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How to fix stuck pixels on LCDs
by Jason Clarke Jan 4th 2007
Do you have a pixel that is stuck on a certain color (other than black) on your LCD monitor or laptop? Luckily it's only ever happened to me once, and thankfully it eventually started working again. Stuck pixels are ones where they continuously show one non-black color; dead pixels are the black ones, and there's usually not much that can be done about those.So if you have a stuck pixel, how can you fix it? This is Download Squad, so with software, of course! Online software, no less. JScreenFix is a little utility that will display a set of dizzying patterns to exercise each color cell of each pixel on your monitor. I don't pretend to understand how this works, but apparently displaying this random set of colors can repair most stuck pixels in about 20 minutes, and can also help to mitigate burn-in damage to plasma screens - although this takes much longer.
Simply visit the site, and click the link provided to open a popup window containing the Java applet. There are also standalone versions available, including a PDA version.
[Via lifehack.org]
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