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Changing Monitor..."newbie" Question

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madel

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Hi all - hopefully this is the right forum for this question...I'm really not sure what the difference between this "engineering" forum and the one referred to in the first topic is, so my apologies in advance!

This is probably a very very simple question to answer, but I work in a studio where the boss is pretty constantly elsewhere and this just doesn't seem like a big enough issue to bother him about if I can get it figured out on my own :)

Very simple task: I'm changing the computer monitor we use, but it's plugged into an APC Back-UPS XS 1300 device (back up power supply, if I've read up on it correctly?). 1 - Should I turn off the computer while I do this switch? 2 - Should I turn of the APC unit while I do this? 3 - Is there anything else I might need to know regarding this process?

See? Told ya it was a simple question. erm...question's'. Thanks in advance!
 
You don't have to turn the computer off, but you can if you want to. Changing the monitor won't disturb the computer, unless the resolution is something funky that the new monitor can't support - but that's highly unlikely.

Same goes for the APC UPS - it's unnecessary to turn it off. It's just an outlet with a battery basically. You can plug an unplug devices from it while it's plugged in and turned on all day long. Think of it like this - would you turn off the breaker to plug in a lamp?

Most likely you can use the same power cord for the new monitor as you had on the old one.

Hope this helps!
 
It does - thank you! I like the analogy :) I'm terribly new at all of this and radio has so many bits and pieces of equipment that I wasn't even certain I'd be safe to re-set-up the wireless internet network! ::) :)
 
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