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What program do you use to fix a stuck pixel on an LCD monitor?

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BigToque

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A friend of mine says she has a green pixel on her laptop she just bought yesterday. I told her it's probably just stuck and there is software you can use to try to help fix it.

What should I use?
 
Originally posted by: BigToque
A friend of mine says she has a green pixel on her laptop she just bought yesterday. I told her it's probably just stuck and there is software you can use to try to help fix it.

What should I use?
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Stuck?
Return the PC, get it repaired with a new screen?
 
Originally posted by: Forsythe
Originally posted by: BigToque
A friend of mine says she has a green pixel on her laptop she just bought yesterday. I told her it's probably just stuck and there is software you can use to try to help fix it.

What should I use?
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Stuck?
Return the PC, get it repaired with a new screen?
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You can't return a laptop because it has 1 stuck or dead pixel.
 
you know, this thread reminds me: I used to be scared to purchase LCDs because I've heard all these horror stories of stuck pixels being common and what-not. Guess it's mainly propaganda from the pro-CRT camp as I've had possession of over a dozen different LCD screens from laptop screens to desktop monitors to televison screens and I've come into contact with countless more and I've yet to ever see a stuck pixel. Must be very rare
 
I am using a laptop that came with 3 stuck pixels.

Luckily located in an area where they are not heavily noticible except when working with a white background
 
Originally posted by: BigToque
A friend of mine says she has a green pixel on her laptop she just bought yesterday. I told her it's probably just stuck and there is software you can use to try to help fix it.

What should I use?
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Return it. Don't do it for dead pixel reason. Do something terrible, like corrupt the registry. Take it in with a "Duh, I don't know what's wrong" attitude. Tell them you know nothing about computers and it will cost $300 for someone to fix it, etc. etc. Tell them you just want a new one because school started and I have an assignment due and....

OR change the background to a matching green!
 
My 2 samsung LCDs and my Compaq laptop are dead pixel free.

However.

My 30" LCD tv has a *dead* pixel.
Four DS-lites I've purchased all have a single stuck pixel ( i have 3 kids.)
And my PSP had a *dead* pixel.

 
I have a stuck Pexil on my 17" NEC monitor it happened about 4 months after I bought it, stubid think when the screen goes black it shows up as Blue but no big deal.
 
Thought I just saw with the CD enclosed with the October issue of Maximum PC a utility to fix pixels. I looked at it real quick so I'm not totally sure it is what I think it is.
 
A stuck pixel can be converted to a dead pixel by zapping it with a laser. Manufacturers do it; I don't know if there's a home solution.
 
Originally posted by: Sforsyth
Originally posted by: jfall
http://www.wikihow.com/Fix-a-Stuck-Pixel-on-an-LCD-Monitor
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Anyone try this?

Did it work for you?
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I tried UDPixel which is linked on that page. It makes a little 5x5 pixel square of flashing colors you can drag on top of your stuck pixel. I left it going with my lcd on for around 8 hours last night. My stuck red pixel is still stuck red. Maybe someone else will have better luck.
 
Originally posted by: Nohr
Originally posted by: Sforsyth
Originally posted by: jfall
http://www.wikihow.com/Fix-a-Stuck-Pixel-on-an-LCD-Monitor
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Anyone try this?

Did it work for you?
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I tried UDPixel which is linked on that page. It makes a little 5x5 pixel square of flashing colors you can drag on top of your stuck pixel. I left it going with my lcd on for around 8 hours last night. My stuck red pixel is still stuck red. Maybe someone else will have better luck.
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Did you do the thing with the pressure on the screen and turning it on/off?
 
Originally posted by: Soviet
Did you do the thing with the pressure on the screen and turning it on/off?
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I tried that once and it didn't work. I'll admit that I was being pretty gentle. I'm afraid I'll scuff the screen somehow.
 
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