LCD TV/Monitor Repair Do-it-Yourself Guide

How to fix dead pixels on LCD screens

One of the disadvantages of LCD screens, unfortunately, is the possibility of them having the dreaded dead pixels. Repairing or reviving these dead pixels that usually appear like white dots or black dots is currently still not possible because a pixel on an LCD screen display is a very tiny, microscopic unit of the LCD screen and it is just not possible to open up the display, get that errant pixel out and replace it with a nice, conformist pixel. There is just no way to do that right now.

However, this does not mean that there is nothing else that we can do to try and fix dead pixels on monitor. Although a dead pixel does not pose any real danger to your equipment as a whole, seeing them appear on your screen can be an annoying experience. After all, you are using an equipment that you paid hard money for and seeing it in a less than perfect state could be a stressful state for you.

Now, before you whip out that wallet and go out to spend more money on a new LCD TV or monitor, what you need to do first is to check if the dead pixel incident can be covered by the manufacturers’ or dealers’ warranty. This, however, is a long shot since most warranties have a dead pixel policy that guarantees the equipment only if there are at least eight (8) dead pixels on the display. Since the probability of having 8 pixels all at the same time is very low, the best thing to do is to never buy from that dealer again. Or, if you are still just shopping around for an LCD TV or LCD monitor, choose a dealer that will guarantee against LCD dead pixels of any count.

Now, if that is no longer an option— if your dealer is refusing to replace or repair your dead pixels or if your LCD unit is no longer within the warranty period— one thing you can do is try a logically simple fix that some tech dudes have come up with to try and solve, or at the very least, alleviate the dead pixels LCD problem.

Some people have suggested that randomly refreshing the screen at a very fast rate with alternating colors of red, gleen and blue will sometimes fix those stubborn dead pixels. Apparently, this is what those dead pixel software fixes that come in DVDs do. They fire very quick bursts of red, green and blue (in random order) to shock the dead pixel into action once again. Reports indicate that this fix is about 60% effective. So if you are experiencing this problem, what have you got to lose?

You can either get one of those DVDs being sold over at your nearest electronics store or you could create a red-green-blue video of your own and to play it repeatedly until the problem goes away or you could download one from the internet. This website is giving away a dead pixel fix for free (I have not tried it myself though so use it at your own risk).

Above graphic courtesy of www.gdargaud.net

Thank you for reading this article on fixing LCD dead pixels.