stepping on your conversation here:-)

Good tip Sin. This way I don't have to reset the radio every time and deal with the alarm.

I had my card out for about an hour and the reset seemed to work fine, though it could have simply been my MAF and intercooler mods(removed air flow obstacles, horns and support). My assumption is that they used a capacitor system of some kind to hold the power for a bit. In general, in the computer HW world 30 seconds - 2 minutes of no power is enough for a reset. However, it may be that the computer makers of our ECs included some safety measures in case of a dead battery?

As for the pins, if you look at the alignment guides, there is almost no way to bend the pins or goof up the alignment going in. And, though metal does wear, it takes a long time to really wear so that you don't have contact. My concern with taking the thing in and out every once and a while is what happens to the pins while it's out? How many times have we all bent pins on things by bumping it or some such silliness? Ok, I'm speaking for myself here, but you get the point.

Later guys.