[ale] Back to new the desktop question

[Alex Carver]

A hacky fix is to cut into the 5V USB power line that goes to the card 
reader and add a switch on the front panel. That lets you keep the card 
reader turned off (and thus ignored during boot) until you need it then 
you can flip the switch to "plug it in" while maintaining the benefit of 
the panel-mounted slots instead of an external reader.

On 2022-12-17 06:37, DJPfulio--- via Ale wrote:
> On 12/17/22 08:49, William Bagwell via Ale wrote:
>> On Friday, December 16, 2022 10:34:57 PM DJPfulio--- via Ale wrote:
>>> Sounds awesome right?
>>>
>>> Well, because of all the USB2 stuff, when they are connected, booting
>>> takes almost 5 minutes as each port/slot is checked for media/storage
>>> to be booted. In the end, I left the USB3 ports, audio, and eSATA
>>> connected so booting would take so long.
>>
>> Good to know about the USB2 slowing boot time. Media dashboard seems to
>> be a decent search term. Found one with no USB2, three USB3, eSATA, USB
>> type C and six different card slots. (Four I will probably never use)
>> Kingwin on Amazon for $26, identical no name from $18 to $50 elsewhere.
>> Reviews are mixed, but not finding anything similar in a brand I
>> recognize. All have a bunch of USB2.
> 
> IME, every card slot needs 10 seconds, pre-boot, to look for media in 
> the slot.  There might be only 1 physical slot, but internally, there 
> are X number of USB2 ports.  As long as you know that you might just not 
> connect the card reader, for the cheap price isn't a terrible option. 
> Just be certain you have a USB adapter for your memory cards.
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