[melllvar]

Hi

I just tested my MBP 13" 2,26Ghz with the Apple Service Diagnostic 3S132.
The test failed:

[09/14/09 11:44:49] Video Controller (test #72) - Fill Rect 2D Acceleration Test
- Tests hw accelerated fill rect by filling screen with many rects, calculating checksum, and comparing actual against expected
[11:45:01] ERROR -- 72 [Video 2D acceleration test failed.] -- TEST FAILED

What is this error about? Do I have to take it to repair?

I'm experiencing very bad performance, especially my ram is always full (ok, 2gb but my old MacBook White Core Duo performed better!)

Thanks!

[Spheric Harlot]

If your RAM isn't full, there's something wrong.

RAM being "full" is a sign of the system USING resources efficiently, rather than wasting them. Unused RAM is wasted RAM, as it could be put to much better use caching oft-used system routines or segments of running applications that would otherwise need to be loaded from the much slower disk drive.


Also, not to be a smart-ass, but: there's a reason the ASDs are available to authorized service technicians only.

If you don't understand the results, you probably shouldn't be messing with the ASD in the first place.

Yes, you probably should take it in for repair.

[melllvar]

Thanks for your help!
Your're right about RAM. But it seems my mac doesn't allocate the RAM to the apps that need them.

I can't run Photoshop and Lightroom side by side. On "big" PSDs (10 layers, 50mb) I can't even use safari or play a video. Powerpoint with 40 Slides lags as hell.
My old Macbook White performed better or at least at the same speed. That's a bit odd to me since it's 3 years old..
This already was the case with Leopard and now SL.
Right, ASDs shouldn't be used by consumer but I also don't want to send my macbook to apple for 2 weeks for no reason. On a side note: after restarting and running the test again, there were no issues..