Hiisi <very-cool(a)rambler.ru> writes:
2009/12/20 Ed Greshko <Ed.Greshko(a)greshko.com>:
> This is OT...but wonder if anyone has experienced or see this before.
>
> My older Samsung SyncMaster 172t is hooked to a system I use mainly for
> running SlingPlayer. Part of the upper left quadrant had what could be
> called a smear patter or smudge pattern. It isn't from any type of burn
> in. But looked like what you see if you run fingers around on the
> screen...only "permanent". It had been like this for a long time.
>
> Anyway, I didn't have the monitor turned on last night when Taiwan was
> hit by a 6.8 earthquake. It registered a 4.3 in Taipei and other than
> drawers opening and the TV rolling away we had no damage. But, when I
> turned the monitor on this AM the smear pattern was gone.
>
> So, a shake-table is a good repair tool? :-)
It's a Russian way of repairing things - smash it!
A rubber mallet will fix many a dirty contact. So will a bit of
Cramolin (aka "tuner cleaner") with a lot less wear and tear on the
device.
-wolfgang
--
Wolfgang S. Rupprecht
If the airwaves belong to the public why does the public only get 3
non-overlapping WIFI channels?