Letting the smoke out of electronic components can certainly be a fun activity
sometimes. However, putting the smoke back in can be a very time consuming and
sometimes expensive task.

"Kevin Smith [kc7eph]" wrote:

> Maybe not catch fire in reality, but you certainly can smoke it!
> Overdriving the scanning capabilities on a monitor that can't compensate, is
> to say the least, fatal.
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Giffin Ron-P08295" <Ron.Giffin@motorola.com>
> To: <plug-discuss@lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us>
> Sent: Tuesday, February 08, 2000 9:53 AM
> Subject: RE: VooDoo3 2000
>
> > <snip>
> > I'd like to see an elder monitor overdriven till it caught fire.  That
> > would be cool.
> > <snip>
> >
> > Can this really happen?  What, smoke, crackle, smell?  Have seen the
> > warnings, but never saw it nor know of anyone who has.  Great idea
> > for a put-on.  Blame it on a poor unsuspecting user.
> >
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