Is the monitor a shadow mask or Trinitron type? For a shadow mask, you might
use a magnetic tape bulk eraser - it is a bit stronger than a degasser and
more effective. Don't try that with a Trinitron CRT!!! It will bend the
aperture grill and could damage it. For Trinitron, just leave it alone and
it may recover after a few weeks - it did on my machine. I did not know any
better and tried a bulk eraser on it - that is why I know not to do it!

Peter
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> -----Original Message-----
> I have a CRT monitor to which a child has held a small but
> powerful magnet.
> Now, in the two places where the magnet was held to the
> monitor, the image is
> badly distorted.  The distortion areas are about an inch
> square each.  The rest
> of the display area is undamaged.
>
> Is there anything that can be done to correct this?  I have
> tried degaussing the
> monitor, but it has had no effect on the problem.
>
> Dave.

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