I messed up my monitor

[DragonLord]

I was working on a pinball project yesterday and put a moving blanket and my tools on my galaxian cocktail table. When I was cleaning up, I noticed the colors on the galaxian monitor were all messed up. I turned it off over night. Today there are some lingering effects. The right side of the monitor is overly purple. All of the enemies look purple on the damaged area. Before my screw up, the monitor was 100% mint condition.

Is there something I can do to fix the monitor?

Thank you for your help!

 

[mecha]

did you open the game at all? like turn it on open, and close it up after? cause that will affect purity.

 

[IamDJones]

Did any of your tools have a magnet in it? (i.e. cordless drill)

Might need a degauss.

 

[DuffCon]

Pics would help, but probably what everyone else said. If it is just a degauss, it might clear itself over time.

 

[obitus1990]

Most likely what IamDJones said.

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[chilibear13]

It's probably just a degauss issue. If your degauss circuit is working, it should fix itself after a few on off cycles. Using a degauss coil would be best and the fastest. If you don't have one, some say you can try using a cordless drill. Turn on the drill and move it around the front of the screen without touching it, then back away.

 

[DragonLord]

I think I can fix it by degaussing. I'll try the drill method and consider picking u the degausing coil.

Thank you!

 

[putyoursoxon]

Did any of your tools have a magnet in it? (i.e. cordless drill)

Might need a degauss.

Cordless is DC and won't gauss, I haven't seen any of my magnetic tools cause issues before, not even the magnet on my fluke. Corded drill, or for me it's always the vacuum. Buy one of the rings. They work far better than the corded drill method

 

[DeLuSioNaL29]

+1 drills don't work to degauss, some are too strong and could (possibly) damage the monitor. Get the proper tool. You'll use it more than you think, for future projects/maintenance.

 

[andrewb]

You had a permanent magnet somewhere in your toolbox.

Your monitor has a built-in degauss circuit. It fires once every time you power the monitor on from a cold state. If you power the monitor on a few times a day (after letting it completely cool down), you should see the excess magnetism on the tube subside slowly, but it may take a while.

You can buy a manual degauss coil, but they aren't worth it, IMO.

+1 drills don't work to degauss, some are too strong and could (possibly) damage the monitor. Get the proper tool. You'll use it more than you think, for future projects/maintenance.

I've done it and it's worked for me. This is an old trick that TV repair guys used to use. The field can't really be 'too strong', as it's alternating. The worst thing that'll happen is it just won't work, however I've found that is more dependent on your technique than the power of the tool.

 

[KazooBR]

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