Mike Raiford <"m[raiford]!at"@gmail.com> wrote:
> clipka wrote:
>
> > - Only a few days later (using a spare 15" LCD meanwhile), computer fails to
> > boot up: Cannot find operating system; mainboard still detects that there is
> > *some* SATA device connected, but fails to make out any details; swapping SATA
> > ports with the CD/DVD drive (which was detected ok) doesn't change a thing:
> > Hard disk electronics dead, after only a few days.
>
> Was it the monitor that took out the computer or the computer that took
> out the monitor?

In all likelyhood it were independent acts of suicide.

I was a bit worried that the computer might have fried the display, but they
gave it some thorough checking at the shop and found no fault. As both display
and hard disk were replaced free of charge, I also had no reason to try find or
construct any connection between the two events.

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