* Paul Halliday <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [010505 13:41] wrote:
> Alfred Perlstein wrote:
> >
> > * Ceri Storey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [010505 11:59] wrote:
> > > On Sat, May 05, 2001 at 08:54:18PM +0200, Ingo Flaschberger wrote:
> > > > > Note : this is a way to kill your keyboard : an AT keyboard is not
> > > > > hot-plug compatible
> > > >
> > > > i have never killed a keyboard with un / plugging.
> > > > at linux it works.
> > > Well, it works, until your keyboard does actually break :)
> >
> > It can actually fry the entire motherboard. I doubt linux can
> > prevent that.
> >
>
> it would blow the inline fuse before it fries the mother board.
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.
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