i was playing around with some toy magnets and trying to see what all it would stick to and i put it up to the computer sceen and it made the sceen move and it would change colors wherever you moved the magnet...why does it do that and will it mess up the computer?
2007-11-13 09:54:16 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Physics
Yes, it will damage a cathode ray tube type monitor or TV. It will magnetize the the phosphors in it and will blur the image.
If you have messed up the monitor already by trying this, some monitors have a "degauss" button which reverses the damage.
2007-11-13 10:03:28 · answer #1 · answered by Favoured 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
First, it will only affect a cathode ray tube monitor, not a "thin" one which is LED or LCD.
Second, it will likely be only temporary in terms of its effect while the magnet is next to the screen. The magnetic yoke is further back in the CRT and probably not affected by your magnet.
2007-11-13 10:07:23 · answer #2 · answered by LucaPacioli1492 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
the magnets can erase the stuff on your computer and mess it up. but i dont know why it makes the screen change color.
2007-11-13 10:02:04 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes ti will mess up the computer/tv.
If you didnt do ti very bad, you can pay someone to fix it relatively cheap. Otherwise if you did it pretty bad, you might be out of luck.
2007-11-13 10:01:45 · answer #4 · answered by Jared D 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
just don't do it again though ok? it is very bad for you t.v. and computer screen I don't know why I just know
2007-11-13 10:02:34 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
it turns the screen purple
2007-11-13 10:10:52 · answer #6 · answered by Eric the Red 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