HP Compaq nx6115 User manual

External Media Cards

Document Part Number: 383368-001

May 2005

This guide explains how to use external media cards.

External Media Cards ii

Contents

External Media Cards

Digital Media Slot Cards (Select Models Only) . . . . . . . . . 1

Inserting an Optional Digital Media Card . . . . . . . . . . . 2

Removing an Optional Digital Media Card. . . . . . . . . . 3

PC Cards. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4

Inserting a PC Card . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

Removing a PC Card . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

ExpressCards (Select Models Only) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

Selecting an ExpressCard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

Configuring an ExpressCard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

Inserting an ExpressCard. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

Stopping or Removing an ExpressCard. . . . . . . . . . . . 11

External Media Cards 1

External Media Cards

Digital Media Slot Cards

(Select Models Only)

Optional digital media cards are removable storage cards that

provide a convenient method of storing data and sharing it with

other devices such as PDAs and cameras.

✎Some newer cards are devices, like cameras and wireless

transceivers, rather than storage media.

The 6-in-1 Digital Media Slot (select models only) supports the

following digital media card formats:

■Secure Digital (SD) Memory Card

■MultiMediaCard

■Memory Stick

■Memory Stick Pro

■SmartMedia Card

■xD-Picture Card

ÄCAUTION: This notebook does not support adapters in the 6-in-1 Digital

Media Slot. Inserting any kind of adapter into your Digital Media Slot can

damage the media card or the notebook or both.

2 External Media Cards

Inserting an Optional Digital Media Card

ÄCAUTION: To prevent damage to the digital media card connectors,

use minimal pressure when inserting a digital media card into a Digital

Media Slot.

To insert a digital media card:

1. Hold the digital media card label-side up with the connectors

facing the notebook.

2. Slide the digital media card into the Digital Media Slot until

the card is seated.

External Media Cards 3

Removing an Optional Digital Media Card

ÄCAUTION: To prevent loss of data or an unresponsive system, stop the

digital media card before removing it.

To remove a digital media card:

1. Close all files and applications using the digital media card.

(To stop a data transfer, click Cancel in the operating system

Copying window.)

2. Pull the digital media card out of the slot.

4 External Media Cards

PC Cards

ÄCAUTION: If you install software or enablers provided by a PC Card

manufacturer, you may not be able to use other PC Cards. If you are

instructed by the documentation included with your PC Card to install

device drivers:

■Install only the device drivers for your operating system.

■Do not install other software, such as card services, socket services,

or enablers, that may also be supplied by the PC Card

manufacturer.

✎Your notebook may look slightly different from the

illustrations in this section.

A PC Card is a credit card–sized accessory designed to conform

to the standard specifications of the Personal Computer Memory

Card International Association (PCMCIA).

■Your notebook supports 32-bit (CardBus) and 16-bit

PC Cards.

■Your notebook is equipped with 1 PC Card slot and supports

Type I and Type II PC Cards.

■Zoomed video PC Cards are not supported.

External Media Cards 5

Inserting a PC Card

ÄCAUTION: To prevent damage to the connectors:

■Use minimal pressure when inserting a PC Card into a PC Card

slot.

■Do not move or transport the notebook while a PC Card is inserted.

1. Hold the PC Card label side up with the connector facing the

notebook.

2. Gently slide the card into the slot until the card is seated. (The

operating system will issue a sound to indicate that a device

has been detected.)

6 External Media Cards

Removing a PC Card

ÄCAUTION: To prevent loss of data or an unresponsive system, stop the

PC Card before removing it.

1. Stop the PC Card:

a. Double-click the Safely Remove Hardware icon in the

notification area (at the far right of the taskbar).

b. Then select the PC Card.

✎To display the Safely Remove Hardware icon, click

Show Hidden Icons in the notification area.

2. Press the PC Card slot eject button 1. (This action extends

the button into position for releasing the PC Card.)

3. Press the eject button again to release the PC Card.

4. Gently slide out the card 2.

✎An inserted PC Card uses power even when idle. To conserve

power, stop or remove a PC Card when you are not using it.

External Media Cards 7

ExpressCards (Select Models Only)

An ExpressCard is a next-generation, high-performance PC Card,

but it cannot be used in a standard PC Card slot.

Like standard PC Cards, ExpressCards are designed to conform

to the standard specifications of the Personal Computer Memory

Card International Association (PCMCIA).

Selecting an ExpressCard

ExpressCards use one of 2 interfaces and are available in 2 sizes.

The ExpressCard slot on your computer supports both interfaces

and both sizes. For example, you can use

■An ExpressCard with either a USB interface or a PCI Express

interface.

■A full-size ExpressCard, called ExpressCard/54 1, or a

smaller ExpressCard, called ExpressCard/34 2.

The ExpressCard procedures described in the following sections

are the same for both interfaces and both sizes.

8 External Media Cards

Configuring an ExpressCard

ÄCAUTION: To prevent loss of support for some ExpressCards, do not

install all of the software or any of the enablers provided by a single

ExpressCard manufacturer. If you are instructed by the documentation

included with your ExpressCard to install device drivers:

■

Install only the device drivers for your operating system.

■Do not install other software, such as card services, socket services,

or enablers, that may also be supplied by the ExpressCard

manufacturer.

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