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Your CRT monitor needs a degauss - DeeBye - 07-07-2006
BEGIN DEGAUSS
*click*
BZzzzz
WOWwowWOW
ping!
*click*
END DEGAUSS
Your CRT monitor needs a degauss - pakman - 07-07-2006
*push button*
BZZZZZROWOWOWWWWoo
shake shake shake shake shake shake
*click*
Done. There you have it, my degauss.<!--fontc--><!--/fontc-->
Your CRT monitor needs a degauss - Maitre - 07-07-2006
Menu -> Option
Degauss -> On +
+
Click
whizzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz
[topsy-turvy-bendy spectum]
...
...
...
Click
Option <- Menu <-- back to work
Your CRT monitor needs a degauss - --Pete - 07-07-2006
Search, search, where can that button be?
Oh, wait! LCD! No degauss for me:)
--Pete
Your CRT monitor needs a degauss - pakman - 07-07-2006
Quote:Oh, wait! LCD! No degauss for me:)
That would be true for me too if I were at home instead of at work :ph34r:
Your CRT monitor needs a degauss - Rhydderch Hael - 07-07-2006
Don't have a degauss button. But there's a little plate and hole on the side that reads "Shoot Here to Destroy". :mellow:
Your CRT monitor needs a degauss - NiteFox - 07-07-2006
*PLICK*
Whumm
Whumm
Whumm
Whumm
Whumm
Whumm
Whumm
-click-
Your CRT monitor needs a degauss - Munkay - 07-07-2006
*click*
WowWo..
BOOM
Fizzle
![[Image: broken_monitor.jpg]](http://lap.umd.edu/lap/images/broken_monitor.jpg)
*:(
* No monitors were actually harmed in the making of this degauss.
Your CRT monitor needs a degauss - Zippyy - 07-10-2006
BEGIN DEGAUSS
cla-chunk
whirrrrrrrrrrrrrrr
*ominous pause*
whirrrrrrrrrrrrrrr
clunk clunk clunk
END DEGAUSS
(wait, that was the floppy drive on my Amiga 500)
Your CRT monitor needs a degauss - Taem - 07-10-2006
Quote:BEGIN DEGAUSS
*click*
BZzzzz
WOWwowWOW
ping!
*click*
END DEGAUSS
Took about 2-seconds once I found it in the monitor menu. What does a degauss do anyhow? I never really gave it much thought.
Your CRT monitor needs a degauss - Kasreyn - 07-10-2006
Degauss? It is to laugh.
I have a flatscreen LCD now! :P
*grins and ducks as lurkers throw things in envy*
Your CRT monitor needs a degauss - --Pete - 07-10-2006
Hi,
Quote:Took about 2-seconds once I found it in the monitor menu. What does a degauss do anyhow? I never really gave it much thought.Oh, no! You interjected 'serious' in a fun thread. Ah, well, the damage has been done.
Basically, the electron beams that paint the pictures on the CRT screen are guided by electromagnetic coils. It can happen that parts of the monitor will pick up a (semi)permanent magnetic charge. If that happens, then the beam steering will be off, leading to fuzzy pictures and even distortion in extreme situations (like at a particle accelerator where there are *big* magnets). To remove these magnetic charges, an oscillating current is passed through one or more electric coils, causing an oscillating magnetic field which 'scrambles' the magnetic charges. The same principle is used for bulk erasing of magnetic tapes.
Modern CRTs are shielded much better and are made of much better materials so that they seldom if ever need degaussing. But if you want to see some of the effects of stray electromagnetic fields on your monitor, just put a desktop fan with a plastic case next to it. If you're lucky, your monitor will look like it's on an acid trip;)
--Pete
Your CRT monitor needs a degauss - Doc - 07-10-2006
Quote:Hi,
Oh, no! You interjected 'serious' in a fun thread. Ah, well, the damage has been done.
Basically, the electron beams that paint the pictures on the CRT screen are guided by electromagnetic coils. It can happen that parts of the monitor will pick up a (semi)permanent magnetic charge. If that happens, then the beam steering will be off, leading to fuzzy pictures and even distortion in extreme situations (like at a particle accelerator where there are *big* magnets). To remove these magnetic charges, an oscillating current is passed through one or more electric coils, causing an oscillating magnetic field which 'scrambles' the magnetic charges. The same principle is used for bulk erasing of magnetic tapes.
Modern CRTs are shielded much better and are made of much better materials so that they seldom if ever need degaussing. But if you want to see some of the effects of stray electromagnetic fields on your monitor, just put a desktop fan with a plastic case next to it. If you're lucky, your monitor will look like it's on an acid trip;)
--Pete
Like, wow man! To many window panes! :w00t: