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From: marques@chopin.udel.edu (Joseph P. Marques)
Newsgroups: sci.electronics
Subject: Re: Degaussing monitors
Message-ID: <16996@chopin.udel.edu>
Date: 29 Apr 91 01:58:30 GMT
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In article <1991Apr28.122852.2307@dcs.simpact.com> jeh@dcs.simpact.com writes:
>In article <20887@brahms.udel.edu>, marques@brahms.udel.edu (Joseph P. Marques
>) writes:
>> I just recently picked up a monochrome monitor cheap, but it has one
>> annoying problem.  The screen arcs downward from right to left (- slope).
>> Its not too bad, but I want to fix it.  Does anyone know if I
>> can degauss this sucker myself, and how?  
>
>This is not likely to be a problem that will be cured by degaussing. 
>I've never heard of a monochrome monitor needing degaussing.  
>
You are right.  After seeing how a magnetic field warped the screen, I
figured that it couldn't be the sole cause of the problem.  So, I popped
open the sucker and (almost too simple to be true) the screen was
crooked.  This is one of those things when you just fall backwards and
want to scream.  Five minutes later, and she was good as new.

Well, its over and I'd just as soon forget that I wasted net bandwidth
on something I should have messed with further.

Thanks to those who responded.  The soldering gun trick helped fix the
minor edge warps a bit.

Joe Marques
marques@freezer.acs.udel.edu