From owner-freebsd-questions Wed May 9 13:52:59 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from tellurian.net (gate.tellurian.net [216.182.1.1]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8064037B422 for ; Wed, 9 May 2001 13:52:56 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from walt@betan.com) Received: from walt99 (unverified [216.182.56.86]) by tellurian.net (Rockliffe SMTPRA 4.5.4) with ESMTP id ; Wed, 9 May 2001 16:52:56 -0400 Message-Id: <4.2.2.20010509163956.00bba4c0@pop3.palace.net> X-Sender: walterbetanc@pop3.palace.net X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Pro Version 4.2.2 Date: Wed, 09 May 2001 16:42:10 -0400 To: wayne.pascoe@realtime.co.uk From: Walter Betancourt Subject: Re: keyboard & monitor plug in w/power on Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org In-Reply-To: References: <4.2.2.20010509153755.00bb4100@pop3.palace.net> <4.2.2.20010509153755.00bb4100@pop3.palace.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG 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 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