[pchelpers] Re: Monitor wobbles
- From: "Ed" <edwest@xxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <pchelpers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 18 Jan 2004 11:31:33 -0500
That's the way my monitor is, Scott. I have a button for that.
Your addition to my info is greatly appreciated.
I'm waiting for LCD's to come down in price:~ )
From: "Scott McNay" <Wizard@xxxxxxxx>
> Some monitors don't degauss automatically at turn-on, but instead have
> a degauss button, or degauss option on the OSD, or will degauss if you
> turn the monitor off and back on immediately. Excessive degaussing
> can supposedly cause cheaper monitors to melt.
> Wobbling at random times or constantly can also indicate that the
> computer is on a circuit that has too much load on it, or that you're
> getting bad power in the house, or that you have a cheap monitor,
> where the manufacturer skimped on power conditioning circuitry. A
> good UPS, with power conditioning, may help smooth bad power.
> Speaking of magnetic fields, when I was working for Wang, I once went
> out to replace a discolored monitor. Sure enough, it was discolored. I
> put the new monitor in, and it was discolored also. It turned out that
> the metal cabinet was apparently magnetized.
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