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So... My monitor may be dying...
I turn on the ol' family computer today, and there are rainbow colors radiating in a circle from the center, which looks washed out, but otherwise normal. Monitor in death throws?
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02-06-2006, 08:21 PM
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At first I thought this was a parody thread of someone's mom dying. Then I thought that would be way too low. Wouldn't it?
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02-06-2006, 08:33 PM
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Degauss it?
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02-06-2006, 08:46 PM
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Join Date: Jun 2001
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02-06-2006, 09:00 PM
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02-06-2006, 09:32 PM
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Join Date: Jun 2001
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It's no parody. My screen looks like a circular rainbow. Has anyone ever encountered this before?
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02-06-2006, 09:38 PM
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Join Date: Nov 2003
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Gets rid of extra static electricity that can make funky things happen, should be an option on your monitor in the menus somewhere.
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02-06-2006, 09:38 PM
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I saw something similar to that with a VERY old monitor when a magnet was dragged across its screen. However, that was a long time ago. I don't know if current monitors would react the same way.
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02-06-2006, 10:15 PM
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Join Date: Jun 2001
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Wow! Degauss did the trick. Thanks Jeff!
Here's what it looked like: http://us.a1.yahoofs.com/users/427d2...YPC6DBEvpZ9hsG Last edited by Kodos : 02-06-2006 at 10:16 PM. |
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02-06-2006, 10:58 PM
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Join Date: Oct 2001
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Although Kodos' problem has been solved, I wanted to respond to this. Any color CRT tube can be f-ed up by a magnet. The "newer" monitors and TVs have the degauss coil built in to help fix this. I remember my teacher demonstrating this phenomenon in middle or high school. He screwed up the screen with a magnet, then had some special coil of wire that he moved in circles in front of the screen to fix it. |
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02-07-2006, 04:59 AM
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Yeah, my old monitor use to get blue and green tint if the speakers were to close to it.
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02-07-2006, 02:21 PM
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02-07-2006, 02:57 PM
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Join Date: Jun 2001
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Yep. It worked for me last night at home, but not at work. Just picture a tie-dye screen and you'll have it.
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02-07-2006, 03:00 PM
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heh...
