Re: Safely swap monitors?


"jakdedert" <jdedert@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> "Choreboy" <choreboyREMOVE@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> > Neighbors have a computer that won't work after a lightning strike.
> > With the video cable connected, the monitor stays black and in the
> > standby mode. There are howls from the speakers, like feedback. With
> > the cable disconnected, the monitor will briefly show a notice that it's
> > not connected. There are no howls from the speakers although the mic
> > cable remains connected.
> >
> > With the power off, I checked the pins of the monitor cable to see that
> > the grounding pins were grounded and the signal pins were not. One
> > grounding pin is open, so it seems certain that the monitor is damaged.
> >
> > The next step would be to try another monitor to see if there's other
> > damage to the system. In case the computer's video card is damaged, can
> > a monitor be damaged by plugging in to it?
>
> 'Probably' not, but why not try plugging their monitor into your computer?
> That's extremely unlikely to cause any damage. Then, I'd take
*everything*
> out of the neighbor's computer, except the vid card...unplug memory, all
> drives including floppy...just leave in the CPU and vid card.
>


Actually I'd be more concerned about that causing damage than the other way
around, but realistically either way should be fine.


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