cirianz
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'Brand New Second Hand'
Macbook pro 15", 2Gig Ram,
all standard factory specs no modding,
Running OS Leopard
2 years old
bought by me 5 months ago and ran just fine for the first 4 months.
I was using it as normal about a month ago when suddenly I got these fritzy lines across the screen. These disapeared after restarting but shortly reappeared again becoming worse each time untill they would come up immediately, on a grey screen background upon restarting before bringing up a sign, distorted by these lines, telling me that I had to restart the computer again.
The lines are in a drawn out WVW (not identical but the best I can do sorry) pattern, are 'dotted' (like static on a TV screen) not solid as I've drawn are usually about 2-3 times the size my font here allows but sometimes are smaller even than I've drawn.
The lines of this across the screen are interupted in various places not continuous and subsequent lines have the same breaks making vertical rows.
At first sometimes they would cover the whole screen and sometimes just part (either vertically or horizontally) but later they would cover the whole screen each time.
After a very short period of time I could not get the computer to open further than the grey screen & restart required notice.
I turned to the manual and tried inserting the first of the install discs, & starting the computer according to instructions, which now allowed me to access first aid and I ran a full check.
Skipping all of the times when it fritzed out and I had to start again I checked the software, all shiny, The hardware, again 'no problems' and did a complete erase & re install.
After the latter I was able to run the computer for long enough to do a quick check on functions and try assorted things (open & use assorted software, browse the internet, load & play a game, etc) all seemed to working fine so I settled down to start using the computer happy to have fixed things... then the fritzy lines came up again. It went straight from there to the grey screen start mode this time and now will not open even with the install disc 1 inserted. Starting the computer takes me straight to the greyscreen even then.
I went to the local Mac shop and described the situation above to the guy there and he tells me that it sounds like a logic board problem and probably can't be fixed. But, since this is a retail outlet NOT a repair shop, and he would have a vested interest in selling me a new computer......
So here I am.
Does anyone know what this is and can it be fixed? (And if so is it likely to be a mega-bucks repair or pretty straightforward?)
I'm getting pretty desperate.
Thank you in advance for any help offered.
ciri.
Macbook pro 15", 2Gig Ram,
all standard factory specs no modding,
Running OS Leopard
2 years old
bought by me 5 months ago and ran just fine for the first 4 months.
I was using it as normal about a month ago when suddenly I got these fritzy lines across the screen. These disapeared after restarting but shortly reappeared again becoming worse each time untill they would come up immediately, on a grey screen background upon restarting before bringing up a sign, distorted by these lines, telling me that I had to restart the computer again.
The lines are in a drawn out WVW (not identical but the best I can do sorry) pattern, are 'dotted' (like static on a TV screen) not solid as I've drawn are usually about 2-3 times the size my font here allows but sometimes are smaller even than I've drawn.
The lines of this across the screen are interupted in various places not continuous and subsequent lines have the same breaks making vertical rows.
At first sometimes they would cover the whole screen and sometimes just part (either vertically or horizontally) but later they would cover the whole screen each time.
After a very short period of time I could not get the computer to open further than the grey screen & restart required notice.
I turned to the manual and tried inserting the first of the install discs, & starting the computer according to instructions, which now allowed me to access first aid and I ran a full check.
Skipping all of the times when it fritzed out and I had to start again I checked the software, all shiny, The hardware, again 'no problems' and did a complete erase & re install.
After the latter I was able to run the computer for long enough to do a quick check on functions and try assorted things (open & use assorted software, browse the internet, load & play a game, etc) all seemed to working fine so I settled down to start using the computer happy to have fixed things... then the fritzy lines came up again. It went straight from there to the grey screen start mode this time and now will not open even with the install disc 1 inserted. Starting the computer takes me straight to the greyscreen even then.
I went to the local Mac shop and described the situation above to the guy there and he tells me that it sounds like a logic board problem and probably can't be fixed. But, since this is a retail outlet NOT a repair shop, and he would have a vested interest in selling me a new computer......
So here I am.
Does anyone know what this is and can it be fixed? (And if so is it likely to be a mega-bucks repair or pretty straightforward?)
I'm getting pretty desperate.
Thank you in advance for any help offered.
ciri.
I've been waiting weeks to be able to ask you. Looks like I'm going to be incommunicado a lot still after all 
Let's hope Ciri comes back to take a look fairly sharpish.
