On Thu, Mar 31, 2011 at 10:33 AM, Klistvud <quotati...@aliceadsl.fr> wrote:
Dne, 31. 03. 2011 16:17:57 je Johann Spies napisal(a): > > I have a Dell Latitute E6410 and have a mixture of Testing and Sid on it. >> Recently I got an external Dell flatscreen. >> >> It happened several times now that when I connect the screen to my >> computer >> while it is running, it freezes and I have to push the power button two >> switch if off. >> > > You actually connect the screen *while* the computer is running? > Unmless some modern Plug'n'Pray has been invented while I've been sleeping, > the last I remember, by doing that you could fry your monitor, or your > computer, or both. > I guess that's still valid -- for the VGA port/connector at least? > > <snip> > > -- > Cheerio, > > Klistvud http://bufferoverflow.tiddlyspot.com > Certifiable Loonix User #481801 Please reply to the list, not to me. > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-laptop-requ...@lists.debian.org > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact > listmas...@lists.debian.org > Archive: http://lists.debian.org/1301582016.3768.2@compax > > I have an old NEC 17in monitor that I've plugged in to running systems repeatedly, for years with no ill effects and in all my years of bring a geekmonkey, I've never actually heard of that, in fact I (and several friends) was(/were) expressly taught that this behavior is safe and acceptable (It would be no different from a KVM switching one device off to activate another (by device I mean a monitor.) Aside from some bazaar electrical issue with improperly grounded and protected devices that should be perfectly safe as your not providing power of VGA/DVI/HDMI, so the electrical output would be easily shielded to prevent such things .... Just my $0.02 (I am not an electrician, just basing this on ~20 yrs of experience.) -- Did you know... If you play a Windows 2000 CD backwards, you hear satanic messages, but what's worse is when you play it forward.... ...it installs Windows 2000 -- Alfred Perlstein on chat at freebsd.org
