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Using Your PCMCIA Expansion Module
This booklet describes how to use your m Keep the module in a safe place, away from
PCMCIA Expansion Module. Please read the small objects that might accidentally fall
following safety and use instructions before into an opening in the module.
you use your module. m Before you eject a card, make sure that
nothing is blocking the card's slot. After you
Important safety and use instructions eject the card, the card will pop out. If you
m Do not insert or remove your PCMCIA want to use the card again immediately, pull
Expansion Module while your PowerBook it out about an inch more and then push it
computer is on or in Sleep mode. If you do, back in. (If you don't follow this procedure
your computer will shut down and you will and you try to push the card back in to use it
lose any work that was not saved. again, the card will not engage properly.)
m The lever on the PCMCIA Expansion m Use only cards that are compatible with the
Module is for removing the entire PCMCIA PCMCIA Expansion Module. Using an
Expansion Module. See "Ejecting a Card" incompatible card may result in damage to
for information on how to eject a card. the module or to the card. If you aren't sure
whether your card is compatible, see the
information that came with the card.
WARNING If you have a problem with your
PCMCIA Expansion Module and nothing
presented in this booklet solves it, consult
Lever for removing the the service and support information that
PCMCIA Expansion Module came with your Apple computer for
instructions on how to contact an Apple-
authorized service provider or Apple for
Protective cap
assistance. If you attempt to repair the
m Keep the cap for your PCMCIA Expansion module yourself, any damage you may
Module so that you can place it back on the cause to the module will not be covered
module when you are not using the module. by the limited warranty on your module.
The cap protects the module from damage. Contact an Apple-authorized dealer or
service provider for additional
m Do not open the module or insert anything information about this or any other
other than a PCMCIA card into the slot. If warranty question.
you do, any damage you may cause to the
module will not be covered by the warranty.
1
Inserting the PCMCIA Expansion Module At this time, please take a look at the
information in "Important Safety and Use
IMPORTANT Do not insert the PCMCIA Instructions," earlier in this booklet.
Expansion Module while your PowerBook is
on or in Sleep mode. If you do, the computer 3 Remove the protective cap from the module.
will shut down and you will lose any work
that was not saved.
1 Pull down the Special menu and choose Shut
Down to shut down your PowerBook.
Be sure to choose Shut Down and not Sleep.
Protective cap
2 Remove the battery that is on the left side of your
PowerBook. (If your PowerBook came with only
Be sure to keep the cap so that you can place it
one battery, there is a cover in place of a battery
back on the module when you are not using
on the left side of the computer. Remove the
the module.
cover.)
4 Place your PowerBook on a table in front of you.
With the PowerBook facing you, place your right
palm on the right side of the computer. Insert the
module with your left hand, and press it in with
your left palm.
See the documentation that came with your
PowerBook for information on how to store
the battery when you are not using it.
You'll feel some resistance. Continue to press
until the module is firmly seated.
2
Installing the PCMCIA 4 Drag the control panel named PCMCIA Eject to
Expansion Module software your unopened System Folder.
Your PCMCIA Expansion Module comes with This control panel allows you to eject cards
software that you need to install before you from the PCMCIA Expansion Module.
can use the module.
You see a dialog box that asks whether to put
To install this software: the file into your Control Panels folder.
1 Turn on your PowerBook. 5 Click OK.
2 Insert the floppy disk labeled PowerBook PCMCIA 6 Drag the system extension file named PCMCIA to
Software into your computer. your unopened System Folder.
You see five folders, each labeled with the This extension provides PCMCIA system
name of a language. software.
3 Open the folder that represents the language your You see a dialog box that asks whether to put
computer uses. the file into your Extensions folder.
You see a window that contains these files: 7 Click OK.
This control panel goes into the 8 Drag the Control Strip module named PCMCIA
Control Panels folder on your hard disk.
Quick Eject to your unopened System Folder.
This Control Strip module enables you to eject
cards quickly, without opening the control
panel.
9 Restart your PowerBook so the changes can take
effect.
When you restart your PowerBook, the
Control Strip module is placed in the Control
This Control Strip module goes This system extension file
Strip Modules folder within the System Folder.
into the Control Strip Modules goes into the Extensions
folder inside the System folder on your hard disk.
Folder on your hard disk.
3
Inserting a card You'll feel some resistance as you slide the
card in. When the card is firmly seated, you
Your PCMCIA Expansion Module has two hear a click.
slots: an upper slot and a lower slot. You can
insert a card into either slot, or you can use When you insert a mass storage card, you'll
both slots simultaneously. see its icon on the desktop; however, when you
insert a modem card, you won't see its icon on
There are three types of PCMCIA cards: the desktop. To set up your modem, follow the
Type I (3 mm), Type II (5 mm), and Type III modem setup instructions in your
(10 mm). You can place a Type I or Type II communications application program.
card in either the upper or lower slot. You can
place a Type III card only in the lower slot. You are now ready to use the card.
When a Type III card is inside the module, it
takes up both slots. Ejecting a card
To insert a card: IMPORTANT Before you eject a card, make sure
that nothing is blocking the card's slot. After
m Insert the card, connector first and label up, into
you eject the card, the card will pop out. If you
the slot.
want to use the card again immediately, pull it
out about an inch more and then push it back
in. (If you don't follow this procedure and you
try to push the card back in to use it again, the
card will not engage properly.)
continued .
A Type I or Type II PCMCIA card can be
inserted in either the upper or lower slot.
A Type III PCMCIA card must be
inserted in the lower slot.
4
How to eject any card The PCMCIA Eject control panel window
appears, showing where there are cards that
This section describes two ways to eject any
can be ejected.
card. (The next section describes additional
ways to eject only mass storage cards.) This indicates a card
in the upper slot.
You can eject any card by using either the
PCMCIA Eject control panel or the PCMCIA
This is the name
Quick Eject module in the Control Strip at the of the card in the
bottom of your screen. (You installed the upper slot.
control panel and the module earlier.)
To use the control panel to eject a card:
1 Pull down the Apple (K) menu and choose
Control Panels.
This indicates an empty slot.
2 Open the PCMCIA Eject control panel.
(You may want to create an alias to this control 3 Click the Eject button to eject the card.
panel and place it in your Apple Menu Items The card pops out.
folder. The alias would let you choose the
PCMCIA Eject control panel from the Apple 4 Pull the card out of the slot.
menu. See the documentation that came with
your computer for more information on
aliases.)
You can also eject cards by using the PCMCIA
Quick Eject module in the Control Strip at the
bottom of the screen.
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