For Dell Inspiron 700m users, what is the slot on the left side of the laptop? It can fit camera memory cards?

Question

but when I put mine in nothing happens. What is it for and how do I use it?

Answer 1

There are actually two USB 2.0 Ports, SD Card Slot and Two Type II PC Card Slots (hidden) on the left side. The one you are interested is most probably the SD Card slot - integrated SD card reader and chances are your camera also uses SD card. So, if your card fits, open "Start-My Computer" and look for a removable storage device you have not seen before.

Answer 2

I have a dell inspiron 6000 and i have the slot too. Its a sd card slot. Put a SD card into it and then go to My Computer and in the removable disk space it wil show the card. Youu can put all kinds of files on there its like a memmory card. Its mainly used for cell phones, cameras and such.

Answer 3

The Slot is; PC card (originally PCMCIA card) is the form factor of a peripheral interface designed for laptop computers. It was originally for memory expansion, but the existence of a usable general standard for notebook peripherals led to all manner of devices being made available in this form. Typical devices include network cards, modems and hard disks.

Many notebooks used to come with two Type II slots with no barrier in between (allowing two type II cards or one type III card). With the removal of legacy ports, most modern notebooks only feature one Type II card slot.

PCMCIA cards were designed by the US computer industry to compete with the Japanese JEIDA cards. The two standards later merged as JEIDA 4.1 or PCMCIA 2.0 (PC Card) in 1991. They were originally invented by the IBM in the 1980s, as a portable version of their (at the time) fast MCA bus.

PCMCIA originally stood for Peripheral Component MicroChannel Interconnect Architecture. This awkward initialism was jokingly expanded as "People Can't Memorize Computer Industry Acronyms" or "Personal Computer Manufacturers Can't Invent Acronyms". It was then retronymmed to name the standards organization, the Personal Computer Memory Card International Association. Difficulty with the acronym led to the simpler term "PC Card" for the version 2 specification.

All PC cards are 85.6 mm long and 54.0 mm wide. The form factor is also used by the Common Interface form of Conditional Access Modules for DVB broadcasts. The 16mm thick "Type IV" card, introduced by Toshiba, was not officially sanctioned by the PCMCIA.
The original standard was defined for both 5 volt and 3.3 volt cards. The 3.3V cards have a key on the side to protect them from being damaged by being put into a 5V-only slot. Some cards and some slots operate at both voltages as needed. If your card will not go into the slot, this means you have a 3.3V card and a 5V slot. CardBus cards are 3.3V only.

Type I
The original specification cards (version 1.x) are Type I and feature a 16 bit interface. Type I cards are used only for memory expansion. They had a single row of connector pins and are 3.3 mm thick. They are primarily used for adding RAM to a notebook PC.

Type II
The Type II PC cards featured a 16 or 32 bit interface, using two rows of pins. They are 5.0 mm thick. Type II cards introduced I/O support, allowing PC cards to attach an array of peripherals. Many modems use this form factor.

Type III
The Type III PC cards are 16 or 32 bit, using four rows of pins. These cards are 10.5 mm in thickness, allowing them to accommodate larger connectors for peripherals without the use of "dongles", or short cables that allow a large connector to plug into a small card. This accommodates for portable disk drives(PDD).

Answer 4

it's the memory card reader...
mostly of cell phone memory card it can read...