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Could someone clarify this for me?
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My apologies if this is the wrong forum, but I don't know if it's an OS problem or not. I just purchased a new firewire card for my G3 powerbook. It says it's hot-swappable, but is this referring to the devices plugged into the card, or the card itself? I ask because when I disconnect the card from the powerbook with the powerbook on, it freezes. My old one gave me kernel panics though, so I guess I'm moving up!
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Generally hot swappable refers to something like a PCMCIA card. If they meant that the devices that are plugged into it are "hot swappable", they would have most likely used the term 'plug-n-play'.
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Ah, I see. Thanks for the clarification!
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Originally posted by Maelman:
...they would have most likely used the term 'plug-n-play'.
I always thought the term "plug-n-play" referred to drivers and the lack of a need to install any because the OS takes care of it or already includes them.
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yeh it was my understanding that plug n' play meant no software needed to install.
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As far as your hot-swappable question goes, it does mean that you can plug in and unplug the PCMCIA card without turning your laptop off. However, you have to stop or turn off or "eject" the card first before removing it. It's kinda similar to the way you drag a USB disk or iPod to the trash to eject it before unplugging it.
There'll be an option somewhere to deactivate your card before you attempt to eject it. In OS < X this tended to be in the control strip, but I've no idea where it's moved to in OS X, sorry.
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Originally posted by Geobunny:
As far as your hot-swappable question goes, it does mean that you can plug in and unplug the PCMCIA card without turning your laptop off. However, you have to stop or turn off or "eject" the card first before removing it. It's kinda similar to the way you drag a USB disk or iPod to the trash to eject it before unplugging it.
There'll be an option somewhere to deactivate your card before you attempt to eject it. In OS < X this tended to be in the control strip, but I've no idea where it's moved to in OS X, sorry.
It's an icon in the menubar in OS X.
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Thanks Geobunny and Detrius...that's exactly what I needed to know!
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