[ale] Best way to get dual display working (take 2k)

[Scott Castaline]

> On Thu, Jan 6, 2011 at 6:53 AM, Paul Cartwright <ale at pcartwright.com 
> <mailto:ale at pcartwright.com>> wrote:
>
>     On 01/06/2011 12:35 AM, Greg Clifton wrote:
>     > I always prefer to grab a new video card out of the anti-static
>     bag by
>     > the mounting bracket which is attached to the ground plane of
>     the board
>     > and then touch the power supply in the computer with my other hand
>     > (while still holding the graphics card) to equalize the charge. Of
>     > course, it should go without saying that you should unplug the power
>     > cord to your power supply before you install the new card, but I
>     have
>     > been known to forget about the 5V standby power.
>
>     I would go one step further & grab the anti-static bag THEN touch the
>     power supply, THEN open the bag & grab the card by the bracket.
>     My mother just called me yesterday ( Hartford,CT). She was trying
>     to add
>     her printer to her new laptop. She said it went POP and the screen
>     went
>     blank. First I asked if she had it plugged into an UPS. After a small
>     exchange of questions, finally I got the answer YES. I also asked
>     about
>     humidity & static. She said it WAS staticy, as she had not turned
>     on her
>     humidifier yet. I told her how sensitive electronics are, and how she
>     should ground herself ( discharge) any static before touching the
>     laptop
>     case, otherwise BAD THINGS HAPPEN.... Anyway, turns out the
>     battery was
>     bad, she got a new one, and it is working again. I need to remind
>     her to
>     fire up the humidifier! Even down here in GA, my humidifier pumps out
>     about 3-4 gallons per day, I've got to fill those 1.2 gallon tanks 2-3
>     times every day!
>
>
>     --
>     Paul Cartwright
>     Registered Linux user # 367800
>     Registered Ubuntu User #12459
>
Just read your humidifier comments. I used to live in Florida and had 
participated in a demo/study at one of my jobs where we worked inside a 
factory/plant environment. Even though the outside air/humidity was 
around 67% - 80% normally we still had static problems inside. People 
tend to think that just because they live in a humid sub-tropical 
environment that's the outside, inside you normally have air 
conditioning, which is essentially a big dehumidifier. The study showed 
that our inside humidity was no more than 50%. Now a days those 
environment systems usually also have humidity controls as well as 
temperature.