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- dvsbstrd, on 11/29/2008, -3/+332GODDAMMIT.
I didn't see any dead pixels before.
NOW I FOUND ONE AND I CAN'T UNSEE IT. - doublefelix, on 11/29/2008, -8/+235first thing to come to mind:
http://hijinksensue.com/2008/08/04/its-hardly-noti ... - juanej, on 11/29/2008, -17/+196.
- j3ff86, on 11/29/2008, -1/+1171) Return the monitor. I've never been able to fix stuck pixels with the software from the article.
- purseonality, on 11/29/2008, -0/+97I just turn the monitor over and slap it like a ketchup bottle.
It doesn't work, but it feels satisfying. - xdigito, on 11/29/2008, -15/+111.
- blueRAP, on 11/29/2008, -1/+93IT MOVES WHEN I SCROLL!!
- oboshoe, on 11/29/2008, -0/+87dugg for
"Try not to put pressure anywhere else, as this may trigger the creation of more stuck pixels."
Yea...good luck putting pressure on one pixel at a time. - idc5, on 11/29/2008, -3/+88didn't even think you could fix these
- newman8r, on 11/29/2008, -1/+64you ***** retards. if you fix a dead pixel you get a goddamn zombie pixel, you'll be sorry.
- AlanFang, on 11/29/2008, -2/+64Nuke it from orbit, only way to be sure.
- inactive, on 11/29/2008, -0/+61I keep a 64-pack of crayons and color in the pixel as needed.
- coldkill3r, on 11/29/2008, -0/+54Hammer and nail.
- blueRAP, on 11/29/2008, -3/+50I poked your mom, but that made her stay.
- Culero, on 11/29/2008, -1/+41what about a vertical line across the screen?
- gbudavid, on 11/29/2008, -1/+36Pixel Dust?? It worked in Peter Pan...
- aywwts4, on 11/29/2008, -1/+35Stores are generally different than manufacturers.
If you call up sony and tell them you want to return or repair your laptop, because it has a few dead pixels, they will tell you to go suck a sock unless it surpasses their return limit.
If you take the same laptop, with receipt, back to walmart and tell the sales money that you mumble mumble want to return it, dead pixels mumble, mumble. They will go "mhummkay.... let me scan that" and throw it in the defective bin.
In the end that likely costs the manufacturer a lot more money than if they would have repaired it, but buying from brick and mortar does have that added protection to the consumer, that the retailer knows nothing about the product and will take back anything for pretty much any reason. - Chompy, on 11/30/2008, -1/+271. Go to Apple Store.
2. Bend Over. - chompapotamus, on 11/29/2008, -1/+26oh screw you
- subliminalurge, on 11/29/2008, -0/+25Yes, it does.
- purzzzell, on 11/29/2008, -9/+31What about running a high powered magnet over that portion of the screen?
(not responsible for outcome) - Sylenus, on 11/29/2008, -0/+21nothing would happen, LCDs arn't like CRTs.
- Virgule, on 11/29/2008, -1/+21You need pixel lube. They rust over time that's why they stuck.
- drethedog, on 11/29/2008, -1/+21Thank you, I had a dead pixel in my left cornea and after staring at fix #2 for 7 hours it's good as new...
- SwitchBoardCo, on 11/29/2008, -1/+21if it's a dell, there's been a recent recall on vertical screen lines. check your model number and call dell for a replacement. mine took 3 days for a full screen replacement.
- Selkies, on 11/29/2008, -1/+20what about the policies in the US? Don't the stores hold on to the ISO standards a screen is allowed to have a dead pixel and a few dead subpixels on every million pixels?
- inactive, on 11/29/2008, -0/+19Hang a picture over it! BRILLIANT!
- majortom1981, on 11/29/2008, -1/+19This is not 5 ways its one way with 5 diff programs to do it. The title is wrong.
The way I have cleared a stuck pixel was to push in on the pixel without damaging the screen. - ElAmo, on 11/29/2008, -2/+19Two dead pixels?
- greenlight2001, on 11/30/2008, -0/+17That's how I fix all my women problems.
- junkneo, on 11/29/2008, -0/+16GHOST PIXEL.
- SnowBladerX, on 11/29/2008, -0/+16I have also had luck rubbing a stuck pixel with just my finger while the screen was on.
- FogDogg, on 11/29/2008, -0/+14Its a skin. The buttons are on the opposite side on a mac.
- jub0r, on 11/29/2008, -1/+15LCDS DO NOT WORK THAT WAY! GOODNIGHT!
- svivian, on 11/29/2008, -1/+15Ha. funny that you're being bugg down while the guy 5 posts below you is being dugg up fpr the exact same post.
- TehProphet, on 11/29/2008, -0/+14I had a bright green stuck pixel show up while I was playing fallout 3, I poked it and it went away.
- Jonnybin123, on 11/29/2008, -9/+22http://img395.imageshack.us/my.php?image=queid6.pn ...
- xanadont, on 11/30/2008, -0/+13Since when did "across" mean horizontal only?
- bstew22, on 11/29/2008, -0/+13i'll be honest, i kept touching the screen. that's annoying me
- aqrilik, on 11/29/2008, -0/+12They forgot to mention the fine tipped sharpie method.
- davewelsh79, on 11/29/2008, -1/+13I tried to rub that off my screen. I thought it was dust though.
- groo68, on 11/29/2008, -1/+13Don't assume he meant himself, he could he could have been referring to anyone.
- inactive, on 11/29/2008, -8/+20hate pixel problem ...
- subliminalurge, on 11/29/2008, -0/+12No sense of humor? Yeah, okay, you must be the life of the party....
- aywwts4, on 11/30/2008, -0/+11No, the standard doesn't exist. It is determined by every company individually and depends on the type and size of monitor and can range from 0 to the double digits.
For a Nintendo product it is zero. For newegg, it is 8. - zakatov, on 11/29/2008, -0/+10What app can possibly be drawing a single pixel on screen? I'm not being sarcastic, I'm curious.
- dmcbride6, on 11/29/2008, -0/+10Dead pixels didn't bother me in the least. That is, until I realized I had one - then it bugged the ***** out of me.
- PathDaemon, on 11/29/2008, -0/+9Guys, before you spend any serious time fixing a (newly) stuck pixel, CHECK FOR SOFTWARE ISSUES.
I once spent an hour or so massaging a "stuck" pixel on one of my monitors and running these utilities before I realized that something on my computer was drawing a 1x1, white window in that spot with a high z index.
If I had just unplugged the darn thing and let it go into that retarded self test mode — or rebooted — I wouldn't have wasted so much time.
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No, your stuck pixel probably isn't caused by software, but it's worth checking! - Dweller99, on 11/29/2008, -1/+10I have had luck massaging the bad pixel with a pencil eraser. No scratches, and more localized pressure than a washcloth can provide.
- heavyd14, on 11/29/2008, -0/+9Isn't a TFT screen a kind of an LCD screen?
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