Một số thẻ có thể yêu cầu thêm phần mềm để làm cho họ đi. Nó sẽ được nhà nước như vậy trong hướng dẫn sử dụng của thẻ. Thẻ khác, giống như nhiều thiết bị USB, chỉ có thể được cắm vào, và họ đang chạy. Các loại phổ biến nhất của PC Card có ngày hôm nay là một card mạng không dây. | Chapter 7 Expanding Your Laptop s Universe 125 1 Some cards may require extra software to make them go. It will state so in the card s manual. Other cards like many USB devices can just be plugged in and they re off and running. The most common type of PC Card available today is a wireless networking card. Installing the card is only half the battle. The rest is properly configuring your laptop to connect to a wireless network. Refer to Chapter 9 for the gory details. The device installed in Figure 7-5 is an IEEE 1394 or FireWire port expansion card. Using the PC Card After the PC Card is inserted and properly set up you can use its features. In fact you can keep the card inside your PC for as long as you need those features. Note that some cards hang out of the PC Card slot a bit. Some may have pop-out connectors. Be careful of those They can get caught on things so you might consider removing such the PC Card before you pack up and tote the laptop away. If you re adding USB or IEEE 1394 expansion with a PC Card then you can start using those ports right away. Refer to the sections on using USB devices earlier in this chapter for more information. Adding a network device allows you to use that device providing that networking options have been properly configured as covered in Chapter 9 . But after you ve set up networking you can remove and reinsert the networking PC Card as often as you like. Removable storage devices can be used after they ve been inserted and recognized by Windows. But be sure to properly remove the device as covered in the following section. Removing the PC Card Though all PC Cards can easily be pinched and yanked out of their cozy sockets that s not the best way to treat your PC s hardware. Instead follow these steps 1. Click the Safely Remove Hardware icon in the System Tray. Refer to the section Removing external storage earlier in this chapter for the details. 126 Part II I Have My Laptop Now What 2. Choose the device you want to remove.
