All graphics corrupting

[iBlob]

Hi all the system graphics (dock, desktop background, applications, taskbar) seem to go slowly corrupted. If I go to system preferences and change the resolution to something different and then back again temporarily everything goes back to normal (excluding the dock). Whether or not is is relevant or not I don't know but about once a month (although the last one was probably over a month now) I get a kernel panic and the system crashes. I've included a picture of what my dock sometimes looks like to give you an idea of what I'm talking about.

Here my system info:
Model Name: MacBook
Model Identifier: MacBook4,1
Processor Name: Intel Core 2 Duo
Processor Speed: 2.4 GHz
Number Of Processors: 1
Total Number Of Cores: 2
L2 Cache: 3 MB
Memory: 2 GB
Bus Speed: 800 MHz
Boot ROM Version: MB41.00C1.B00
SMC Version (system): 1.31f0
Serial Number (system): W8809HNM0P1
Hardware UUID: C6D3B12F-B280-5E62-A329-FC695CD8E446
Sudden Motion Sensor:
State: Enabled

 

[celticpride678]

It seems like your graphics card has failed.

 

[iBlob]

It seems like your graphics card has failed.

Can I test this?

 

[DoFoT9]

Can I test this?

you can test using the tools that come with you OSX install disc.

does that model have the 8600M (cant remember)? if so, its likely that it's dead apple will fix it for free i believe, there have been lots of problems with them.

(sorry to hear about your loss)

 

[iBlob]

Well according to system profiler my graphics card is a Intel GMA X3100

 

[DoFoT9]

Well according to system profiler my graphics card is a Intel GMA X3100

oh hmm ok. do you have the oppourtunity to take it to apple? i think that may be best.

 

[iBlob]

Well an Apple store opened near (well still about 40 miles away) so I might book an appointment with the genius bar. I'm just hoping it won't cost too much. Also another interesting thing is I haven't noticed anything different when I run it in bootcamp (XP)

 

[DoFoT9]

Well an Apple store opened near (well still about 40 miles away) so I might book an appointment with the genius bar. I'm just hoping it won't cost too much. Also another interesting thing is I haven't noticed anything different when I run it in bootcamp (XP)

nothing in bootcamp? how odd.

before visiting apple i think you should consider an archive and reinstall (using OSX discs).