Chris Welch
Oct 23, 2009, 09:22 PM
Evening folks. My iMac has exhibited this behavior for a long time. Each time I install a copy of Windows through Boot Camp, this display problem comes up. Often, the experience will be fine. But every so often, the screen will suddenly start to exhibit these graphical problems.
Now what's interesting is that these only happen on the Windows side of things. Back when I originally purchased the machine, it was happening in OS X as well. But Apple released some sort of EFI or firmware update that took care of it over there. No such luck in Windows. Even with Boot Camp drivers installed, it doesn't solve the problem.
Note too that putting the machine to sleep for just a second and waking it will make the problem go away. After a few minutes, it comes back however.
So what could be the culprit here? A GPU issue that only exhibits itself in Windows? Is this something that could be resolved by Apple/the Genius Bar?
Below is a picture of what the problem looks like.
https://dl.getdropbox.com/u/2367088/Mobile%20Photo%20Oct%2023,%202009%209%2020%2014%20PM.jpg
Now what's interesting is that these only happen on the Windows side of things. Back when I originally purchased the machine, it was happening in OS X as well. But Apple released some sort of EFI or firmware update that took care of it over there. No such luck in Windows. Even with Boot Camp drivers installed, it doesn't solve the problem.
Note too that putting the machine to sleep for just a second and waking it will make the problem go away. After a few minutes, it comes back however.
So what could be the culprit here? A GPU issue that only exhibits itself in Windows? Is this something that could be resolved by Apple/the Genius Bar?
Below is a picture of what the problem looks like.
https://dl.getdropbox.com/u/2367088/Mobile%20Photo%20Oct%2023,%202009%209%2020%2014%20PM.jpg
