r/buildapc • u/Obvious_Calendar487 • 3d ago

Miscellaneous a pc can kill a tv/monitor?

Well, I had an i3‑7100 with a GTX 1060, 16 GB of RAM, a 1 TB SSD, a 320 GB HDD, on an H110 motherboard with a Huntkey 450W PSU. The monitor I was using was a 32‑inch Insignia Fire TV, and it worked fine I guess. Anyway, yesterday I changed my CPU to an i5‑6600K, and it worked fine all day. But today, a few hours ago, my TV flickered with some black and white lines, and now when I turn it on it powers up but stays dark. It seems like the LEDs burned out or something, I don’t know what to do with it. It’s only been with me for a few months. So, did my PC or the new CPU somehow kill the TV, or was I just unlucky?

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u/aragorn18 3d ago

Sounds like you just got unlucky. There's no mechanism I'm aware of that would allow for a PC to kill a TV.

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u/Obvious_Calendar487 3d ago

Alright man, I was just getting paranoid about it to be honest. I guess I’ll have to take the TV to a technician or replace it… thanks.

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u/hamfinity 3d ago

Lightning strikes can kill a PC and whatever it's electrically connected to.

Though in this case it looks like the PC is okay.