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    XPS M1530: Kensington SD100S Laptop Docking Station - Safe to unplug from docking station and monitor while booted up and running?

    Discussion in 'Dell XPS and Studio XPS' started by gedaliah_atl, May 4, 2009.

  1. gedaliah_atl

    gedaliah_atl Newbie

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    Hi all,

    I have an XPS M1530 running Vista Home Premium 64-bit, T-9300 Processor, 6 gig RAM, 320 gig 7200-rpm harddrive. I am using it with the Kensington SD100S Laptop Docking Station (with stand) and a 22" Samsung monitor (monitor as primary display and laptop display as secondary display) and the Dell Bluetooth keyboard and mouse. The Kensignton docking station attaches to the M1530 via USB.

    My question is, is it safe for me to detach the docking station when the M1530 is booted up and running? What about detaching the monitor? Except when I have an external USB harddrive turned on, there is not anything in my tray icons to indicate (as far as I can tell) that any hardware needs to be safely removed. I have a 2nd AC adapter in my den separate from my home office, but I so rarely take the laptop mobile in the house since I power down first. Please let me know whether I am being too cautious, and if it is safe to detach the docking station and monitor while running any precautions that I should take. I do have my XPS backed up via Ghost if a problem should happen.

    Thanks for your feedback!
     
    gedaliah_atl, May 4, 2009
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    gedaliah_atl Newbie

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    bumping back to the top since have not gotten a reply ....
     
    gedaliah_atl, Jul 1, 2009
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    Samuel613 Notebook Evangelist

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    I don't know how the Kensington drivers work, but USB is generally hot-swappable. Hard Drives are, of course, an exception, since Windows does lots of file management behind the scenes, so you have to first make sure Windows is done with the drive before ejecting it, as you know.

    Why don't you e-mail Kingston's support?
     
    Samuel613, Jul 1, 2009
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    gedaliah_atl Newbie

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    Hi Samuel613,

    I am just seeing your reply now, thanks for the feedback!
     
    gedaliah_atl, Mar 3, 2010
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