From owner-freebsd-stable Fri Feb 23 0:36:38 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from harmony.village.org (rover.bsdimp.com [204.144.255.66]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7EF0F37B4EC for ; Fri, 23 Feb 2001 00:36:35 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from imp@harmony.village.org) Received: from harmony.village.org (localhost.village.org [127.0.0.1]) by harmony.village.org (8.11.1/8.11.1) with ESMTP id f1N8aVW79339; Fri, 23 Feb 2001 01:36:31 -0700 (MST) (envelope-from imp@harmony.village.org) Message-Id: <200102230836.f1N8aVW79339@harmony.village.org> To: Matt Heckaman Subject: Re: PS/2 mouse problem solved Cc: Krzysztof Parzyszek , FreeBSD-STABLE In-reply-to: Your message of "Wed, 21 Feb 2001 16:49:04 EST." References: Date: Fri, 23 Feb 2001 01:36:31 -0700 From: Warner Losh Sender: owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG : Plugging and unplugging a PS/2 device when the computers are on scares : me. I heard it can fry the motherboard. I don't touch the cables after : turning everything on. I don't have any problems after switching banks : on the KVM back and forth. I have one old 486 with a shot keyboard port from doing the plugging. I have one newer pentium 133 that has a weak keyboard port from sitting on a noisy kvm switch for too long. I had two different Pentium II 400ish machines whose keyboard and mouse ports went bad after being on a mechanical switch for a while. I hot plug these things every day at work, but there are dangers and risks to it. Warner To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message