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Syd Lexia
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Title: Pop Culture Junkie
Joined: Jul 30 2005
Location: Wakefield, MA
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So yesterday I was really sick and spent most of the day in bed. I got up a few times to use the computer and I accidentally left the monitor on.
I woke up this morning to find the word YAHOO burned into the top left corner of the screen. I thought this was only a problem with CRTs... Is there any way to fix this, or am I fucked?
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GPFontaine
Joined: Dec 06 2007
Location: Connecticut
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Turn it off for a bit and unplug it. See what happens.
If it continues to be a little bitch, send me a PM/IM.
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Syd Lexia
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Title: Pop Culture Junkie
Joined: Jul 30 2005
Location: Wakefield, MA
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Do I have to unplug it, or will turning off the powerstrip be sufficient?
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GPFontaine
Joined: Dec 06 2007
Location: Connecticut
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| Do I have to unplug it, or will turning off the powerstrip be sufficient? |
If you turn off the power strip and it is REALLY off, then yes that is fine.
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Burt Reynolds
Title: Bentley Bear
Joined: Apr 07 2008
Location: California
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Yeah, I used to get burn-ins on my older LCD monitor. Usually if it was an overnight deal like you described, keeping it turned off for a while would clear it up.
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GPFontaine
Joined: Dec 06 2007
Location: Connecticut
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I wonder if Yahoo could use this type of technology to their advantage. If they made their logo just a little brighter, they might be able to burn in to more machines and subliminally entice users to keep on browsing their network.
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DarkMaze
Joined: Feb 24 2006
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| GPFontaine wrote: |
| I wonder if Yahoo could use this type of technology to their advantage. If they made their logo just a little brighter, they might be able to burn in to more machines and subliminally entice users to keep on browsing their network. |
I was thinking the same thing, actually. 
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GPFontaine
Joined: Dec 06 2007
Location: Connecticut
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| DarkMaze wrote: |
| GPFontaine wrote: |
| I wonder if Yahoo could use this type of technology to their advantage. If they made their logo just a little brighter, they might be able to burn in to more machines and subliminally entice users to keep on browsing their network. |
I was thinking the same thing, actually. |
You need to embed your movie logos into monitors!!!
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MellowMeek
Joined: Feb 16 2010
Location: Texas
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This is all some viral advertising scheme. I have a sudden urge to use Yahoo.
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Andrew Man
Title: Is a Funklord
Joined: Jan 30 2007
Location: Annandale, VA
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Wow, I didn't think this happened to contemporary computer monitors. I did this to my parents old school projection big screen as a kid and they were less than impressed.
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GPFontaine
Joined: Dec 06 2007
Location: Connecticut
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If you did it with a paused porno then you are my new hero.
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Atma
Title: Dragoon
Joined: Apr 29 2010
Location: Cincinnati, OH
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I never experenced it on anything I own, but I always remember seeing the "Crusing USA" Arcade machines having their Logo Burnt into the top of the screen.
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Syd Lexia
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Title: Pop Culture Junkie
Joined: Jul 30 2005
Location: Wakefield, MA
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How long should I leave it unplugged? It's been like 2 hours.
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Blackout
Title: Captain Oblivious
Joined: Sep 01 2007
Location: That Rainy State
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How are you posting without a monitor?!
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Syd Lexia
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Title: Pop Culture Junkie
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Location: Wakefield, MA
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I'm just that damn good!
...iPhone
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Syd Lexia
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Title: Pop Culture Junkie
Joined: Jul 30 2005
Location: Wakefield, MA
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It worked! Mostly. The Yahoo logo is completely gone, but the line that was under it is still sorta there. I'll probably unplug it again overnight.
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GPFontaine
Joined: Dec 06 2007
Location: Connecticut
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| Syd Lexia wrote: |
| It worked! Mostly. The Yahoo logo is completely gone, but the line that was under it is still sorta there. I'll probably unplug it again overnight. |
That is great!
Let us know how it works out tomorrow.
By the way what size & resolution is your monitor?
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Syd Lexia
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Title: Pop Culture Junkie
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Location: Wakefield, MA
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Monitor is 15".
Optimal resolution is 1280x1024, I run it at 1024x768.
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FNJ
2010 SLF Tag Champ
Joined: Jun 07 2006
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knock on wood, bu i leave my monitor on 24/7 and have never had this happen.
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GPFontaine
Joined: Dec 06 2007
Location: Connecticut
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Syd,
Why not turn the monitor off after 20 minutes of inactivity through the power settings?
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Knyte
2010 SLF Tag Champ*
Title: Curator Of The VGM
Joined: Nov 01 2006
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http://www.jscreenfix.com/basic.php
Scroll to the bottom of the page.
Click on "Launch JScreenFix"
Switch your browser to full screen mode (usually F11). Leave it on that epilectic inducing screen for 45 - 60 minutes. Should help get rid of the last traces of "LCD Burn In".
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GPFontaine
Joined: Dec 06 2007
Location: Connecticut
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Hacker
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Joined: Sep 13 2008
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Hey someone wanna help me with a magnet burn on my CRT monitor? 
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GPFontaine
Joined: Dec 06 2007
Location: Connecticut
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Hacker, do you have a college near you?
Of course you do, there are thousands of those things around the US.
Find out what they do with the monitors that they get rid of when they replace their public computing labs.
That is how you fix a CRT. By getting a free replacement.
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FNJ
2010 SLF Tag Champ
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I miss my old CRT monitor. That thing was a beast.
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