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| Thread ID: 54106 | 2005-02-04 03:43:00 | discolouring on monitor screen | amyes5 (2773) | Press F1 |
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| 321384 | 2005-02-04 03:43:00 | There has always been a pinky/mauvy patch on part of my monitor screen.This I have put down to "nearing its end".However upon connecting it to a different computer this is now no sign of the patch.Was there some thing wrong with the drivers? perhaps.Both computers are fairly new & both using the same version of windows.Any answers? | amyes5 (2773) | ||
| 321385 | 2005-02-04 03:48:00 | Usually it's only a magnetic contamination of the screen's shadow mask. Powering the monitor down for a while, and powering it up allows the "degauss" circuitry to operate which de-magnetises the screen Procimity to a magnetic field (unshielded speaker etc) will also cause the temporary effect. |
godfather (25) | ||
| 321386 | 2005-02-04 03:52:00 | Perhaps when connected to one computer it was nearer to speakers or other magnets.;) Such colour things are usually due to the electron beams being bent by external (or internal) magnetic fields. Internal fields are usually dealt with by the degaussing coil which is energised at turn on. |
Graham L (2) | ||
| 321387 | 2005-02-04 05:59:00 | Just out of interest: Firstly, did you ever turn it off completely, or has it been plugged in and switched on for years? Secondly, when you attached it to the second computer, was it still aligned in the same compass direction? If it was N-S and you changed it to E-W you might well get an improvement. I recently bought a secondhand 19" IBM monitor that looked very good in the seller's warehouse but discoloured down one side when installed in my office (a "white uniformity" problem). It was a screen internal tolerance issue and the identical exchange unit works fine with the same orientation that the first couldn't hack! Cheers Billy 8-{) |
Billy T (70) | ||
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