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Article #3Re: PCMCIA cards - hot-pluggable?
From: John Trebutech
Date: Tue, 13 Nov 2001 07:12
Date: Tue, 13 Nov 2001 07:12
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"budgie" <budgie@nowhere.cantech.net.au> wrote in message news:3bf0b86b.681076@news.cantech.net.au... > I have an ACernote Lite 370 series machine which accommodates two type > I/II or one type III PC card. The manual is hopeless in many regards > and doesn't spell out whether these are hot-pluggable or not. > > I figure there are two sides to this: > (a) whether the PCMCIA standard requires hot-pluggability, and if so > I presume the card/machine makers comply. > (b) If the standard(s) are not specific on this issue, whether the > card/machine makers actually achieve this functionality. > > The manual doesn't indicate whether the machne/ports are 1.0, 2.0 or > any other standard release - which doesn't help. > > Rather than risk zapping the ports, I figured some here would know the > answer. Any takers? > > TIA > > Peter Well to prevent system instability, just make sure you 'stop' the PCMCIA card via the little tray icon before you eject it (I'm usually too lazy to bother or even remember hehe). Thats probably all the precaution you need. And yes you can plug in a new card with PC powered on.
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