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).