One of my kids "swiped" over the screen of my monitor (crt) with a powerful magnet thinking that seeing all that wobbling of the stuff on the screen was funny.

Now there's a sort of a rainbow and a dark area burned into it. :eek:

Is this permanent? :(

Your answers will dictate how serious his punishment is...

Ahh. I bet it was a neodynmium magnet.. see if your monitor has a de-gauss feature in its menu. This can neturalize the magnetic field.

http://www.webopedia.com/TERM/D/degauss.html

Thanks. I'll try that when I get home.

Thanks Marco. Degauss worked.

You should be able to hear my son's big sigh of relief... and mine too! :p