Date: Sat, 5 May 2001 18:25:20 -0600 (MDT) From: Doug Russell <drussell@saturn-tech.com> To: freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: no keyboard Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0105051811350.95873-100000@beastie.saturn-tech.com> In-Reply-To: <20010505154114.F18676@fw.wintelcom.net>
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On Sat, 5 May 2001, Alfred Perlstein wrote: > Anything is possible, and I have heard of it happening at least > once. One of the other fun things about hot swapping keyboards > is that you can actually damage the connector which can cause a > short on the motherboard if the poor thing detaches then proceeds > to relocate itself across some contacts. Ahh yes... Be very careful plugging in those little PS/2 connectors. That's probably the cause of most burned hot-swapped keyboards. :) If you bend the pins by twisting, then get the wrong pin into the +5.... ZZzzzzzap.. Later...... <Doug> To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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