Stop FE or Cannot Enumerate Device if USB Host Controller is Removed While Data Transfers Are Pending

Source: Microsoft Support

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If you Surprise-Remove a PC Card device which contains a USB host controller and embedded USB device,�and then re-insert the PC Card,�the computer may crash with a Stop FE error on a blue screen, or the USB device may not be re-enumerated when the PC Card is reinserted.

The problem does not occur if you Safely Remove the PC Card by using the Safely Remove Hardware tool.

The Windows XP USB stack does not support surprise-removal of a USB host controller.� When the PC Card containing the USB host controller is Surprise-Removed, the USB stack will wait forever while attempting to open an endpoint to the device, and no further device enumeration actions will be able to proceed.

Do not Surprise-Remove a PC Card device containing a USB host controller.� Use the Safely Remove Hardware icon to Safely Remove the PC Card device before ejecting the card.

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