NEC L320 manual Other Cards, PC Card Slots, Inserting a PC Card

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Other Cards

Many other kinds of PC Cards are available for notebook computers. They include the following cards:

Global Positioning System (GPS) — Enables the tracking of remote units (for example, delivery trucks)

Serial — Adds an extra serial communications port

TMultimedia — Combines animation and sound

Audio — Enables the use of sound (for example, in voice mail).

PC Card Slots

Your NEC Versa L320 has two Cardbus slots for inserting two PC or Cardbus cards. The slots support two Type II cards or one Type III PC Card.

Using the system’s PC Card slots, you can add optional PC Cards and connect external devices to your NEC Versa L320. These devices include devices, such as modems, LAN cards, and storage cards.

Inserting a PC Card

Follow these steps to insert a PC Card in your system.

Some PC Cards require additional system resources. Before inserting a PC Card you might need to disable either the IR port, USB port, or internal modem. Check the Windows device manager to ensure that one of these devices is disabled before inserting a PC Card.

For information about enabling and disabling devices on your NEC Versa L320, see “Enabling and Disabling Devices,” later in this chapter.

1.Align the card so that the 68-pin connector points towards the slot and the arrow on the PC Card faces up (see the following figure).

Note Use the PC Card software preinstalled on your system to check PC Card slot availability. For example, look for the PC Card icon in the Windows Control panel. It shows which slot contains a PC Card and which is empty.

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NEC L320 manual Other Cards, PC Card Slots, Inserting a PC Card