Grafic defect on brand new MacBook Pro

[winninganthem]

A workaround for the MBP graphics issues

I have had this problem from time to time also.

The scrolling glitch happens usually around the same time as white boxes and flash glitches appear in web video, both in Safari and Firefox.

Here is something that might help you though. Please let me know your results.

To correct the issue, log out and log back in again. The issue should have corrected itself. No more scrolling issue, no more flashing white boxes in Flash video.

To prevent the issue, log out before you sleep your computer.

By doing this, I have not experienced the issue in over 2 weeks. It's a workaround that shouldn't really be necessary, but it has fixed all of these graphics issues for me. Hope it helps.

I figured this out from an Apple discussion thread.
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=7740469

I believe I have discovered a workaround for this issue—at least one that works for my particular MBP. It is an onerous and imperfect solution, but it's better than dealing constantly with the smearing/tearing problem.

I've noticed over time that the smearing/tearing only occurs once the computer has gone to sleep and then awoken from sleep at least once since the last boot-up or login. And, like others, I also noticed that once the problem occurs, I can ameliorate it temporarily by just logging out and logging back in, with no need for a full reboot. So, with these observations in mind, here's what I've done:

1. I set the MBP never to go to sleep on its own. (I still let it put the display to sleep.) The computer only sleeps when I tell it to, or else when I close the lid.

2. I am always careful to log out before I close the lid and put the MBP to sleep manually. That means that when I open the lid, I have to type my password to log back in. The process of logging back in seems by itself sufficient to ward off the smearing/tearing problem.

Following this method, I haven't seen the problem at all in the past two weeks.

The downside of course is that this is not a true fix. I remain unable to use my MBP in a reasonable, normal way. Even supposing that my workaround is effective for others and not just for me (this is as yet unknown), I suspect that many people are accustomed to using their MBPs in environments where having to log out and put the computer to sleep manually is impracticable. My workaround decreases battery life, precludes the possibility of saving the state of open programs while sleeping, and substitutes several minor annoyances for a single severe annoyance. If I accidentally close the lid without remembering to log out first, I can be fairly confident that when I open the lid the smearing/tearing bug will be waiting.

Still, having experienced no smearing/tearing in the last two weeks, some of my sanity has returned to me. I hope others may benefit as well. When I'm less busy and can contemplate parting with my MBP for a length of time, I still intend to have Apple repair it; and, if the repair is unsuccessful, I shall push hard for replacement or credit back.

 

[TheJackal]

After having read so much about this problem in this thread and also other forums, today I unfortunately experienced the "flickering boxes" symptom while embedded photos were being downloaded.

I checked my temperatures and noticed using iStat and noticed the GPU Diode was around 75ºC under no CPU or (noticeable) GPU load at all, this of course pushed up the CPU Temperature to 54-57ºC as both components are on the same heatpipe. I shutdown my MBP, waited about 25min and now I'm typing this with the CPU sat at 48ºC and the GPU Diode at 64ºC.

This got me thinking about something I did which I don't do that often, I put the MBP into sleep mode by closing the lid. Sound simple but I only started seeing the high temperatures (especially the GPU) after having come back from sleep mode, never before. The room temperature has been constant all along as I've got the aircon always on.

I haven't tried your suggested fix yet but judging from my experience today, I can see that these issues are completely related!