My MacBook Pro 17 freezes and lines in screen!

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Thought I might also add that if the lines you are experiencing are vertical then you have a much larger problem on your hands. The problem then is most likely the graphics card and or some other graphics related component that lies on the motherboard. Either way you cannot repair this type of problem without replacing your entire logic board. If you are experiencing this type of problem (vertical lines and freezing) I would start by taking it to a local AUTHORIZED apple repair center NOT AN APPLE STORE and have them take a look at it. They will most likely complete the repair for you free of charge under the active hardware extension program that's in place for the A1151 graphics card even though you said that you dont have a unit hat qualifies under the recall.... Let me know how you make out.....

Darren

Apple Certified Macintosh Technician

London, Ontario, Canada

Hello Darren,

I am experiencing the exact same problems with my 17" macbook pro and it appears to be getting worse with the horizontal lines and also just freezing up, which forces me to restart every time. I have included some info from my About this Mac for you to review. Any information will be much appreciated.

BANK 0/DIMM0:

Size: 1 GB

Type: DDR2 SDRAM

Speed: 667 MHz

Status: OK

Manufacturer: 0xCE00000000000000

Part Number: 0x4D342037305432393533435A332D43453620

Serial Number: 0xF350AE2E

BANK 1/DIMM1:

Size: 1 GB

Type: DDR2 SDRAM

Speed: 667 MHz

Status: OK

Manufacturer: 0xCE00000000000000

Part Number: 0x4D342037305432393533435A332D43453620

Serial Number: 0xF350AE42

Model Name: MacBook Pro 17"

Model Identifier: MacBookPro1,2

Processor Name: Intel Core Duo

Processor Speed: 2.16 GHz

Number Of Processors: 1

Total Number Of Cores: 2

L2 Cache: 2 MB

Memory: 2 GB

Bus Speed: 667 MHz

Boot ROM Version: MBP12.0061.B03

SMC Version (system): 1.5f10

Serial Number (system): W8640119TJ1

Hardware UUID: 00000000-0000-1000-8000-0016CB9FF350

Sudden Motion Sensor:

State: Enabled

ATI Radeon X1600:

Chipset Model: ATY,RadeonX1600

Type: Display

Bus: PCIe

PCIe Lane Width: x16

VRAM (Total): 256 MB

Vendor: ATI (0x1002)

Device ID: 0x71c5

Revision ID: 0x0000

ROM Revision: 113-xxxxxx-086

EFI Driver Version: 01.00.086

Displays:

Color LCD:

Resolution: 1680 x 1050

Depth: 32-Bit Color

Core Image: Hardware Accelerated

Main Display: Yes

Mirror: Off

Online: Yes

Quartz Extreme: Supported

Built-In: Yes

VX2235wm:

Resolution: 1680 x 1050 @ 60 Hz

Depth: 32-Bit Color

Core Image: Hardware Accelerated

Mirror: Off

Online: Yes

Quartz Extreme: Supported

Rotation: Supported

ALmost same problem as above on a iMac 17" with built in camera after a while using a vertical band of lines 1" more ore less quite in the middle, I shut down and restart and same thing again and again

screen, graphic chip or logic board ? Thank you Robin

Hi, i have a simillar problem in my macbook pro 13" late 09, could be the ram? this happen when i´m doing some gaming and the computer gets very hots. Another problem was that i was watching a tv series (no Hd) and the computer freezes with a crapping noise and the black colors in the screen went red. Thanks.

install smcfancontrol, use the higher rpm and cool your mac ... the problem is heating.... smcfancontrol helps your mac with that.

the problem may still there but you don't see it any more because of the lower temperature of the macbook...

Hi, having random lines or artifacts with freezing especially on a macbook pro or imac with an ATI x1600 is either a graphics chip fault or a video ram fault.

I know this for a fact as i repair these all the time.

Hi guys - having some issues with a MacBook Pro 17". I see there's some actual pros on this thread.

The MacBook boots up just fine and has no lines during the splash screen with the Apple. I can Option in and boot from DVD no problem, and I've been able to reset the PRAM using the Ctrl + Opt + R + P. I cannot, however, get into the Apple Hardware Test (using D).

Machine boots right up, but I have different patterns of horizontal lines across the desktop. Sometimes it gets right to Desktop, and sometimes I get the TPAULD (Technicolor Pinwheel of Absolute Uncertainty and Likely Doom) and eventually the screen goes black.

The machine came with a pair of 1GB DDR2 sticks. I've tried each alone in both DIMM slots, and the problem persists. Tried another stick of DDR2 (2GB 667) and the same thing happens. I'd like to rule RAM out as the problem but I suppose it's possible all the sticks are faulty. Unlikely, but possible.

Is there another means of getting a hardware test going? What would be my next step?

Thanks!

Ben

Hello there everyone, I have a A1115 MacBook Pro 17" with 2,16 Core Duo Procesor.

I`m having the same problem with the line, like in the first picture above.

I try`d removing one RAM and left the 1Gb original one and the problem stooped for like 15min and then the line appear`d again and the system hanged after. I think is tided to the Mac heating up, but i dont know if anyone has found a part fault or the video chip.

Please, can anyone tell me if they have found a solution for this.

My line is in the middle of the screen not higher on the screen like in the image.

It always shows up after the system starts up and if I go with the mouse over it, it dose not affect the mouse or any windows I drag over it.