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From: Steve Reid <steve@edmweb.com>
To: ANDRE BERNARD BAILEY <abbailey@netcom.ca>
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Subject: Re: Frying your monitor
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> I bought a FreeBSD from a book shop and while reading I found out that 
> I can fry my monitor. I am new to unix os and would like to know what 
> should I do not to fry my VGA monitor as I am at the stage where I am 
> ready to install.

I'm quite certain that simply installing FreeBSD won't fry your monitor. 

_After_ FreeBSD is installed and working, you may want to set up the
XFree86 window system. That _could_ fry your monitor if you tell it to use
frequencies higher than your monitor can handle. 

Disclaimer: Don't hold me accountable for anything that happens to your
system.