HT203254: MacBook Pro: Distorted video or no video issues

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Q: My 15" MacBook Pro of about that vintage indicates that all is well by the hardware tests bu will not boot beyond Apple screen, stops with arrow and short horizontal lines.

What serial and model numbers were known to be  Products Affected,  MacBook Pro, models with NVIDIA GeForce 8600M GT graphics processors?

MacBook Pro, Mac OS X (10.5)

Posted on Nov 23, 2012 1:07 PM

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  • by mende1,Helpful

    mende1 mende1 Nov 23, 2012 1:09 PM in response to apple 41
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    Nov 23, 2012 1:09 PM in response to apple 41

    Welcome to the Apple Support Communities

     

    Take the computer to an Apple Store because your graphic card is damaged. The computers affected were sold between May 2007 and September 2008, so if your Mac is one of these Macs, Apple will repair the computer for free

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    apple 41 apple 41 Nov 23, 2012 1:29 PM in response to mende1
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    Nov 23, 2012 1:29 PM in response to mende1

    Thanks will make an appointment, unfortunately apple store is 120 miles away so was trying to make sure mine might be affected,  and it's Black Friday+++.