Hi Peter, If you rub (put slight pressure) on your screen with the cleaning cloth that came with the MBP do they disappear? Has the MBP had a knock or a drop?
Vertical lines appearing are related to the screen or the GPU or maybe even simply a faulty ribbon cable. You would need to get a Technician to look at it if it persists as you might need the LCD Panel replaced. But being a 2007 machine, the cost of screen replacement might induce you to upgrade to a new MBP. Cheers, Ronni 17" MacBook Pro 2.3GHz Quad-Core i7 “Thunderbolt" 2.3GHz / 8GB / 750GB @ 7200rpm HD OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion Windows 7 Ultimate (under sufferance) On 19/08/2012, at 1:21 PM, Peter Faulks <[email protected]> wrote: > Mac Book Pro laptop > MacBookPro3.1, > Intel Core 2 Duo, 2.2GHz processor, > Serial No W872906VX91 > > Recently after a short time on the lap top, the screen changes to a > poor resolution with vertical light grey lines down the screen. > > Even if I change the resolution the lines remain, sometimes if I > re-boot, the laptop comes back to normal. > > Is this a sign of a failing lap top, if so any suggestions of a fix > or venue for repairs and service? I do not appear to have a hardware > test CD for this lap top. > > > -- > Peter & Irene Faulks > Unit 1, 9 Newsam Close > PARKWOOD WA 6147 > > Phone: +618 9457 0747 (h) > Fax: +618 9457 0444 > Peter Mobile: 0416 187 937 > Irene Mobile: 0439 933 404 > > Email: [email protected] > -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> Settings & Unsubscribe - <http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug>
