Someone is getting a new display...

[Goettel]

Hi all,

Came home from college today and opened my macbook pro only to find this on the screen. At first I thought it was graphics corruption but then realized that just moving the display would make the colors change and the bands disappear. Oh well, not too great of a timing as the end of the session is approaching fast and I need this computer for college. Good thing I can borrow my dad's MBP.

 

[Bye Bye Baby]

Bummer

 

[brosmooth]

that sucks. Well atleast apple is fast when i sent in my macbook to get replaced it took one day to get the box, one day for repair, and got it the day after that, so 3 days, pretty good if you ask me

 

[erratikmind]

Ouch! That's terrible. I trust that Apple will fix that in short time.

 

[magamo]

Oh, no. It reminds me of when I accidentally hit my old NES while playing a game. It gave me similar bands to the pic.

By the way, I can see your real "nic" name.

 

[Goettel]

Ya I know, it's kind of hard to photoshop my name out with this huge line across the display.

 

[kastenbrust]

Thats not a broken display, the ribbon cable that connects the logic board (motherboard) to the display is broken or twisted, it wont be difficult for Apple to fix it for you, just take it to a Genius in an Apple store if you live near one. Either way it doesnt matter because even if you dont have Applecare the warranty will cover it for you.

Do you open your screen far back?

 

[Goettel]

No I don't really push it back very far. Isn't the ribbon cable part of the actual display? If it has become frayed or pinched, doesn't the whole display assembly need to be replaced?

 

[magamo]

Ya I know, it's kind of hard to photoshop my name out with this huge line across the display.

No doubt about it. Hope a Genius will fix it in a flash!

 

[kastenbrust]

No I don't really push it back very far. Isn't the ribbon cable part of the actual display? If it has become frayed or pinched, doesn't the whole display assembly need to be replaced?

I had the same thing happen to my old 15" and the whole screen didn't need replacing, but it does take a Genius to repair because the screens are built into the outer shell of the laptop casing.

 

[Goettel]

Ok, and once fixed, did the issue come back?

 

[kastenbrust]

Ok, and once fixed, did the issue come back?

Nope, but i only used it for about 2 months after that anyway and now use my 17"

Try plugging it into an external screen, such as a tv, monitor, projector etc and see if the problem still happens, then you'll be able to confirm this is the issue.

 

[Goettel]

I used screen sharing from another mac and it was fine. Also, just moving the display to a certain angle (yay just found the right one) makes it go away.