A question for the ages....

[scosgt1]

How is a seller supposed to check for dead pixels on new sealed ThinkPads?

People keep asking me this, I have no idea how to do this.

X-RAY eyes?

Sorry if this is OT and in the wrong place, but I just don't get it.

And forget about that IBM 30 day return stuff, for the extra $500 per unit I'll do that too!

[dsigma6]

It's NEW!! You're not supposed to check it for anything.

As far as I'm concerned, if someone is asking questions like that, they didn't read the thing about it being brand new/sealed.

[scosgt1]

that's what I think too, which is why I posted the question.

[Johan]

Just for the record: Dead or stuck pixels may be found using these free programs: Dead Pixel Buddy or LCDtest (I have used the first at several T42's under XP, guess that they also work under Vista).

Beware, however, that Lenovo accept a surprisingly high number of dead pixels, before replacing a display under the warranty; see this page.