Misbehaving Monitor

[PatHeald]

The other day I noticed that the colours on the left side of my monitor were paler than the right.

So I fiddled with the contrast and colour settings on the monitor. No joy.

Then I went into desktop and tried resetting the screen themes. No joy.

After much headscratching I came to the conclusion that the monitor was knackered.

I then moved the cordless screwdriver that I'd casually left on my workstation and, as if by magic, colour was restored.

I guess that the powerpack in the screwdriver was interfering in some way with the tube in the monitor.

Be advised.

Cheers

Pat.

[stc_bennett]

You may find that is was the magnets in the electric screwdriver. Interfering with the colour production.

Sam happens when you put speakers next to TV etc

[kanes]

it will be interference, it's pretty common. Even those CRTs with inbuilt speakers have been known to screw up the monitor. One place i worked had something we called the 'magic wand' (yes, we did use it for innuendo purposes) which sometimes fixed the problems (faded picture/blurry)

[duntonsr]

Just in case your monitor doesn't do this automatically on power-on it may be worth going through the menus on the monitor and taking the degaus option - sometimes a magnet symbol with a line through it - this should correct/cure any residual effect caused by the screwdriver.

Steve