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Easy Fix[ Reply to This ] (none / 0) (#8)
by Anonymous User on Tue Mar 07, 2006 at 02:08:05 PM PDT

Carefully open the flat panel (or Laptop) and using insulated pliers, start holding a paperclip to anything that looks like a power junction.  When you hear a loud snap and see a puff of smoke, problem solved.  Now it's not a dead pixel issue, it's a dead monitor/laptop issue.  Had to do that on several flaky Dell mainboards since Dell wanted to do nothing more then reload windows for the ninth time.  Vendors can hem and haw all they want, but dead is dead.

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dell[ Parent | Reply to This ] (none / 0) (#17)
by Anonymous User on Wed Mar 22, 2006 at 08:05:40 PM PDT

I like your thinkin.. I have a 24" Dell LCD. Came with one dead pixel, which once I noticed drove me nuts... Called Dell and they said their policy is no replacement unless there are 8 dead pixels. The kid on the phone was cool though and asked me again "are you sure there's only ONE dead pixel?" -- I replied with "oh wow, upon closer inspection I actually have 8 dead pixels -- didn't notice those other 7 at first".. Had a new monitor 2 days later.

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