[P1] Dead Pixel

[Donald Keenan]

On Monday, November 25, 2002, at 09:41 PM, William L Carr wrote:

>
> On Sunday, November 24, 2002, at 01:30  PM, Peter Nacken wrote:
>
>> There have been people suggesting "gentle massaging" of the area ... 
>> But if
>> that really works, I fear it only works of pixels that had been alive 
>> and
>> died while you were working ... So it is more a "revive" exercise ... 
>> A dead
>> pixel DOA .. I fear there is not much you can do ...
>
> Hmmm.   Well, let's examine that scenario.   You try to massage the 
> pixel back to life, nothing happens.    Which is okay, I guess.   Or it 
> works, which is good.   Or it damages four more pixels right next to 
> the first, and Apple accepts it as a return.   Which is good.
>
> There used to be a hack that would disable five pixels on a defective 
> display, so Apple would accept it back.   Wonder if anyone's updated 
> that lately?
>
> Jkirk
>
> (Apple Stockholder)

If there's more than one stuck pixel in the same area, is it so obvious? 
I have an ibook with a stuck red pixel and I'm not so sure whether it's 
one or more pixels. I guess five would look like a bullet hole?
Donald