Not a good idea to disconnect a device while current is flowing, although I have removed monitor plugs inadvertantly and reconnected without occurence. A better solution to split a monitors usage between two computers would be a KVM switch.
Is it possible to simply disconnect a monitor from one computer, and hook it up to another without shutting the currect computer down? Is simply shutting the monitor off sufficient?
~Dave

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