Display problem

alex005 · alex005 #1 (**permalink**)

01-04-2011, 11:05 AM

Hi,

Can anyone explain what's going on with my screen? This is a typical image of what the problem looks like.

Cheers for any help.

s2odin · s2odin #2 (**permalink**)

01-04-2011, 11:53 AM

Can you hook it up to an external monitor?

alex005 · alex005 #3 (**permalink**)

01-04-2011, 12:12 PM

Nope, don't have one. I've done some googling and think it may be heat related. It happens when I'm doing lots of things, does this bear true? My graphics is running at 56degC, but I'm not doing much.

s2odin · s2odin #4 (**permalink**)

01-04-2011, 12:24 PM

56C is not hot.

Graphics cards artifact under intense heat (95C+) which would lead to that. Is it just that one little rectangle or is it the whole screen?

chscag · chscag #5 (**permalink**)

01-04-2011, 01:28 PM

If that's a screen shot you posted, it indicates GPU problems. No need to hook up an external. Without posting any details about your Mac and which version of OS X you're running, it's difficult for anyone to assist other than what you may already know.

alex005 · alex005 #6 (**permalink**)

01-05-2011, 07:00 AM

What information would be of help?

Any particular info from he system profiler?

s2odin · s2odin #7 (**permalink**)

01-05-2011, 12:29 PM

No just if it does that to the whole screen it's probably a bad GPU.

alex005 · alex005 #8 (**permalink**)

01-05-2011, 12:45 PM

It does it to the active window, never done it to the whole screen. It can do it to the icons in the dock, if one is clicked and it feels like it.

s2odin · s2odin #9 (**permalink**)

01-05-2011, 12:48 PM

Anyway you can open up the Mac and make sure the heatsink is making full contact with the GPU?

s2odin #2 (permalink)
Member Since: Oct 23, 2010 Posts: 836 Mac Specs: C2D 2.26 \| 500GB Seagate Momentus \| 2GB 1066 (soon to be 8)	01-04-2011, 11:53 AM Can you hook it up to an external monitor? USAF E-2. 1C6X1 - Space Systems Operations. 19 days until BMT. Upgrade your MBP HD Tritton AXPro FS
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s2odin #4 (permalink)
Member Since: Oct 23, 2010 Posts: 836 Mac Specs: C2D 2.26 \| 500GB Seagate Momentus \| 2GB 1066 (soon to be 8)	01-04-2011, 12:24 PM 56C is not hot. Graphics cards artifact under intense heat (95C+) which would lead to that. Is it just that one little rectangle or is it the whole screen? USAF E-2. 1C6X1 - Space Systems Operations. 19 days until BMT. Upgrade your MBP HD Tritton AXPro FS
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chscag #5 (permalink)
Member Since: Jan 23, 2008 Location: Fort Worth, Texas Posts: 32,387 Mac Specs: 21.5" iMac 2.5 GHz i5, iPad 3rd Gen., 3 iPods	01-04-2011, 01:28 PM If that's a screen shot you posted, it indicates GPU problems. No need to hook up an external. Without posting any details about your Mac and which version of OS X you're running, it's difficult for anyone to assist other than what you may already know. Community Guidelines
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s2odin #7 (permalink)
Member Since: Oct 23, 2010 Posts: 836 Mac Specs: C2D 2.26 \| 500GB Seagate Momentus \| 2GB 1066 (soon to be 8)	01-05-2011, 12:29 PM No just if it does that to the whole screen it's probably a bad GPU. USAF E-2. 1C6X1 - Space Systems Operations. 19 days until BMT. Upgrade your MBP HD Tritton AXPro FS
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Member Since: Oct 23, 2010 Posts: 836 Mac Specs: C2D 2.26 \| 500GB Seagate Momentus \| 2GB 1066 (soon to be 8)	01-05-2011, 12:48 PM Anyway you can open up the Mac and make sure the heatsink is making full contact with the GPU? USAF E-2. 1C6X1 - Space Systems Operations. 19 days until BMT. Upgrade your MBP HD Tritton AXPro FS
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Member Since: Oct 09, 2008 Posts: 5	01-05-2011, 07:00 AM What information would be of help? Any particular info from he system profiler?
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alex005 #8 (permalink)
Member Since: Oct 09, 2008 Posts: 5	01-05-2011, 12:45 PM It does it to the active window, never done it to the whole screen. It can do it to the icons in the dock, if one is clicked and it feels like it.
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