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laptop screen white dot

Discussion in 'Computers & Modding' started by kingofgamemasters777, Feb 27, 2009.

  1. kingofgamemasters777

    kingofgamemasters777 Well-Known Member

    theres this little white dot in my laptop screen its not going a way. what could it be is it a physical problem or is it software?
     
  2. Born2killx

    Born2killx Well-Known Member

    Physical. You're going to need to send it in for repair/replacement.
     
  3. BloodVayne

    BloodVayne Well-Known Member

    Related to this, my laptop suddenly displayed faint white lines near the bottom of the screen. It was just a matter of realigning and reconnecting the LCD flexible cables, though. Got it done for free :) .
    Send it in back to the service center, if it's still under warranty.
     
  4. Born2killx

    Born2killx Well-Known Member

    I had to remove the LCD screen from a laptop of mine to replace the backlight inverter board because the backlight went black whenever it was plugged into an outlet. Got it done for... uhh... twenty dollars.

    I had to buy the replacement part, okay? It would cost hundreds if I sent it back to Dell. (It was then that I realized that I was going to stop buying Dell products. The laptop broke four days after the warranty expired.)
     
  5. Loonylion

    Loonylion Administrator Staff Member

    reparing laptops already? good job :)
     
  6. waylonn

    waylonn Well-Known Member

    Dead Pixel(s)?
     
  7. Born2killx

    Born2killx Well-Known Member

    Hot pixel.
     
  8. Loonylion

    Loonylion Administrator Staff Member

    usually called a stuck pixel actually, dead pixels are black.
     
  9. Born2killx

    Born2killx Well-Known Member

    Dead = Black
    Hot = White
    Stuck = Sub-pixel level dead or hot
     
  10. waylonn

    waylonn Well-Known Member

    Ah well, got a white pixel on my old monitor, and the guy who gave me a new one (even a bigger one :D) said it was dead, but hot is fine to me.
     
  11. fallenleader

    fallenleader Guest

    what is a green pixel? i got 1 stuck top left my monitor and its been there for 2 years.
     
  12. Loonylion

    Loonylion Administrator Staff Member

    a stuck pixel. Try pressing it firmly (NOT HARD) with your thumb or finger.
     
  13. fallenleader

    fallenleader Guest

    ??? press it firmly but not hard ??? press it but don't touch it :p i'll try it and edit the post when done.

    i pressed it hard enough to discolor. not hard enough to break. didnt see it but pressed in the area it normally is in.

    will edit this post if i see it again.