IBM ThinkPad 760E, 760ED, 760EL, 760XD, or 760XL User's Guide

Using PC Cards

With a PC Card, you can send and receive faxes, communicate through a network, store data, or use other functions.

To insert a PC Card: > "Inserting the PC Card".

Supported PC Card specification: > reference #156.

To use a PC Card, refer to the following:

For Windows 95, use the PC Card support software provided by operating system itself. Refer to the documentation that came with your operating system.

Important--Before Using a CardBus PC Card in Windows 95

Before you use a CardBus PC Card in Windows 95, you need to do the following:

• If the CardBus PC Card is installed in the computer, enable the CardBus support as follows:

  1. Start the ThinkPad Features program.

  2. Click on the PC Card () icon; then click on CardBus setup.

  3. Add a check mark for Enable CardBus.

     If a warning message informs you of a resource conflict, click on OK; then click on OK again in the CardBus Setup window.

  4. Select the appropriate IRQ value; then click on OK.

     If a warning message informs you of a resource conflict, click on OK; then click on OK again in the CardBus Setup window.

  5. Restart the computer to make the change effective.

• If the CardBus PC Card is installed in the SelectaDock II Docking System, enable the CardBus support as follows:

  1. Start the ThinkPad Features program.

  2. Click on the Docking station () icon; then click on CardBus setup.

  3. Add a check mark for Enable CardBus.

     If a warning message informs you of a resource conflict, click on OK; then click on OK again in the CardBus Setup window.

  4. Select the appropriate IRQ value; then click on OK.

     If a warning message informs you of a resource conflict, click on OK; then click on OK again in the CardBus Setup window.

  5. Restart the computer to make the change effective.

For Windows NT, use the PC Card support software provided by Windows NT. Refer to the documentations that came with your operating system.

For OS/2, DOS, or Windows 3.11, use the following PC Card Director program.

Using the PC Card Director Program

Your computer comes with an advanced IBM program for PCMCIA called PC Card Director, which makes using PC Cards with your computer easier by:

• Turning on and setting up a PC Card when you insert it in a PC Card slot (common enablers).

• Showing what type of PC Card is in your computer.

• Allowing you to register an application program for a particular PC Card and starting the program automatically when the card is inserted.

To see the PC Cards list supported by PC Card Director, click on the Supported PC Cards icon in the PC Card Director window. If your PC Card is not listed, try using it with PC Card Director anyway.

If your PC Card is not supported by PC Card Director, you must install the driver that came with your card. The card driver must be compatible with the PCMCIA Card Services PC Card Standard (1995) or the PCMCIA Card Services Standard Release 2.1. Follow the instructions in your PC Card manual to install the driver.

Starting PC Card Director

To start PC Card Director in OS/2 or Windows, select the PC Card Director folder or window; then select the PC Card Director icon.

See PC Card Director help on how to use PC Card Director.

• For OS/2:
  
  

• For Windows 3.11:
  
  

To start PC Card Director for DOS:  

1. Go to the DOS command prompt.

2. Type C:\THINKPAD\EZPLAY at the command prompt; then press Enter.

PC Card Limitations under Suspend Mode

Although some PC Cards can be inserted or removed without turning off the computer (refer to the instructions that came with the PC Card), you cannot remove or install PC Cards during suspend mode.

Removing the Storage PC Cards

However, there is a safe way to remove the storage PC Card without turning off the computer.

Note: For Windows NT, turn off the computer before you insert or remove any PC Card.

For Windows 95:

1. Open My Computer, Control Panel, and then PC Card.

2. Highlight the PC Card socket you want to remove by clicking.

3. Click on Stop and then OK.

4. Remove the storage PC Card.

For OS/2 or Windows:

1. Open the PC Card Director window.

2. Click on the Control Power icon.

3. Select from the card list the storage PC Card you want to remove.

4. Click on Off.

5. Make sure the card status is off; then remove the storage PC Card.

For DOS: Enter CARDPWR slot_number OFF at the DOS command prompt.

• slot_number means the PC Card slot number.

• You can use the EZPLAY program to check the slot number.