They ran a couple of tests, many of which failed because my laptop locked up. I brought it into the service center, where they noticed my laptop heats up substantially more than they would expect. I sort of identified the issue to be with the discrete graphics, as switching to integrated didn't cause the problems. Althought Windows was stable, it also started showing glitches, and eventually they started appearing on the recovery partition as well.

I tried to localize the problem to be a software one, but failed. Lock ups, screen tearing, graphics glitches etc. Tomorrow, though, the screen started exhibiting worse issues like you described. I restarted the comp and it didn't happen. It happened a couple of times, unplugging/plugging the external monitor would help solve it. First, my external monitor (and laptop monitor) screen shifted like in your first shot.

I have a early 2011 MBP 15', and the same issue arose. I ran into the exact same issue around the same time like you. This is definitely the easiest/cheapest option, but to have such a computer and not be able to use the graphics card seems like a real shame.

Would this necessarily fix the issue?Ģ) Is there any way to 'fix' the graphics card?ģ) Keep using gfxCardStatus and only use the integrated graphics card. I am just wondering what my options are (any input on any of these would be appreciated!):ġ) Replace the logic board. I installed gfxCardStatus, and have discovered that the computer runs fine using the integrated card, but as soon as I switch to the discrete card - the screen goes. Since then, the screen has gone awry on numerous occassions - each time necessitating a hard reset. The computer was working fine, when all of a suddent the screen when completely blue. However, as of two days ago, the problem has become substantially more severe. Since I've had the computer, the screen would get a blue tint when the computer switched between them. It has two graphics components: an AMD Radeon HD 6750M and a built-in Intel HD Graphics 3000. I have an early 2011 MacBook Pro (2.2 GHz Intel Core i7, 8 GB 1333 MHz DDR3 memory) running OS 10.8.2.

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