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http://shell.world-net.co.nz/~farley/P1010008.JPG

This is a pic of what I mean, the computer monitor shows a good sharp
picture, but it is all squeezed up narrow, and the controls to adjusted it
change, but don't change the picture. my guess is that its got to do with
the magnets that pull the picture out.. any idea as to how to fix this???
what I should do.. or anyone recommend someone / somewhere that would do it
cheaply?

Daniel

"asdf" <> wrote in message
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> http://shell.world-net.co.nz/~farley/P1010008.JPG
>
> This is a pic of what I mean, the computer monitor shows a good sharp
> picture, but it is all squeezed up narrow, and the controls to adjusted it
> change, but don't change the picture. my guess is that its got to do with
> the magnets that pull the picture out.. any idea as to how to fix this???
> what I should do.. or anyone recommend someone / somewhere that would do
it
> cheaply?

A friend of mine had this happen to his monitor. He used to be able to fix
it by banging it a few times, but that stopped working after a while
(gee...)

Apparently it was caused by cheap, unshielded speakers he had next to his
monitor. It wasn't worth fixing, they told him.

Stuart

"Stuart" <_ > wrote in message
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> "asdf" <> wrote in message
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> > http://shell.world-net.co.nz/~farley/P1010008.JPG
> >
> > This is a pic of what I mean, the computer monitor shows a good sharp
> > picture, but it is all squeezed up narrow, and the controls to adjusted
it
> > change, but don't change the picture. my guess is that its got to do
with
> > the magnets that pull the picture out.. any idea as to how to fix
this???
> > what I should do.. or anyone recommend someone / somewhere that would do
> it
> > cheaply?
>
> A friend of mine had this happen to his monitor. He used to be able to fix
> it by banging it a few times, but that stopped working after a while
> (gee...)
>
> Apparently it was caused by cheap, unshielded speakers he had next to his
> monitor. It wasn't worth fixing, they told him.
>

Looks like it Could be set at a refresh rate the moniter can't handle.????
..

On Mon, 17 Nov 2003 23:14:18 +1300, "Stuart"
<_ > wrote:

>
>"asdf" <> wrote in message
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>> http://shell.world-net.co.nz/~farley/P1010008.JPG
>>
>> This is a pic of what I mean, the computer monitor shows a good sharp
>> picture, but it is all squeezed up narrow, and the controls to adjusted it
>> change, but don't change the picture. my guess is that its got to do with
>> the magnets that pull the picture out.. any idea as to how to fix this???
>> what I should do.. or anyone recommend someone / somewhere that would do
>it
>> cheaply?
>
>A friend of mine had this happen to his monitor. He used to be able to fix
>it by banging it a few times, but that stopped working after a while
>(gee...)
>
>Apparently it was caused by cheap, unshielded speakers he had next to his
>monitor. It wasn't worth fixing, they told him.
>
>Stuart

Who was they? Sounds a bit suspect to me.
Stray magnetic fields from speaker etc cause discoloured areas because
the electron beams been bent and go thru the wrong hole in the shadow
mask. It is fixed by deGaussing. (and moving whatever is causing the
magnetic noise further away from the monitor).

This is a volatage problem I think, the electron beams are not being
bent far enough horizontally.

best
Warwick

>

Refresh rate is at 60, so I don't think that that is likely.

Daniel

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> "Stuart" <_ > wrote in
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> > "asdf" <> wrote in message
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> > > http://shell.world-net.co.nz/~farley/P1010008.JPG
> > >
> > > This is a pic of what I mean, the computer monitor shows a good sharp
> > > picture, but it is all squeezed up narrow, and the controls to
adjusted
> it
> > > change, but don't change the picture. my guess is that its got to do
> with
> > > the magnets that pull the picture out.. any idea as to how to fix
> this???
> > > what I should do.. or anyone recommend someone / somewhere that would
do
> > it
> > > cheaply?
> >
> > A friend of mine had this happen to his monitor. He used to be able to
fix
> > it by banging it a few times, but that stopped working after a while
> > (gee...)
> >
> > Apparently it was caused by cheap, unshielded speakers he had next to
his
> > monitor. It wasn't worth fixing, they told him.
> >
>
> Looks like it Could be set at a refresh rate the moniter can't handle.????
> .
>
>

Tryed banging it, no help!

Dan
"Stuart" <_ > wrote in message
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> "asdf" <> wrote in message
> news:5X%tb.762$...
> > http://shell.world-net.co.nz/~farley/P1010008.JPG
> >
> > This is a pic of what I mean, the computer monitor shows a good sharp
> > picture, but it is all squeezed up narrow, and the controls to adjusted
it
> > change, but don't change the picture. my guess is that its got to do
with
> > the magnets that pull the picture out.. any idea as to how to fix
this???
> > what I should do.. or anyone recommend someone / somewhere that would do
> it
> > cheaply?
>
> A friend of mine had this happen to his monitor. He used to be able to fix
> it by banging it a few times, but that stopped working after a while
> (gee...)
>
> Apparently it was caused by cheap, unshielded speakers he had next to his
> monitor. It wasn't worth fixing, they told him.
>
> Stuart
>
>

asdf wrote:
> Tryed banging it, no help!

Last time I had a problem like this, rolling the monitor down the flight of
stairs helped alot... for my mental wellbeing.

Cheers,
Nicholas Sherlock

lol
"Nicholas Sherlock" <> wrote in message
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> asdf wrote:
> > Tryed banging it, no help!
>
> Last time I had a problem like this, rolling the monitor down the flight
of
> stairs helped alot... for my mental wellbeing.
>
> Cheers,
> Nicholas Sherlock
>
>

On Tue, 18 Nov 2003 08:37:39 +1300, asdf wrote:

> Refresh rate is at 60, so I don't think that that is likely.

Ew. Headache city.

IIRC current OSH guidelines state that the refresh has to be at least 72Hz

In article <>, alanb+google4
@digistar.com says...
> On Tue, 18 Nov 2003 08:37:39 +1300, asdf wrote:
>
> > Refresh rate is at 60, so I don't think that that is likely.
>
> Ew. Headache city.
>
> IIRC current OSH guidelines state that the refresh has to be at least 72Hz

PC isn't it? At 640 x 480 60 Hz is just about right IIRC.