Fix a stuck pixel on an LCD monitor

Step 3 Second method: applying pressure to stuck pixel

This method is done by placing a damp (not wet!) paper towel over you monitor. Place your stylus or blunt pencil tip on the paper towel over where the stuck pixel is. You have to place it exactly on the stuck pixel. Now turn of your monitor and apply a small amount of pressure to the stylus / pencil. Wait two seconds and then turn your monitor back on. Your stuck pixel should be fixed! If it is not, try repeating but this time, apply a little more pressure.

This method works because a stuck pixel is a pixel in which the liquid in the liquid crystal has not or not completely spread to this pixel. The backlight uses this liquid and lets different amounts of light through. This affects the color of the pixel. The pressure helps the liquid in the liquid crystal move around.

Comments

[kierano]

Lol - I was about to do this (the JScreenFix applet doesn't want to run for some reason), and just the pressure of holding a piece of toilet paper to the screen fixed the pixel.

Thanks, though.

[krizzz]

So, at this point I fixed my monitor! Thank you so much, I had 4 hot, blue pixels on one of my monitors and they've been annoying me for 4 years. Now they're gone and I can't believe that. Thanks a tone!!!!

[Einsteins Circuitry]

Great! I'm glad it worked.