Screen problem - what's wrong?

[Chairman.Jobbie]

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I woke up this morning and this is my screen ....

I took a screen shot using shift cmd 3 and it was totally fine - no lines so hardware issue..... Graphics card? Cost to fix?

I'll take it to apple tomorrow but was wondering what this problem is.

I tried a pram reset but no luck.

It's a MacBook Air mid 2011. It's perfect for me so I don't want to spend money on a replacement. I was hoping it would last me 2-3 more years without any expenses...

Pic is upside down for some reason

 

[scaredpoet]

It looks like a graphics card issue to me. Not sure how much this is to fix, but if I remember correctly, there's a top-level flat fee of around $700 to replace the logic board, which is likely what would be required in this case.

Even so, it wouldn't hurt to take this to an Apple store and have them look at it. They may take pity on you.

 

[Chairman.Jobbie]

Thanks. I'll try to get them to take a look tomorrow. If it's more than £250 I'd rather put that towards a new air or a pro.

 

[cyber16]

Have you tried the mini display port out?
If it is not the same on an external monitor, then I think your gpu is fine and it maybe the lcd or the connection.
A mid 2011 uses an icore, therefore your gpu is on the cpu

 

[Chairman.Jobbie]

I took a screen shot via mac osx and viewed it on my iPad via Dropbox the - the image was fine ie no lines as in the photo I took with my iPad. I don't know what this means.... I hope it's just a loose wire.

I did the hardware test and it said "no problems"...

 

[Chairman.Jobbie]

Took it to apple. They diagnosed a screen replacement (replaced same day!). Cost was £388! But luckily they said as they can't see any reason why it would just happen (perfect condition otherwise) they said they will cover the cost of repair, and because i had brought it direct from the Apple store

It pays to buy direct from Apple. They gave me a brand new MacBook Pro a few years ago when my MacBook Pro developed a fault outside of the warranty.... Also, I think consumer law says products should last upto 6 years if not abused, so only right.

Thank you Apple.

 

[krspkbl]

Lucky you! That's great to hear.