Re:Weird monitor bugs people sent me in the last 5 years
by Maursault on Sunday August 28, 2022 @02:03PM
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You might speed this up by unplugging the monitor, then holding down the monitor's power button for a few seconds to discharge its capacitors, then immediately plugging back in and powering-on. The only reason I can see to wait 5 minutes is so the capacitors will naturally discharge, but holding down the power button while the monitor is unplugged should immediately discharge them.
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Re:Weird monitor bugs people sent me in the last 5 years
by R0b0t1 on Sunday August 28, 2022 @04:48PM
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This is true only for some designs. It's possible you could have a power island that doesn't get discharged and also has no connection to any buttons when the board is nominally off, and that the things in that power island refuse to reset properly.
There's a whole area of electronics design related to this (unfortunately).