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    DEAD PIXEL MASSAGE

    Discussion in 'VAIO / Sony' started by AG052, Mar 22, 2005.

  1. AG052

    AG052 Notebook Enthusiast

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    DOES ANYONE HAVE ANY GOOD TECHNIQUES TO REVIVE A DEAD PIXEL? I'VE HEARD THAT IT IS SOMETIMES POSSIBLE TO MASSAGE ONE BACK TO LIFE... HAS ANYONE BEEN ABLE TO DO THIS? WHAT'S THE SUCCESS RATE?
     
    AG052, Mar 22, 2005
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  2. GeekGrl378

    GeekGrl378 Newbie

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    A dead pixel is like a short circuit, you can rub it back into place usually (the same way you can fiddle with a headphone jack to make it function correctly). I have fixed loose pixels by using my thumb and and rubbing in a counter-clockwise motion with a fair amount of pressure. After about 20-40 seconds it was corrected. This doesnt work on all of them, but I have found it to work very frequently.

    Another theory is that you can get a program to run which goes through every color in sucession-- taking hours to finish. Apparently this has worked in many Apples (seems like that program is only available for MAC OS) However, it discredits the "short circuit" technique.
     
    GeekGrl378, Mar 22, 2005
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  3. nethawk

    nethawk Notebook Guru

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    DONT DO THE MASSAGE IN A XBLACK SCREEN

    if you dont fix it i will have a pressed noticible area wich is worst than before...
     
    nethawk, Mar 26, 2005
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  4. AG052

    AG052 Notebook Enthusiast

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    Thanks for the advice, nethawk.
     
    AG052, Mar 29, 2005
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