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Is it safe to hot swap a PS/2 keyboard?

Fresh5 days ago
Mar 15, 202628113 views
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I've always powered down machine to change out PS/2 peripherals. Is it necessary?

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cite from wikipedia Hotplugging PS/2 ports are designed to connect the digital I/O lines of the microcontroller in the external device directly to the digital lines of the microcontroller on the motherboard. They are not designed to be hot swappable…

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