I just rotated my monitor for the first time and...uh oh.

Ramus · Post by **Ramus** » Tue Jul 19, 2005 11:36 pm

I rotated my monitor to the standard vertical position which is a 45º turn counter-clockwise. There are color bursts which I know I can fix with a degaussing coil but there is another problem. There are now faint vertical scan lines going across the screen. They are not too noticeable unless there is a background with nothing on it (i.e. Psikyp title screen amd US level when you fight the boss). Will a degaussing coil fix this problem or do I need to do something else?

iatneH · Post by **iatneH** » Wed Jul 20, 2005 2:53 am

I think you mean 90 degrees CCW....

Did you let it sit for a while before turning it on? Even if you have a degaussing coil, can't hurt to take extra precautions.

Ramus · Post by **Ramus** » Wed Jul 20, 2005 3:28 am

Oops, I meant 90º. I let it sit for a while and turned it on. The scan lines still show up but the color is better. When I get my coil back I'll fix the color. Anymore ideas about the scan lines?

landshark · Post by **landshark** » Wed Jul 20, 2005 3:42 am

Trinitron monitors usually have 2 visible scanlines across the entire screen. Is it possible you never noticed them before?

Ramus · Post by **Ramus** » Wed Jul 20, 2005 4:07 am

Ya, I never seen them before. It's some sort of Samsung monitor.

OmegaFlareX · Post by **OmegaFlareX** » Fri Jul 22, 2005 4:39 pm

It could be that your monitor uses an apature (sp?) grill instead of a shadow mask to display the picture. Grills are made of extremely thin metal wires running vertically (horizontally if it's tate'd) behind the glass in the tube. If some of those got fucked up in the rotation process, then that would be a viable cause of your faint lines, and there's nothing you can do about it other than getting a new monitor.

Ramus · Post by **Ramus** » Fri Jul 22, 2005 4:42 pm

FUCK!!!

Thanks for the info.

dpful · Post by **dpful** » Fri Jul 22, 2005 7:32 pm

Does the picture seem any brighter? If so, then you could try turning down the bright. If it's too high in low contrast, you can see lines.

Ramus · Post by **Ramus** » Fri Jul 22, 2005 10:45 pm

I tried messing with that stuff, but not too much. I'll try that again.

Thanks.

ResOGlas · Post by **ResOGlas** » Wed Aug 03, 2005 7:52 am

Do you have a japanese cab? It's far more common to get this problem with a rotated monitor if you arent using a 110v-100v step down converter. They aren't too costly and you should be using one in the first place. IUt always makes for a sharper picture anyway. Good luck.

Ramus · Post by **Ramus** » Wed Aug 03, 2005 2:25 pm

It has been fixed. Replaced a cap that looked a little suspicious and it works fine. Didn't think that was the problem, but at least the screen is clear again. Thanks everyone for the advice.