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what is going on with my screen???
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mania
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Mar 12, 2008, 11:56 PM
 
so recently i started to get WEIRD things going on with my powerbook screen like this:



it starts for no apparent reason and the only way to make it go away is to restart.
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mania  (op)
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Mar 13, 2008, 12:00 AM
 
oh crap i meant for this to go in notebooks... mod help pretty please.
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Mar 13, 2008, 02:40 PM
 
Video card suicide.
     
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Mar 13, 2008, 04:58 PM
 
Faulty VRAM?

Run the Apple hardware test and see if it returns an error.
     
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Mar 13, 2008, 06:17 PM
 
To do that, stick in your System CD/DVD and hold down the D key while you boot the computer.
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