Macbook pro slowly dying?

[ThomasLagrange]

Hi guys,

yesterday I started my (old) Macbook Pro up and the first gray screen with the apple logo looked like a chessboard. The next screen was a blank light gray screen, then a light blue screen and then this as in the picture attached. Has anyone an idea what's wrong with my mac and maybe a solution for this?

Already many thanks in advance!
Thomas

 

[Macman45]

Looks like your GPU is on the way out...you don't give the exact model but it looks like an older Mac....Ifixit would probably have the parts and a walkthrough if you want to do the job yourself, but it may well mean a new Logic Board.

 

[ThomasLagrange]

It's indeed an old mac, six years old. Are you sure it's hardware related?

 

[Altemose]

It's indeed an old mac, six years old. Are you sure it's hardware related?

http://support.apple.com/kb/ts2377

That may be the answer.