Macbook LCD has lines

Hello out there!

I dropped my 13" Macbook from the couch and now it has multiple colered vertical and horizontal stripes with a couple of one inch and a two inch thick black vertical vertical lines. Can anyone tell me if this is strictly an LCD issue or something else internal. The icons can be clicked through the lines and there seems to be no other issues with the computer. Help please!!!


Thanks

MacBook, Mac OS X (10.6.8), 13" White

Posted on Aug 23, 2012 3:03 PM

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Aug 23, 2012 7:25 PM in response to pbrstreetgang

Find your original OS X disks, and insert the one that says 'AHT Version x.x' in small print on the label (probably on the second disk). Reboot holding the alt/option key down, and choose the Apple hardware test. When prompted, choose the extended test. This will identify any obvious hardware errors. If it comes back clean, you might run it again, in extended mode.


If the Apple hardware test doesn't identify any hardware issues, reseat your memory (turn your system off, pull out the memory and put it back in). This Apple note describes how to do that.


If you still have the problem, you might take it to an Apple store and see what the Genius tells you.

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