Re: when must I reboot?
On Fri, 17 Sep 1999, Aaron Solochek wrote:
> USB should be fine, it was designed so that you could just plug
> something into it and be ready to go..... However you are not supposed
> to mess with ps/2 while the computer is on... That really doesn't stop
> me, sometimes nothing happens, sometimes the machine reboots...
The machine will only reboot if you accidentally touch one of the signal
or voltage pins to ground, which is very possible to do with a PS/2
connector. :}
It's true that you're not supposed to mess with PS/2 connectors while the
machine is running, but I for the life of me cannot explain why. Other
than the keyboard being confused as to which lights (num lock, etc.) are
supposed to be lit, I have never suffered any ill effects. And even that
goes away the first time you actually press one of those keys...
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