I have a Palm Vx which charges its battery everytime you place it in the cradle.
There is a mains adapter which plugs straight into the serial cable/adapter which then goes into the serial port on my pc (as oppose to plugging into the cradle itself).
This could explain how a _higher_ voltage could make it to the motherboard. I'm not sure what the voltage is because I don't have the cradle with me.
What you then have is essentially a mains/power adapter feeding straight into your serial port and then straight to the motherboard.
The consequences of connecting the two together with everything switched on is probably similar to connecting a live SCSI cable to a SCSI interface - lots of sparks and a real p**sed off motherboard.
just a thought.
Maybe I'll turn all my gear off next time I plug my cradle in - just in case;)
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I have a Palm Vx which charges its battery everytime you place it in the cradle. There is a mains adapter which plugs straight into the serial cable/adapter which then goes into the serial port on my pc (as oppose to plugging into the cradle itself). This could explain how a _higher_ voltage could make it to the motherboard. I'm not sure what the voltage is because I don't have the cradle with me. What you then have is essentially a mains/power adapter feeding straight into your serial port and then straight to the motherboard. The consequences of connecting the two together with everything switched on is probably similar to connecting a live SCSI cable to a SCSI interface - lots of sparks and a real p**sed off motherboard. just a thought. Maybe I'll turn all my gear off next time I plug my cradle in - just in case ;)