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what is the slot labled SC above the HD on my Latitude E6420
I was curious what the "SC" slot above the HD on my E6420 was for is it some kind of expansion port? I cannot find referance of it function anywhere on the web site.
eadiem
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February 18th, 2012 09:00
The SC slot and the ExpressCard slot are not the same. I have a Latitude E6410, and it has both a smart card (SC) slot on the left side and an ExpressCard (EC) slot on the right. The EC slot is about 3 times thicker. The smart card slot is for reading smart cards (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smart_card), and are a way to verify someone's identity to allow them to use the computer, and are common with the government and various companies. The Express Card (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ExpressCard) slot is for expansion devices, like wireless cards or USB 3.0 ports. ExpressCard is the newer and much faster replacement standard to old PCMCIA cards.
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bacillus
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June 14th, 2011 12:00
Isn't that the smart card slot??
DELL-Royan S
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June 16th, 2011 12:00
Hi Tomstill,
Welcome to the Community. Bacillus is correct its the smard card slot, also called the express card slot. ( commonly wireless cards )
Hope this helps.
Thank you
Royan
tomstill
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June 18th, 2011 06:00
Kay12345
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June 17th, 2016 09:00
For expresscard i believe we need to buy a reader buy for sc slot can we insert the gov id directly