Handbook update: HorizSync and VertRefresh

Benjamin Kaduk bjk at freebsd.org
Thu Jul 5 00:56:55 UTC 2012


On Tue, 3 Jul 2012, Warren Block wrote:

> On Wed, 4 Jul 2012, Benjamin Kaduk wrote:
>
>> One does hear the occasional tale of a CRT which exploded when the wrong
>> frequencies were configured ... it might be worth mentioning that guessing
>> values could lead to hardware damage.
>
> It's such a rare situation that I'm hesitant to mention it.  This might
> be better:
>
>   Most monitors support sync frequency autodetection, making
>   manual entry of these values unnecessary.  For the few
>   monitors that do not support autodetection, avoid potential
>   damage by only entering values provided by the manufacturer.

Fine by me -- thanks.

-Ben



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