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can a plasma TV destroy an HTPC? it looks like it did.

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Leeoniya

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i built an HTPC a while back for someone. they used a wireless mouse and keyboard, and the transmitter for this combo died shortly afterwards, and the transmission range was way too low...that is until i moved it away from their plasma TV, then everything was OK.

a little while later the transmitter just stopped working. it looked like it was working, but it died., i replaced it with a new one and it would only work when moved away from the plasma tv.

a few months back, the PC stopped booting and started throwing out funky colors through the video card right after POST and froze. once again, this was solved by moving the HTPC to a lower deck in the setup...farther from the plasma display.

they just called me up today and said that the HTPC died entirely, i haven't been out there yet.

can anyone help me out? could a plasma TV do this, and if so, what specifically would i need to replace now....what does it "irradiate"?

Leon
 
No, they probably are just running it without a surge suppressor, or in a cabinet/rack without good airflow, or the HTPC case is a bad design (not enough fans, etc.).

Plasma TVs do not beam deadly waves of tachyon particles at your PC.
 
Plasmas are pretty bad for putting a lot of IR interference out into the room. It will basically flood the place with IR light making it very difficult for the wireless setup to work if it uses IR.

Bluetooth might be a better way to go for wireless keyboard/mouse in this case.
 
Could be a video card sync issue. Most plasmas do not match a PC video card output 1 for 1 as far as resolution and frequency. That would be something to check.
 
Originally posted by: d3n
Plasmas are pretty bad for putting a lot of IR interference out into the room. It will basically flood the place with IR light making it very difficult for the wireless setup to work if it uses IR.

Bluetooth might be a better way to go for wireless keyboard/mouse in this case.
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If it was as bad as you describe I doubt it would meet FCC regulations
 
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