Horizontal and vertical coloured lines on MBPro. Why does this occur?
MacBook Pro, OS X Mavericks (10.9.1)
1. Reset SMC. http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3964
Choose the method for:
"Resetting SMC on portables with a battery you should not remove on your own"
2.Reset PRAM. http://support.apple.com/kb/PH4405
If this does not help, contact Apple.
Best.
Which model MacBook Pro do you have (e.g., "15-inch Late 2011")? The 15" 2010 and early and late 2011's have some problems with the GPU...
Clinton
Forgot to write what I have done:
SMC
PRAM
Disk permission
Safe mode
Different user
Clean Install -ML & Maverick
Issue persists
Havent talked to Apple, they will referre me to an ASP.
Maybe someone has had the same issue?
15 inch Mid 2010. 2.66 i7
Mid-2010 15" MacBook Pros - the bad NVIDIA GPU
If you're having frequent kernel panics with your 15" mid-2010, or intermittent screen problems, the problem is, more than likely, the faulty NVIDIA GPU found in a number of those machines.
Here's just a sample of a kernel panic log that points to the faulty NVIDIA card:
Kernel Extensions in backtrace (with dependencies): com.apple.GeForce(6.4.0)@0x82ac4000->0x82b7afff dependency: com.apple.NVDAResman(6.4.0)@0x834a0000 dependency: com.apple.iokit.IONDRVSupport(2.2.1)@0x82fd3000 dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOPCIFamily(2.6.5)@0x7a802000 dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOGraphicsFamily(2.2.1)@0x8301b000 com.apple.nvidia.nv50hal(6.4.0)@0x83c05000->0x84019fff dependency: com.apple.NVDAResman(6.4.0)@0x834a0000 com.apple.NVDAResman(6.4.0)@0x834a0000->0x8378dfff dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOPCIFamily(2.6.5)@0x7a802000 dependency: com.apple.iokit.IONDRVSupport(2.2.1)@0x82fd3000 dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOGraphicsFamily(2.2.1)@0x8301b000
Here's the "official" Apple take on the issue - but the very real kernel panics need not be preceded by 'Intermittent black screen or loss of video'... in fact, you might not experience any video problems at all. Although video problems can certainly be a portent of things to come…
So what can you do? Print out a copy of your kernel panic and a copy of the Knowledge Base article and take them, along with your machine, to your local Apple Store or an Apple Authorized Service Provider. The unfortunate thing is that many people have passed the “three years from date of purchase” now and Apple is not honoring the free logic board replacement for many users. Some dealers seem to be making some exceptions for those past the three year mark, but don’t count on it…
Good luck,
Clinton
If someone is wondering:
The issue seems to be gone after replacing my hard drive and my ram. Have tried it for 2 days, and it looks like it fixed it! Hopefully its not the logic board!!
If the issue persists I will let you know.
Horizontal and vertical coloured lines on MBPro. Why does this occur?