magnetic?

i moved into my dorm on sunday and i have my laptop and tv on the same desk. today i went to play my ps2 on the tv and noticed there was a blue mark on the bottom of my tv screen where it is closest to my laptop. i just got my internet working about an hour or two before i noticed the problem. my roommate said it looked like when you put a magnet near a tv. the mark is not very big and not very noticeable on most channels of my tv but i am concerned it has something to do with my laptop. anyone experienced something or heard about something similar?

 

Unusual. The only two locations I can think of for a magnet in a notebook are the speakers and a magnetic latch for the lid, if it has one. In either case, you would literally almost have to touch the TV tube with the notebook lid/speaker for this to happen.

 

Neither should be powerful enough to cause a tv trouble. Any speakers nearby (shielded or not)? Try degaussing, if your tv has that capability. If not you may have to bring it in for repair.

 

Maybe its the battery? Nevermind, I don't know what I'm proposing right now.

 

i don't think it is the speakers. i've had my stereo speakers by the tv for a few days but the only time i used them wasn't even today. i'm actually pretty sure it is heat coming from the computer. since i didn't have internet the first few days they were by each other i haven't had my laptop on for more than about 30 mins at max. today it's been on for about 4-5 hours.

 

I'd say it's the stereo speakers. I foolishly had my stereo speakers next to my tv last semester for a while and I didn't use the stereo speakers very often either, but let alone, after a little bit, I got really bad discoloration on the TV. I didn't even think about it until one of my friends said something to me about it. I moved the speakers immediately and the next day the TV was fine.

 

hmmm...that's very interesting. i wouldn't have even thought about the speakers because it just happened today all of the sudden even though i had them right near each other for a few days now. i'm gonna try moving them though, hopefully that works

 

there could also be a high voltage line running behind the wall, I have seen that with computer monitors they always need degausing cause of a high voltage line running in behind it.

 

thanks a lot notebook ftw! i got around to moving my speakers maybe an hour ago and the spot is already gone from my tv!

 

Heh, I could have worked that out if you'd mentioned you had external speakers...

The speakers could be best described as being cheap and cheerful, I presume? Most PC speakers worth more than a couple of dollars are shielded to prevent this.

 

Am I the only one who'd have just tried moving things around to begin with, instead of waiting for people to tell me what to move?

 

Most college guys I know don't want to move anything cause then they would relize they have to dust

 

I had that problem with my 80cm TV and my desktop once hung around for about a week, just as i mananged to find the warranty details for the TV it went away never to be seen again.

 

Wow, that sounds like when my friend sets his Treo 650 next to one of my desktop monitors, it makes it flip out like you stuck a magnet on the side. Do you have a wireless router or something sitting near by as well? Or maybe a mobile broadband card (like the ones from sprint) or something on your laptop?