So... My monitor may be dying...

[Kodos]

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?

[panerd]

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?

[jeff061]

Degauss it?

[Kodos]

Degauss it?


Que?

[Eaglesfan27]

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?
Yes it would.

[Kodos]

It's no parody. My screen looks like a circular rainbow. Has anyone ever encountered this before?

[jeff061]

Gets rid of extra static electricity that can make funky things happen, should be an option on your monitor in the menus somewhere.

[Eaglesfan27]

It's no parody. My screen looks like a circular rainbow. Has anyone ever encountered this before?
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.

[Kodos]

Wow! Degauss did the trick. Thanks Jeff!

Here's what it looked like:

http://us.a1.yahoofs.com/users/427d2bdfz1ad3ceb/mail/__sr_/71c5re2.jpg?phYPC6DBEvpZ9hsG

[Craptacular]

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.
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.

[jeff061]

Yeah, my old monitor use to get blue and green tint if the speakers were to close to it.

[sterlingice]

Wow! Degauss did the trick. Thanks Jeff!

Here's what it looked like:

http://us.a1.yahoofs.com/users/427d2bdfz1ad3ceb/mail/__sr_/71c5re2.jpg?phYPC6DBEvpZ9hsGLinky does not worky

SI

[Kodos]

Yep. It worked for me last night at home, but not at work. Just picture a tie-dye screen and you'll have it.

[Kodos]

Maybe this one will work:

http://us.a1.yahoofs.com/users/427d2bdfz1ad3ceb/mail/__sr_/71c5re2.jpg?phgIR6DBp6XN9hsG

[PackerFanatic]

Damn, too late to this thread to be helpful :( heh...