Date: Tue, 23 Mar 2004 19:01:57 -0600 From: KevinKinsey@archangel.daleco.biz, DaleCo@archangel.daleco.biz, "S. P." <kdk@daleco.biz> To: Chris Pressey <cpressey@catseye.mine.nu> Cc: stevei@black-star.net Subject: Re: disconnecting keyboard: big trouble !?! Message-ID: <20040324010157.GA19770@archangel.daleco.biz> In-Reply-To: <20040323164909.74ef6a4b.cpressey@catseye.mine.nu> References: <405FCE37.5060104@users.sourceforge.net> <038c01c4109d$858a4dc0$1a01a8c0@blackstar.net> <20040323164411.GE12464@nkinkade.bmp.ub> <20040323164909.74ef6a4b.cpressey@catseye.mine.nu>
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On Tue, Mar 23, 2004 at 04:49:09PM -0800, Chris Pressey wrote: > On Tue, 23 Mar 2004 10:44:11 -0600 > Nathan Kinkade <nkinkade@ub.edu.bz> wrote: > > > Can anyone on the list point me to a manufacturers site or > > documentation that unequivocally states in clear terms the real > > dangers of hotplugging a PS/2 device? > > How about http://www.heurtley.com/richard/maintenance.html ? > > It's basic electronics - plugging or unplugging anything from a powered > device has a greater-than-zero chance of frying it. The difference > between "hot-pluggable" USB and "risky" PS/2 can be summed up like so: > <snip> > -Chris Nice research, Chris, thanks for that...here's an embedded reference at a hardware site.... http://www.majikmarcer.com/html/tutorials/entsys.htm FWIW, and hopefully not just a "me too", but merely anecdotal evidence: I've blown an AT mobo (old keyboard, what was that ... DIN 5-pin?) this way. Very disappointing. However, I may search the junk closet and pull it to check for fusible links thanks to your post.... ;-) Kevin Kinsey DaleCo, S.P.
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