Hiisi <very-cool@xxxxxxxxxx> writes: > 2009/12/20 Ed Greshko <Ed.Greshko@xxxxxxxxxxx>: >> 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? -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines