From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Mar 23 05:24:59 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id EB82316A4CE for ; Tue, 23 Mar 2004 05:24:59 -0800 (PST) Received: from gabby.gsicomp.on.ca (CPE00062566c7bb-CM000039c69a66.cpe.net.cable.rogers.com [67.60.54.142]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3CD6443D53 for ; Tue, 23 Mar 2004 05:24:59 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from matt@gabby.gsicomp.on.ca) Received: from gabby.gsicomp.on.ca (matt@localhost.gsicomp.on.ca [127.0.0.1]) by gabby.gsicomp.on.ca (8.12.9p2/8.12.9) with ESMTP id i2NDhHpU080314; Tue, 23 Mar 2004 08:43:18 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from matt@gabby.gsicomp.on.ca) Received: from localhost (matt@localhost)i2NDhGDh080311; Tue, 23 Mar 2004 08:43:17 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from matt@gabby.gsicomp.on.ca) Date: Tue, 23 Mar 2004 08:43:16 -0500 (EST) From: Matthew Emmerton To: Wayne Sierke In-Reply-To: <1080024938.670.25.camel@ovirt.dyndns.ws> Message-ID: <20040323084201.F80307@gabby.gsicomp.on.ca> References: <405FC8A6.5040708@users.sourceforge.net> <16479.52259.349047.251508@jerusalem.litteratus.org> <405FCE37.5060104@users.sourceforge.net><405FD7BD.8060004@smxy.org> <1080024938.670.25.camel@ovirt.dyndns.ws> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII cc: ste@smxy.org cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: disconnecting keyboard: big trouble !?! X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 23 Mar 2004 13:25:00 -0000 On Tue, 23 Mar 2004, Wayne Sierke wrote: > On Tue, 2004-03-23 at 16:52, Shaun T. Erickson wrote: > > Steve Ireland wrote: > > > > > 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. > > > > I suppose it's possible, but I know I 've never fry'd one. I'm always > > unplugging and pluging mine back in. > > I'd never fried one either until just recently. Of all things when I > plugged a mouse back in. It disabled the keyboard as well. Luckily the > 'fried' part turned out to be a fusible link on the motherboard and was > easily repaired. This was an old board, though, and I've certainly not > had any problems with more recent boards. I'm not sure why fusible links > were thought to be necessary. Possibly it was the early days of PS/2 and > there was uncertainty about what people would be plugging in to those > connectors. But of course, the best solution to this whole hot-plugging issue is this: BUY ANOTHER KEYBOARD OR MOUSE. What you would rather do? Buy a $20 keyboard/mouse or a $150+ motherboard? Heck, you can buy cheap 4-port KVMs for under $200 these days too. -- Matt Emmerton