Macbook Pro LCD Fried?!

chattin · 01-18-2009, 02:59 PM

I've got a 15" Macbook Pro from Summer 2006. All was working fine until I rebooted it last night, and the display came back all psychadelic-like. I've reformatted and installed both Leopard and XP - looks the same in both. I've included links to images (taken with my cell phone). I'd lean more towards it being the LCD, since the DVI-out still works flawlessly... Any ideas?? Also, any idea how much Apple charges to repair/replace an LCD?

Any help is appreciated! Thanks.

http://img19.picoodle.com/img/img19/...1m_3378e98.jpg
http://img02.picoodle.com/img/img02/...2m_43f4735.jpg
http://img32.picoodle.com/img/img32/...3m_9e2e9bf.jpg

shuuhen · 01-19-2009, 12:46 AM

Might be fried, but looks more like a software thing to me. Specifically inverted colors. Go to System Preferences->Universal Access->Display->Black on White (a radio button).

sinclair_tm · 01-20-2009, 07:59 AM

Do you spend a lot of time booted into Windows doing graphic intensive things, or run it with the lid closed?

01-18-2009, 02:59 PM	#1 (permalink)
chattin Registered User Join Date: Jan 2007 Posts: 5 OS: Windows XP SP2	Macbook Pro LCD Fried?! I've got a 15" Macbook Pro from Summer 2006. All was working fine until I rebooted it last night, and the display came back all psychadelic-like. I've reformatted and installed both Leopard and XP - looks the same in both. I've included links to images (taken with my cell phone). I'd lean more towards it being the LCD, since the DVI-out still works flawlessly... Any ideas?? Also, any idea how much Apple charges to repair/replace an LCD? Any help is appreciated! Thanks. http://img19.picoodle.com/img/img19/...1m_3378e98.jpg http://img02.picoodle.com/img/img02/...2m_43f4735.jpg http://img32.picoodle.com/img/img32/...3m_9e2e9bf.jpg

01-19-2009, 12:46 AM	#2 (permalink)
shuuhen Manager Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Colorado Posts: 987 OS: Mac OS 9.1, Mac OS X 10.5.8, WinXP Pro, FreeBSD 6.0, Gentoo Linux My System	Re: Macbook Pro LCD Fried?! Might be fried, but looks more like a software thing to me. Specifically inverted colors. Go to System Preferences->Universal Access->Display->Black on White (a radio button). __________________ Has it been a few days since I replied to your thread? Don't panic! I'm a busy college student and may forget a post if I'm extra busy (or it might just take me a while to be able to do a decent reply). If you still need help and are awaiting my reply after a few days, PM me about it. When posting what errors you get, please give the full message. It makes helping you much easier.