Lindy 51103 user manual PCMCIA/CardBus Adapter Card, Hardware Installation, Introduction, English

PCMCIA/CardBus

Adapter Card

User Manual English

LINDY No. 51103

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For Home and Office Use

Tested to Comply with FCC Standards

Hardware Installation

Important: Before beginning the installation we recommend you use an anti-static wrist strap to prevent possible damage to the sensitive internal components in your computer.

The card must be installed into a 32 Bit PCI expansion slot in a PC.

For standard desktop/tower PCs the correct back plate is already installed. For low profile PCs you should install the low profile back plate:

Back plate is secured by these two screws.

1.Power down your computer and unplug from the mains.

2.Remove the case cover.

3.Locate an available 32 Bit PCI slot.

4.Remove the slot blanking plate and retain the screw.

5.Carefully insert the card into the PCI slot.

6.Secure the card using the retained screw.

7.Replace the case covers, plug the system back into the mains and switch on.

8.The drivers for the card will be automatically installed by the operating system.*

Introduction

Thank you for purchasing the LINDY PCMCIA/CardBus Adapter. With this “Plug & Play” 32 Bit PCI card you can upgrade your desktop PC to support Notebook style PCMCIA/CardBus cards.

The card features two independent PC Card sockets which both support Type I, II & III PC Cards. This allows you to mix and match 5V/3.3V 16 Bit PCMCIA and 3.3V CardBus Cards. For maximum versatility, the card features both standard and low profile back plates.

Features

ƒ32 Bit/33MHz fully compliant PCI-host interface

ƒTwo independent PC Card sockets, compliant with the PC Card standard 7.1

ƒSupports Type I, Type II and Type III PC Cards

ƒCan be used with 5V/3.3V 16 Bit PCMCIA & 3.3V CardBus Cards

ƒSupports hot-plugging and removal of cards

ƒSupports flash media and smart card PC Card adapters

ƒTexas Instruments chipset

ƒ“Plug & Play” - no special software to install

ƒCompatible with Windows 98/ME/2000/XP

Package Contents

ƒPCMCIA/CardBus Adapter Card

ƒStandard and Low Profile back plates

ƒThis manual

Verifying the installation

To verify correct installation, start Windows Device Manager. For example, in XP click:

Start >Control Panel > System > Hardware >Device Manager

You should see an entry similar to this:

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*Windows 98 users may be prompted to insert their Windows CD.

2nd Edition November 2005