Hello Marc, This is not permanent damage. Some ferrous metal parts of your monitor or the cathode ray tube (CRT) became magentized. Most modern monitors have a degausser. It is a device that demagnetizes all ferrous parts in and around the CRT. You just push a button to activate it, it makes a strange vibrating sound and "shakes" the picture, whereby everything is back to normal. Your 14" probably does not have one of these and you will need to borrow a degausser from a local computer or television shop. An external degausser is nothing but a 10-12" spool of wire that creates a strong magnetic field when plugged into a 50 or 60 Hz electric line (usually runs on line voltage 120/240 VAC). You hold it away from the front of your monitor, switch it on, slowly bring it close to the front of the monitor (which should be turned on so you can see the results) where it begins to cause the picture to vibrate and distort. You move the coil around in front and on the sides of the monitor and then slowly withdraw it before turning it off again. This effectively demagnetizes the metal in and around the CRT. If you are an electrician or have experience with building electrical devices you can put one of these together very simply by coiling a large length of wire (you have to calculate the resistance and balance it with a bridge) and attach a switch and socket. If this doesn't immediately make sense just forget it and look around for a degausser that you can borrow or rent for half-an-hour. Good luck, Bruce In <98110214363420.25799@web03>, on 11/02/98 at 02:36 PM, Marc Guise <[log in to unmask]> said: >My young son was pointing to something on the screen while holding a >magnet in his hand, which caused the display to distort and discolour. -- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Bruce Boschek - Institute of Medical Virology Justus-Liebig-University - Giessen, Germany Brought to you through IBM OS/2 Warp 4 and MR/2 ICE (Reg. #19501) --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----- PCBUILD mailing list - http://nospin.com Bob Wright:[log in to unmask] - Drew Dunn:[log in to unmask]