2010 macbook pro screen dying

I have a macbook pro I bought August of 2010. The screen will randomly go black and will not respond until I restart the computer. What is going on? How do I fix it?
-Stevie G

http://support.apple.com/kb/TS4088?viewlocale=en_US&locale=en_US
Good luck,
Clinton

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Mid-2010 Macbook Pro, suddenly dying - blank screen, no response.

Hi there,
So My Macbook Pro has developed this habit of just switching off the screen and appears to become unresponsive. Complete hard power down and reboot seems to be the only way to get the machine back.
At first I though it was a battery problem, with the majority of incidents occuring either when the Macbook was charging or on battery. However now the problem has become much more frequent and occurs even when the battery is full.
Here is the report that I get when I reboot:
Interval Since Last Panic Report: 153477 sec
Panics Since Last Report:          8
Anonymous UUID:                    E267DCA6-AB51-4C3F-B40C-18710208BE4B
Thu May 10 14:26:36 2012
panic(cpu 0 caller 0x9f5c9b): NVRM[0/1:0:0]: Read Error 0x00000100: CFG 0xffffffff 0xffffffff 0xffffffff, BAR0 0xc0000000 0xa7c25000 0x0a5480a2, D0, P3/4
Backtrace (CPU 0), Frame : Return Address (4 potential args on stack)
0x8374a188 : 0x21b837 (0x5dd7fc 0x8374a1bc 0x223ce1 0x0)
0x8374a1d8 : 0x9f5c9b (0xc0b28c 0xc7b800 0xc19e60 0x0)
0x8374a278 : 0xb10608 (0xdda1804 0xe4c5004 0x100 0xcd52b6)
0x8374a2c8 : 0xb07601 (0xe4c5004 0x100 0x8374a2f8 0x9e5778)
0x8374a2f8 : 0x17279a6 (0xe4c5004 0x100 0x438004ee 0x1)
0x8374a438 : 0xb2f2b5 (0xe4c5004 0xe4ac004 0x0 0x0)
0x8374a478 : 0x9fee7c (0xe4c5004 0xe4ac004 0x0 0x0)
0x8374a518 : 0x9fb55b (0x0 0x9 0x0 0x0)
0x8374a6c8 : 0x9fd58f (0x0 0x600d600d 0x702b 0x8374a6f8)
0x8374a798 : 0xcc0eae (0xc1d00045 0xbfef0033 0xbfef0034 0x857c)
0x8374a808 : 0xcd0734 (0x15b01a00 0xebb1500 0x0 0x2)
0x8374a828 : 0xcf5322 (0xebb1500 0xb 0x8374a880 0x10)
0x8374a858 : 0xcf5b3d (0xebdb000 0x0 0x8374a87c 0x0)
0x8374a888 : 0xcd5d79 (0xebdb000 0xa45b3080 0x0 0x1b)
0x8374a8d8 : 0xc97d0c (0x6d12c000 0x0 0x0 0x3)
0x8374a948 : 0xc9740f (0x6d12c000 0x0 0x2 0x3)
0x8374a978 : 0xc8d05f (0x6d12c000 0x0 0x2 0x6d484000)
0x8374aab8 : 0xcc65d8 (0x6d484000 0x1 0x8374abcc 0x8374abc8)
0x8374ab68 : 0xc88fe1 (0x6d484000 0x1 0x8374abcc 0x8374abc8)
0x8374abe8 : 0x56da06 (0x6d484000 0x0 0x8374ae3c 0x8374ac74)
0x8374ac38 : 0x56e2a5 (0xd17720 0x6d484000 0x18d2d288 0x1)
0x8374ac88 : 0x56eb59 (0x6d484000 0x10 0x8374acd0 0x0)
0x8374ada8 : 0x286638 (0x6d484000 0x10 0x18d2d288 0x1)
0x8374be58 : 0x21dbe5 (0x18d2d260 0x15db35a0 0x1fd7e8 0x6343)
0x8374be98 : 0x210a86 (0x18d2d200 0x0 0xe036d20 0xed15e70)
0x8374bef8 : 0x216f84 (0x18d2d200 0x0 0x0 0x0)
0x8374bf78 : 0x295c57 (0xdb80d48 0x0 0x0 0x0)
0x8374bfc8 : 0x2a256d (0xdb80d44 0x1 0x10 0x14a5f244)
      Kernel Extensions in backtrace (with dependencies):
         com.apple.GeForce(6.4.0)@0xc7d000->0xd33fff
