User`s manual

12 Getting Started
ECS-8582-4S ADLINK Technology, Inc.
User’s Manual Copyright 2008
2.5 Power-ON/OFF Sequence
To power-on the ExpressCard extension system, follow these steps:
1. Check that the 3 M extension cable is properly con-
nected to the host PC and extension chassis.
2. Power-on the extension chassis first.
3. Power-on the host laptop computer.
As the ExpressCard-to-PCI extension system is a standard PCIe-
to-PCI bridge interface, the BIOS will identify each device behind
the PCI bridge and assign resource to each one during start up.
Thus users have to power-on the remote chassis first in order to
get appropriate resources from the BIOS.
To power-off the PCI Express extension system, follow these steps:
1. Power-off the host PC.
2. Power-off the extension chassis.
CAUTION:
Do not remove the extension cable after the system is pow-
ered on. It may cause system error or data loss. If the cable is
unplugged improperly, reconnect it and reboot the host laptop
and extension chassis.
CAUTION:
DO NOT power-off the extension chassis until the host
laptop is powered off. If the extension chassis is pow-
ered off while the host laptop is on, the host laptop com-
puter may hang or crash.