Stuck column of pixels

[mDust]

My lowly 1201HA netbook has been worked hard...for a netbook. Just a bit ago I turned it on and noticed an entire column of pixels (768 to be exact) was stuck blue. I thought "Hmmm...odd." and restarted it. The blue line seems to be permanent and is blue as soon as the machine is powered on. Here's the thing though, the line does not intersect white fields...so the pixels aren't actually stuck as far as I can tell. They're blue on top of any color other than pure white, but they change to white correctly. This makes me think it's the wee little graphics chip outputting a wrong signal, but if I 'print screen' to try and show the line, it doesn't show up. So that makes me think it's the LCD and not the wee little graphics chip.
My main concern is that I never registered it for the warranty because I planned on voiding it anyway...which I never got around to. So, there's no warranty on it whatsoever. It was a bit over $300 when I got it, so I'm not going to spend much in order to fix it. If it gets worse I suppose I'll just turn it into a low-power make-shift NAS or something and get a new, more powerful netbook.

Any thoughts on a way to fix it?

[billygoat333]

kick it in the nuts.

[mDust]

kick it in the nuts.

That didn't work. It was the first thing I tried.

[Drum Thumper]

Hammer. That'll fix those stuck pixels!

[mDust]

Hammer. That'll fix those stuck pixels!

I have a small 10lb sledge. Do I hit the line or just hit anywhere? How small should the pieces be before I stop?

[msmrx57]

I have a small 10lb sledge. Do I hit the line or just hit anywhere? How small should the pieces be before I stop?

A fine dust works well.

[Luke122]

Does the line flicker or change when opening/closing the lid? Does tapping/pressing around the edge of the screen cause it to change or flicker?

If the image doesnt appear when driving an external monitor, it's definitely the screen. A replacement screen might be a cheap solution, and while you are at it, why not go touchscreen? Sure, a bit more cost, but cool factor increases x10.

[billygoat333]

I would say cool factor x100 for a touchscreen netbook.

[farlo]

not sure if it'll work in your case, but jscreenfix has helped with stuck pixels in the past for me.

[slaveofconvention]

Bit of technical info re LCD's which might help you understand better what's going on - every pixel on an LCD is made up of 3 actual parts - one Red, one Blue and one Green (hence the common RGB abbreviation). All colours are made up by combining those 3 in different brightnesses. White is made up by having all three on full. The blue part of the pixels in that screen of yours is on permanently (why I can't say for sure) but when the other two light up, it goes white as usual which is why the blue line disappears when it is trying to display white. Not really any help, I understand but it might make a bit more sense as to WHY the blue is always there except when it goes white....