Date: Tue, 23 Mar 2004 10:44:11 -0600 From: Nathan Kinkade <nkinkade@ub.edu.bz> To: Steve Ireland <stevei@black-star.net> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: disconnecting keyboard: big trouble !?! Message-ID: <20040323164411.GE12464@nkinkade.bmp.ub> In-Reply-To: <038c01c4109d$858a4dc0$1a01a8c0@blackstar.net> References: <405FCE37.5060104@users.sourceforge.net> <038c01c4109d$858a4dc0$1a01a8c0@blackstar.net>
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--LZvS9be/3tNcYl/X Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Tue, Mar 23, 2004 at 01:10:13AM -0500, Steve Ireland wrote: <snip> > This is a PS/2 thing, not an operating system thing. You really can > fry your motherboard plugging and unplugging PS/2 devices while the > system is powered up. >=20 > Regards, >=20 > Steve This is off-topic to the list, but I've been wondering about this issue for some time; not whether a PS/2 device stops working when hotplugged, but whether it may damage your mainboard. I spent a while one day searching on the web for definitive documentation stating that unquestionably you run the risk of destroying your entire mainboard and/or the PS/2 if you hotplug. I couldn't find any. As far as I know the PS/2 devices are supplied power through the port, so I guess it seems logical that hotplugging could be a risk, but other than conjecture and various anecdotal evidence, I have come up blank on the risks. Can anyone on the list point me to a manufacturers site or documentation that unequivocally states in clear terms the real dangers of hotplugging a PS/2 device? Like some of the other people who have replied, in the past I have hot-plugged many a PS/2 device to no detriment. However, I now only do it if there is no other practical alternative just to be on the safe side. Thanks, Nathan --=20 gpg --keyserver pgp.mit.edu --recv-keys D8527E49 --LZvS9be/3tNcYl/X Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.3 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFAYGlbO0ZIEthSfkkRAlROAKCpmjqgwngAlN088o1mVYwFgHXBfgCfZyGa obHVSbopkWO4VGIShqJFBAI= =JeQj -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --LZvS9be/3tNcYl/X--
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