Re: Safely Remove Hardware? Does it turn off Power?

it will not turn off the light
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"Samuel" <Samuel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:6A11BC92-3A53-4D8E-850F-B083A54471E1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
This is interesting, I found that only Windows XP (it could've been the
hardware at the time) turned the light off. My copy of Vista doe not. I would
like to get Windows Vista to always switch the power (and thus light off)
when I undock the USB. How can I do this please.

.A.


"Jim Applebury" wrote:

Thanks Again... Had a hard time finding a definitive answer.
Take Care Jim

"Doron Holan [MS]" wrote:

> that is true for a device that is not externally powered. selective > suspend
> is something else entirely. selective suspend is when devices are > turned
> off after they have idled out (in very simple terms).
>
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> "Jim Applebury" <JimApplebury@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in > message
> news:BD429E60-9CEF-41E7-A1DD-9356F0B5EDB8@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > Thanks Doron,
> > So I can report that when the light goes out on my USB flash drive > > that
> > the
> > power is off and only after a reinsertion does the power return?
> > Is this refered to by "Selective Suspension of USB"?
> > Thanks Again,
> > Jim
> >
> > "Doron Holan [MS]" wrote:
> >
> >> it depends on the bus. the underlying bus driver will turn the > >> device
> >> off.
> >> it will be powered on when the device is restarted or if the device > >> is
> >> removed and reinserted.
> >>
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> >> "Jim Applebury" <Jim Applebury@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in
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> >> news:1108BEA0-245F-4EE3-A13C-0BAA439A20E6@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >> > I've been trying to research for our Computer Club whether or not > >> > the
> >> > "Safely
> >> > Remove Hardware" applet actually turns off the power to the device > >> > and
> >> > if
> >> > does, does it wait for the device to be physically removed before
> >> > returning
> >> > power to the port?
> >> >
> >> > I've noted the light on my USB flash drive goes out after sending > >> > the
> >> > remove
> >> > command which seems to support this. I've also seen reference to > >> > the
> >> > D3
> >> > power state when this command is sent but I've seen different D3 > >> > states
> >> > referenced on hot-pluggable devices.
> >> >
> >> > I sure will appreciate any and all input.
> >> > Thanks,
> >> > Jim
> >>
> >>
> >>
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