Is this the NVIDIA failure?

[brayhite]

I opened my laptop today to see the picture attached. After (somehow) using it for about 10 minutes, it went away. Then about three minutes later, got A LOT worse and went nearly all white. Now, after turning it off and back on, it's back to the original problem status. Is this a strict matter of buy-a-new-one-or-fix-the-screen or can I do something myself to fix this?

Oh, and my AppleCare expired earlier this month. Go figure.

EDIT: Well, I tried to upload it. I thought it did but for some reason it won't upload from my computer. To describe, it looks like a bunch of vertical black lines going across the screen, where dead pixels basically are. It's an early 2008 model MBP, 15".

 

[ElZeus]

hmm did you try taking it in (to an Apple store) and state that your model broke a few months after the claims ended?

http://www.nvidiasettlement.com/index.html

 

[brayhite]

hmm did you try taking it in (to an Apple store) and state that your model broke a few months after the claims ended?

http://www.nvidiasettlement.com/index.html

Does that pertain only to HP and Compaq? And I don't know if this in fact the NVIDIA failure or not.

 

[ElZeus]

Apple is part of it, I remember them increasing the warranty beyond the stock 1year applecare but only for gpu related issues (vertical lines are usually a good indicator of gpu problems) but I don't remember how long they extended it.

 

[ElZeus]

Found it:

http://arstechnica.com/apple/news/2...-fallout-continues-apple-extends-warranty.ars

Depending what month you bought it in you may be SOL. It's worth taking it in imo.

 

[brayhite]

Well I turned the brightness all the way up and let it die, and now it's recharging and currently not suffering from the problem. Hopefully that'll be a nice fix until Thursday when I take it in. Should I just tell them the display went out and show them the picture I'm trying to upload?

 

[jbrenn]

Apple has extended the waranty for 4 years. go to about this mac/ graphics/ Check the pcie lane width it should say x16 if it is less the card is starting to fail.

 

[brayhite]

Apple has extended the waranty for 4 years. go to about this mac/ graphics/ Check the pcie lane width it should say x16 if it is less the card is starting to fail.

I will do this when I'm home. Thanks so much ElZeus and jbrenn! I'm going to run by the Apple Store tomorrow regardless. It's now an off and on problem. I was on it for about 10 minutes, and for 10 seconds or so it went nearly all yellow and barely able to make anything out, then back to normal. Hopefully a free fix is in my future and I'll be able to get another year or two out of it until I graduate.

 

[brayhite]

Well I checked, and it's at x8. Looks like I found the culprit. Thanks again for the help guys.

 

[nickcao]

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Bring the pic with you. It will save you lots of time to explain and prove the problem.