On Sunday 03 November 2002 17.58, Bruce Marshall wrote:

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Any views, please ? ~ How dangerous is it to Plug/Un-Plug Mouse & Keyboard, while System is up & Running ?

To avoid damage to Motherboard, should one always turn OFF ones 'puter, first ?

Thanks

best wishes

In my view, you won't do any permanent damage by unplugging them (but anything is possible) but these devices will usually not work again until you reboot. Therefore, you might as well turn off the computer.

ps/2 might trash wildly and even break. But thats uncommon. If you have modules loaded for p2/2 you might get them back online after reloading the module. No guarantie though. Now USB keyboard/mouse is a completetly different ballgame. :) Those are MADE to be abble to be unplugged under power , and the USB "protocol" is very nice i that sense. No need to fiddle with the modules when the USB core is running. -- /Rikard ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Rikard Johnels email : rjhn@linux.nu Web : http://www.rikjoh.com Mob : +46 70 464 99 39 ------------------------ Public PGP fingerprint ---------------------------- < 15 28 DF 78 67 98 B2 16 1F D3 FD C5 59 D4 B6 78 46 1C EE 56 >