🚀 go-pugleaf

I've also found printer to die, yes die, when being plugged hot.
The customer said that they had changed printer all the time, but
this time he saw a spark.....
ie..  loss of a printer port, loss of a printer.
Is it so much of a problem to turn off the power, re-attach the 
problem cable, and wait for that slow system to boot?
fms

Wizard wrote:
> 
> The one exception to this is keyboards.
> In my experience plugging/unplugging a hot keyboard, there is about a
> 20% chance you will loose the keyboard controller chip. This seems to do
> cumulative damage so you might survive once or twice but your chances go
> down rapidly after that.
> 
> Jim Berwick wrote:
> >
> > While it is not reccomended, I have never damaged a computer plugging in a
> > key board, mouse, speaker wire, printer, or phone line while the computer was
> > on.  The companies tell you not to so if you do, you can't sue them to fix
> > the problem for free.
> >
> > VIPRO wrote:
> >
> > > If there some possibility that the PS/2 port, mouse or some other part of
> > > the computer can be damaged by only plugging the mouse while the computer
> > > is on.  Why?
> > >
> > > Thanks
> > >
> > > Rene Suarez
> > >
> > > PD:Please reply to me... thanks
> >
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> > Jim Berwick
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