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| From | Stef <not@this.address.com> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | comp.os.linux.hardware |
| Subject | Re: Dead pixels on LED monitor |
| Date | 2014-06-30 16:03 +0000 |
| Organization | Aioe.org NNTP Server |
| Message-ID | <los1ol$3hs$1@speranza.aioe.org> (permalink) |
| References | <20140629232857.75ef5307@dougshost.douglaidlaw.net> <lopfk3$r2b$1@speranza.aioe.org> <20140630195759.47081df6@dougshost.douglaidlaw.net> |
Doug Laidlaw wrote: > On Sun, 29 Jun 2014 16:41:40 +0000 (UTC) > Stef <not@this.address.com> wrote: > >> Doug Laidlaw wrote: >> >> > My monitor had 5 dead pixels in the top LH corner, at the corners >> > and centre of a rectangle, Although they were so regular, I >> > thought they must be fly-dirt! >> > >> > Now the number has more than doubled. It this likely to be a >> > progressive fault? >> >> How old is the monitor? >> >> If it's relatively new, it could be a manufacturing flaw. >> >> If it's old, it's probably failing. If you get more >> and more dead pixels, I'd say it's definitely failing. Nothing lasts >> forever. But have a tech check it out anyway. And start saving for a >> new monitor. >> >> Stef > > Thanks. They all came good today then failed again. The same ones. > > I bought it at the end of Jan 2011. Sounds like a monitor problem. Hook the monitor up to a different computer, and see if the same thing happens. If it does, then the problem is probably the monitor. If it doesn't, then it's something else. In either case, have a tech check it out. Might be repairable, but probably won't be a cost effective one. Stef
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Dead pixels on LED monitor Doug Laidlaw <laidlaws@hotkey.net.au> - 2014-06-29 23:28 +1000
Re: Dead pixels on LED monitor Stef <not@this.address.com> - 2014-06-29 16:41 +0000
Re: Dead pixels on LED monitor Doug Laidlaw <laidlaws@hotkey.net.au> - 2014-06-30 19:57 +1000
Re: Dead pixels on LED monitor Stef <not@this.address.com> - 2014-06-30 16:03 +0000
Re: Dead pixels on LED monitor gamo <gamo@telecable.es> - 2014-07-05 14:26 +0200
Re: Dead pixels on LED monitor Adrian C <email@here.invalid> - 2014-07-05 15:31 +0100
Re: Dead pixels on LED monitor philo <philo@privacy.net> - 2014-07-02 11:35 -0500
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