Paul, This sounds more like a problem in the video circuitry than the CRT. You probably don't want to fuss with its insides at todays prices for a new monitor. You might check the video cable from the PC for a loose or dirty contact. Just wiggle each end a bit and see if this has any effect on the smear. Cheers, Bruce ----- Original Message ----- From: "W1PR" <w1pr@arrl.net> To: <SBARC-list@lists.netlojix.com> Sent: Monday, February 28, 2005 9:03 PM Subject: [Sbarc-list] dying monitor?Is there any hope for a CRT monitor when it starts to smear? I'm using a 5 year old NEC MultiSync FE700 CRT flat screen, and have noticed that there is a smear of gray to the right of any black characters, such as a line of text. Degaussing did not help (nor did I expect it to but tried it anyway). Or is 5 years about what I should expect? Thanks for the anticipated sage advice. 73 de Paul _______________________________________________ SBARC-list mailing list SBARC-list@lists.netlojix.com http://lists.netlojix.com/mailman/listinfo/sbarc-list