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."

- Franc Zabkar
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"Franc Zabkar"


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."



** Bit of an odd way of describing a detached shadow mask inside the CRT.




........ Phil

Phil Allison wrote:
"Franc Zabkar"

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."



** Bit of an odd way of describing a detached shadow mask inside the CRT.

Sounds more like a Degaussing problem to me with "Large discolored
patches. The Shaking image is likely due to a transient 60 cycle field
from a nearby Fan or a transformer. Hitting the side of the case will
always solve the problem. If you hit it hard enough! Just protect
yourself from the flying glass.

Yukio YANO

"Yukio YANO"
Phil Allison wrote:
"Franc Zabkar"

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."



** Bit of an odd way of describing a detached shadow mask inside the
CRT.


Sounds more like a Degaussing problem to me with "Large discolored
patches.


** No way thumping the CRT will ever fix that.


The Shaking image is likely due to a transient 60 cycle field from a
nearby Fan or a transformer.


** Transient 60 Hz field ??

Like when a transformer wings on past - right ??


Hitting the side of the case will always solve the problem. If you hit it
hard enough! Just protect yourself from the flying glass.


** ******.



....... Phil

"Phil Allison" wrote in message
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"Yukio YANO"
Phil Allison wrote:
"Franc Zabkar"

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."



** Bit of an odd way of describing a detached shadow mask inside the
CRT.


Sounds more like a Degaussing problem to me with "Large discolored
patches.


** No way thumping the CRT will ever fix that.


The Shaking image is likely due to a transient 60 cycle field from a
nearby Fan or a transformer.


** Transient 60 Hz field ??

Like when a transformer wings on past - right ??


Hitting the side of the case will always solve the problem. If you hit it
hard enough! Just protect yourself from the flying glass.


** ******.



...... Phil

I thought it was called Percussive Maintenance.

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."


The subject line sounds like a good name for a bad Sci-Fi movie. ;-)

--
Service to my country? Been there, Done that, and I've got my DD214 to
prove it.
Member of DAV #85.

Michael A. Terrell
Central Florida

"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.

On Thu, 04 Oct 2007 03:30:10 GMT, "Lord Garth"
put finger to keyboard and composed:


"Michael A. Terrell" wrote in message
...
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'd suspect that the phosphors would be randomly scattered, probably
at the bottom of the glass, in which case the monitor would need to be
returned to the factory so that they could be glued back on.

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

Every real tech recognises the merits of a tap test. However, I've
never had to hit a CRT hard enough to dislodge its phosphors.

- Franc Zabkar
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Please remove one 'i' from my address when replying by email.

"Franc Zabkar" wrote in message
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On Thu, 04 Oct 2007 03:30:10 GMT, "Lord Garth"
put finger to keyboard and composed:


"Michael A. Terrell" wrote in message
...
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'd suspect that the phosphors would be randomly scattered, probably
at the bottom of the glass, in which case the monitor would need to be
returned to the factory so that they could be glued back on.

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

Every real tech recognises the merits of a tap test. However, I've
never had to hit a CRT hard enough to dislodge its phosphors.


So why pass on poor information such as the above 'good hard whack '?

"Lord Garth" wrote in message
...

"Franc Zabkar" wrote in message
...
On Thu, 04 Oct 2007 03:30:10 GMT, "Lord Garth"
put finger to keyboard and composed:


"Michael A. Terrell" wrote in message
...
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'd suspect that the phosphors would be randomly scattered, probably
at the bottom of the glass, in which case the monitor would need to be
returned to the factory so that they could be glued back on.

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

Every real tech recognises the merits of a tap test. However, I've
never had to hit a CRT hard enough to dislodge its phosphors.


So why pass on poor information such as the above 'good hard whack '?



It was supposed to be funny..

Mike

On Thu, 4 Oct 2007 13:28:10 -0500, "Lord Garth"
put finger to keyboard and composed:


"Franc Zabkar" wrote in message
.. .
On Thu, 04 Oct 2007 03:30:10 GMT, "Lord Garth"
put finger to keyboard and composed:


"Michael A. Terrell" wrote in message
...
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'd suspect that the phosphors would be randomly scattered, probably
at the bottom of the glass, in which case the monitor would need to be
returned to the factory so that they could be glued back on.

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

Every real tech recognises the merits of a tap test. However, I've
never had to hit a CRT hard enough to dislodge its phosphors.


So why pass on poor information such as the above 'good hard whack '?

I passed on this disinformation so that we could all have a laugh. I
never expected that any genuine technician would see it as anything
else. Presumably we're all real techs here, not PC board jockeys.

- Franc Zabkar
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Please remove one 'i' from my address when replying by email.

"Franc Zabkar" wrote in message
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On Thu, 4 Oct 2007 13:28:10 -0500, "Lord Garth"
put finger to keyboard and composed:


"Franc Zabkar" wrote in message
. ..
On Thu, 04 Oct 2007 03:30:10 GMT, "Lord Garth"
put finger to keyboard and composed:


"Michael A. Terrell" wrote in message
...
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'd suspect that the phosphors would be randomly scattered, probably
at the bottom of the glass, in which case the monitor would need to be
returned to the factory so that they could be glued back on.

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

Every real tech recognises the merits of a tap test. However, I've
never had to hit a CRT hard enough to dislodge its phosphors.


So why pass on poor information such as the above 'good hard whack '?

I passed on this disinformation so that we could all have a laugh. I
never expected that any genuine technician would see it as anything
else. Presumably we're all real techs here, not PC board jockeys.

- Franc Zabkar
--
Please remove one 'i' from my address when replying by email.

Never mind.
There is a sort of cosmic synchronicity on this newsgroup whereby the posts
that are meant to be funny are often taken seriously and many plonkingly
serious posts are inadvertently hilarious.

Phil Allison wrote:
"Yukio YANO"



The Shaking image is likely due to a transient 60 cycle field from a
nearby Fan or a transformer.


** Transient 60 Hz field ??

Like when a transformer wings on past - right ??

Actually it was due to a large Blower-Fan motor in the Lab next door, I
would guess that the fields would vary with the load on the fan.

I now look in the labs, above, below, behind and beside the Monitors in
question. The real solution is a LCD monitor, That is the only solution
in a room with Huge magnets for Mass Spectrometers and NMR work !!

I first saw the transformer effect working on a Commodore Pet computer,
It took a few minutes to solve until I realized why the problem would
go away when I propped open the cabinet to see if I could see the problem.

Yukio


Hitting the side of the case will always solve the problem. If you hit it
hard enough! Just protect yourself from the flying glass.


** ******.



...... Phil

Best to pick up & shake the whole monitor it re-mixes the fish oils in
the capacitors and restores everything .

"Franc Zabkar" wrote in message
...


So why pass on poor information such as the above 'good hard whack '?

I passed on this disinformation so that we could all have a laugh. I
never expected that any genuine technician would see it as anything
else. Presumably we're all real techs here, not PC board jockeys.


It had to be but someone might take it seriously. I'd have added a ;-)
on the end if I was kidding about.

"Ken G." wrote in message
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Best to pick up & shake the whole monitor it re-mixes the fish oils in
the capacitors and restores everything .

you mean Snake Oils right??