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Title: HELP! My monitor is FRIED
Post by: Jabba on March 05, 2004, 10:19:44 am: If I could smack myself, I would >:(

I installed an "UN-SHIELDED" 6" speakers in my cabinet under the marquee shelf. I didn't even know I had to worry if speakers were shielded or not! Well, to make a long story short, I turned on my monitor and there is a Pulply-Orangy defect on the left side of the monitor. Kinda like there was a magnet in front of that area of the screen. I hit the degause button like 20 times and nothing happened. I left the monitor alone for a couple of weeks and degaused again and still no luck ???

It is my 19" monitor. I will hate to have to toss this thing. Anyone have any ideas PLEASE???

Not sure, should I be posting this type of question in Monitor/Video section?

Thanks,

Garry
Title: Re:HELP! My monitor is FRIED
Post by: PacManFan on March 05, 2004, 10:22:55 am: Shield or move those speakers right away. Your monitor will be fine. Keep deguassing it. It may take a week for the color distortion to fade, but it will.

-PMF
Title: Re:HELP! My monitor is FRIED
Post by: Jabba on March 05, 2004, 10:26:26 am: Quote from: PacManFan on March 05, 2004, 10:22:55 am
Shield or move those speakers right away. Your monitor will be fine. Keep deguassing it. It may take a week for the color distortion to fade, but it will.

-PMF

Thanks PacManFan for the quick reply. They were moved (almost to the trash bin...) since. Its already been two weeks. Should I keep degausing (i.e., pressing the software degause button a few times every day until it goes away? Is this a factor of the number of times degaused or length of time? What is a Bob Roberts degause wand? Thanks
Title: Re:HELP! My monitor is FRIED
Post by: Edgedamage on March 05, 2004, 10:31:43 am: Tisk Tisk if you lived in toronto I could fix your monitor in 3sec I have a degauss wand.
Title: Re:HELP! My monitor is FRIED
Post by: Stingray on March 05, 2004, 10:42:18 am: This sounds like a job for a degauss wand. Since youseem to not have one you can always haul your monitor to a local TV repair place, they can do it for you.

-S
Title: Re:HELP! My monitor is FRIED
Post by: Edgedamage on March 05, 2004, 10:46:00 am: Also do the poor man's degauss wand use a corded drill.
Title: Re:HELP! My monitor is FRIED
Post by: Zakk on March 05, 2004, 10:54:08 am: Corded drill? Really? Now that's a neat trick if it works, how about a 24V cordless?
Title: Re:HELP! My monitor is FRIED
Post by: Jabba on March 05, 2004, 11:00:12 am: Quote from: Edgedamage on March 05, 2004, 10:46:00 am
Also do the poor man's degauss wand use a corded drill.
I have a corded drill. What exactly do I do with it (no jokes please... ;D)
Title: Re:HELP! My monitor is FRIED
Post by: Ken Layton on March 05, 2004, 11:40:50 am: Just buy the manual degauss coil that Bob Roberts sells. It is much more powerful than the internal one on the monitor.