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post #1 of 14
9/1/05 at 7:46pm
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Anyone know a work-around to get Windows XP to allow power to the PCMCIA slot all the time, even when there's nothing plugged into it?
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post #2 of 14
9/1/05 at 9:06pm
An extension cord?
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post #3 of 14
9/1/05 at 9:12pm
Why would you want it on all the time even when nothings in it? That seems kinda of pointless...and it would just waste battery life.
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post #4 of 14
9/1/05 at 11:31pm
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Considering that the video card is right under the PCMCIA slot, and in another thread someone said that leaving the slot cover open noticeably reduced the temp on the left side of the laptop, I was wondering what a PCMCIA fan would do. Unfortunately, they don't plug into the data pins, so Windows XP doesn't supply power. So does anyone know a workaround? And no, I don't think an extension cord would do the trick.
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post #5 of 14
9/2/05 at 2:30am
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Originally Posted by Blowfish64
Considering that the video card is right under the PCMCIA slot, and in another thread someone said that leaving the slot cover open noticeably reduced the temp on the left side of the laptop, I was wondering what a PCMCIA fan would do. Unfortunately, they don't plug into the data pins, so Windows XP doesn't supply power. So does anyone know a workaround? And no, I don't think an extension cord would do the trick.
You "could" power it from a USB cable, many external 2.5" had drive enclosures come with an AC cable that plugs in to a free USB port... just a possibility; you could splice the cable to the fan and it would be powered.
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post #6 of 14
9/2/05 at 5:44am
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Hmm. Perhaps that is a possibility. I suppose I could give it a shot. I just figured someone would know some way to "trick" Windows into thinking the slot is active. I'd rather not mess with this thing's guts any more than I have to.
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post #7 of 14
9/2/05 at 5:19pm
Does anyone make some sort of adapter that will give me two PCMCIA slots? Maybe USB or something?
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post #8 of 14
9/2/05 at 6:21pm
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Originally Posted by YellowC4S
Does anyone make some sort of adapter that will give me two PCMCIA slots? Maybe USB or something?
Yeah, check out

http://www.arstech.com/usbpcmcia.htm
(arstech, gotta love that name)


Not sure how well it works. May not work with all cards, but frankly I'm amazed it can be done at all. And yeah, as far as I know, they're the only one's who make that kind of thing, so they have no qualms about charging out the nose for it. But whatever. Now I wish somebody had a sweet answer to my question. *sniff*
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post #9 of 14
9/2/05 at 6:53pm
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Originally Posted by Blowfish64
Yeah, check out

http://www.arstech.com/usbpcmcia.htm
(arstech, gotta love that name)


Not sure how well it works. May not work with all cards, but frankly I'm amazed it can be done at all. And yeah, as far as I know, they're the only one's who make that kind of thing, so they have no qualms about charging out the nose for it. But whatever. Now I wish somebody had a sweet answer to my question. *sniff*
Isn't that the PCMICA to USB device that was devised for the WIN98platform many years ago? Don't think that it is a PCMICA "doubler" type of device. Just my opinion.


Edit: My Bad, I'll leave it here. That is a device that will convert a USB port to be able to use a PCMICA device and not the other way around. I should do more research before "spouting off". But in any event, it may or may not provide what you are looking for.

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post #10 of 14
9/2/05 at 7:00pm
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Originally Posted by Blowfish64
Considering that the video card is right under the PCMCIA slot, and in another thread someone said that leaving the slot cover open noticeably reduced the temp on the left side of the laptop, I was wondering what a PCMCIA fan would do. Unfortunately, they don't plug into the data pins, so Windows XP doesn't supply power. So does anyone know a workaround? And no, I don't think an extension cord would do the trick.

There was a bit of discussion about a cooling fan in the PCMICA slot within the last year in these forums. You might try the search function. As best as I can recall, the final conclusion was that you really weren't going to get a lot of cooling that way because of the way the PCMICA "chamber" was constructed. Also, no cure for the "power problem", as I recall.
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post #11 of 14
9/2/05 at 8:21pm
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Okay, thanks. Good to know it wouldn't do much anyway.
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post #12 of 14
9/3/05 at 7:48pm
Thanks for the link. Ordered one.
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post #13 of 14
9/3/05 at 9:24pm
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Originally Posted by YellowC4S
Thanks for the link. Ordered one.
Sweet. Good luck with it. Let us know how well it works.
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post #14 of 14
9/4/05 at 3:07am
okidoke...
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