Intel Graphics HD 4000 causing hot pixels? (through HDMI)

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I built my own rig, and it was running fine for a few weeks; I was running my monitor through VGA. I then bought a new monitor, and it developed two hot pixels. I thought it was a problem with the UZ2315H Dell monitor, so I returned it and got a new one. This one also got a hot pixel, so I thought it was a problem with the brand. So I returned it, and got a 24" Hitachi TV to use as a monitor. This one got a weird 1 pixel tall horizontal black line for a split second (blink and you miss it), and then on that same line it got a hot pixel!

Is my computer causing hot pixels? I did not know that was possible! I could post specs if it will help, I do know that my processor is a Intel i5 3570K on a ASRock Z75 Pro 3 motherboard. I am using the onboard graphics of the i5 for now. (HDMI cable)
 
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Yes that is a dead pixel, never heard them called hot pixels before.

A lot of monitors ship with dead pixels, in fact a lot advertise that unless you have more than 3 or more than 5 dead pixels that they will not accept it for return.

No your system isn't capable of that. Any kind of surge of power that would have potential of being transferred to the display would first burn out the CPU (or at least the iGPU) in your system, then burn out the circuitry inside of the display. Even if some of it some how got do the panel itself, it would blow out something like the lighting or completely kill the panel, not cause sports. Though again it would take a huge power surge that first fries your computer and is so massive it didn't stop there...
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Well by "hot pixel" i mean that only one of the sub-pixels turns on: so on a white background it is a red pixel, and on a blue background it looks to be black. It is now permanent, so if I connect to a different source, it is still a bad pixel.

I did not think that it made sense, but what is the chance of having three defective monitors in a row?

Is my computer maybe sending a surge?
 
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Yes that is a dead pixel, never heard them called hot pixels before.

A lot of monitors ship with dead pixels, in fact a lot advertise that unless you have more than 3 or more than 5 dead pixels that they will not accept it for return.

No your system isn't capable of that. Any kind of surge of power that would have potential of being transferred to the display would first burn out the CPU (or at least the iGPU) in your system, then burn out the circuitry inside of the display. Even if some of it some how got do the panel itself, it would blow out something like the lighting or completely kill the panel, not cause sports. Though again it would take a huge power surge that first fries your computer and is so massive it didn't stop there in order to even get to the display.
 
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Ok, that makes sense. I must just be unlucky :(. Thanks for the answer!
 
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Sorry for the rough time you have had. Perhaps you should look very closely for particular units as often companies will sell a "Pixel perfect" version that is guaranteed to have no dead pixels. They don't always advertise that a few dead pixels might be present since its a negative, but they usually advertise when none of the pixels will be dead since its selling itself as a higher quality product.
 
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