Skip site navigation (1)Skip section navigation (2)
Date:      Sat, 5 May 2001 18:25:20 -0600 (MDT)
From:      Doug Russell <drussell@saturn-tech.com>
To:        freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: no keyboard
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.4.21.0105051811350.95873-100000@beastie.saturn-tech.com>
In-Reply-To: <20010505154114.F18676@fw.wintelcom.net>

next in thread | previous in thread | raw e-mail | index | archive | help

On Sat, 5 May 2001, Alfred Perlstein wrote:

> Anything is possible, and I have heard of it happening at least
> once.  One of the other fun things about hot swapping keyboards
> is that you can actually damage the connector which can cause a
> short on the motherboard if the poor thing detaches then proceeds
> to relocate itself across some contacts.

Ahh yes...  Be very careful plugging in those little PS/2 connectors.
That's probably the cause of most burned hot-swapped keyboards.  :)

If you bend the pins by twisting, then get the wrong pin into the +5....
ZZzzzzzap..

Later......						<Doug>


To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org
with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message




Want to link to this message? Use this URL: <https://mail-archive.FreeBSD.org/cgi/mid.cgi?Pine.BSF.4.21.0105051811350.95873-100000>