In a message dated 08/28/2002 20:25:56 Eastern Daylight Time,
david@AUDIOVISUALDEVICES.COM.AU writes:


> Hi Sid,
> It's not the power consumption as such, but the whole chip can oscillate and
> behave badly when you let inputs float. It's just like leaving unused
> inputs on
> CMOS gates floating - just asking for trouble. They (CMOS) have a habit of
> latching up, heating up and dying. The increased power consumption is just a
> symptom of the problem and should not be ignored.
> Regards...
>

For David

When I said I ignore them, what I really meant was to set them as outputs
then forget about them.  In a finished PC you you will probably never need
them, but it is nice to have an uncluttered pin available "just in case".
There have been times in the past when a wire jumper and a small program
change saved a complete circuit.

Ever been to Cook?

Cheers

Sid

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