DAQCard - Safely remove hardware

[NickNZ]

Hi I have a DAQCard 6024E and I would like to know if it should be appearing on the Safely Remove hardware list in the system tray (Windows XP).

If it should be there how do I get it to apear on the list? If I right click on the task bar and go to customize notifications I have Safely Remove Hardware set to always show.

I have just installed NI DAQ on another Windows 2000 PC and it doesn't show on there either.

Is it OK to just eject the DAQCard without stopping it?

Regards
Nick

[e-Cash-Money]

Hello Nick,

PCMCIA cards are hot-swappable, so it should always be "safe" to remove them in terms of the hardware.  Windows might get a little confused as to why there is no longer a PCMCIA card, but I don't think it should cause any serious issues.  If anything is accessing the card (your program, MAX, etc.) then Windows is probably not going to list it as a device that is safe to remove.  However, I think you are fine just ejecting the card.