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I know there are tons of people searching for a way to fix a dead or frozen pixel everyday.  A common scenario is  you just purchased a beautiful wide screen monitor for gaming or multimedia use, you finish connecting it and turn it on for the first time only to see one or more bright green / red pixels shining right in your face no matter what color is supposed to be displayed.  This is known as a “frozen” or “stuck” pixel.  Frozen / stuck pixels CAN be fixed.  I am not saying they can definitely be fixed, unfortunately it varys for each case.  I guess it makes sense that there are different factors that lead to a frozen pixel, and different levels of frozen.. ness lol.    There are several ways to go about fixing a frozen pixel.

1. You can try massaging the area directly over the frozen pixel.  When you do this, preferably use something like a lint free cloth that is slightly wet with water to avoid scratching the screen.  Do not apply too much pressure, but enough to where you feel yourself putting pressure on it.  There is no specified amount of time to do this for, but it most likely will take a while.

2. You can try marking the spot of the frozen pixel with a small piece of stickypad paper but put it slightly above the pixel so you can access it.  Using the same method above with the wet lint free cloth while the computer is off, apply pressure to the spot of the dead pixel while booting the computer up.  Wait until you get to the login screen before you remove the pressure.  If this doesn’t work, you can try massaging it some more, or resart this process.

3. If these first 2 options fail, there is one more possible way to fix a frozen pixel.  Follow this link: http://www.jscreenfix.com/basic.php You can scroll the the bottom and run JScreenfix.  It is basically a java app that runs in a browser window which rapidly changes colors on your screen, to me it kind of resembles white noise from an old analog television when the channel doesnt have reception, except with colors.  Check their site for a complete description of how this works.  If JScreenfix does not work, they have a deluxe version on their website that claims to be able to do a better job.  Sometimes if one of the above steps works, the dead pixel can return as happened to me.  JScreenfix deluxe also claims to remove stubborn frozen pixels which come back.

These are the best and possibly only ways to try fixing frozen/stuck pixels.

Dead pixels are identified as a black pixel on a white background.  If you have a dead pixel, unfortunately it can not be fixed.

LCD / PLASMA SCREEN BURN IN

If you have screen burn in from having the same image or words displayed on your monitor for extensive periods of time, this can be fixed by JScreenfix too!  This only works on LCD or possibly plasma, CRT monitors can not be fixed.  If you have burn in on a LCD/PLASMA television, you can connect it to your computer with the VGA connector and run it on that too.

I hope this helps some people..  If these dont work for you, you can always keep repeating the processes.  GOOD LUCK!

*My advice, stay away from cheaper monitors.  I bought 2 ASUS monitors and both had dead pixels.  Most brands / resellers have a 5 stuck/dead pixel minimum for an RMA.  So if you have less than 5 you are beat.  It mgiht be a good idea to buy a monitor in a store so you can see it for yourself first.

Acer makes good monitors and has respectable prices, possibly best bang for the buck.

Please post comments if you got yours working, or didnt.

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