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- From: ressler@galileo.ifa.hawaii.edu (Mike "IR" Ressler)
- Subject: Summary: How to degauss color monitor with no degauss button?
- Message-ID: <1992Aug15.072213.351@news.Hawaii.Edu>
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- Organization: UH IfA and NASA Infrared Telescope Facility
- Date: Sat, 15 Aug 1992 07:22:13 GMT
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- Thanks to the many who posted or e-mailed about my degaussing problem. I
- tried to respond to everyone who sent e-mail. If I missed you, please
- accept my apologies and my thanks.
-
- There were three common themes to the responses:
-
- 1) Most modern color monitors have a built-in degausser that kicks in when
- the power is turned on. This appears to be the case with my monitor, since
- I noted some brief degaussing activity if I fiddled with the on/off switch
- just right. Repeated power cycling (on for 3 seconds, off for about 30)
- seems to have fixed things quite nicely - at least my letters are the same
- width all the way across my screen now and the color is more uniform.
-
- 2) If you really want to degauss things right, get your hands on a large,
- degaussing coil, or take it too a TV repair place which has such a device.
- This is the (mostly) fool-proof method if #1 is not available.
-
- 3) Bulk erasers/demagnetization wands might work, but they might make
- things worse. It depends how careful you are in making a uniform mag field
- pattern. Not recommended unless you are a hacker at heart :-)
-
- Thanks again. Things are much improved ...
-
- Mike
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- Mike Ressler - Infrared Photon Jockey ressler@galileo.ifa.hawaii.edu
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