Re: [NTLK] 3.3v Cards - 2100 okay?

From: Victor Rehorst (victor_at_newtontalk.net)
Date: Fri May 07 2004 - 09:02:57 PDT

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Richard Kilpatrick wrote:
> Now, AFAIK, the 2000/2100 support 3.3V, so will I be safe with this
> card in the 2100? What about the eMate, which seems to be a funny
> hybrid of things? Obviously it's not going to be a good idea in my
> OMP...

Theoretically it does support 3.3V, but I believe the problem is that the
power manager or PC Card controller doesn't know how to detect and select the
voltage upon insertion. So if you insert your 3.3V card it will initially
always get 5V... which is a Bad Thing (TM).

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