Post by Chris on Nov 22, 2024 12:47:03 GMT
For the last few weeks I have been very annoyed seeing what appeared to be a "dead black pixel" on my monitor. It was not worth buying a new monitor just for one pixel. However, while editing photos, I would think there was a problem with the image, until I realised it was the infamous "dead black pixel".
So I decided to do some Googling. To my surprise, I found there are some fixes that work in some situations. But don't expect any miracles if your monitor suffers from a serious hardware problem!
Stuck and Dead Pixels - How to Distinguish and Fix Them:
skylum.com/blog/stuck-pixel-vs-dead-pixel#:~:text=Step%201%3A%20First%2C%20find%20out,while%20turning%20on%20the%20monitor.
To cut a long story short, one of the fixes mentioned is to use the JScreenFix Online Tool. It's basically a website that provides a noisy flashing square image that can be moved over the problem area to gradually revive it.
There is a warning that those who are sensitive to flashing images or who suffer from epilepsy should not use this.
www.jscreenfix.com/ click where it says, "Launch online tool." www.jscreenfix.com/fix.html
Well, it actually helped me to fix the problem on my monitor! So now the black pixel has permanently vanished! But, the "fix" was not due to the way the developers had intended. I placed the flashing square over the dead pixel and took a magnifying glass to see what was going on. I could see that the surrounding red, blue and green pixels were constantly turning on and off. But there was something that didn't look quite right. So I got a jewellers loupe magnifying glass to get a closer look. After looking several times I realised that the pixels underneath the "black pixel" were flashing on and off normally. Previously I had cleaned over that area many times with a tissue and a Q-tip soaked in isopropyl alcohol but to no avail. So I tried yet again with a Q-tip and isopropyl alcohol, but nothing changed. Then on a hunch, I tried a Q-tip and ammoniated window cleaner. To my delight and embarrassment, the "dead black pixel" instantly vanished! So all's well that ends well!
But in case anyone else has a problem with stuck or dead pixels, jscreenfix.com might be able to help.
Kind regards
Chris
So I decided to do some Googling. To my surprise, I found there are some fixes that work in some situations. But don't expect any miracles if your monitor suffers from a serious hardware problem!
Stuck and Dead Pixels - How to Distinguish and Fix Them:
skylum.com/blog/stuck-pixel-vs-dead-pixel#:~:text=Step%201%3A%20First%2C%20find%20out,while%20turning%20on%20the%20monitor.
To cut a long story short, one of the fixes mentioned is to use the JScreenFix Online Tool. It's basically a website that provides a noisy flashing square image that can be moved over the problem area to gradually revive it.
There is a warning that those who are sensitive to flashing images or who suffer from epilepsy should not use this.
www.jscreenfix.com/ click where it says, "Launch online tool." www.jscreenfix.com/fix.html
Well, it actually helped me to fix the problem on my monitor! So now the black pixel has permanently vanished! But, the "fix" was not due to the way the developers had intended. I placed the flashing square over the dead pixel and took a magnifying glass to see what was going on. I could see that the surrounding red, blue and green pixels were constantly turning on and off. But there was something that didn't look quite right. So I got a jewellers loupe magnifying glass to get a closer look. After looking several times I realised that the pixels underneath the "black pixel" were flashing on and off normally. Previously I had cleaned over that area many times with a tissue and a Q-tip soaked in isopropyl alcohol but to no avail. So I tried yet again with a Q-tip and isopropyl alcohol, but nothing changed. Then on a hunch, I tried a Q-tip and ammoniated window cleaner. To my delight and embarrassment, the "dead black pixel" instantly vanished! So all's well that ends well!
But in case anyone else has a problem with stuck or dead pixels, jscreenfix.com might be able to help.
Kind regards
Chris