Re: 6100 one pixel on at all times

Hi,

Or, how about the spot killer was off once and the phosphor has been
burnt off in one place so what he is actually seeing is the glow from
the neck or other light through the hole :-)

Regards,

Paul.

John Robertson wrote:
>
> Analog monitors can't have one pixel on...not old colour XY ones
> unless one gun is slightly out of alignment and you are getting ions
> striking the phosphors of the screen in one place... Old B&W tubes
> from the very early days of TV had this problem until they bent the
> gun slightly so the ions would strike the inside of the gun, but the
> electron beam would get out as the magnetic field bent it further. I
> had an old 1950 round tube TV back in the 60's that I tried to
> restore and it had an "Ion-Trap" magnet that was in place for this
> reason...
>
> Otherwise back off the brightness slightly...
>
> John :-#)#
>
> >I have one problem left to fix on this monitor. There is one pixel
> >which is always on. It is about an inch to the right and slightly
> >above the center of the screen. I have moved the monitor to another
> >game, swapped neck boards and deflection boards. The problem is
> >still there.
> >
> >Thanks,
> >
> >Scott
> >
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