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Any ideas on how to fix a dead pixel?

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Not much you can do really other than RMA it if it annoys you. 

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1 minute ago, applesuxD said:

Any ideas on how to fix a dead pixel?

Very little you can do other than this:

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On 11/22/2017 at 2:00 AM, LinusTechTipsFanFromDarlo said:

Not much you can do really other than RMA it if it annoys you. 

 

On 11/22/2017 at 2:21 AM, Valkyrie Lenneth said:

theres several methods to fixing a dead pixel, but ive tried it on many panels and neither of them ever fixed the pixel for me :P if u have warranty just rma

 

On 11/22/2017 at 2:00 AM, BlueChinchillaEatingDorito said:

Very little you can do other than this:

Disclaimer: Do at your own risk.

It's at the corner so it isn't a super big deal for me...

Does a dead pixel mean a dying monitor though?

“It would seem that Our Lord finds our desires not too strong, but too weak. We are half-hearted creatures, fooling about with drink and sex and ambition when infinite joy is offered us, like an ignorant child who wants to go on making mud pies in a slum because he cannot imagine what is meant by the offer of a holiday at the sea. We are far too easily pleased.”


 


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On 11/22/2017 at 2:21 AM, Valkyrie Lenneth said:

theres several methods to fixing a dead pixel, but ive tried it on many panels and neither of them ever fixed the pixel for me :P if u have warranty just rma

 

On 11/22/2017 at 2:00 AM, BlueChinchillaEatingDorito said:

Very little you can do other than this:

Disclaimer: Do at your own risk.

 

On 11/22/2017 at 2:00 AM, LinusTechTipsFanFromDarlo said:

Not much you can do really other than RMA it if it annoys you. 

 

 

Should I worry about the dead pixel? It's at the side so It's no biggy but does it mean my monitor is dying soon? :(((

“It would seem that Our Lord finds our desires not too strong, but too weak. We are half-hearted creatures, fooling about with drink and sex and ambition when infinite joy is offered us, like an ignorant child who wants to go on making mud pies in a slum because he cannot imagine what is meant by the offer of a holiday at the sea. We are far too easily pleased.”


 


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13 hours ago, applesuxD said:

 

 

 

 

Should I worry about the dead pixel? It's at the side so It's no biggy but does it mean my monitor is dying soon? :(((

ded pixel is just a ded pixel nothing more :P it can become more dead pixels but yeah , usually not much to worry, if u have warranty i gues i would rma that thing tho

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13 hours ago, applesuxD said:

 

 

 

 

Should I worry about the dead pixel? It's at the side so It's no biggy but does it mean my monitor is dying soon? :(((

I heard cases of people who had a dead pixel after a month of owning a new monitor and some have never seen one.. Just unlucky and like the other's said the only thing you can do is contact the seller IF it even falls under warranty. Because it not always does. Beter try to ignore it. :/

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8 hours ago, Valkyrie Lenneth said:

ded pixel is just a ded pixel nothing more :P it can become more dead pixels but yeah , usually not much to worry, if u have warranty i gues i would rma that thing tho

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“It would seem that Our Lord finds our desires not too strong, but too weak. We are half-hearted creatures, fooling about with drink and sex and ambition when infinite joy is offered us, like an ignorant child who wants to go on making mud pies in a slum because he cannot imagine what is meant by the offer of a holiday at the sea. We are far too easily pleased.”


 


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