Apple PowerBook PCMCIA Expansion Module User Manual

Lever for removing the
PCMCIA Expansion Module

Protective cap

Using Your PCMCIA Expansion Module

This booklet describes how to use your
PCMCIA Expansion Module. Please read the
following safety and use instructions before
you use your module.

Important safety and use instructions

m Do not insert or remove your PCMCIA

Expansion Module while your PowerBook
computer is on or in Sleep mode. If you do,
your computer will shut down and you will
lose any work that was not saved.

m The lever on the PCMCIA Expansion

Module is for removing the entire PCMCIA
Expansion Module. See “Ejecting a Card”
for information on how to eject a card.

m Keep the cap for your PCMCIA Expansion

Module so that you can place it back on the
module when you are not using the module.
The cap protects the module from damage.

m Do not open the module or insert anything

other than a PCMCIA card into the slot. If
you do, any damage you may cause to the
module will not be covered by the warranty.

m Keep the module in a safe place, away from

small objects that might accidentally fall
into an opening in the module.

m Before you eject a card, make sure that

nothing is blocking the card’s slot. After you
eject the card, the card will pop out. If you
want to use the card again immediately, pull
it out about an inch more and then push it
back in. (If you don’t follow this procedure
and you try to push the card back in to use it
again, the card will not engage properly.)

m Use only cards that are compatible with the

PCMCIA Expansion Module. Using an
incompatible card may result in damage to
the module or to the card. If you aren’t sure
whether your card is compatible, see the
information that came with the card.

WARNING

If you have a problem with your
PCMCIA Expansion Module and nothing
presented in this booklet solves it, consult
the service and support information that
came with your Apple computer for
instructions on how to contact an Apple­authorized service provider or Apple for
assistance. If you attempt to repair the
module yourself, any damage you may
cause to the module will not be covered
by the limited warranty on your module.
Contact an Apple-authorized dealer or
service provider for additional
information about this or any other
warranty question.

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Inserting the PCMCIA Expansion Module

Protective cap

At this time, please take a look at the
information in “Important Safety and Use

IMPORTANT

Do not insert the PCMCIA

Instructions,” earlier in this booklet.

Expansion Module while your PowerBook is
on or in Sleep mode. If you do, the computer

3 Remove the protective cap from the module.

will shut down and you will lose any work
that was not saved.

1Pull down the Special menu and choose Shut

Down to shut down your PowerBook.

Be sure to choose Shut Down and not Sleep.

2 Remove the battery that is on the left side of your

PowerBook. (If your PowerBook came with only
one battery, there is a cover in place of a battery
on the left side of the computer. Remove the
cover.)

Be sure to keep the cap so that you can place it
back on the module when you are not using
the module.

4Place your PowerBook on a table in front of you.

With the PowerBook facing you, place your right
palm on the right side of the computer. Insert the
module with your left hand, and press it in with
your left palm.

See the documentation that came with your
PowerBook for information on how to store
the battery when you are not using it.

You’ll feel some resistance. Continue to press
until the module is firmly seated.

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Installing the PCMCIA
Expansion Module software

4 Drag the control panel named PCMCIA Eject to

your unopened System Folder.

Your PCMCIA Expansion Module comes with
software that you need to install before you
can use the module.

To install this software:

1 Turn on your PowerBook.

2 Insert the floppy disk labeled

Software

into your computer.

PowerBook PCMCIA

You see five folders, each labeled with the
name of a language.

3 Open the folder that represents the language your

computer uses.

You see a window that contains these files:

This control panel goes into the
Control Panels folder on your hard disk.

This control panel allows you to eject cards
from the PCMCIA Expansion Module.

You see a dialog box that asks whether to put
the file into your Control Panels folder.

5 Click OK.

6 Drag the system extension file named PCMCIA to

your unopened System Folder.

This extension provides PCMCIA system
software.

You see a dialog box that asks whether to put
the file into your Extensions folder.

7 Click OK.

8 Drag the Control Strip module named PCMCIA

Quick Eject to your unopened System Folder.

This Control Strip module enables you to eject
cards quickly, without opening the control
panel.

This Control Strip module goes

into the Control Strip Modules

folder inside the System

Folder on your hard disk.

This system extension file
goes into the Extensions
folder on your hard disk.

9 Restart your PowerBook so the changes can take

effect.

When you restart your PowerBook, the
Control Strip module is placed in the Control
Strip Modules folder within the System Folder.

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