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To: Clarence Dodge who wrote (4485)	12/28/1998 11:58:00 PM
From: Zeuspaul	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 14778

I can't hot-swap the monitor..... can I? I've got the Cornerstone coming soon. I do not know...my GUESS is it would not hurt it. I have done it with no known consequences..sometimes I remove and replace a monitor connection to improve a bad connection. I have hot swapped monitor plugs in a dual monitor configuration. Running a ground wire between the two computers might be prudent to maintain the same static charge (naturally shutting everything off is the safest approach). Yeah.... I'd better wait til the AM to get into the BIOS stuff... I'm too beat now to be boogying in the BIOS<g> You have "seen the BIOS". Wise move to wait for a clear mind. I used to be awed by the BIOS...so this is where they hide all the good stuff..am I supposed to be looking around in here? Now it is the first place I look in a new computer. Basic stuff like ..numberlock on boot.. keyboard speed.. harddrive boot select.. and of course a bunch of stuff I ain't gotta clue about. Zeuspaul

To: Clarence Dodge who wrote (4485)	12/29/1998 10:24:00 AM
From: Spots	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 14778

>>I can't hot-swap the monitor..... can I? I've got the Cornerstone comming soon. Sure you can. The only restriction is that the new monitor has to be able to handle the settings the old one was running on. Unless you were running very high res and high vertical refresh, that will almost certainly not be a problem, especially if the current monitor is a few years old. Even if the new monitor won't sync at the old setting, all you have to do is put the old one back and adjust the display properities; you are VERY unlikely to hurt a modern monitor by feeding it a poison sync signal. Your new monitor's manual will tell you what resolution/refresh rates it will support. The monitor is not in itself sensitive to color depth, but the video card is (will support higher refresh rates at lower color depths). BTW, exactly the same thing will be true if you turn it off, change monitors, then turn it back on. The new monitor will still have to operate at the old settings. Finally, your video card probably has a monitor database which contains the settings of most current monitors. Did you get a Matrox? If so (and its driver is installed), right click anywhere on the desk top, choose MGA Display properties, go to the Monitor tab, and check the MGA Monitor check box. You will see a list of monitors in the database. If it has yours, it will show you compatible settings. I have to admit I don't see Cornerstone in my Matrox database. (If you don't have MGA Display properties, the Matrox driver isn't loaded. You can download the current driver from their web site.) NOTE: The preceding paragraph is specific to Matrox cards with unified drivers. If you don't see MGA properties when you right click the desktop, none of it applies. You can still look up compatible settings in the monitor manual though. I see by typing along here I've made a nit sound like a big deal. Just swap the monitor and it's 20 to 1 it will work; if it doesn't, swap back and play with the settings till it does. Spots