disconnecting keyboard: big trouble !?!
KevinKinsey at archangel.daleco.biz
KevinKinsey at archangel.daleco.biz
Tue Mar 23 17:06:02 PST 2004
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 at 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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