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Date:      Wed, 9 May 2001 15:36:27 -0700
From:      "Ted Mittelstaedt" <tedm@toybox.placo.com>
To:        "Walter Betancourt" <walt@betan.com>, <wayne.pascoe@realtime.co.uk>
Cc:        <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG>
Subject:   RE: keyboard & monitor plug in w/power on
Message-ID:  <003601c0d8d8$7c75bbc0$1401a8c0@tedm.placo.com>
In-Reply-To: <4.2.2.20010509163956.00bba4c0@pop3.palace.net>

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Plenty of companies manufacture electronic keyboard/monitor/mouse
switchboxes.  Cybex for example makes one that you can cascase
by multiples of 8 an indefinite amount of times.

Ted Mittelstaedt                      tedm@toybox.placo.com
Author of:          The FreeBSD Corporate Networker's Guide
Book website:         http://www.freebsd-corp-net-guide.com


>-----Original Message-----
>From: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
>[mailto:owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG]On Behalf Of Walter
>Betancourt
>Sent: Wednesday, May 09, 2001 1:42 PM
>To: wayne.pascoe@realtime.co.uk
>Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
>Subject: Re: keyboard & monitor plug in w/power on
>
>
>Wayne,
>
>that make's good sense,
>
>you would think some one would come up with an adapter/isolation device
>
>so there would'nt be a problem plugging/un-plugging.
>
>thanks
>
>
>At 09:42 PM 5/9/01 +0100, you wrote:
>>Walter Betancourt <walt@betan.com> writes:
>>
>> > My instinct is to power off before plugging in keyboard or monitor,
>> >
>> > could be just windoze biting me,
>> >
>> > but it's common for servers to run without keyboard and 
>monitor attached.
>> >
>> > Can anyone give me a for sure answer,
>> >
>> > can keyboard and monitor be plugged in without power down,
>>
>>Monitor is generally quite safe. On older AT motherboards, it is
>>possible to blow the keyboard controller on the motherboard by hot
>>plugging a keyboard in. With PS/2 devices, it is possible to fry the
>>keyboard when plugging it in with power on.
>>
>>However, on our servers the downtime to power down to plug a keyboard
>>in is _far_ more expensive than the GBP8 for a new keyboard. And so
>>far I've only blown 2 keyboards during the hundreds of times I've
>>plugged in with the power on.
>>
>>--
>>- Wayne Pascoe
>>E-mail: wayne.pascoe@realtime.co.uk
>>Phone : +44 (0) 20 7544 4668
>>Mobile: +44 (0) 788 431 1675
>
>Walt
>
>
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