monitor?

[pepsimax]

i put a magnet next to my screen, and now it has a weird blob on the side. how do i fix it?

 

[meat_helmet]

Does it go away when you move the magnet??

BTW, fix your sig dude.

 

[murdocsvan]

ROFL oh dude, your screen is fcuked.

 

[b1gapl]

What in the world, would make you do such a thing? I hope it wasn't out of curiosity.

 

[meat_helmet]

If it is a CRT it shouldnt be permanent. I had speakers next to an old CRT and it went all crazy and colourful in the corner but it was fine when i took it away.

Its just physics; in CRTs electrons are fired from the rear of the box onto the back of the glass and the colour you see is formed by, you guessed it, magnets! So puttting a magnet next to it pulls the electrons along a warped path and gives you some weird colours. It shouldnt be permanent unless you screw up the monitors magnets at its rear.

 

[b1gapl]

It would also depend on the strength of the magnet, he used. But I doubt it, that he'd have such a strong magnet.

 

[saltynay]

thats great fun you can make some really warped pictures with magnets.... has your monitor got an OSD setting that refreshes the magnet at the rear