well guys, you might think i am phucked up in the head, but i have done
that before and the thing is " sometimes it works" depending on the
mobo chipset, hotplug.d and hardware quality.

it really can fry up the mobo, as well as kill the disc (totally
unusable).

But, i have swapped sound cards and internal modems, (NIC CARDS ARE NOT
AN OPTION YOU WILL ALWAYS GET A LOVELY KPANIC)

good mobos (the expensive ones) let you do such nasty things....