Pencil eraser and dead pixels??

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Shawnasee

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I got a dead pixel and I heard something about someone rubbing a eraser over it or something to that effect. Any basis in this claim? Or am I the idiot that was born yesterday? :eek:
 
Is the pixel stuck or dead? What color is it? If the pixel is stuck then you might have a chance.
 
Some people also use a cotton wool bud (q-tip), may be better as it'll put less pressure on the screen and hopefully prevent any collateral damage.
 
had 1 stuck pixel before, I tried to use the rubbing method described online before and it didn't help at all, I also tried http://www.jscreenfix.com/ and that didn't help either. Maybe you'll get lucky because there are cases people reporting that fixed the problem
 
I tried to rub 2 26" Planar and 2 NEC 2690, even ran jscreenfix for hours, still no luck on the stuck/dead pixel issue. I returned all of them eventually.
 
I was about to try these techniques since I had a stuck pixel (it was green), but now I can't find it.
I guess it got unstuck recently.
 
It definitely works.

The reasoning behind it is that dead pixels are caused due to a trace amount of powder lead getting onto the actual liquid crystal display panel during the manufacturing process.
Lightly rubbing the eraser over the dead pixel can (if lucky) remove the lead just like it would with pencil lead on paper, thus causing the pixel to become un-stuck. :)

Ok, no... but seriously, it actually does work. When I got a Samsung 22" lcd I freaked out when I saw what I thought was a dead pixel... turns out it was only stuck and googling lead me to the pencil trick. It worked :)
 
I used the rubbing method, only to got a stuck pixel on my returned nec lcd2690 to temporarily disappear. It surfaced again in couple hours... I then used JscreenFix on an array of 3 stuck pixels on that same monitor, it made the stuck pixels change color but that's about it, they were still stuck. That's why I said it didn't work for me.
 
Had a stuck pixel couple of times. Never heard of this rubbing thing, but heard about tapping it with your finger. A couple of sharp taps it they came back to life.
 
Shawnasee said:
Can you use the Jscreen with FireFox?
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I got this after going to their site so I'd say yes :)

Launch the JScreenFix applet
You appear to be running Internet Explorer. The applet version has some problems with Internet Explorer. More details.

It is recommended that you install Firefox. Firefox is free and will also protect you from popups, viruses and spyware.
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