Some years ago I worked as technical service, and i see al least 2 machines with the keyboard port "burned" because of this :-P, but also i know about too many people that do it and nothing happens ... but i like to do it :-P.
On Tue, Oct 07, 2003 at 01:05:10AM +0200, Ph. Schulz wrote: > >I've read (although never actually seen myself - so take this with as large > >a grain of salt as you like) that hotplugging PS/2 peripherals can damage > >the port you're plugging them into, so I'd be wary about doing this. > > This is what I've heard, too, but I've never seen a PS/2 port being > damaged from 'hot plugging' either. However, I've seen it quite a few > times that unplugging and replugging the mouse or the keyboard leaves > the device not working afterwards. I've seen this under FreeBSD as well > as under (I hate to admit it, but it's the PC at work) Windows NT4 and > 2000. I've read a magazine article once which said that this is not the > OS's responsibility but the hardware (keyboard or mouse) itself crashing. > So regardless if hot-plugging the keyboard works or not, if you plan > to do this several times a day, you might want to thing about getting a > KVM switch. > > Phil. > > > _______________________________________________ > [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" _______________________________________________ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"