Hardware manual
Using the PC Hardware 75
Memory Card Reader
Digital cameras and other digital imaging devices
use memory cards, or media to store digital picture
files. The optional memory card reader can read
and can write to a variety of types of memory cards
and the IBM Microdrive disk drive.
The card reader is accessible directly on the front of
the PC or located inside a cover. It has four
horizontal card slots, which accept the memory
cards and the Microdrive disk drive.
A SmartMedia/xD
B In-use light (indicates data is being read
or written)
C MMC/SD (MultiMedia Card/Secure Digital)
D CompactFlash I/II or Microdrive
E MS/MS Pro (Memory Stick or Memory
Stick Pro)
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Do not try to remove
media when the in-
use light is blinking.
Doing so may cause
loss of data.
A
D
C
E
B
Card Insert the Media 4-Slot Reader Location
CompactFlash Type 1 media Receptacle edge (holes) D (Lower-left slot)
CompactFlash Type II media Receptacle edge (holes) D (Lower-left slot)
IBM Microdrive disk drive Receptacle edge (holes) D (Lower-left slot)
Secure Digital (SD) memory card Facing up C (Upper-right slot)
MultiMedia Card (MMC) Facing up C (Upper-right slot)
Memory Stick (MS) memory card Facing up E (Lower-right slot)
Memory Stick (MS-PRO)
memory card
Facing up E (Lower-right slot)
SmartMedia (SM) memory card Facing up A (Upper-left slot)
xD media Facing up A (Upper-left slot)