Dell Latitude L400 - Manual (Page 56)

1. If necessary, remove the blank from the PC Card slot. Press the eject button once to pop the button out, press it again to eject the blank
partway, and then pull the blank out.
2. Make sure that the eject button is pressed all the way in. Hold the card with its orientation symbol pointing into the slot and the top side of the
card facing up.
3. Insert the card into the slot and press in firmly until the card is completely seated in the internal PC Card connector.
4. If you encounter too much resistance when inserting it, do not force the card. Check the card's orientation and try again.
PC Card Blanks
Save the blank to use whenever you do not have a PC Card installed. The blank protects the PC Card slot from dust and other particles.
Removing PC Cards
NOTICE: If you are using Windows 98, use the PC Card configuration utility on the taskbar to select and stop a card before you
remove it. If you do not stop the card using the configuration utility, you could lose data from open application programs.
To remove a PC Card (see Figure 2), perform the following steps.
Figure 2. Removing a PC Card
1. Press the PC Card eject button once to pop the button out, and then press the button in again to eject the card partway. (The button may or
may not pop out again when you eject the card.)
2. Gently remove the card.
To protect the PC Card slot, install a blank if you are not going to use the slot.
Configuring PC Cards
The PC Card configuration utility performs the following functions:
l Notifies you whenever a PC Card is inserted and tells you how the card is configured
l Automatically loads the proper device driver if it is available on the hard-disk drive