Q: Macbook Pro screen becomes blue every time a discrete graphics card is used!

I solved the problem, but the solution is far from ideal.  I erased my SSD and reinstalled 10.8.3 from scratch, and i DID NOT ENABLE FileVault 2.  It appeared that the issue stemmed from having FV2 active on an SSD, and since I turned FileVault off, I don't really count this as a solution.

FileVault was causing a lot of other performance issues on my 17" MBP, so I decided that creating individually encrypted volumes for storing important data was a better solution for me than crippling my device on many fronts.

I hope Apple fixes this soon!

never had file fault enabled, but had blue screen problem,

so its not referring to file vault. its not referring to any software as someone else confirmed.

my only and simple solution is the same as stated above in another comment:

turned on user login in system settings (login with account and pass) and i never had this blue screen

problem anymore from the day on i turned it on

. its gone for 100%.

the Blue screen issue is fixed in OSX update v10.8.4!

No more blue tint with switching graphics chip!

Hallelujah!

10.8.4 didn't fix it for me, but i found a solution somewhere else an will repost it here:

- Disable automatic graphics card switching while in battery-mode(in System Preferences)

- Reboot

- Enable automatic switching again

Hope this helps somone

You should return it and get your money back if you live in California you have  one year, from the purchase date.

Unfortunately I have a late 2011 MBP 15" that doesn't have AppleCare anymore. Plus I live in Germany and the next Apple Store is too far away to be convenient. I could use a 3rd party reseller but in my experience they don't even look at your device without AppleCare or money on the table

I have the the same problem with 10.8.4

It appeared after I had replaced my HDD with a SSD and turning filevault on.
The only thing that works for me is disabling the automatic graphicmode switching

Yeah, the problem came back for me as well. I heard in some podcast, that it only occurs with non-Apple SSDs because the system dosen't adjust some delays during boot to wait for tasks to run and your ssd is essentially to fast for the configuration of the system. I have no idea if that is the reason but they suggested a logout and login to fix the problem until the next boot.

I hope Apple solves this, it's really annoying.

Logout and Login again doesn't work either... I guess my Samsung 840 pro ist even too fast for that

Disable automatic switching, logout, login and enable it again...that works for me...until the next reboot. Thank god i'm not running Windows, so it at least lasts for a while

daywalkerdha wrote:

 

Disable automatic switching, logout, login and enable it again...that works for me...until the next reboot. Thank god i'm not running Windows, so it at least lasts for a while

Nope, ain't working...

I have to disable it then do a full reboot. After the reboot i enable it and everything is fine. I just have to remember to disable it again before I shut down my mac. A bit of a pain but usually I don't shut it down for weeks and just let it go to sleep...

Try that with windows

i just started having this problem. i think it's some file dealing with graphics/color that is getting corrupt. this just started after hard booting my mbp. i've got an ssd but no file vault enabled and i'm on 10.8.4.

if updating solved the problem it's possible that the update cleaned up whatever file was corrupt and same with disabling graphics switching. it could be corrupt cache? i'll try some stuff and report back if i find anything.

Each time I use Windows 7 64bits (French) under bootcamp, this problem cames back. Need to reset the SMC after each bootcamp uses. Under 10.8.4 this bug is STILL there.

I'm starting to have this problem also.

I bought my Macbook Pro in 2011, with a stock SSD installed. Later that year I took out my stock SSD and put in an OCZ VERTEX 3. I never had any issues until a couple of days ago and I used my Macbook at home, on my TV and at the office with an external monitor. A couple of days ago I did a Apple Hardware Test just for the sake of it and it found an error with the SSD. I repaired the permissions on my SSD and after that I started having the issue.

This is the only thing I did - the Apple Hardware Test followed by repairing permisions for the first time since I bought my Macbook Pro. I guess this is why I started having this problem.

This problem just showed up for me last week.  I recently installed an SSD, but the blue screen issue didn't show up until a few days after it was installed (or at least, I didn't notice until then).  I also have FileVault 2 enabled.  I do not have Aperture or even Adobe Flash installed.

I'm heartened to know this doesn't appear to be a GPU issue, but find myself increasingly disillusioned with all the problems I've encountered since switching to a Mac.  I spent way too much money on this computer, and have put in too many upgrades, to have these silly issues keep cropping up.  My ThinkPad A31 from college still runs without issues, and the thing is over ten years old and has survived countless beer/wine spills.  Where is this vaunted Apple quality I kept hearing about before switching?

My machine stats (to help diagnose):

• Late 2011 MacBook Pro (15 inches)
• 16GB RAM
• Crucial m500 SSD, 480GB
• OSX 10.8.4

Sincerely,

A customer questioning why he bought a Mac