All Black pixels are red -- hardware issue?

[ldrn]

Not entirely sure this is a good place to post it, but I was going to fly on an airplane, read a few pages of a PDF at the airport, got on the plane, then went to turn my EEE Tablet back on after takeoff, and the entire screen looked red-shifted:

It seems all black pixels are red, though other colors are more or less okay.

I'm at a loss for what it would be. Is that a hardware problem or a software problem? Going into recovery, though, everything was also red; a friend of mine said it was probably a bad cable.

Does anyone have any advice, or has seen something similar? I'd feel really silly if I restored to stock, sent it in, and it was just some setting on an obscure settings page I accidentally changed.

 

[stuntdouble]

Try the force power off method (10-12sec power button hold). If still getting the issue try a hard reset from the android settings. If it still does it, it's a hardware issue and you'll need to return or RMA it. Could be quite a number of things causing this strange issue. Bad cable connection, overheated gpu, glitch in the matrix, etc.

EDIT: just noticed you said 'restore it to stock'. Could also be a dodgy rom you installed. So yeah reflash a stock one.

 

[hauj0bb]

Wow.. that's bizarre. Seems like it's a hardware thing to me .. try doing a factory reset? Do you have any accessibility related applications installed?

 

[Tortel1210]

You mentioned it happens in recovery, what about when booting? The first Asus screen?

If so, its most likely hardware. But still try a stock flash

 

[hoang51]

You didn't by any chance subject your tablet through any magnetic equipments at the airport did you?

Anyway, a search with Google with the keywords "red pixels black background" gave general results that the graphics processor has malfunctioned. You may have to get an RMA for your tablet.

 

[Digiguest]

Looks like a magnet got it to me.....

 

[krispy1]

maby the xray machine fukkd up the sensitive ips, or maby the pressure change. this is the first ive seen of this

 

[turbulent28]

Did you go through the metal detectors with it before handing it over to be xrayed?


possible multiple stuck pixels?

try looking for an app to "unstuck" the pixels.

Or try youtube(Search fix stuck pixel video or something like that) and play a video in full screen. run it a few times and maybe itll get those suckers to light on and off and eventually fix it.

good luck


Speaking of airports..

Never traveled with a laptop/tablet. Do you HAVE to submit your device through the xray machine, and if so, is it a potential risk to the unit?

 

[sassafras_]

It's either the GPU output or the cable. It's hardware. It's broken. It's not magnetized (that's dumb-it doesn't happen to LCD) nor are those stock pixels. If it happens outside of the OS, it's not software.

RMA

sassafras

 

[sassafras_]

Speaking of airports..

Never traveled with a laptop/tablet. Do you HAVE to submit your device through the xray machine, and if so, is it a potential risk to the unit?

Yes, you have to submit it if they ask. No, it won't harm it.

sassafras

 

[majedev]

It's clearly stated on TF manual:

There are three main types of airport security devices: X-ray machines (used on items placed on conveyor belts), magnetic detectors (used on people walking through security checks), and magnetic wands
(hand-held devices used on people or individual items). You can send your Eee Pad through airport X-ray machines. But do not send your Eee Pad through airport magnetic detectors or expose it to magnetic wands.

So I guess it's the magnetic detector.

 

[sassafras_]

It's clearly stated on TF manual:


So I guess it's the magnetic detector.

Manual schmanual. There is nothing in this device that is sensitive to the magnetic field emitted by the metal detectors at the airport.

If it had a hard drive or a CRT screen, then maybe.

sassafras

 

[finalhit]

Manual schmanual. There is nothing in this device that is sensitive to the magnetic field emitted by the metal detectors at the airport.

If it had a hard drive or a CRT screen, then maybe.

sassafras

ahh, the internets, where everyone is an expert.

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[chatch15117]

 

[Carl LaFong]

Clearly not a frequent flyer.

 

[Pacifik]

I walked thru a metal detector and nothing bad happened to it, it's not a very powerful machine.

Edit: Maybe it has become self aware like that Droid bionic and it's trying to figure out how to kill you with no moving parts. Careful when you plug it in.

 

[sassafras_]

ahh, the internets, where everyone is an expert.

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anyone who knows how to Google at least.

sassafras