Q: DumpGPURestart errors
Greetings everybody,
I have some questions about the NVIDIA graphics processor error associated with the 2008 Macbook Pros. Of lately I've been having issues where my GPU would randomly fail and cause my screen to go crazy. I thought it was initally a software issue because I had my GPU replaced over a year ago because of no picture and then my logic board was replaced in the summer because of a backlight issue with my screen. I've heard about the
Greetings everybody,
I have a question about the NVIDIA graphics processor error associated with the 2008 Macbook Pros (http://support.apple.com/kb/TS2377)
*) I had my logic board replaced over last summer 2011 and Fall 2010 by Apple because of graphics issues (1st was no picture a scrambled screen, 2nd was a backlighting issue on the screen some parts would be dark and others would be fully lit.)
*) Is it correct of me to assume that if the logic board was replaced twice then the newer one I have should be faulty GPU free?
My reasons for asking is of this past two months I've had either a) while doing a screen recording in QuicktimeX my screen would blink off and on in a flash and stop recording. B) Still while doing a screen recording in QuickTime X all of a sudden my screen would go crazy as shown in this screenshot below.
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I recently brought it to my local Apple Retail Store and a genius did a network boot of my Macbook Pro ran some tests and concluded that nothing was found, that it might be a software issue or it might need further testing at the Apple Depot for $$$l
I have tried doing a complete erase and reinstall to no avail.
MacBook Pro, Mac OS X (10.7.3), 2.6Ghz Core2Duo, 750GB HDD 4GB RAM
Posted on Mar 13, 2012 5:57 PM