Problem with D-Lux 3 raw files and Mac OS X

Hello everybody… my first post.
Last year I purchased a D-Lux 3, which is my first digital camera and my first Leica too.
While I enjoy this little camera, recently I have noticed that all my pictures shooted in raw have at least 4 black pixels in the exactly same position.
I’m using Mac OS X v 10.4.10 (last version) on a new MacBook 2.16 GHz and the dead pixels appear using both Preview and Aperture (trial). While at first I thought to have a defective sensor, making additional trials, I found out that if I shoot in JPEG or if I open the raw files with Adobe Camera Raw the pictures are just fine, no “dead” pixels appear.
I’m wondering if other D-lux 3 and Mac OS X users have ever noticed this kind of problem.
Is it some sort of very strange bug in Mac OS X?
Thanks

Thanks everybody for the answers.
The pixels are in the top part of the frame but not on the edge.
I think the best explanation could be the automatic “dead Pixels” correction pointed out by jrg_uk.
I really didn’t know some applications make this kind of automatic corrections.
I guess at this point I need to have my camera sensor repaired by Leica.

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