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On Tue, Sep 18, 2012 at 3:21 PM, Dale <rdalek1967@×××××.com> wrote: |
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> Neil Bothwick wrote: |
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>> On Tue, 18 Sep 2012 13:30:52 -0500, Dale wrote: |
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>>>>> One would think that modern stuff would have some sort of protection. |
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>>>>> Odd. |
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>>>> indeed. The modern stuff with protection is called 'usb'. |
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>>> Well, I meant for the serial/parallel chips tho. Surely it can't be |
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>>> hard to at least keep them from blowing their fuse. |
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>> The problem is in the connectors, it's too easy to get a static discharge |
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>> when connecting them. USB has grounded shields over the connectors. |
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> Somewhat off topic, how about a monitor that uses the 15 pin connector? |
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> I try not to do those when something is powered up but have done it a |
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> couple times. Is that one safe to hotplug? I never thought about that |
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> until this came up. |
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VGA is not hot-pluggable by specification, but DVI and HDMI are hot-pluggable. |
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