How to fix stuck pixel on LCD screens

Many laptop owners complain about their LCD screens behaving weirdly due to the aging of the laptop. One of the most common problems with LCDs is the stuck or burned or freezed pixel. A stuck pixel is easy to identify. It is not actually a dead pixel, which of course is un-repairable. A freezed pixel either shows up on the screen in any color (mostly in red, white, yellow and blue) and persists the same color unless the laptop is shutdown.

I have the ‘stuck-pixel-problem’ on my older laptop and I was searching for an efficient solution to it because I don’t want to spend big bucks on something that I find at least repairable. I am a cheap guy, I know. And I found a great utility that helped me remove almost 60% of stuck pixels. (The laptop had 7 stucked and burned pixels out of which I was able to remove 4 of them). And I hope with some extra efforts I will be able to get rid of the rest of them. Now I am going to show you a software solution to solve the stuck/burned/freezed pixel.

Using JScreenFix

JScreenFix is an applet that runs in your web browser and it helps fixing the stuck/freezed pixels on LCD screens. It is even helpful in solving the dark edges problem often found in plasma screens. The applet is basically filled with rapidly changing pixels which is a kind of an exercise for your pixels. All you need to do is to open this applet in full screen mode allowing your screen to be filled with rapidly changing pixels. Visit JScreenFix website and launch the JScreenFix Applet.

The official website says that you can fix most stuck pixels by using an applet for about an hour. Fixing burned-in pixels of plasma screens may take up upto 12 hours.

Of course you can use the manual handwork solutions that involves turning off the laptop and slightly pressurizing the stuck pixel with a damped cloth and turning ON the laptop at that precise moment. However this method involves much risk of damaging the LCD screen instead of fixing it. Moreover, the method itself is very unsatisfactory. The software solution (using JScreenFix applet) is much more a feasible solution. Isn’t it?