove the blank, see

"Removing a PC Card or

Extended PC Cards

An extended PC Card (for example, a wireless network adapter) is longer than a standard PC Card and extends outside the computer. Follow these

precautions when using extended PC Cards:

Protect the exposed end of an installed card. Striking the end of the card can damage the system board.

Always remove an extended PC Card before you pack the computer in its carrying case.

Removing a PC Card or Blank

CAUTION:

Before you begin any of the procedures in this section, follow the safety instructions located in the Product Information Guide.

NOTICE:

Use the PC Card configuration utility (click the

the computer. If you do not stop the card in the configuration utility, you could lose data. Do not attempt to eject a card by pulling its cable, if one is

attached.

Press the latch and remove the card or blank. For some latches, you must press the latch twice: once to pop the latch out, and then a second time to pop the

card out.

Save a blank to use when no PC Card is installed in a slot. Blanks protect unused slots from dust and other particles.

1 eject button

Blank."

icon in the taskbar) to select a card and stop it from functioning before you remove it from

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