From: elijah wright (elw_at_stderr.org)
Date: Wed Aug 21 2002 - 12:35:50 EDT
> I have heard from many sources that you can burn out something by plugging
> or unplugging a PS/2 mouse with the power on. If you want to plug in the
> mouse without rebooting, put the machine into standby first.
one part of this problem is that ps2 ports are *powered*. you can kill
'em with an analog kvm switch, too, especially a *cheap* one.
the Digital Multia machines and a couple of hte 486-era Dell servers were
particularly vulnerable to this problem, escalating it to mythological
status :)
elijah
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