Blue Dot

[Glasgow]

On my new monitor, there is a little tiny blue sorta spec on the bottom left sort of corner. Its most noticable when the sceen is black, but its only there when the monitor is on. I know its nothing serious, but i sort of have OCD and its bothering me. Should i return it for a new one, or just try and not notice it, or possible get rid of it.

Anyone know what it is?

[mRojas2000]

Well, what kind of monitor is it?

[Aηdy]

Its a dead pixel, i had two in my old laptop, one was red and one was green, quite annoying.

[Elscire]

i had a couple on my LCD, all i did was poke and maybe tap it and it went away. you can also try pressing the autorefresh button where it refreshes the entire screen

[123456]

yep dead pixel, only way to fix it is to get a new one or send it in for repair which is costly...

i have one on my Nintendo DS....not too noticeable so i never sent it in for the free repair the day I got it

[Kiros]

Well, I wouldn't call it a "dead" pixel, but it's kind of stuck. This occasionally happens to LCD monitors and displays. Sometimes, a stuck pixel will fix itself, though sometimes it will stay like that indefinitely. I don't know if bumps have any effect on the pixel or not. My advice is to ignore it - because I doubt the store would give you a new one because of a pixel, but if they will, go for it.

But I say again, it's not a dead pixel. It's simply stuck. My DSLite has one green pixel on it. My brother's DS use to have a bright blue pixel, however, it fixed itself and works fine now.

[Glasgow]

Hmm. Ill try to refresh it. Although its dark blue, its not like its a big deal, it just always draws my attention. How can i refresh my monitor?

*Edit*

Lmao, thanks Karmine! I just pressed it, and it went all colorful, and when i lifted my finger it was gone :D