[ale] OT: 2 Monitors

James P. Kinney III jkinney at localnetsolutions.com
Thu Oct 24 17:17:55 EDT 2002


Grounding won't help for a metal shield between them. That will only
absorb electric fields. You need a special type of metal called "mu"
metal. It has the unique ability to absorb magnetic fields. A single
layer 1/32" thick is adequate for negating the 0.5 gauss magnetic field
from the earth. 

On Thu, 2002-10-24 at 15:00, Brian wrote:
> I asked good 'ole google/deja regarding this issue to
> no avail so I'm wondering if anyone can give me some
> hints. I need to run 2 monitors "side by side" running
> from 2 different machines (linux & openbsd). Both are
> Sony trinitron; 15 & 17 inches.
> 
> However, I have a problem running them at the same
> time coz a flicker and a moving horizontal lines are
> sickening. I understand that this may be due to
> magnetic interference between the two monitors but I'm
> wondering if there is a way to remedy this. Putting
> grounded metal sheets in between perhaps? 
> 
> I tried to separate them for a feet or so which is the
> max. distance my table can give me with no discernible
> difference.)-;
> 
> Thanks.
> 
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