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Graham Sutherland🎃 / Polynomial.pdf.exegsuberland@chaos.social
Oct 14, 2026, 8:57 PM
@foone back in the 2000s my brother's GPU died from unplugging the DVI connector while the computer was switched on. we later found a tiny line in the manual that said it was not hot-pluggable. we got a warranty replacement anyway because lmao what.
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Graham Sutherland🎃 / Polynomial.pdf.exegsuberland@chaos.social
Oct 14, 2026, 8:58 PM
@foone my guess is maybe ESD caused it, but honestly I've got no clue how that particular failure occurred.
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Hamish M (VK3FSB)hmoffatt@mastodon.au
Oct 14, 2026, 10:23 PM
@gsuberland @foone maybe due to the order the pins disconnected, causing current to flow in unexpected ways?
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Graham Sutherland🎃 / Polynomial.pdf.exegsuberland@chaos.social
Oct 14, 2026, 10:25 PM
@hmoffatt @foone I can't think of a single way that would occur on a DVI interface.
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