No. You're supposed to power off the router before swapping vic2 cards. Hot swapping the card can cause damage to the router or card. I actually tried this once to see what would happen, luckily neither the router or card were damaged, but the card was not recognized until the router was rebooted.
What should always be done prior to replacing components that are not hot-swappable in a laptop
Yes, PC Cards are hot swappable.
A hot swappable device is one which can be attached or detached from a computer or other electronic device without having to reboot the computer.
There is no correct or in correct way to do it. A hot-swappable device can be removed while running the computer. i.e. if u have a faulty harddrive that is hot-swappable you can quickly remove it and slap the other one on and continue working.
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A common internal laptop component that is sometimes designed as a hot swappable device is the optical drive. This depends on the manufacturer and model, though.
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