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From: ldstern@rodan.acs.syr.edu (Larry Stern)
Newsgroups: sci.electronics
Subject: Re: Degaussing monitors
Message-ID: <1991Apr29.123609.23234@rodan.acs.syr.edu>
Date: 29 Apr 91 12:36:09 GMT
References: <20887@brahms.udel.edu> <1991Apr28.122852.2307@dcs.simpact.com> <16996@chopin.udel.edu>
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In article <16996@chopin.udel.edu> marques@chopin.udel.edu (Joseph P. Marques) writes:
>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

Just for the curious- degaussing is not for monochrome monitors because it
is the shadow mask (in a color monitor) that gets magnetized.

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Larry Stern                                  LDSTERN@RODAN.ACS.SYR.EDU