hemyd wrote:

"Chris" wrote in
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Hi there,

Silly question time - can a faulty graphics card damage the HV side of a
CRT monitor? I would have said no, but having read the monitor repair
FAQ wanted to double check.


Silly answer time, Chris. Once I had a 17" monitor, and I accidentally left
it running on some unsupported resolution/scanning frequency combination.
The raster was black with a slight whistling noise. Then there was a burning
smell and I later found the HOT was blown. Coincidence? Maybe, but I've
always had this suspicion that the unsupported settings on the video card
did the damage (there are warnings in some card manuals that some settings
may damage the monitor).

Henry
Australia

Thanks Henry - the video card settings I was using were supported, and I
had a display the whole time, which I thought would have meant that the
video card was ok - two monitors just seems to be too much of an
(expensive) coincidence).

Thanks,

Chris.

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