Are PCMCIA cards hot swappable?

[aphex]

Just curioius... Dont wanna jam my wireless card in while the system is runnin if its gonna f things up....

 

[Spooner]

i accidently unplugged my gf's card while trying to get the damn cat5 cable out, and now things aren't working

I'd venture to go with a resounding: NO!

 

[amdskip]

I wouldn't think so.

 

[Jzero]

I thought they were supposed to be, but it often doesn't seem to work.

 

[Electric Amish]

Depends on the software.

Sometimes the driver can hang the port if it doesn't know how to disengage properly.

amish

 

[manly]

Yes they are, but you have to remember the NT kernel (W2K and WXP) is plug n' pray. Notice the "Safely Remove Hardware" icon in the system tray.

 

[mpitts]

I hotswap PCMCIA cards all the time. Wireless NICs, firewire, etc.. Never had a problem with 2K/XP handling it.

 

[notfred]

always worked fine on my girlfriend's compaq laptop w/ win2k.

 

[aphex]

i wussed out, turned it off, and plugged it in