dead pixel

[IntegraTypeRS]

i recently got a dell laptop. i haven't even been using it for a day and i saw this lil green speck. so i'm guessing it's a dead pixel. it's small and barely noticiable but i'm a perfectionist and shit is annoying the hell out of me. but then i don't wanna go through the hassle of sending my whole thing back just cuz of one pixel. is there anything i can do to fix it?

[trail_boss2]

Probably nothing you can do. Im not sure about laptops, but if you read the warrenty information on most LCD monitors it says in there that they are allowed to have up to like 5 or 7 dead pixels before its covered under warrenty to be fixed.

[ekkkk]

yea a dead pixel is just that, dead. if u purchased it within 30days or whatever Dell's policy is, they might exchanged for a new one? I bought a laptop from compusa and it had a dead pixel when i first turn it on and i got a new one in exchange. also, with LCD's different companies have different policy on how many dead pixel you can have before replacing it.

[neldogg]

just call dell, they should replace it for you quick










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[IntegraTypeRS]

eh i don't wanna go through the hassle for one pixel. besides i think my dead pixel came back to life.. i don't see it the green speck anymore i guess my beautiful kristin kruek excited it back up

[RunninSOHC]

If it is a true dot defect, then it will be there from the first time the monitor is turned on until the day it is obsolete and dies. It will never get larger or smaller, and it definately will not ever go away. So if you no longer have it, then it wasn't an LCD Industry Standard Dot Defect. Goto DOS or some black screen see if it is still there. By the way you are not entitled to a replacement if there is a dot defect.....the only thing you can do is PERM it (permanently return) within the period you are allowed to. And that means you will have to eat the restocking charges, also. Then you could try again and see if you get a perfect monitor and repeat the process if not.