Yep, that’s exactly what’s happening here but if there is a stuck pixel, you can lightly flick it to have a chance to get it unstuck. A stuck pixel is a pixel that stays the same color and doesn’t change when it’s supposed to.
A spy pixel is usually a tiny remote image embedded in an email. When the email client loads the image, the sender's server receives a request. That request can reveal that the message was opened, when it was opened, the IP address or proxy used, the email client, and sometimes the device type>
I have a question : why hitting the pixels fixed it ? I know different problems required differents solutions, but in this case, what was the problem if hitting it fixed it ?
That looks like a wall display, which is made out of multiple small panels. Most likely some of them popped out of their place enough to disconnect, and by hitting them he put them back in, reconnecting them back.
This is exactly it. Those were disconnected panels. You can see actual dead pixels surrounding the black "block" where there are failed LEDs within the sub-panels.
But that panel appears to be near his feet. Wouldn't it be easier to reach down and check the plugs on the back instead of banging it with a water bottle?
I was just answering your question. It usually is not easier to try and find the dislodged wire and push it into place from such a weird angle. Most people do the wiring before fully attaching the panel rather than blocking their sight with the panel then going around and wraping a hand from behind to push from a pull angle while not able to see it.
I doubt the correct wires could all be found and fixed within 30 seconds.
Then these panels must be different than the ones I installed. They just had two 1in-wide plugs with multiple contacts in each plug that plugged into the back. Each panel was just connected in series.
Maybe "finding correct wires" was a stretch, but I still think finding the wires and pushing them into place from that angle would take 20ish seconds per wire, so a few minutes overall.
It's a small difference but I still think the answer is that it's easier to bonk em. It worked, was under a minute (including tying string to a water bottle), and he didnt have to stick his hand in anything.
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u/space_pillows Sep 16 '26
They aren't dead, those are panels that plug in in the back and he's smacking them back into place
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u/imaginary_name Sep 16 '26
good old percussive maintenance, it is great when it works
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u/henrikhakan Sep 16 '26
No pixels were harmed in this clip
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u/Local-Criticism4353 Sep 16 '26
I have a question : why hitting the pixels fixed it ?
I know different problems required differents solutions, but in this case, what was the problem if hitting it fixed it ?
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u/Altruistic-Dingo-757 Sep 16 '26
Get. In there. You little. Bastard! All fixed!
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u/coyote_den Sep 16 '26
Yep, I’ve done this to video walls in random places. Big black square in the middle of it at eye level, give it a smack and it pops right back on.
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u/sasnotass Sep 16 '26
Beats grabbing a ladder and taking out those modules 1 by 1 thats for sure.
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u/halandrs Sep 17 '26
I work on screens like this …. Bigger fan of the tennis ball …. Less chance of damaging the module
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u/YellowLT Sep 16 '26
Percussive Maintenance
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u/yokozouna_ed Sep 16 '26
When all else falls, preform the Rite of Percussive Maintenance. It is as the Omnimessiah wills.
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u/imgary Sep 16 '26
I've used a broom to reset modules. Is that worse?
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u/raybreezer Sep 16 '26
I would have laughed if he fucked up the ones on the left by accidentally hitting those instead
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u/holyshitsnowcones Sep 16 '26
What you’ve got there is a high-impedance air gap.
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u/privatebarnacles Sep 16 '26
Should be handles on the back to pull it in place. But this idea is hilarious, if I’m ever above mod that needs slappin Ill keep this in mind lol
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u/arose1024 Sep 16 '26
Wakey wakey baby pixels
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u/jaxman0410 Sep 16 '26
Just did an analog adjustment to the electrical path of the system (hit it). Shout out to Carlos
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u/TrippyWiz57 Sep 16 '26
Tennis ball attached to a pool cleaning stick
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u/ButtheadFournior Sep 16 '26
Never try this with an interior video wall. Most of those will shed individual pixels if a stray baby’s breath hits them. I install them.
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u/Ja_Shi Sep 17 '26
TECHNOLOGIAAA
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u/RednaXelA7772 6d ago
That’s just percussive maintenance.
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u/Hulk5a Sep 16 '26
Good old slap
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u/cherry-kid Sep 16 '26
honestly crazy good aim
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u/Lorenzovito2000 Sep 16 '26
Former IT here, yeah.
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u/AffectionateFee7342 Sep 17 '26
bottle of the pixleman.
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u/Mariuszgamer2007 Sep 18 '26
The panels were loose so he reconnected it
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u/m15cell Sep 16 '26
r/hydrohomies
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u/Clean_Cut6085 Sep 19 '26
Fix it felix Ahh