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Macbook Pro Video Problems bought in July 2007
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Hello!
I have a macbook pro 15'' 2.2Ghz with a GeForce 8600M GT, bought on July 2007.
I recently upgraded the stock memory (from 2G to 4G) and hard disk (to a 320GB one).
The only thing that I did was to blew the board with compressed air for removing
any dust.
After that I have started experiencing some weird problem from time to time.
Whenever I boot up the computer in many occasions the video is distorted
for some seconds or minutes and then distortion disappears and everything is back
to normal (it seems as if the screen is trying to calibrate to get rid of the problem).
I do not experience any slow down on the OS or hanging. With the distortion
happening the computer is operating normally. Unfortunately this morning I boot up
the computer and the distortion did not go away. After waiting for some minutes nothing happened.
I shut down the computer and then I took it on my hands a shook it (yes shook it!) a couple
of times in the air. After switching it on there was no distortion!
I notice that distortion happens more often when I carry the computer on my bag and take it out
and open it. Also it is far more common when it is on (in sleep mode) that completely off.
Initially I thought that it might be the Macbook Pro: Video Distorted Video but I think this is
not the case.
Any feedback would be appreciated!
Thanks in advance for your time!
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Bought mine around the same time as you did,i had that problem for a week and then my logic board died.It was replaced under warranty(i have applecare).
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MacBook Pro 2.4 17 HD
ACD 23
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"The natural progress of things is for liberty to yield and government to gain ground." TJ
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do not have applecare, unfortunately.
However mine falls in the batch of the laptops with the problematic GPU.
I tried opening a second time but I really do not see anything wrong or any cable being 'crushed' or something...
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MBP 15" C2D 2.2GHz 4.0GB 500GB@5400
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gudrummer, when I am writing distorted video, I mean that I cannot really see what is going on on the screen. Just some horizontal and/or vertical lines. Is this what was going on with yours?
Thanks!
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I am yet another mid-2007 MacBook Pro owner, and exactly one year ago my MacBook Pro wouldn't turn on. Took it to Apple and turned out the logicboard was dead. I thought I was the only one, but clearly this is a common issue among mid-2007 MBPs.
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Mine was working fine,then the screen flashed a couple of times and then the computer died.Applecare guy said that logic board fried along with a overheated video card.
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MacBook Pro 2.4 17 HD
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Originally Posted by abeato6
I am yet another mid-2007 MacBook Pro owner, and exactly one year ago my MacBook Pro wouldn't turn on. Took it to Apple and turned out the logicboard was dead. I thought I was the only one, but clearly this is a common issue among mid-2007 MBPs.
Same, I had the NVIDIA issue. Was holding off taking it in to get fixed until I had some free time where I didn't really need my computer, and then the logic board died. Was replaced for free.
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