On Apr 22, 6:20*am, AZ Nomad wrote:
On Thu, 22 Apr 2010 05:23:59 -0700, William Sommerwerck wrote:
I'm wondering if a bit of banging might help. But it's not clear how, "just
sitting around", the shadow mask might have gotten deformed.

The "tool" I used to use for massive degausing was a bulk tape eraser.

and in a pinch, use a cheap electric pencil sharpener.

Those motors produce a lot of field

But always, always be careful of deforming the internal screen!