Please help - messed up colours on screen

Krynge · Wed 23/06/2004 14:32:32

Hey people - I haven't been on the forums for a while now coz of uni work (which some can relate to). Anyway, about a month ago I put one of my car speakers on a shelf near my comp. monitor and noticed that it made some strange patterns and the colours went all funny. (Magnetic fields from the magnet in contact with the CRT) I moved it away and the screen went back to normal. DON'T ASK ME WHY I DID THIS but I decided to put the speaker really close to the screen, and the colours spread out everywhere. I then moved the speaker away, but the colours were still messed up, then moved it closer again and again, and the colours were STILL messed up. Anyway there is a field of normal colours in the middle of the screen, a tinge of 'green' near the top parts, and a tinge of 'red' near the bottom. How do I fix this (if possible)?

I have tried with magnets and degaussing the screen but still no luck. While the colours looked "COOL" for the first week, its really starting to s**t me now, because nothing looks right. Can anyone suggest a solution or is it bin time???

Sam. · Wed 23/06/2004 15:42:36

happend to me dude. mine went away with a good bashing on top of my monitor. but if that doen't work then i suggest its bin time

switcharoo · Wed 23/06/2004 17:05:16

I had that problem as well, a bit of messing around with magnets and a swift thump to the side of the monitor sorted it though...

Looks like your best bet is to give it a sound beating then...

Note -
I accept no responsibility for breakages to your monitor / hand during the process suggested

Sam. · Wed 23/06/2004 17:07:57

QuoteI accept no responsibility for breakages to your monitor / hand during the process suggested

same here. but seriously give it ago.

BOYD1981 · Wed 23/06/2004 18:23:02

if you monitor has an On Screen Display, look for a Degauss option, see if that helps any

Al_Ninio · Wed 23/06/2004 18:26:23

BOYD:

Quote from: Krynge on Wed 23/06/2004 14:32:32
I have tried with magnets and degaussing the screen but still no luck.

RTFP.

Read the effin' post.

BOYD1981 · Wed 23/06/2004 22:22:40

i misread, i thought he said he tried to used magnets to degauss...
in that case, sounds like your monitor is fu- erm knackered, buy a new one, costs less than trying to get them fixed

Blackthorne · Wed 23/06/2004 22:39:36

Quote from: Highwaygal on Wed 23/06/2004 18:26:23
BOYD:

Quote from: Krynge on Wed 23/06/2004 14:32:32
I have tried with magnets and degaussing the screen but still no luck.

RTFP.

Read the effin' post.

The penis.... it slaps you.

Evil · Wed 23/06/2004 23:11:29

On many monitors theres a reset button. It moves the visual part of the screen back to its origional posisition. That usally fixes it. Have you tried unpluging the cord to the pc? You could also try to over static your screen. Leave you monitor on 24/7 and dont degauss it. After a week enough static will have been build up to zap it. Thats all the ideas I've got.

Krynge · Fri 25/06/2004 08:38:23

Well thanks to all for their help on this one - but alas to no avail. I have tried: using magnets; bashing the screen: from the top, from the sides, from the bottom, from the back/front, with a shoe, with a stick; unplugging/replugging the cable several times; leaving the monitor on for three days straight; resetting the OSD several times; degaussing MANY TIMES MORE all with no result.

I'd post a screenshot, but well er.. you get the point.

Anyhow, I think it's BIN TIME - such a shame though nice screen and all.

Just one more question - does anyone know if this problem can occur with FlatScreen monitors, or just CRT's?

Thanks again.