Re: [NTLK] Two power-hungry cards in 2x00

From: Brian Middleton (brian_at_shelflife.com)
Date: Thu Jan 15 2004 - 00:22:34 PST

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I have tried out CurWatch or whatever the name will be and have found
that my WLAN card pulls alot of power. Everytime I use it to connect I
get a warning from CurWatch that I went over 200mA (I'm using regular
batteries). The highest warning was somewhere around 315mA! This was
with the WLAN card in and a compact flash adapter in. The WLAN card I
have is a Buffalo AirStation WLI-PCM-L11GP and is identified as MELCO
WLI-PCM-L11 when inserted.

It seems that when I use just the CF adapter, things are ok. I took out
the CF adapter all together and the WLAN card would still set off
CurWatch with 250 - 280mA warnings.

So..I am concerned. How big a deal is this? Am I about to fry my Newt's
brains? I don't wanna give up my wireless ethernet, but I don't wanna
kill my Newt either!!

-brian

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