Hello all, this is my first post here seeing as I cannot find further information on this issue anywhere. I fix pc's for locals to generate a little extra cash. I picked up a tower from a woman the other day that was giving her the driver does not support aero message after upgrading to windows 7. Thinking this should be an easy fix, I decided to plug it in to my laptop's VGA instead of diving out a monitor (currently in the middle of moving) and as soon as the connections touched there was a big arc spark, rendering my laptop completely useless.
She has not mentioned any other video issues other than the error message, the VGA on the laptop is used regularly, and the desktop still starts normally but I am afraid to plug the thing into anything else until I can isolate the issue.
I guess what I'm asking is has anyone ever heard of this or have any idea what would cause it?
My roommate has complained about going through a few light bulbs and suspects poor wiring in the home, but I am not convinced.
Any ideas would be greatly appreciated, thanks in advance, Dan
She has not mentioned any other video issues other than the error message, the VGA on the laptop is used regularly, and the desktop still starts normally but I am afraid to plug the thing into anything else until I can isolate the issue.
I guess what I'm asking is has anyone ever heard of this or have any idea what would cause it?
My roommate has complained about going through a few light bulbs and suspects poor wiring in the home, but I am not convinced.
Any ideas would be greatly appreciated, thanks in advance, Dan
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