"Michael A. Terrell" wrote in message
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Franc Zabkar wrote:

The November 2007 issue of Australian PC Authority has an article on
"band aid" fixes for PC problems.

In a section entitled "The Kostya Tszyu Monitor Fix", the author
writes:

"Faced with a dysfunctional old CRT monitor? Does it have large
discoloured patches or does the image shake from time to time? Well,
you could give it a good hard whack on the side.

In some case the blow shakes up the phosphors on the screen, fixing
the discolouration."


So Franc, how do you suppose the three beams find their respective phosphors
after such a shake?

I have, however, seen mechanical stress reveal bad solder joints.