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Macbook pro 13 mid 2014 screen glitches

Hi everybody my macbook started showing big horizontal moving lines on the display the thing is that they go alway when I heat the laptop with heater any ideas what may be causing it? I don't thing it's the GPU as it works fine with outside monitor. I would usually take it to someone to look at it but it's winter blizzard outside...

MacBook Pro 13", macOS 10.14

Posted on Feb 5, 2020 10:25 PM

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Posted on Feb 5, 2020 11:13 PM

jhjjkjkjk Said:

"Macbook pro 13 mid 2014 screen glitches: Hi everybody my macbook started showing big horizontal moving lines on the display the thing is that they go alway when I heat the laptop with heater any ideas what may be causing it? I don't thing it's the GPU as it works fine with outside monitor."

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Two Thoughts:


A.Reset your SMC and your NVRAM:

Sometimes changes are made to the system and then settings (i.e. for Video) become corrupted, technically. So, reset both on your Mac.


If that is of no success then...


B. Reinstall the macOS (Mojave 10.14):

Sometimes changes are made to the system, and them files become corrupted. So, try reinstalling the macOS. Nothing would be rid of; it's just that corrupted files would be fixed. When setting it up, use an external monitor and keyboard to do this.


Perform this in Recovery Mode:

  1. Go Here: Reinstall macOS - Apple Support
  2. Choose: macOS Mojave 10.14 in the dropdown box
  3. Choose: the third bullet

Or...

Use a USB Bootable Installer:

  1. Use: a USB Flash Drive of 16GB
  2. Insert: the USB Flash Drive
  3. Open: Terminal
  4. Use: this Code in Terminal
sudo /Applications/Install\ macOS\ Mojave.app/Contents/Resources/createinstallmedia --volume /Volumes/MyVolume


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Feb 5, 2020 11:13 PM in response to jhjjkjkjk

jhjjkjkjk Said:

"Macbook pro 13 mid 2014 screen glitches: Hi everybody my macbook started showing big horizontal moving lines on the display the thing is that they go alway when I heat the laptop with heater any ideas what may be causing it? I don't thing it's the GPU as it works fine with outside monitor."

-------


Two Thoughts:


A.Reset your SMC and your NVRAM:

Sometimes changes are made to the system and then settings (i.e. for Video) become corrupted, technically. So, reset both on your Mac.


If that is of no success then...


B. Reinstall the macOS (Mojave 10.14):

Sometimes changes are made to the system, and them files become corrupted. So, try reinstalling the macOS. Nothing would be rid of; it's just that corrupted files would be fixed. When setting it up, use an external monitor and keyboard to do this.


Perform this in Recovery Mode:

  1. Go Here: Reinstall macOS - Apple Support
  2. Choose: macOS Mojave 10.14 in the dropdown box
  3. Choose: the third bullet

Or...

Use a USB Bootable Installer:

  1. Use: a USB Flash Drive of 16GB
  2. Insert: the USB Flash Drive
  3. Open: Terminal
  4. Use: this Code in Terminal
sudo /Applications/Install\ macOS\ Mojave.app/Contents/Resources/createinstallmedia --volume /Volumes/MyVolume


Macbook pro 13 mid 2014 screen glitches

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