MBP13‘3 and External Monitor Problem (screen goes pink/ laptop hangs)

Yeah, turns out that after my clean install of Lion, things only worked well for about a week. Took my MacBook Pro to the Genius Bar, along with my monitor, and was able to replicate the issue at the bar. They ran a hardware test, and discovered that my graphics card was on the fritz. It's the integrated NVIDIA 320, so that required a logic board replacement. Got it back, and everything seems right as rain. Running strong for several days now.

Cheers,

Jared

i am out of warranty so i will definetly purchase a new computer rather than change the logic board...the thing is that i don't know anymore if it will be a Mac..

what if i replace the logic board and Nvidia will crash again when i will install next update? If it will be in warranty...it will go to be serviced (eventually will stay more there than in my posession), if it will not have warranty , i losed the money...I preffer something that does not broken when installing updates , or turn wifi on/off , or connect a display....Will i buy my next MacBook Pro just because is a beautiful piece of alluminium furniture ? I already have one...

for the sake of the cause....2 minutes ago :

i shut down computer

connect the display

start computer

external display work

no freeze until now

i would say that is more an resources management issue than a hardware one. The display doesn't work if connected when the computer is on...just after restart...weard

I think I have solved this issue, it seems to do with the Integrated/Discrete graphics modes... See my post: https://discussions.apple.com/thread/2731536?answerId=18028302022#18028302022

Cheers.

I use slight adoption of your method:

with the monitor connected:

shut down computer

start up computer with a closed lid

put computer to sleep

wake computer up

open lid

voila, dual screen action with no freezes

i have a question...

when i first started plugging in an external monitor to my macbook pro it worked fine ( i would mirror the screen or use the external as an extension)

but after a month or so it started freezing when i used it as a extension of my display. however, it doesn't freeze when i set the display settings to mirror

Yes, I close lid and still connect external display, it works normally without crash anymore.

Note: external display like extend will make mac book pro 2010 crash.

Maybe the driver have problem