On Tue, Sep 02, 2003 at 12:18:51PM +0100 I heard the voice of jon_at_witchspace.com, and lo! it spake thus: > > Keyboard and mouse manufacturers usually give dire warnings about plugging > in PS/2 devices when the machine is powered up, maybe that's the reason > why. I think it's more because the interface isn't really designed electrically to support hot-plugging. I've cooked motherboards[0] by hot-plugging keyboards before. [0] Often I could, after heating up the soldering iron and a trip to Radio Shack, recover them, but not always. -- Matthew Fuller (MF4839) | fullermd_at_over-yonder.net Systems/Network Administrator | http://www.over-yonder.net/~fullermd/ "The only reason I'm burning my candle at both ends, is because I haven't figured out how to light the middle yet"Received on Wed Sep 03 2003 - 18:04:43 UTC
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