On Wed, Mar 12, 2003 at 08:09:00PM -0800, Samuel Merritt wrote: > On Wed, Mar 12, 2003 at 10:21:54PM -0500, Mike Simons wrote: > > On Wed, Mar 12, 2003 at 05:17:19PM -0800, Robin Snyder wrote: > > > > > It is plugged in and getting some kind of data. (The receiver box > > > lights up.) I shut down X using ctrl-alt-backspace. No go. I even tried > > > rebooting, in case ctrl-alt-backspace didn't shut enough processes down. > > > (I don't think it does. Had to reboot to get the Mouseman working again.) > > [...] > > > What am I missing? (And can I do this without rebooting?) > > > > PS/2 style devices are not supposed to be reconnected while the machine > > is live. I don't know the details but I've often seen PS/2 style > > devices not operate correctly or at all when they are unplugged and > > re-plugged in. I've read that it's possible to fry the motherboard > > controller chip for the PS/2 port by hot-swapping devices. > > I've done it. I was working on an older Pentium-class system, and the > keyboard stopped working. It was still passing packets, though, so I > figured the keyboard plug had come loose. > > I pushed it back in, and voila: the machine stopped passing packets. > Froze up hard, and never booted again.
Yup, I fried a Pentium 90 motherboard this way. I sent the motherboard back to the manufacturer and they replaced the chip for me. Didn't even charge me though it was obviously my fault. -troy _______________________________________________ vox-tech mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.lugod.org/mailman/listinfo/vox-tech