How to Clean Burned Out Pixels on a Computer Monitor

Cleaning and repairing burned out, or "stuck," pixels on a LCD monitor can help you to keep your computer's monitor in working order, preventing the nuisance of a damaged pixel on your display. Manually resetting the liquid crystal underneath the burned-out pixel by using light pressure will alleviate your problem--and it just takes a few minutes.

Things You'll Need

• Soft cloth

Instructions

1. Dampen the cloth with a small amount of water.

2. Shut down your LCD display.

3. Press the cloth over the screen where the burned-out pixel is located.

4. Apply direct pressure to the screen in the space immediately above the burned-out pixel.

5. Turn on the computer while continuing to apply pressure. Remove the cloth after the monitor has fully loaded and the burned out pixel will be gone.

Tips & Warnings

• Consider the use of computer programs to reset your burned out pixel if the manual method fails to work. See the LCD and LCD Screenfix links in Resources for suggestions for free software applications.

References

• Make Use Of: Stuck pixel

Resources

• Flexcode: LCD
• Jscreenfix: LCD Screenfix