Re: DOS all platforms

[Valdis.Kletnieks () vt edu]

On Fri, 23 Jan 2004 17:07:18 EST, James.Cupps () sappi com  said:
> I actually saw the refresh issue kill a monitor about 6 years back. NT4.0
> can't remember the service pack level. It wasn't a virus or DOS hack though
> it was a boneheaded admin. He then plugged that same machine (with the bad
> refresh rates) into another monitor and blew it to. Then he got fired. 

To be fair, if you learned your trade since the advent of multisync monitors,
you may not even be aware that once there were monitors too stupid to put up an
"out of range" logo if the hsync/vsync was totally bogus.

It's surprising that 6 years ago, the site had *two* monitors ancient enough to
be lacking the circuitry to protect them from that error.  They were probably
aged enough that they needed replacing anyhow.

This of course ties into the "user error" discussion on the other thread - is this
an error that *any* of us could have made, because "You can't toast a multisync
capable monitor that way"?  Who here actually *checks* each monitor they plug
in to make *sure* it's able to multisync?

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