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- 2006 MacBook Pro, 10.7.2, 2.33 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo, 2GB 667 MHz memory
So I guess a while back macbook pros came down with a bit of a deadly problem with GPUs, to which Apple offered a free repair (see link?):
http://www.mac-forums.com/forums/apple-notebooks/169837-kernal-panics-gpu-issue.html
Yesterday I encountered the same problem with my mac pro 2008 model (Mac Pro (Early 2008) - Technical Specifications). It froze in the middle of use.
-I could use the mouse, but nothing was responsive
-Any key combination was unresponsive
-Blue and sometimes yellow squiggely lines covered the screen, although the desktop was still visible
The only resort was to restart using the power button. The problem has persisted - sometimes it boots and works for an hour, sometimes it boots and works for five seconds, or most times it loads up with a picture like the one shown, gives the apple logo, the swirl, and once the swirl has finished loading simply freezes.
Occasionally I also get the black screen of death along with blue bars/squiggely lines (usually squiggely lines if it crashes after booting, blue straight lines if it crashes/is going to crash while booting).
I tried resetting the PRAM with command option p r, to no avail
These are the same symptoms as described in the other forum link above - ie. I think its the GPU or logic board, any thoughts?
Thanks in advance?
http://www.mac-forums.com/forums/apple-notebooks/169837-kernal-panics-gpu-issue.html
Yesterday I encountered the same problem with my mac pro 2008 model (Mac Pro (Early 2008) - Technical Specifications). It froze in the middle of use.
-I could use the mouse, but nothing was responsive
-Any key combination was unresponsive
-Blue and sometimes yellow squiggely lines covered the screen, although the desktop was still visible
The only resort was to restart using the power button. The problem has persisted - sometimes it boots and works for an hour, sometimes it boots and works for five seconds, or most times it loads up with a picture like the one shown, gives the apple logo, the swirl, and once the swirl has finished loading simply freezes.
Occasionally I also get the black screen of death along with blue bars/squiggely lines (usually squiggely lines if it crashes after booting, blue straight lines if it crashes/is going to crash while booting).
I tried resetting the PRAM with command option p r, to no avail
These are the same symptoms as described in the other forum link above - ie. I think its the GPU or logic board, any thoughts?
Thanks in advance?