Rubbing dead pixels back to life?

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blade52x

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So today I was doing my routinely bi-weekly dust cleaning (just vacuuming the filters on my intake fans). I removed the door, and placed it against my computer. While vacuuming I accidentally knocked the door over, and it my monitor. I see a noticeable scratch on the screen about a inch long, and a mm or two wide. I just sat there, staring at it for a few seconds, kind of shocked that it just happened. So, I'm sitting there thinking that I possibly just ruined my monitor... I start rubbing the scratch with my fingers, and most of it actually went away! There was still two spots that had "deep" scratches. I sat there rubbing and finally they practically disappeared. I turn on the monitor, go into the BIOS, and great - a dead pixel! This was not dust or a scatch, as those had been removed. I remembered reading up on "massaging" dead pixels back to life, so I pulled out a sock, and used that to to slowly rub it. After about 20 seconds I noticed the blackened pixel coming back to life slowly, and within 30-45 seconds it was gone completely!

I'm just curious, had anyone else done this? I though I remember reading that the success rate of this was pretty low.

Also, what are people's experiences with glossy screens and scratches? It almost seems like this coating has the ability to "fill itself" in almost as if it was a wax...
 
If it rubbed away then it wasn't a scratch to begin with. These coatings are scratch resistant and it is quite a relief when you realize that what you thought was a scratch was just a thin layer of paint or some other residue from the object that hit it. The same thing just happened recently to my Antec 900 side panel window.

I haven't had success with the rubbing method for dead pixels, but I've heard enough success stories to believe that it is definitely worth a shot.
 
I had one dead pixel on my acer and i just stuck my finger nail on it and with some pressure rubbed it and it went away. It has not come back and this was two months ago!! But only do it as a last resort, I've only done this once so not sure of the full effects
 
well ill be damned! i have a dell 19" here that had 2 dead pixels when i bought it 3 weeks ago, i just tried this and one of them went away! it went away after about 10 seconds of rubbing it with my fingernail. ya learn something new every day....:rolleyes::)
 
It does work...I've done it on my Dell 2007WFP as well as a NEC 20WMGX2 with great results. It won't work on a pixel that is truly dead however (my Dell has one of these) but it can unstick a pixel. I would use a microfiber cloth instead of a sock...especially if it is that sock.:eek::D
 
LOL I had a dead pixel on my LCD and i just pressed it and it went away instantly.

good work

and now I just found another dead one =/
 
whats the max time I should rub for and how much pressure? still can't get this stuck red one to fix on my 206bw.
 
Push as hard as you need to. You shouldn't have to hold the monitor with much force though - if you're pushing hard enough that you need to really pull back on the monitor too keep it from turning or falling over, thats probably too much.

Oh and it shouldn't take too long. I fixed mine in about 15 or 20 seconds. Just slowly ramp up the pressure until the pixel flickers, give it a couple more shots, and it should fill in. If you're really digging at it with no effect (flickering etc) then it might not be possible to fix.

Oh and those 'flasher' programs were useless for me, but YMMV.
 
i have about 3 pixels in the top row, they are white when my display is black, and black when my display is white, and i think black for every other color. ive been cautious to rub these out since its my first lcd and idk how hard to press, think they have a chance? i really dont wanna kill the other pixels around it.
 
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