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Dead pixel but not really?

Martin Jones
By Martin Jones
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Hey, this just happened to me. Suddenly a dead pixel appeared on my screen, tried everything I could have found on the internet to fix it(rubbing pencil on the screen, etc) but nothing helped.

 

Then I thought I might try to restart the system and upon showing the blue logout screen, the dead pixel was no more! I checked for malware, but windows defender didn't find anything.

 

Could that be an issue with the driver or something, that caused this, or is there some prank/malware on my PC that wasn't detected by AV? I don't download or install random stuff from the internet, but my OS install is now about 4 years old, so nobody knows what a mess is hiding in the system.

 

Did this happen to anyone else in the past?

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Ddu the drivers 

If you have any overclock get rid of it 

PC: Motherboard: ASUS B550M TUF-Plus, CPU: Ryzen 3 3100, CPU Cooler: Arctic Freezer 34, GPU: GIGABYTE WindForce GTX1650S, RAM: HyperX Fury RGB 2x8GB 3200 CL16, Case, CoolerMaster MB311L ARGB, Boot Drive: 250GB MX500, Game Drive: WD Blue 1TB 7200RPM HDD.

 

Peripherals: GK61 (Optical Gateron Red) with Mistel White/Orange keycaps, Logitech G102 (Purple), BitWit Ensemble Grey Deskpad. 

 

Audio: Logitech G432, Moondrop Starfield, Mic: Razer Siren Mini (White).

 

Phone: Pixel 3a (Purple-ish).

 

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1 minute ago, TofuHaroto said:

Ddu the drivers 

If you have any overclock get rid of it 

I have GTX1060 6GB, bought it like 2 years ago brand new. I kept it on default settings, didn't change anything. My monitor also flashes from time to time (once per month or 2) and I've also seen some screen artifacts. Those are really scary. Those suggest overhearing but when i check, the card is completely fine under 80°C

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3 minutes ago, Martin Jones said:

 

Use ddu ( display driver uninstaller) 

PC: Motherboard: ASUS B550M TUF-Plus, CPU: Ryzen 3 3100, CPU Cooler: Arctic Freezer 34, GPU: GIGABYTE WindForce GTX1650S, RAM: HyperX Fury RGB 2x8GB 3200 CL16, Case, CoolerMaster MB311L ARGB, Boot Drive: 250GB MX500, Game Drive: WD Blue 1TB 7200RPM HDD.

 

Peripherals: GK61 (Optical Gateron Red) with Mistel White/Orange keycaps, Logitech G102 (Purple), BitWit Ensemble Grey Deskpad. 

 

Audio: Logitech G432, Moondrop Starfield, Mic: Razer Siren Mini (White).

 

Phone: Pixel 3a (Purple-ish).

 

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I've seen this issue pop up a few times before, it was a program that was running a 1x1 pixels window. If I remember correctly, it was Steam that caused this, but it could be any other program. Close processes stuff via task manager and you should eventually see it disappear. :)

PC SPECS: CPU: Intel Core i7 3770k @4.4GHz - Mobo: Asrock Extreme 4 (Z77) - GPU: MSI GeForce GTX 680 Twin Frozr 2GB - RAM: Crucial Ballistix 2x4GB (8GB) 1600MHz CL8 + 1x8GB - Storage: SSD: Sandisk Extreme II 120GB. HDD: Seagate Barracuda 1TB - PSU: be quiet! Pure Power L8 630W semi modular  - Case: Corsair Obsidian 450D  - OS: Windows 7

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10 minutes ago, TomvanWijnen said:

I've seen this issue pop up a few times before, it was a program that was running a 1x1 pixels window. If I remember correctly, it was Steam that caused this, but it could be any other program. Close processes stuff via task manager and you should eventually see it disappear. :)

No way! If this is true, then I'm sending valve a fat check to pay for my heart attack I got.

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