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USB or PS/2 ?
Tiger-Heli:
I suppose it can happen sometimes, but I've hot-swapped PS/2 keyboards at least 100 times on various motherboards and never had a problem. Andy Warne and RandyT have done it more often than that.
Is it supported? No. Does it cause problems? Possibly. Have I ever seen it mess up? No.
RandyT:
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Just about anything made in the last 5 or 6 years won't have that problem. Motherboard manufacturers learned a long time ago that blown fuses were bad for their warranty departments.
RandyT
Havok:
I've pulled the ps/2 connection about a thousand times, and have never fried a motherboard, however about 20% of the time the computer can lock up. I would go USB...
Hey RandyT - how about a USB trackball\spinner interface?
Tiger-Heli:
--- Quote from: Havok on July 20, 2005, 09:16:17 am ---I've pulled the ps/2 connection about a thousand times, and have never fried a motherboard, however about 20% of the time the computer can lock up. I would go USB...
Hey RandyT - how about a USB trackball\spinner interface?
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We need to make a distinction here between PS/2 Keyboard and PS/2 mouse ports. I have NEVER had a lock-up hot-swapping to the PS/2 Keyboard port. The PS/2 mouse port will usually lock up the PC if I hot-swap, particularly if I plug in a different PS/2 mouse than the one I removed.
Havok:
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--- Quote from: Havok on July 20, 2005, 09:16:17 am ---I've pulled the ps/2 connection about a thousand times, and have never fried a motherboard, however about 20% of the time the computer can lock up. I would go USB...
Hey RandyT - how about a USB trackball\spinner interface?
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We need to make a distinction here between PS/2 Keyboard and PS/2 mouse ports.
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