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Paul Hartman <paul.hartman+gentoo@×××××.com> wrote: |
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>On Tue, Sep 18, 2012 at 4:09 AM, Neil Bothwick <neil@××××××××××.uk> |
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>wrote: |
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>> Yes, I have blown a UART chip by hotplugging a serial cable, because |
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>I'd |
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>> got away with it before. |
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>The strangest thing I fried via hotplug was an Ethernet card via cat5 |
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>cable insertion! It made a little electrical "pop" sound and that was |
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>the end of that. |
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>Actually, I nearly fried myself once when hotplugging coaxial cable TV |
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>wire into my television while everything was powered on. The shock |
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>launched me -- caused me to launch myself, probably -- up into the air |
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>and against a door, fully upright, from a seated position on the |
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>floor. In case anyone is concerned: the TV was unharmed. :) |
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How was the door afterwards? ;) |
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I think the biggest risk is from powerspikes due to bad earthing of the devices. |
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