I'm told that connecting and/or disconnecting the speakers from the PC
w/o turning off the PC first could injure the PC or the speakers. Any
comment? Thanks.

In article <(E-Mail Removed)>, carter84
@embarqmail.com says...
>
> I'm told that connecting and/or disconnecting the speakers from the PC
> w/o turning off the PC first could injure the PC or the speakers. Any
> comment? Thanks.

Unless the speakers, powered, are shorted/broken to start with, there is
no problem and will not damage either.

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Carter Eggen wrote:
> I'm told that connecting and/or disconnecting the speakers from the PC
> w/o turning off the PC first could injure the PC or the speakers. Any
> comment? Thanks.
================================================
Personally, I do not think connecting / disconnecting speakers
while the system is running is a good idea but some users would
disagree...have a look at the following article:

What's hot-swappable or can be unplugged while computer is on?
http://www.computerhope.com/issues/ch001059.htm

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This is not tech support
I am a volunteer

Solutions that work for
me may not work for you

Proceed at your own risk

On May 25, 5:09*pm, "Carter Eggen" <carte...@embarqmail.com> wrote:
> I'm told that connecting and/or disconnecting the speakers from the PC
> *w/o turning off the PC first could injure the PC or the speakers. Any
> *comment? Thanks.

Yes, there is a "small" chance to damage the speakers. But, there is
also a chance to damage the speaker out jack and the sound card. The
audio cable has power and this power is just enough to possibly send a
"power spike" (too much power) or a "power brownout" (too little
power.) These "fluctuations" can be enough to "burn" the sound card
audio processor / jack.

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"Leythos" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> In article <(E-Mail Removed)>, carter84
> @embarqmail.com says...
>>
>> I'm told that connecting and/or disconnecting the speakers from the PC
>> w/o turning off the PC first could injure the PC or the speakers. Any
>> comment? Thanks.
>
> Unless the speakers, powered, are shorted/broken to start with, there is
> no problem and will not damage either.
>
> --
> - Igitur qui desiderat pacem, praeparet bellum.
> - Calling an illegal alien an "undocumented worker" is like calling a
> drug dealer an "unlicensed pharmacist"
> (E-Mail Removed) (remove 999 for proper email address)

In article <CIASl.61024$(E-Mail Removed)>, (E-Mail Removed)
says...
> abuse report sent to astraweb
>

And they will laugh at you for your complaint. Every complaint I've
filed against you PCBUTTS has been for a violation of the TOS from your
posting service. I've not violated my TOS/AUP once.

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Baloney
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On May 25, 5:09 pm, "Carter Eggen" <carte...@embarqmail.com> wrote:
> I'm told that connecting and/or disconnecting the speakers from the PC
> w/o turning off the PC first could injure the PC or the speakers. Any
> comment? Thanks.

Yes, there is a "small" chance to damage the speakers. But, there is
also a chance to damage the speaker out jack and the sound card. The
audio cable has power and this power is just enough to possibly send a
"power spike" (too much power) or a "power brownout" (too little
power.) These "fluctuations" can be enough to "burn" the sound card
audio processor / jack.

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says...
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As you can see, PCBUTTS continues to violate his TOS/AUP for malicious
reasons. The headers show that the above was not posted by myself and
that he's clearly violating his TOS/AUP.

Complaint filed with (E-Mail Removed), including headers.

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It is the same as if you were removing speakers from any device (iPod /
transistor radio). When 'unknown' says that the audio cable has 'power' the
moment you unplug it has none. Unless you use PC speakers with built-in
amplification, but then, the voltages are so small (> 10ma) that a
'brown-out' is not something that is going to happen.


==



Cheers, Tim Meddick, Peckham, London. :-)


"Carter Eggen" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> I'm told that connecting and/or disconnecting the speakers from the PC
> w/o turning off the PC first could injure the PC or the speakers. Any
> comment? Thanks.
>
>
>

I didn't say that!
"Tim Meddick" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> It is the same as if you were removing speakers from any device (iPod /
> transistor radio). When 'unknown' says that the audio cable has 'power'
> the moment you unplug it has none. Unless you use PC speakers with
> built-in amplification, but then, the voltages are so small (> 10ma) that
> a 'brown-out' is not something that is going to happen.
>
>
> ==
>
>
>
> Cheers, Tim Meddick, Peckham, London. :-)
>
>
> "Carter Eggen" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:(E-Mail Removed)...
>> I'm told that connecting and/or disconnecting the speakers from the PC
>> w/o turning off the PC first could injure the PC or the speakers. Any
>> comment? Thanks.
>>
>>
>>
>
>