notebook - defective pixel?

[salty_dogs]

for you laptop owners with a dead pixel or two.

i have a new laptop with what i believe to be a dead or defective pixel. its
a black spot that is always black. AND it is not the same color black as
when the screen is off. i can actually see the spot when its powered off.

the other odd thing is that when i'm looking at the screen perpendicular to
its surface i can see this spot, like over some text. BUT when i change my
viewing angle, it moves away from its original location.

the way i noticed this was i moved a window with some text in it so that the
dot was in the center of the letter o. then i changed my viewing angle and
it moved away or outside the o. its as if the spot is located above the
other pixels.

does this sound like a dead pixel to you?

thanks.

 

[Noozer]

for you laptop owners with a dead pixel or two.

i have a new laptop with what i believe to be a dead or defective pixel. its
a black spot that is always black. AND it is not the same color black as
when the screen is off. i can actually see the spot when its powered off.

the other odd thing is that when i'm looking at the screen perpendicular to
its surface i can see this spot, like over some text. BUT when i change my
viewing angle, it moves away from its original location.

the way i noticed this was i moved a window with some text in it so that the
dot was in the center of the letter o. then i changed my viewing angle and
it moved away or outside the o. its as if the spot is located above the
other pixels.

does this sound like a dead pixel to you?

Nope... sounds like a piece of dirt.

 

[salty_dogs]

yeh, but its NOT on the surface of the screen. its like its on the opposite
side of the glass, but above the transistors.

 

[Noozer]

If it's new, I'd try and do an exchange or at least a repair. There's no
good reason for dirt being in there.

I don't think the display can be disassembled easily though, so I wouldn't
try and fix it myself.