Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!evax!finger From: finger@evax.arl.utexas.edu (Jay Finger) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next Subject: Re: Monitor Adjestment Message-ID: <1991Feb13.080815.19892@evax.arl.utexas.edu> Date: 13 Feb 91 08:08:15 GMT References: <3448@gmuvax2.gmu.edu> Organization: Computer Science Engineering Univ. of Texas at Arlington Lines: 45 In article <3448@gmuvax2.gmu.edu> ppham@gmuvax2.UUCP ( ) writes: >My 17inch NeXT monitor is crooked at the edges, I took it in for adjustment >but instead of the corners shearing upwards, they are now shearing downwards >although my cable is slightly bent in the back, straighting it out doesn't >help. Did you know that putting a 180 degree twist in the cable will invert the video and make your sound files play backwards :-) >There is no source of magnitism around or near my computer other then >my modem and phone. There is too a source of magnetism: you've got a planet with a fairly decent sized magnetic field sitting underneath it. This ain't a joke. You'll get different distortions depending on where the monitor is sitting and what direction it's pointing. Try rotating the monitor 180 degrees. That's good enough to make a visible difference in most locations. The people who adjusted it may have done a perfect job, but unless they did it in your office/betroom/whatever, it doesn't matter much. >Anyone know Anything more about this ? How can I adjust the monitor myself ? Sure, you can adjust the monitor yourself. But it involves moving around several little magnets which are mounted on the yoke (it least it does on most CRTs, I haven't seen the inside of a MegaPixel yet). This is kind of a black art: each magnet affects all the others, so moving one affects the one you moved you before, so it gets moved again, etc. Monitors also have extremely high voltages inside them, which need to be discharged before you start mucking around. This is all real easy if you know how, and not too bad if you've seen someone else do it and know something about why it all gets done. But if you don't now how to do all this, then have someone else do it for you. It has a much better chance of working that way, and both you and the monitor will be much safer. I could explain how to do it here, but them someone will manage to zap themselves anyhow, and I'll be on the receiving end of a lawsuit. So I'll just shut up now. -- Jay Finger #include finger@evax.uta.edu finger@csun5.uta.edu b645zai@utarlg.uta.edu