MacBook Pro 15 Mid 2010: Broked?

Housey

Housey

Housey

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Seems that today my MacBook has a problem. When it switches between graphics cards the screen corrupts. It works fine on one device, but as soon as you switch device I get full screen corruption, goes black and white, lines everywhere and everything you'd associate with a hardware issue. Thing is it doesn't seem device related as it works like this not matter which device you are on?

I run both Windows 7 and OSX Lion. Windows now won't boot, I get a black screen after I select it at boot up (Bootcamp) just before it goes into Windows and OSX boots but as I say as soon as it moves to another card crunch.

Any ideas that I can try. I have cleaned stuff down using CCLeaner, run Onyx to rebuild stuff and generally tried all I know but it's not working. Am I missing anything?

Cheers!
 
This is what it looks like!

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Doesn't look good does it :(
 
Hmm, very very strange.

What was the last thing you did when this started to occur?

I doubt a Windows driver could have caused any issue within OSX itself.

Would it not be possible to use a program such as GFX card status, use integrated only or the other, and do a manual switch to see if the problem still occurs? Might be something within OSX it self.

If your Mac hasn't been opened for a while, could be because of dust. Clean out and see if it still occurs?
 
I was using GFX to check the problems route cause. I was last using Windows, closed the lid, had meetings, came out of meetings got onto train and problems started. Surely if it got too hot in suspend mode it would shut down to prevent damage?
 
I don't understand how Windows could have affected the performance in OSX, yet if it's not working now, maybe it does have something to do with it.

I don't really have much to recommend apart from the following:

1. Force OSX to use one of the cards, reinstall the Windows bootcamp partition and see how it goes?

2. Take to Apple store. And if they don't sort it, although I don't see why they wouldn't.

Final. Open up just incase it is dust.

Final 2. Do a fresh Install of OSX.
 
My concern is the hardware problem might have been caused by Windows, not that Windows has damaged OSX which I don't think it has. I suspect it might have got too hot in Windows and damaged the GPU, just where I am focused at the moment.
 
Housey said:
My concern is the hardware problem might have been caused by Windows, not that Windows has damaged OSX which I don't think it has. I suspect it might have got too hot in Windows and damaged the GPU, just where I am focused at the moment.
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Yeah I guess so. Were you doing anything graphically intense in Windows at the time?
 
CPU's and GPU's shut themselves down well before any damage can occur.

Do a reset of the NVRAM and PRAM just to check if that does anything (I've had it fix some weird or serious issues) but it does look like busted hardware. Something like this ought to be covered by your statutory rights even if you don't have AppleCare.
 
AbsenceJam said:
CPU's and GPU's shut themselves down well before any damage can occur.

Do a reset of the NVRAM and PRAM just to check if that does anything (I've had it fix some weird or serious issues) but it does look like busted hardware. Something like this ought to be covered by your statutory rights even if you don't have AppleCare.
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I ve never had too many issues getting Apple to fix broken stuff without cost. Even replaced one of my phones when I dropped it in a beer and I told them I dropped it in a beer too! Top service.
 
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