Also in college, I had a “gaming” CRT that I refused to let die. Towards the end of it’s life, it wouldn’t turn on if the temperature got too low. But would work fine if I “preheated” it in the oven. Once it was on it would stay on.
It rocked on nearly a year like that until I decided to smoke a bowl while it warmed up and came back to monitor shaped blob.
I doubt it was anything special. But I did have to put the rack all the way to the bottom and lay it screen down. Was a Dell branded 21" trinitron IIRC.
Well I didn’t start out putting it in the oven. I just noticed on cold days, it took a really long time to turn on. But when it was hot, it worked normal.
Eventually it got worse and wouldn’t come on at all. So I tried warming up the insides with a hair drier, and it worked. It took a long time, but as long as I kept the monitor on, it would keep working fine.
Then the hair dried died. And it was a weekend off of work. I’ll be damned if I give up that prime gaming time. So I chukked that puppy in the oven and set it as low as it would go (I think it was like 250). Once the preheat timer went off, I pulled out the monitor, ran it to my PC and fired it up. Worked instantly, and was way faster than a hairdryer.
Lather, rinse, repeat until the inevitable happened.
Also in college, I had a “gaming” CRT that I refused to let die. Towards the end of it’s life, it wouldn’t turn on if the temperature got too low. But would work fine if I “preheated” it in the oven. Once it was on it would stay on.
It rocked on nearly a year like that until I decided to smoke a bowl while it warmed up and came back to monitor shaped blob.
How big is your oven?
I doubt it was anything special. But I did have to put the rack all the way to the bottom and lay it screen down. Was a Dell branded 21" trinitron IIRC.
I don’t doubt you, but thats a big oven. Im kinda curious after the story of who found out that the oven fixed it :p
Well I didn’t start out putting it in the oven. I just noticed on cold days, it took a really long time to turn on. But when it was hot, it worked normal.
Eventually it got worse and wouldn’t come on at all. So I tried warming up the insides with a hair drier, and it worked. It took a long time, but as long as I kept the monitor on, it would keep working fine.
Then the hair dried died. And it was a weekend off of work. I’ll be damned if I give up that prime gaming time. So I chukked that puppy in the oven and set it as low as it would go (I think it was like 250). Once the preheat timer went off, I pulled out the monitor, ran it to my PC and fired it up. Worked instantly, and was way faster than a hairdryer.
Lather, rinse, repeat until the inevitable happened.
Great story, glad you shared that. Epic tale of human inventiveness!
Approximately CRT sized