2011 MBP 2.2Ghz - Inversion (pixel-walk)

[kaminokage]

Well, I have an old "drug" - EVE online... my alliance have a KILLBOARD and when i look on gray areas (left/right) of a website I have a filling that I'm watching some old TV. It looks...noise? (can't really explain it). When I tried to investigate a bit, I found this LCD TEST website. On a "4a" picture I can clearly see so-called - Inversion (pixel-walk). I think that the problem I have.

Basically I can see this problem even on LCD test website (gray background of text fields) itself.

Am I the only one so lucky?

p.s. I can see the problem clearly in Windows 7, in MAC OS it looks...a bit different...

 

[Detrius]

If it looks different with identical images depending on the running OS, then it's not going to be the LCD itself. It'll be the graphics chip and therefore a bad logic board.

 

[kaminokage]

If it looks different with identical images depending on the running OS, then it's not going to be the LCD itself. It'll be the graphics chip and therefore a bad logic board.

Thx for reply!

Hm...what's the connection? If I see the problem only with a specify "color" and in WIN 7.....
I was really thinking about drivers or LCD profiles...

 

[kaminokage]

Hm, I also tried to run windows in Parallels and didn't see this problem
I have it only when running W7 through bootcamp.

 

[Detrius]

I interpreted what you said in the OP as having issues in BOTH Mac OS X and in Windows, but it looks different, hence my claim that it's a bad logic board. Different OSes have different drivers that control the hardware differently and that therefore may exhibit different behaviors with a faulty logic board.

If it looks fine on Mac OS X, then the first thing to suspect would be the Windows drivers, then the logic board.

If it looks exactly the same on both, then the first thing to suspect would be the LCD, then the LVDS cable, and then the logic board (bad LVDS connector).

 

[Detrius]

Hm, I also tried to run windows in Parallels and didn't see this problem
I have it only when running W7 through bootcamp.

Yes, Parallels doesn't have direct access to the hardware, so I'd expect you to get the same behavior as you're already getting on the Mac, whatever that might be.

 

[kaminokage]

Damn...it annoys me
It's sad that nearest authorized service center quite far away

 

[kaminokage]

Strange, I've just checked same websites on Sony Vaio (VPCZ13X9R/B), W7 - it also has similar problem...and my old MSi GT laptop doesn't...

Conclusion: The cheaper the better