Dead Pixel - Ipod 5th G 30 Gb

I have my 5th Gen 30GB White Ipod since December
29th... I don´t know why I just realized it has 1
dead pixel... even though I have been taking great
care of it... it never fell, and Is still with the
plastic cover...
What do I need to do to get this fixed? how bad does
the screen needs to be in order to get a
replacement...
There´s no such option in the support area..
PLEASE HELP.
Thanks
Arturo
There truelly isnt any way to fix that problem unless you send it into apple or get a third party to service your ipod. First, just make sure taht the ipod truelly has a dead pixil.
Restart your ipod (hold middle button and menu button till it goes blank) Then IMMEDIETLY hold the middle button and the previous arrow button. this will bring you into diagnostic mode. Press menu to go into manual test and select IO from the menu button. From there select display. Proceed to select color. What this will do is test the three colors that make up a triad. which are blue red and green. It will also do different shades and so forth of the color. If you notice that the pixel is only dead in one color then you might want to just try restoring your ipod to factory defults. This probably wont solve the problem, but it is worth a shot. If the pixel is completely dead in all three colors, then you do have dead pixels. The only way to fix that problem is have it serviced.
Apple should take the ipod no matter what. If you ahve the warrenty. Just call them up and say you have dead pixels on the display of your ipod. THey should repair it without cost that is if you have it under apple care plan.
Hope this helps..
Jeff

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