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Using Your VAIO Computer

Removing a PC Card

Follow the steps below to remove the PC Card while your computer is on. If it is not removed properly, your system may not work properly.

To remove a PC Card

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To remove a PC Card when your computer is off, skip steps 1 to 7.

1Double-click the Safely Remove Hardware icon on the taskbar. The Safely Remove Hardware window appears.

2Select the hardware you want to unplug.

3Click Stop.

The Stop a Hardware Device window appears.

4Confirm that the device can be safely removed from the system.

5Click OK.

A window appears, explaining that it is safe to remove the device.

6Click OK.

7Click Close.

8Push the PC Card release button so that the release button pops out.

9Push the PC Card release button a second time so that the PC Card pops out.

10Gently take hold of the Card and pull it out of the slot.

11If the PC Card release button is still out, push it back in.