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I'm under the assumption that, for whatever reason, there is al-
ways power going to the PCMCIA card. The manual that came with
my non-Digital laptop [or maybe it was the manual that came with
the modem] warned that leaving the PCMCIA card plugged in would
drain the battery.
How about unplugging the modem card when it's not being used? I
don't do it as a rule, since I haven't had a reason to operate
the machine on battery power so have no immediate need to save
the battery's charge, and would rather not risk premature wear
of the connectors between modem/socket. As far as I know, the
laptop shouldn't lose all the modem set-up info every time you
unplug it, so it's a matter of plugging it back in when you want
to use it.
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| The problem is that if you turn the power OFF to the slot, how or when
would you tell the software or system to turn the power back on so that
you can use the card ? If you turn the power OFF, the
operating systems sees that as a card removal and assumes that you do
not want to use that card anymore this power session.
If Win95 or some of the applications get smarter about power on and off
it would make sense to try to control the slots. Cardbus slots do control
the power and applications and drivers are sensitive to power on and
off and this should save battery and wear and tear on your cards.. Look
for CardBus slots on our new systems shipping in a few weeks...
Vin.
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