can a malfunctioning computer monitor harm the computer's video card in
anyway? If the monitor goes completely black, can that harm the card if
the computer is left running? Thanks.

Anything is possible, but in my expirence a bad monitor won't hurt a video
card.

- Mike

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can a malfunctioning computer monitor harm the computer's video card in
anyway? If the monitor goes completely black, can that harm the card if
the computer is left running? Thanks.

"Michael Kennedy" wrote in message
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Anything is possible, but in my expirence a bad monitor won't hurt a video
card.

- Mike

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can a malfunctioning computer monitor harm the computer's video card in
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Its happened to me a few times, but then at the time I used to service
monitors for a living so I got all manner of weird & wonderful faults to
contend with!

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can a malfunctioning computer monitor harm the computer's video card in
anyway? If the monitor goes completely black, can that harm the card if
the computer is left running? Thanks.

highly unlikely, but nothings completely impossible.

NT

unless internal power shorts/high voltage were somehow routed straight to
the video cable sets/connectors, it is unlikely to cause damage

"Michael Kennedy" wrote in message
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Anything is possible, but in my expirence a bad monitor won't hurt a video
card.

- Mike

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can a malfunctioning computer monitor harm the computer's video card in
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On Wednesday 22 November 2006 11:48, ian field wrote:

"Michael Kennedy" wrote in message
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Anything is possible, but in my expirence a bad monitor won't hurt a
video card.

Its happened to me a few times, but then at the time I used to service
monitors for a living so I got all manner of weird & wonderful faults
to contend with!

I've seen a few cases where malfunctioning monitors caused computers to
completely freeze and have to be rebooted.

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On Wednesday 22 November 2006 11:48, ian field wrote:

"Michael Kennedy" wrote in message
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Anything is possible, but in my expirence a bad monitor won't hurt a
video card.

Its happened to me a few times, but then at the time I used to service
monitors for a living so I got all manner of weird & wonderful faults
to contend with!

I've seen a few cases where malfunctioning monitors caused computers to
completely freeze and have to be rebooted.

CRT flashover can do this or cause the PC to re-boot.

wrote:
can a malfunctioning computer monitor harm the computer's video card in
anyway? If the monitor goes completely black, can that harm the card if
the computer is left running? Thanks.



My friend once fried his new,expensive video card..He was juggling
cables/pc's around..went to re-connect the monitor cable to the PC,saw a
small spark between the monitor cable shield and the vid card connector
shield,Whatever it was it fried his vid card.
New card,and new-ish LCD monitor,he's now very careful about
connecting/disconnecting that monitor now.

"PhattyMo" wrote in message
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wrote:
can a malfunctioning computer monitor harm the computer's video card in
anyway? If the monitor goes completely black, can that harm the card if
the computer is left running? Thanks.



My friend once fried his new,expensive video card..He was juggling
cables/pc's around..went to re-connect the monitor cable to the PC,saw a
small spark between the monitor cable shield and the vid card connector
shield,Whatever it was it fried his vid card.
New card,and new-ish LCD monitor,he's now very careful about
connecting/disconnecting that monitor now.

Were either the monitor or computer 'hot'?