Hello all!
I was wondering whether someone might cast some light on the following:
My MBP 2.6 Ghz 667 (pre santa rosa) a1226 has LCD problems;
Sometimes when I switch it on, the screen lights up patchy grey with no apple and doesn't click into the correct screen for several minutes.
Sometimes I have to jiggle the screen back and forth to get it to work.
Sometimes a blue pixel line appears to the left running from top to bottom.
Sometimes the screen seems to invert and bleed from top down and bottom up.
Sometimes the top third works and the bottom two thirds are inverted and dead.
Then sometimes, as if to taunt me, the screen is absolutely fine.
Jiggling and movement are the issues that prompt it to fix itself. Before posting here I did some searches and came upon the graphics card issue. Apple duly issued me a repair number for this specific issue, but when I took it to an authorised apple dealer here in Ireland they ran tests, and informed me that it wasn't the graphics card, and proceeded to quote me an outrageous price to get an brand new top half of the machine.
My question therefore is whether anyone can confirm based upon the above that it is an LCD issue and not indeed as I hoped, the graphics card. I'd rather not bite the bullet if I don't have to.
Regards,
Denry.
I was wondering whether someone might cast some light on the following:
My MBP 2.6 Ghz 667 (pre santa rosa) a1226 has LCD problems;
Sometimes when I switch it on, the screen lights up patchy grey with no apple and doesn't click into the correct screen for several minutes.
Sometimes I have to jiggle the screen back and forth to get it to work.
Sometimes a blue pixel line appears to the left running from top to bottom.
Sometimes the screen seems to invert and bleed from top down and bottom up.
Sometimes the top third works and the bottom two thirds are inverted and dead.
Then sometimes, as if to taunt me, the screen is absolutely fine.
Jiggling and movement are the issues that prompt it to fix itself. Before posting here I did some searches and came upon the graphics card issue. Apple duly issued me a repair number for this specific issue, but when I took it to an authorised apple dealer here in Ireland they ran tests, and informed me that it wasn't the graphics card, and proceeded to quote me an outrageous price to get an brand new top half of the machine.
My question therefore is whether anyone can confirm based upon the above that it is an LCD issue and not indeed as I hoped, the graphics card. I'd rather not bite the bullet if I don't have to.
Regards,
Denry.