sdenike Posted March 11, 2004 Share Posted March 11, 2004 Doh.. I was doing some photoshoping.. and came across a dead pixel, is that covered under the warenty? I just bought the laptop back in Dec. of 03 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
markwolfe Veteran Posted March 11, 2004 Veteran Share Posted March 11, 2004 Short answer: no. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Otto Posted March 11, 2004 Share Posted March 11, 2004 Long answer: check your warranty. usually it is a certain percentage of dead pixels before they replace it. so if it bothers you so much, tough. otherwise, find a way to dead pixel-fy the rest of your monitor lol...but basically, no you're screwed with it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
markwolfe Veteran Posted March 11, 2004 Veteran Share Posted March 11, 2004 My originally intended longer answer: this thread About 8 posts down there is a reference to Tom's Hardware, and a rather good article they have on pixel failures and Manufacturer's defect policy. :yes: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sdenike Posted March 11, 2004 Author Share Posted March 11, 2004 damn for real? thast ****ty... seems like they would replace it since I have only had it for a few months... any idea how much it would cost to fix? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
markwolfe Veteran Posted March 11, 2004 Veteran Share Posted March 11, 2004 damn for real? thast ****ty... seems like they would replace it since I have only had it for a few months... any idea how much it would cost to fix? Replacement LCDs (backlight is integrated, so they are assemblies) for our robots (which use an 8" color LCD) is $250-$300. Rather expensive.. :( Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GUNNER Posted March 11, 2004 Share Posted March 11, 2004 No. Most manufactures consider 3 or more in a 1" area defective but one here and one there is not a defective lcd panel. I work for a Lcd repair company. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sdenike Posted March 11, 2004 Author Share Posted March 11, 2004 No. Most manufactures consider 3 or more in a 1" area defective but one here and one there is not a defective lcd panel. I work for a Lcd repair company. Well I guess you answered that then :p hmm well I guess I can jsut hope that a big junk goes out on me and Apple replaces it then :) Until then I guess I deal with this blueish looking spec :( Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GUNNER Posted March 11, 2004 Share Posted March 11, 2004 Well I guess you answered that then :p hmm well I guess I can jsut hope that a big junk goes out on me and Apple replaces it then :) Until then I guess I deal with this blueish looking spec :( It is realy :( that they look at it that way, but once you see what goes into making them you understand. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
markwolfe Veteran Posted March 11, 2004 Veteran Share Posted March 11, 2004 Well I guess you answered that then :p hmm well I guess I can jsut hope that a big junk goes out on me and Apple replaces it then :) Until then I guess I deal with this blueish looking spec :( I suppose you could start pushing your thumb on the screen, and moving it around in an attempt to damage more pixels (and get to the point where they wil accept a return), but it seems to be a pretty "risky" activity to me. :unsure: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GUNNER Posted March 11, 2004 Share Posted March 11, 2004 I suppose you could start pushing your thumb on the screen, and moving it around in an attempt to damage more pixels (and get to the point where they wil accept a return), but it seems to be a pretty "risky" activity to me. :unsure: NO :no: that is considerd ABUSE. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
markwolfe Veteran Posted March 11, 2004 Veteran Share Posted March 11, 2004 NO :no: that is considerd ABUSE. Hence the "risk" :pinch: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tiger.Girl Posted March 11, 2004 Share Posted March 11, 2004 try to gently rub it back to life if that doesnt work run a search in the mac section and you will find an app that helps to fix dead pixels Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sdenike Posted March 12, 2004 Author Share Posted March 12, 2004 tried rubbing .. and still a little blue dot... and cant find anything about fixing a dead pixel. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
markwolfe Veteran Posted March 12, 2004 Veteran Share Posted March 12, 2004 I am afraid that the only thing left is to take a very fine-pioint black Sharpie magic marker, and put a black dot right over the blue sub-pixel that is locked on. :no: It's a hardware problem that is minor (but very annoying - I know, having lived it before). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tiger.Girl Posted March 12, 2004 Share Posted March 12, 2004 heres the link to the thread https://www.neowin.net/forum/index.php?showtopic=121649 doesnt seem very likely that it will work but its worth a try Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheWitePony Posted March 16, 2004 Share Posted March 16, 2004 I had two appear a week after I bought my Tibook last summer. One red, dead center and one green to the left. Called AppleCare, no dice, you gotta have like 7 in a distinguishable pattern. So I tried the rub trick, actually got the red one to come back but couldn't ever get the green one. After a while you get used to it. I'm pretty lucky, where it is and what color it is make it virtually unnoticeable (its where I place my iChat window so I see it maybe 0.1% of the time. Its just when I want to use a darker background or watch a movie full screen it can get annoying. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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