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Conference akocoa::decpc_portables

Title:DECpc _Portables
Moderator:PCBUOA::GLANTZ
Created:Wed May 08 1991
Last Modified:Fri Jun 06 1997
Last Successful Update:Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:2423
Total number of notes:11059

2322.0. "Loose power to network card when portable goes portable" by LORDS::COLE (Share and enjoy) Wed Mar 05 1997 12:47


I have a HiNote Ultra 475 running NT V4 and it has a Xircom PCMCIA network
card in it. 

I have a problem when I disconnect the battery charger. The network keeps on
working until I close the lid when the power to the network card is turned
off. Opening the lid and/or plugging the mains adapter back in does not restore
power the PCMCIA card.

Somewhere in the BIOS there is a setting for the PCMCIA card in:

	Power > Advanced > PCMCIA socket power in suspend

and it is set to :

	AC power On		Battery power Off

Now I do not want the card powered when the AC is not connected but I do want
the card to come back to life when the AC is restored.

Is there a solution to my problem or will I have to re-boot ad nausium?

Many thanks,

Simon

Posted in  DECPC_POTRTABLES and LAPTOPPC

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2322.1TARKIN::LINBill LinWed Mar 05 1997 13:1913
    re: LORDS::COLE
    
    Is power truly not getting restored to the PC Card upon restoration of
    AC mains power, or could it just be a driver issue where the driver
    isn't resetting and reestablishing networking?  On my notebook with a
    Xircom 10/100 card, it takes about 30 seconds for the network to get
    restored.
    
    Also, have you tried just restarting Win95 and not rebooting?  If this
    works, then you know power is there and the driver is just not doing
    its job.
    
    /Bill