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Date: Fri, 5 Jun 1998 17:48:08 -0700
From: Shawn Ramsey <shawn@cpl.net>
To: Kerby Smith <kerby@bengali.npl.com>, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject: Re: frying monitors
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> hi, sorry if i did this whole thing wrong, this is my first time writing to
> a help thingy hehe... im VERY new to FreeBSD... so new i havent even
> installed it yet... but was reading some so i could learn some stuff new
> people have problems with before *i* start.
> 
> i had a question about this:
> 
> run xf86config as root (very carefully! a wrong answer can fry
> your monitor so run it again if you made a mistake)
> 
> setting it up wrong can LITERALLY fry my monitor!? i mean like, to where it
> explodes, smokes, or stuff like that? things that i have to buy a new
> monitor for!? sorry to seem so shocked, i just, have never heard of software
> having the ability to kill someone's monitor (and im kinda worried now cause
> i have a expensive 17" heh)
> 
> thanks alot
> kerby smith :)

I ran an old 14" monitor with the wrong refresh rate, and now it has yellow
lines running thru it. Make sure you specify the proper refresh rates!


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