How do you degauss one of these?

sao

I heard they degaus on startup.

The eMac will automatically degauss when starting up or waking from sleep - See: http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=88416

Yes, when you power it up (from cold, i.e., unplug it from the wall, plug it back in and press the power button) you should be hearing a 'pongggg!' sound which is the sound of the degaussing circuitry. There's no other way to do it manually that I know of.

You could also get yourself a degaussing wand from Jaycar or a similar company. I have one and they're a lot of fun.

thanks guys, the degaussing wand sounds fun. this machine is basically never turned off, but does power down overnight.

sao

What is degaussing?

From wikipedia.org: Degaussing is the process of reducing or eliminating an unwanted magnetic field.

Many things can be degaussed, but in computers, the common use of degaussing is with CRT monitors. Have a look at this article (you'll need to scroll down to the bit under degaussing ships).

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Degaussing

Beaten

rofl, this is exactly true, couldnt describe it better myself (altho mine is an iMac.. same diff!)

Clunky ole things, arent they!

Thanks

Not to be confused with the 'bongggg!' sound of 'Happy Mac in C Major' - which, of course, has nothing to do with magnetic fields.