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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:

--- Quote from: dot on July 20, 2005, 01:00:28 am --- Granted this was on mid-90's Compaq desktops, but I've always been warry of the PS/2 port since.

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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:

--- Quote from: Tiger-Heli on July 20, 2005, 09:19:36 am ---
--- 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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