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Date: Tue, 12 Jun 2007 15:08:48 -0700 From: "David Schwartz" <davids@...master.com> To: linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, "R.F. Burns" <burnsrf@...il.com> Subject: Re: PC speaker > So, the idea was raised about seeing if there was a way to blow the PC > speaker by loading a kernel module. If so, a mass-deployment of a > kernel module overnight would take care of the PC speaker problem once > and for all. No way. None of the conceivable ways of burning out hardware are sufficiently safe to intentionally mass employ them like this. If you could overload the coil, the only imaginable way to burn out a speaker, it could start a fire. This risk is at least significant enough that it's easier to open the case than take it. DS - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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