Dead pixels on my LCD, how to get them working again?

systemlord

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I have a Nec 1970GX 19" 8ms LCD have had for two years and I love it, but yesterday I noticed that there were four dead pixels in the center of screen of all places. I have heard there a ways of getting them to turn back on, I have tried overnight unplugging the LCD, but no luck. Do you guys know of any other tricks to get these pixels working again? Thanks for any suggestions!
 

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my lcd has two "stuck" pixels, every time I turn the monitor on I take my finger and push and roll it over the area of the bad pixels that fixes it until the next time I turn it off.
 
Yep, if it's a 'stuck' pixel, then you can massage some back to life, if it's a DEAD pixel then it'll remain dead.

Usually when it's a cluster it's because of some contact with something (I can't believe a co-workers DELL hasn't already got clusters of them, she smacks her LCDs and I see ripples as if impact marks on Jupiter).

hopefully the massaging helps, if not, you're out of luck. considering they're clustered it sounds like damage, but hopefully it' just a warp in the glas or something in the area and a massage will help.
 

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Well it seems that those pixels are indeed dead, I most likely won't notice them in game. They are black and about the size of a period @1280x1024 but more faint, almost gray. I almost forgot to tell you that yesterday for about 2 minutes there was a yellow stripe going down the left side of the screen, what does this mean? Thanks everyone for all your very helpful suggestions. :D