From owner-freebsd-questions Wed May 9 15:34:17 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mail.freebsd-corp-net-guide.com (mail.freebsd-corp-net-guide.com [206.29.169.15]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9A12737B422 for ; Wed, 9 May 2001 15:34:13 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from tedm@toybox.placo.com) Received: from tedm.placo.com (nat-rtr.freebsd-corp-net-guide.com [206.29.168.154]) by mail.freebsd-corp-net-guide.com (8.11.1/8.11.1) with SMTP id f49MY4k24204; Wed, 9 May 2001 15:34:04 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from tedm@toybox.placo.com) From: "Ted Mittelstaedt" To: "Walter Betancourt" , Subject: RE: keyboard & monitor plug in w/power on Date: Wed, 9 May 2001 15:34:04 -0700 Message-ID: <003501c0d8d8$26d06120$1401a8c0@tedm.placo.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook 8.5, Build 4.71.2173.0 In-Reply-To: <4.2.2.20010509153755.00bb4100@pop3.palace.net> X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V4.72.3155.0 Importance: Normal Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG You can damage keyboard ports by plugging and unplugging the keyboard while the system is switched on. It's rare, but it happens. However, generally your safe plugging and unplugging monitor cables from a video card when the system is in operation. Ted Mittelstaedt tedm@toybox.placo.com Author of: The FreeBSD Corporate Networker's Guide Book website: http://www.freebsd-corp-net-guide.com >-----Original Message----- >From: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG >[mailto:owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG]On Behalf Of Walter >Betancourt >Sent: Wednesday, May 09, 2001 12:42 PM >To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG >Subject: keyboard & monitor plug in w/power on > > >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, > >and of course, removed without power off. > >thanks > >Walt > > >To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org >with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message