Screen pixealtion

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Screen pixealtion

Hi All,

Thought I'd ask here and see what people think.

Very recently, my MacBook Pro has started to do this (see screen grab). I've also noticed that my machine sometimes gets REALLY hot, even when "idle" - I have an iMac I work on so use the Pro as a jukebox with headphones.

My machine is not the most recent model (i have an A1211 - 2.33 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo, standard 2GB DDR2 RAM, 320GB HDD), but has been absolutely perfect up until the last couple of days...

Has anybody seen this before, or knows what it could be?

Screen Grab:

Sometimes when this happens, I can still use it, but the pixelation remains, and others the program I'm running freezes, can't quit, but I can still move the mouse pointer...?

Very weird!

Thanks

Posted on Jul 11, 2014 11:43 AM

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Answer 1

OGELTHORPE

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Jul 11, 2014 12:06 PM in response to tabbers10

If you connect your MBP to a monitor (or your iMac)

http://support.apple.com/kb/PH14264

and the external display duplicates the image, then the GPU in the MBP is faulty. If the external display shows no issues, then the display or the connection to the display in the MBP is the problem.

A definitive answer can be obtained with a FREE evaluation at an Apple store genius bar.

Ciao.

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tabbers10 Author

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Jul 11, 2014 12:10 PM in response to OGELTHORPE

I haven't tried a second display will try that now, good idea 🙂

I'll probably end up taking it to a Genius Bar anyway, there's one not too far from me

Thanks

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OGELTHORPE

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Jul 11, 2014 12:14 PM in response to tabbers10

Let me know the results.

Ciao.

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Answer 4

Jul 11, 2014 12:26 PM in response to tabbers10

I'm having same issue since two days ago, first I thought it was I left my laptop on while I sleep until next day but this issue remains and I don't know why, I haven't done any different and haven't installed anything new or something related but I really don't kwow what is going on... It was working perfectly until two days ago... here's some screenshots to resume my issue, I'd really appreciate some help thanks!

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