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Title: Monitor problems
Post by: KDOG on March 29, 2006, 11:53:55 am

 having  a Problem with my new monitor. The bottom left corner of the picture looks discolored almost like it is dirty.So I used a mointor test program and notice some things. The top left corner jets in like 5 degrees and I can't correct it with the osd. Also the corner that looked dirty can't saturate its colors. It looks like there is a magnet is being held by it. Other than that monitor looks good.

Title: Re: Monitor problems
Post by: KDOG on March 29, 2006, 12:00:08 pm

more pics

Title: Re: Monitor problems
Post by: grantspain on March 29, 2006, 12:30:35 pm

its a degauss issue,try rotating the monitor by 90 degrees see if it helps,otherwise you could have a fault on the degauss circiut or a magnetised frame/bolt

Title: Re: Monitor problems
Post by: RayB on March 29, 2006, 04:54:52 pm

What kind of monitor?

Usually these problems go away on their own after a while.

Title: Re: Monitor problems
Post by: Ken Layton on March 29, 2006, 06:14:18 pm

Your monitor needs to be manually degaussed with a hand degausser coil.

Title: Re: Monitor problems
Post by: KDOG on March 30, 2006, 12:41:27 am

Thanks for the info Ray, grantspain, and ken. This is my first arcade monitor so I didn't mess it up by doing some thing wrong. I did try the built in dedauss but it only helped a little. Where would you buy a degausser coil at ? I know there is a way to make your own some where in the fourm.

edit
Ray it is a billabs bl27cb1t goes up to 800x600

Title: Re: Monitor problems
Post by: mj147 on March 31, 2006, 04:27:53 pm

Heyas Kdog

I recently had your same problem but my monitor wasnt able to completly degausse itself.

I happen to remember a G4 program (Attack of the show) that showed you how to make your degausser (sp?)

http://www.g4tv.com/attackoftheshow/blog/AOTB/post/466253/Screw_This_Degaussing_Drill.html  (http://www.g4tv.com/attackoftheshow/blog/AOTB/post/466253/Screw_This_Degaussing_Drill.html)

http://66.102.7.104/search?q=cache:obDIrdibqkgJ:woil.ws/fixmonitor/+magnet+drill+degauss&hl=en&client=firefox-a (http://66.102.7.104/search?q=cache:obDIrdibqkgJ:woil.ws/fixmonitor/+magnet+drill+degauss&hl=en&client=firefox-a)


One is a vid and other is instructions


Hope this helps

Mj147

Title: Re: Monitor problems
Post by: Circo on April 01, 2006, 05:01:19 pm

I picked up a degausser on ebay for about $25 a few months ago, it was used but it got the job done.