Removing A Pc Card - Sony VGN-A217M Hardware Manual

Hardware Guide
While the card is inserted, your computer may not enter the Hibernate power management mode. It may enter Standby mode. It is recommended that you remove the card
before your computer enters Hibernate mode by pressing the <Fn>+<F12> keys, and when it is set to enter Hibernate automatically while using a battery as the source
of power.

Removing a PC Card

Follow the steps below to remove the PC Card while your computer is on. If it is not removed in the correct way, your system may
not work properly. If you want to remove a PC Card when your computer is off, skip steps 1 to 7.
To remove a PC Card, proceed as follows:
1 Double-click the Safely Remove Hardware icon
The Safely Remove Hardware dialog box appears.
2
Select the hardware you want to unplug.
3
Click Stop and confirm that the device can be safely removed from the system.
4 Click OK.
A dialog box appears, explaining that it is safe to remove the device.
5
Click OK and Close.
6 Push the PC Card release button so that the release button pops out.
7
Push the PC Card release button a second time so that the PC Card ejects.
8 Gently take hold of the card and pull it out of the slot.
If you unplug the PC Card from the computer when it is still turned on, your system might crash and you might lose data that you did not save before.
Before you remove the PC Card, click the PC Card icon in the taskbar and close the card. Close any applications that use the PC Card before removing the card. Otherwise,
data may be lost.
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