Yesterday my son said, "Hey Dad, co 1

[dpaulson]

Yesterday my son said, "Hey Dad, come here.. This is cool" When I went in the room he was holding a magnet close to the screen, pulling the picture out of shape. I stopped him immediately, but now I have patches in the screen where the color is whacked. Do I live with this, or is there a way to repair it?
David Paulson

 

[Visitor]

Do a reset on the monitor or degauss?

 

[dpaulson]

Thanks
David Paulson

 

[KnowlesTech]

If the above technique doesn't work go to your local TV repair shop and they can loan you an electrical deguass gun the is an electromagnet that you hold close to the screen and turn it on and then back away from the screen slowly and it will fix this. My son did this to our TV and it took awhile but I found freind who had one of these devices and it worked in about 2 seconds.
Good Luck!
Master Frodo

 

[Guest_imported]

and for what it is worth an electrcal degausser or bulk tape demagnetizer should not be kept or used in the same ROOM as your computer or any floppies!!

 

[kjonnnnn]

Plus, if he didnt do it for TOO long a time, the color will come back.

I discovered that with speakers next to me TV.

 

[hotfusion]

It will go on it's own because every time you switch on your monitor it runs the de-gauss routine, eventually neutralising even these intense magnetic fields. ( this is normally to remove residual magnetism caused by the Earth's magnetic field )

 

[jakrabit]

whoah... way to resurrect a dead thread... Shane
and now for the impressive abbreviations:
DOA, SOL, AWOL, PEBKAC, id10t, FUBAR