If you turn your DS on and look at the screen really close, you will notice the screen is actually made up of alot of little squares all sitting beside each other. These little squares (pixels) all have their own little part of the whole picture to show. When somebody says it has a dead pixel, they mean one of those little squares isn't working and it just sits there black all day as you play. It never displays what it is suppose to display.
If you turn your DS on and look at the screen really close, you will notice the screen is actually made up of alot of little squares all sitting beside each other. These little squares (pixels) all have their own little part of the whole picture to show. When somebody says it has a dead pixel, they mean one of those little squares isn't working and it just sits there black all day as you play. It never displays what it is suppose to display.l-_-l
if your pixel is red/blue or whatever, but not black, then it is not dead, it just broken. dead mens something is majorly wrong, eg no power, broken cicuit. If youts is just always blue or red, or changes but is not the right color (like mine shows blue when its meant to show red etc) then its just a signal or minor fault
Ummm... you all have the wrong terms. A stuck pixel is one that displays a color, the wrong color. A dead pixel is one that won't even turn on, this is different from black...
if your pixel is red/blue or whatever, but not black, then it is not dead, it just broken. dead mens something is majorly wrong, eg no power, broken cicuit. If youts is just always blue or red, or changes but is not the right color (like mine shows blue when its meant to show red etc) then its just a signal or minor faultsaturos_4_ever
I see! Perhaps that is why it does not bother me much, because it isn't black.
There is a fix that may or may not work, but it's not worth the trouble to try. First off, allow me to make a note of the basics on LCD's. You have to think of them on an X/Y grid. The power to turn on each row is run through a series of resistors on each row for both X and Y axis. Sometimes the resistor can have a voltage issue and that cause an errant (as in stuck) pixel or a dead one. If you trace the proper row to it's parent resistor then you can try to replace it. This may solve the problem. Then again, if the display it'self had a spec of dust on it, imperfection in the glass substrate, or any numbr of other issues at the time the liquid crystal compound was layed out then there is nothing you can do about it. In modern LCD's the resistors are called "surface mount" resistors and are very hard to remove without causing heat damage to other componets and getting a new one in place is even worse. There are a number of methods, but one has to have a good deal of experience in dealing with surface mounted circuits. You cant just grab any old solder iron and swap them out. So the best answer to your question is that there is no practical way to repair a dead or stuck pixel on an LCD.
Frozen pixels can be repaired if you're really lucky. You can download homebrew software that makes the screen loop different colors on the screen and that may unfreeze the pixel(s).
Dead/Broken whatever, Its not working right :roll: But Yeah I have one in the Lower left hand of the top Screen, its kind of annoying at times,I wish i could just Turn off the screen and when I turn it on its all better :x
i have one black dead pixel. it only shows in the start screen and in MKDS for some reason. in other games it doesn't show. i don't get bothered by it, its in the top left corner of the screen. :P
[QUOTE="xtn702"]is there a way to get rid of this?kodai
There is a fix that may or may not work, but it's not worth the trouble to try. First off, allow me to make a note of the basics on LCD's. You have to think of them on an X/Y grid. The power to turn on each row is run through a series of resistors on each row for both X and Y axis. Sometimes the resistor can have a voltage issue and that cause an errant (as in stuck) pixel or a dead one. If you trace the proper row to it's parent resistor then you can try to replace it. This may solve the problem. Then again, if the display it'self had a spec of dust on it, imperfection in the glass substrate, or any numbr of other issues at the time the liquid crystal compound was layed out then there is nothing you can do about it. In modern LCD's the resistors are called "surface mount" resistors and are very hard to remove without causing heat damage to other componets and getting a new one in place is even worse. There are a number of methods, but one has to have a good deal of experience in dealing with surface mounted circuits. You cant just grab any old solder iron and swap them out. So the best answer to your question is that there is no practical way to repair a dead or stuck pixel on an LCD.
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i have one black dead pixel. it only shows in the start screen and in MKDS for some reason. in other games it doesn't show. i don't get bothered by it, its in the top left corner of the screen. :Pjacob33301
You don't have a dead pixel then. A dead pixel NEVER works and ALWAYS shows (not just during the start screen).
[QUOTE="jacob33301"]i have one black dead pixel. it only shows in the start screen and in MKDS for some reason. in other games it doesn't show. i don't get bothered by it, its in the top left corner of the screen. :Pl-_-l
You don't have a dead pixel then. A dead pixel NEVER works and ALWAYS shows (not just during the start screen).
[QUOTE="l-_-l"][QUOTE="jacob33301"]i have one black dead pixel. it only shows in the start screen and in MKDS for some reason. in other games it doesn't show. i don't get bothered by it, its in the top left corner of the screen. :Pjacob33301
You don't have a dead pixel then. A dead pixel NEVER works and ALWAYS shows (not just during the start screen).
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