On Thu, Jan 13, 2000 at 12:34:22PM -0600, Charlie Hedlin wrote: > How hot should a 56k 10/100 combo card get? I have a Xircom I picked up > cheap but it gets hot. I mean hot enough that I have to be carefull not > to burn myself when I remove it if my machine has been on for a while. I > also notice a significant hit in the battery life when the card is > inserted. Is this normal? > I have a Xircom PCMCIA RealPort card, with 56K modem and 10/100 ethernet, running on a Toshiba 490CDT. The card gets warm, but never too hot to touch. And battery life seems fine enough with the card inside (about 2 hours). I seem to lose a lot of battery life if I run the CD-ROM drive, though. Drew
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