Date: Wed, 09 May 2001 16:42:10 -0400 From: Walter Betancourt <walt@betan.com> To: wayne.pascoe@realtime.co.uk Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: keyboard & monitor plug in w/power on Message-ID: <4.2.2.20010509163956.00bba4c0@pop3.palace.net> In-Reply-To: <m13daefe4g.fsf@zaphod.realtime.co.uk> References: <4.2.2.20010509153755.00bb4100@pop3.palace.net> <4.2.2.20010509153755.00bb4100@pop3.palace.net>
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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 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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