Dell C/Dock Expansion Station - Manual (Page 11)

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Softex Docking Services
If your computer is using Windows NT 4.0, the Softex
Docking Services software has been installed. This soft­
ware contains support for the following features:
• Hot-docking and warm-undocking a Latitude CP
Series portable computer from supported docking
stations
• Hot-swapping devices such as diskette drives, hard­
disk drives, large-storage drives and CD-ROM
drives to and from your portable computer’s modular
bay and the C/Dock Expansion Station’s media bay
• Compatibility with the Power Management Control­
ler that allows you to suspend and resume your
portable computer without affecting your ability to
use the docking station or media bay
• Docking or undocking your portable computer while
it is in suspend mode
• Docking services available in French, German, Ital­
ian, Spanish and Japanese
For the latest information on these services and the
Softex user’s guides, see http://www.dell.com/
products/notebook/latitude/NT40.htm.
Removing and instaiiing a PCi
Expansion Card
Use the following instructions to install a PCI expansion
card in the C/Dock Expansion Station. You need a No. 1
Phillips-head screwdriver to perform this procedure. If
possible, use a magnetized screwdriver.
NOTE: Use half-length, 5-V PCI expansion cards no
longer than 4 inches (17.8 centimeters [cm]).
CAUTION: Do not touch or handle anything inside
the C/Dock Expansion Station except those objects
mentioned in the following procedure. Touching
other objects may damage the C/Dock Expansion
Station, and may void your warranty.
1. Save all files, close and exit all application pro­
grams, and exit the operating system.
2. Turn off the computer.
3. If applicable, remove the monitor from the moni­
tor stand, and the monitor from the docking
control base.
Remove the monitor from the monitor stand first.
4. If there is a module in the C/Dock media bay,
remove it.
5. Undock the computer.
For instructions, see “Undocking the Computer”
found earlier in this document.
6. Detach all cables—including the AC adapter
cable—from the C/Dock Expansion Station.
7. Remove the C/Dock Expansion Station from the
docking control base.
Turn over the docking control base and C/Dock
Expansion Station. Loosen the Phillips-head thumb­
screw that connects the C/Dock Expansion Station to
the docking control base. Gently remove the docking
control base from the C/Dock Expansion Station.
NOTE: The screw is “captive”; that is, it is designed
to stay in the screwhole so that it cannot be lost.
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