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Fake Dead Pixel

Benjam2000

By Benjam2000
February 6, 2020 in Troubleshooting

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Posted February 6, 2020

So I though I had a dead pixel, but I took a screenshot of my "dead pixel". And now I know it is not my monitor. Does anyone know how to fix that?

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Posted February 6, 2020

Hello and welcome.

Sooooo you wanna help us out and show us what you're talking about? Draw a circle around it or something?

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Posted February 6, 2020

Have you tried removing all display drivers using DDU and re-downloading?

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