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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 10/29/2013 11:31 PM, Aaron Ruscetta
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<pre wrap="">I'm concerned that there may be something in the video settings
or Xconfig or Dell graphics card that is stressing these monitors
to death. I know that with some of the CRT's it was possible to
fry them with bad horizontal and vertical frequency settings. Any
one hear of or experience this with LCD panels?
Could totally be coincidence, but I'd rather not burn up any more
of my spare screens, so any thoughts appreciated.</pre>
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It seems unlikely; CRTs had issues because the hardware could
physically be damaged with incorrect/improper settings and typically
were not smart enough to ignore modes they couldn't handle. All
flat-screen displays, even first-generation ones (and particular
first-gen ones, as they were overly paranoid) will refuse to display
anything that they can't.<br>
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Are these devices being plugged into anything that may be
electrically malfunctioning? While the display mode won't trash the
monitor, and electrical problem in the computer (e.g., where
excessive voltage or current are actually going to the VGA/DVI port)
could cause a problem. However, the only situations where I've seen
that happen tend to destroy the graphics board and/or system
motherboard, too. In other words, usually such a situation takes
the computer with it.<br>
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Of course, these being older monitors as well, it could just be
Their Time™.<br>
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— Mike<br>
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