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    RickJ Posts: 7,762, Reputation: 864
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    Nov 8, 2006, 10:09 AM
    Monitor problem after magnet got too close!
    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...
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    Nov 8, 2006, 10:17 AM
    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
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    Nov 8, 2006, 10:19 AM
    Thanks. I'll try that when I get home.
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    Nov 8, 2006, 03:31 PM
    Thanks Marco. Degauss worked.

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