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Is my monitor a fire hazard?

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The great news is, what happened to your brother's is extremely rare.  If you monitor is involved in your death with regards to a fire, it is more likely for you to die having tripped over it while escaping a house fire than the monitor being the source of the fire.  Please see my attached image for safety instructions.

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Hi all, I was a bit scared of my monitor after my brother’s started to smoke. It had some dead pixels so i assume there was a capacitor that swelled up inside. It’s an 11 year old hp ips lcd, (zr2240w)

Are there any precautions that I should take so mine doesn’t suffer the same fate, or even be a fire hazard?

thanks in advance!

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The great news is, what happened to your brother's is extremely rare.  If you monitor is involved in your death with regards to a fire, it is more likely for you to die having tripped over it while escaping a house fire than the monitor being the source of the fire.  Please see my attached image for safety instructions.

image.thumb.jpeg.47df3214a28bfc6a0be68eaf5d53791b.jpeg

It must be true, I read it on the internet...

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24 minutes ago, shoutingsteve said:

The great news is, what happened to your brother's is extremely rare.  If you monitor is involved in your death with regards to a fire, it is more likely for you to die having tripped over it while escaping a house fire than the monitor being the source of the fire.  Please see my attached image for safety instructions.

image.thumb.jpeg.47df3214a28bfc6a0be68eaf5d53791b.jpeg

SMH forgot to move my eyes meme gets a 0/10

I would like some sources tho before I can sleep at night

check your cables!
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