Nano causes external to boot up

Is there a way to stop my WD hard drive from spinning up everytime I plug in my nano? I don't keep anything on the hard drive that I'd be transferring to the nano so it's just a wasted boot each time.

habsfan,
This is expected behavior.  The PXI-1033 attempts to wake the host PC when it's turned on as a convenience so you can power up the whole system with a single switch.  The mechanism it uses is the PCIe WAKE# signal.
Is it a problem for you, or are you just suprised by it?  I don't think there's a way to disable it on the PXI-1033, but there may be other ways.  Many systems have an option to enable or disable waking the system from PCIe cards, so you could look through the BIOS options of your PC.  Or, if you power on the chassis 4-5 seconds before connecting the MXI cable it shouldn't wake the PC.
- Robert

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