Xref: utzoo comp.periphs:2324 comp.sys.ibm.pc:39081 Path: utzoo!attcan!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!uunet!mitel!sce!cognos!georgeh From: georgeh@cognos.UUCP (George Hagilaris) Newsgroups: comp.periphs,comp.sys.ibm.pc Subject: Strange monitor problem (glow forming on monitor) Message-ID: <7592@cognos.UUCP> Date: 29 Nov 89 03:19:41 GMT Reply-To: georgeh@cognos.UUCP (George Hagilaris) Followup-To: comp.periphs Organization: Cognos Inc., Ottawa, Canada Lines: 28 Hi. A friend of mine is having a strange problem with his monitor and I was wondering if someone on the net may have an idea of what is causing it. The monitor is a monochrome graphic display Packard Bell monitor. The model number is PB 1272A. He has it hooked up to an XT clone (IBC) with a Hercules card. The problem is that a faint amber glow (it's an amber monitor) is forming on the upper right side of the screen. The glow sometimes gets brighter and then fades away again. Sometimes the glow will flicker a bit. The monitor is still useable since the text is still brighter than the glow is, but the problem is starting to get worse. When it's at its brightest, the glow will cover almost half the screen, but that doesn't last very long (and the text is still brighter). Does anyone have any idea what the cause might be? Someone mentioned to my friend that some kind of magnetic field may have formed and that the monitor needs to be de-Gaussed (sp?). If this is true, how do you go about de-gaussing a monitor? Is it possible that it could be a problem with the graphics card (doesn't seem like it)? The monitor is just over a year old and the problem has never occurred before. The problem _just_ started about an hour ago, so it could get a lot worse very soon. If anyone has any ideas, please help. Thanks. George -- _ _ _ _ _ George Hagilaris / / \ / _ |\ | / \ |_ UUCP: uunet!mitel!sce!cognos!georgeh \_ \_/ \_| | \| \_/ _| INC. Brought to you by Super Global Mega Corp .com