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how I fixed my LCD monitor's stuck pixel

06 August, 2007 20:38

It's my birthday, and it has been an interesting day to say the least.  There have been some family problems that had arise, but that didn't stop my day from being not too darn bad.

There is a pizza joint close by that serves a free pizza and salad lunch buffet for your birthday.  That was a no brainer, and I ate with my mother, Jim, and Camille, Jim's Daughter.

After the meal I went out to a local computer supplier with my mother and used some of the birthday earnings to purchase a 19" wide screen LCD monitor.

I was going to have them check for frozen or dead pixels, but I was too impatient.  I just figured I would fry the power supply if such dreaded pixels were to ruin my day.

I got it home, and what do you know, a stuck pixel.  I managed to fix it however by using the animated graphic on this site, positioned on the location of the misbehaving gadgetry.  

They recommend an hour, but I left it positioned there for an hour and a half.  When I removed the graphic, I found a half of a pixel, now green which was once blue.  Hmm, I guess a half a pixel is better than one.  I wasn't ready to give up though.

While the screen was on, I made the background of the pixel an absolute black.  I took a pen and covered the point with paper towel and positioned it directly over the pixel, pressed until the white goo appeared in a circle, and repeated about four more times.

It worked!  I have a perfectly pixilated monitor, from what I can tell.  I was wondering how I was going to muffle the sound of the exploding copacitators. 

A year ago I was writing:

I made it to 27! Celebrate!

Cafe Spew

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Main Entry: spew
Function: verb
Etymology: Middle English, from Old English spIwan; akin to Old High German spIwan to spit, Latin spuere, Greek ptyein intransitive verb
1 : VOMIT
2 : to come forth in a flood or gush
3 : to ooze out as if under pressure : EXUDE transitive verb
1 : VOMIT
2 : to send or cast forth with vigor or violence or in great quantity -- often used with out - spew-er noun
-- Merriam-Webster

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