Re: Blue on monitor screen

2000-03-20 Thread Dale Mentzer
On 19 Mar 00 at 17:25, Gregory J. Feig wrote: Dale .I don't know about Roger, but they did me...and it works... ...the other Senior Technician at a site in the Philippines got across 21Kv when the shorting bar on a big transmitter's capacitors failed to dropuntil after he had religiously

Re: Blue on monitor screen

2000-03-19 Thread Gregory J. Feig
On Sun, 12 Mar 2000 17:26:43, Dale Mentzer wrote: I bet they taught you try to keep one hand in your pocket so the charge would (hopefully) not make it's primary path through the cardiac area. Dale .I don't know about Roger, but they did me...and it works... ..the other Senior Technician

Re: Blue on monitor screen

2000-03-13 Thread Bernie
I never thought so much mail could come from two lines ;) (Ok, if Michael wrote something like: "Since the Linux version is working all support on the DOS version will be dropped." then I suppose much more mail would come BG. And *no* I haven't heard anything like this, and hope I'll never will).

Re: Blue on monitor screen

2000-03-13 Thread Dale Mentzer
On 13 Mar 00 at 20:22, Bernie wrote: I never thought so much mail could come from two lines ;) (Ok, if Michael wrote something like: "Since the Linux version is working all support on the DOS version will be dropped." then I suppose much more mail would come BG. And *no* I haven't heard anything

Re: Blue on monitor screen

2000-03-12 Thread Eric S. Emerson
Clarence Verge wrote: Eric S. Emerson wrote: The left side of the screen starts out with normal color, but as the trace continues toward the the right it picks up more blue. And, when it approaches the right side of the screen the colors are overwhelmed with blue. Also, the horizontal

Re: Blue on monitor screen

2000-03-12 Thread Roger Turk
Eric, If your monitor does not have a degaussing button on the back, you can make a degausser by taking a circular metal (magnetic) ring about 8-inches in outside diameter, winding it with insulated wire and connecting the wire to a dry cell battery, i.e., making it an electromagnet. Pass

Re: Blue on monitor screen

2000-03-12 Thread Clarence Verge
Eric S. Emerson wrote: I had come across the idea of degaussing somewhere before but I don't recall exactly how to perform it. I think I saw a wire running around the circumference of the screen which is supposed to perform the degaussing function. Hi Eric; The degaussing coil is like you

Re: Blue on monitor screen

2000-03-12 Thread Dale Mentzer
On 12 Mar 00 at 16:04, Eric S. Emerson wrote: Hi Clarence, Thanks for the suggestion. I have had the monitor turned off and disconnected many times but it never affected the picture quality. I had come across the idea of degaussing somewhere before but I don't recall exactly how to

Re: Blue on monitor screen

2000-03-12 Thread Dale Mentzer
On 12 Mar 00 at 14:37, Roger Turk wrote: This reminds me of two things: In the early days of color TV, RCA was using a poor grade of solder in the pins on their tubes which would break down after a couple of years. An *honest* repairman told me that more new tubes were sold when all they

Re: Blue on monitor screen

2000-03-12 Thread Dale Mentzer
On 12 Mar 00 at 14:03, Clarence Verge wrote: Eric S. Emerson wrote: The left side of the screen starts out with normal color, but as the trace continues toward the the right it picks up more blue. And, when it approaches the right side of the screen the colors are overwhelmed with blue.

Re: Blue on monitor screen

2000-03-12 Thread Eric S. Emerson
Bernie wrote: snip I wouldn't, as of yesterday my monitor thinks most things are supposed to be blue :( Any ideas on what might be wrong with it are appriciated, I'm still looking for the guarantee. snip //Bernie http://bernie.arachne.cz/ DOS programs, Star Wars ... Hi Bernie, I

Re: Blue on monitor screen

2000-03-12 Thread Dale Mentzer
On 12 Mar 00 at 11:33, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I have a similar problem (I think). My screen likes to go all blue occassionally. If I bang on it, it comes back teh way it is supposed to be. The only explanation I have is the monitor is going bad (mine is like 6 years old) and the red

Re: Blue on monitor screen

2000-03-12 Thread Clarence Verge
Eric S. Emerson wrote: The left side of the screen starts out with normal color, but as the trace continues toward the the right it picks up more blue. And, when it approaches the right side of the screen the colors are overwhelmed with blue. Also, the horizontal size is slightly affected.

Re: Blue on monitor screen

2000-03-12 Thread Roger Turk
Dale Mentzer wrote: This sounds similar to a Packard Bell VGA monitor I got from someones trash a couple of years ago. On this one, the blue was intermittent. Banging on it would cause it to work erratically. If you are comfortable opening the monitor and working around the high voltages