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Is it possible for an LCD monitor to crash your computer?

Is it possible for an LCD monitor to crash your computer?

I'm at a loss to explain this one. I have a refurbished Samsung 24" monitor that, when connected to my desktop via DVI, seems to be crashing the computer. At the very least, it seems to be crashing the display driver, which has caused 2 BSODs. It also has been frequently blanking the screen (flashing black then back on).

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Guest [Entry]

"Short Answer: No...or at least not in this case.

Long Answer: I'm an idiot. I updated the BIOS before reinstalling Windows, which wiped out the memory tweaks. I eventually ran Memtest86+ on the system and sure enough it had a ton of errors.

It turns out that running 8GB (4 x 2GB) of DDR2 1066 at 1066 MHz in AMD systems is not an easy task, even if you've got DDR2 1066 RAM, CPU, and motherboard that can support it. I tried to get it stable at 1066 MHz, but couldn't. The solution was to drop the memory speed down to 800 MHz.

Given that the on-board video takes 256MB of system memory for itself, I'm confident this was the issue. The issue has disappeared since changing the memory speed, and the memory score in Windows 7 didn't even budge!"
Guest [Entry]

Are you able to check if you have a current flowing over the DVI connector? We once had a not-correctly-grounded display that, when connected to a different power plug than the computer obviously had a different phase or whatever. When we plugged the cable in, the computer would reset sometimes due to that current. After plugging both in the same wall-socket via a socket extender it worked better.