Looks like a faulty graphics card, especially if it’s under high load. I’ve recently sent a laptop off to Chris @ VAIO Refurbs in Cumbria for a full graphics card replacement, was a 2011 15” MBP which Apple are now refusing to fix under the extended warranty anymore. Was £150 for a complete replacement with leaded solder.
I’m sure there are other companies out there but I’ve had good experiences with this one recently. Regards Sam MacAmbulance Ltd. Providing Affordable Mac/PC Support and Web Development Sam Mullen +44 (0)7747778022 <tel://+447747778022> i...@macambulance.co.uk <mailto:i...@macambulance.co.uk> www.macambulance.co.uk <http://www.macambulance.co.uk/> MacAmbulance Ltd. is a registered company in England & Wales, registration number 8466597 This email is intended solely for the addressed recipients and may contain privileged or confidential information. If you have received this email in error please notify the sender and delete the email immediately. > On 21 Apr 2018, at 16:44, Alastair Weller <li...@alastairweller.co.uk> wrote: > > Afternoon All > > I have a Mid 2009 15” MBP that has developed a display issue (see attached > image), this started out a few months back by being intermittent, mainly > under high load or when viewing video and has recently become constant. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Sussex Mac User Group" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to smug+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To post to this group, send an email to smug@googlegroups.com. > Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/smug. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > <image1.jpeg> > > It remains present when restarting (well not through the whole process > obviously as there is a period when the display has no power) and doesn’t > appear on external monitors in either extended or mirrored mode. > > I’m pretty sure it started after I opened the case up to check the HDD > fixings (was thinking about an SSD) but I’m positive I didn’t catch anything > and I’ve since checked cables and connections and they are all solid. > > The laptop itself is obviously quite old and until about 5 months ago had > spent 8 months packed up with my office stuff in the garage and before that > very infrequent use over the previous 3 or 4 years. This is the only issue > that it has so I’d obviously like to know if I can fix it and whilst slow the > machine is perfectly serviceable. > > Thanks in advance for your collective wisdom. > > Al > > PS if it needs repair I’d love to have recommendations - I’m in Worthing. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Sussex Mac User Group" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to smug+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To post to this group, send an email to smug@googlegroups.com. > Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/smug. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Sussex Mac User Group" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to smug+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send an email to smug@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/smug. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
