Little gray dot on screen

This is an odd one. I have a little gray dot. It is not a dead pixel but looks like it. It is not on the surface, but somehow under the LCD and maybe between the LCD and backlight. It a appeared a few weeks after I got the MBP 17. The size is sort of like this asterisk: * . In the center it is darker and toward the edge it blends. Sort of fuzzy. Tried tapping cleaning, starring intently, to no avail. Any ideas?

17" MacBook Pro, Mac OS X (10.4.6), it burns

Posted on Sep 1, 2006 7:35 PM

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Sep 6, 2006 8:20 AM in response to turbogeek

Just an fyi, I had a week 24 mpb that had the same issue. I went to my local apple store to have a genius take a look at it. I got it sent in to have the lcd and main logic board replaced. The genius didn't seem to think that the gray dots on my screen were unusual but he agreed to send it in anyway. The genius called it an anomaly. Apple was going to replace the screen but they were unable to find a replacement lcd. After about 2+ weeks without my mbp, Apple replaced my mbp. This is my second replacement machine. I now have a week 35 and so far it's perfect.

Sep 2, 2006 8:42 AM in response to turbogeek

I have the same problem on my 15.4 MBP. It is so annoying as I cant remove it. It's just another thing on the disappointing list of MBP defects. My MBP works ok and I can't send it back for repair due to long repair time here in UK we need to send it to Amsterdam for repair. I spoke with apple about gray spot problem and they didn't know the cause of it.
Good luck and enjoy your MBP

Pedja

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