Stuck Pixels?

[RichKS]

I have one stuck pixel on the screen of my GP2X. It's about 15 mm from the bottom and 25mm in from the right. It's only one but it's really annoying.

Is there an application which can stress just one pixel so I can (hopefully) clean this pixel without stressing all the others? I know I could just run a flashing movie, that will stress all the other pixels too.

 

[abigsmurf]

I have one stuck pixel on the screen of my GP2X. It's about 15 mm from the bottom and 25mm in from the right. It's only one but it's really annoying.

Is there an application which can stress just one pixel so I can (hopefully) clean this pixel without stressing all the others? I know I could just run a flashing movie, that will stress all the other pixels too.

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someone developed a stuck pixel video for the PSP that was quite successfull. try googling for "stuck pixel video" or something along those lines

 

[Paradox]

http://www.psp-vault.com/Article168.psp

 

[barnesy]

I've not heard that idea before. It's great if it works out though.

One option that springs to mind for me may be daft but involves a program I wrote so I'll recommend it: You could continually draw and undo a pixel in that space using pyBrush!

But I'm not sure if you need something that turns the pixel on and off more times than would be practical with that method. If so, it wouldn't be all that hard to write something in pygame to do the same sort of thing automatically.

edit - Ah, that PSP article makes the pybrush idea sound like a non starter. I could knock up a program (not sure when though!) if the video answer doesn't work for you

 

[RichKS]

someone developed a stuck pixel video for the PSP that was quite successfull. try googling for "stuck pixel video" or something along those lines

Yes, I have that video. My point as stated in the original post is that a movie that flashes the whole screen will stress all the other pixels in the screen, not just the stuck one. Stressed pixels are more likly to fail in the future, so I'm reluctant to stress all the thousands of currently-working-fine pixels and risk them going tits-up. I want to stress one pixel only.

There is a psp pixel cleaner app which lets you move a single pixel stress flash and leave it on one pixel only to un-stick it.

 

[Alex.]

I never heard of GP32 having this issue. Hopefully dead/stuck pixels won't become a usual occurance with the GP2X... :-\

 

[RobertJ]

My GP32 Blu has one stuck pixel, in which just the green is stuck on. It isn't in an annoying place though.

I wrote an app which would flash the screen on and off, and you could leave it running for hours.

It didn't fix it.

 

[BradN]

I noticed a stuck-on red pixel in my laptop screen a couple times, but after pressing on the screen in that spot, it went away. Could be worth a shot unless the screen protector is too much of a pain to deal with, just don't overdo it and break the screen

 

[Drak]

Try smudging it with your finger when you have your screen protector off.
or
Try getting your gp2x to freeze, like use overclocker utility to set the refresh thing to too low, or too high and let it freez That mite work

 

[matt goode]

Has anyone else got any stuck or dead pixels on their screens? My psp is from the first jap batch and its riddled

 

[Paradox]

have you tried pressing the screen or using those unsticker videos? how did it work out?

 

[deadlychicken22]

Has anyone else got any stuck or dead pixels on their screens? My psp is from the first jap batch and its riddled

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I don't have any. I didn't have any on my gp32 either. I think that they are very rare on the screens that the gp32/gp2x use.