            dependency: com.apple.NVDAResman(6.4.0)@0x98f000
            dependency: com.apple.iokit.IONDRVSupport(2.2.1)@0x982000
            dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOPCIFamily(2.6.5)@0x949000
            dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOGraphicsFamily(2.2.1)@0x960000
         com.apple.nvidia.nv50hal(6.4.0)@0x15f1000->0x1a05fff
            dependency: com.apple.NVDAResman(6.4.0)@0x98f000
         com.apple.NVDAResman(6.4.0)@0x98f000->0xc7cfff
            dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOPCIFamily(2.6.5)@0x949000
            dependency: com.apple.iokit.IONDRVSupport(2.2.1)@0x982000
            dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOGraphicsFamily(2.2.1)@0x960000
BSD process name corresponding to current thread: WindowServer
Mac OS version:
10K549
Kernel version:
Darwin Kernel Version 10.8.0: Tue Jun 7 16:33:36 PDT 2011; root:xnu-1504.15.3~1/RELEASE_I386
System model name: MacBookPro6,2 (Mac-F22586C8)
System uptime in nanoseconds: 7384873534118
unloaded kexts:
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com.parallels.kext.prl_hypervisor          6.0 11800.593005
com.avatron.AVExFramebuffer          1.5.1
com.serato.usb.kext          1.8.4
com.LivestreamProcaster.driver.LPAudioRedirector          1.0.0
com.avatron.AVExVideo          1.5.1
com.apple.filesystems.smbfs          1.6.7 - last loaded 3206089712099
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Model: MacBookPro6,2, BootROM MBP61.0057.B0C, 2 processors, Intel Core i7, 2.66 GHz, 8 GB, SMC 1.58f15
Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GT 330M, NVIDIA GeForce GT 330M, PCIe, 512 MB
Graphics: Intel HD Graphics, Intel HD Graphics, Built-In, 288 MB
Memory Module: global_name
AirPort: spairport_wireless_card_type_airport_extreme (0x14E4, 0x93), Broadcom BCM43xx 1.0 (5.10.131.42.4)
Bluetooth: Version 2.4.5f3, 2 service, 19 devices, 1 incoming serial ports
Network Service: AirPort, AirPort, en1
Serial ATA Device: WDC WD7500BPKT-00PK4T0, 698.64 GB
Serial ATA Device: MATSHITADVD-R   UJ-898
USB Device: Hub, 0x0424 (SMSC), 0x2514, 0xfa100000 / 2
USB Device: iPad, 0x05ac (Apple Inc.), 0x129f, 0xfa140000 / 6
USB Device: Apple Internal Keyboard / Trackpad, 0x05ac (Apple Inc.), 0x0236, 0xfa120000 / 5
USB Device: Internal Memory Card Reader, 0x05ac (Apple Inc.), 0x8403, 0xfa130000 / 4
USB Device: BRCM2070 Hub, 0x0a5c (Broadcom Corp.), 0x4500, 0xfa110000 / 3
USB Device: Bluetooth USB Host Controller, 0x05ac (Apple Inc.), 0x8218, 0xfa113000 / 9
USB Device: Hub, 0x0424 (SMSC), 0x2514, 0xfd100000 / 2
USB Device: IR Receiver, 0x05ac (Apple Inc.), 0x8242, 0xfd120000 / 4
USB Device: Built-in iSight, 0x05ac (Apple Inc.), 0x8507, 0xfd110000 / 3
I get the sense from the above that it might be a problem with my graphics card, however I'm not going to rush out and buy a new one untill I'm fairly certian of that.
Any help would be highly appreciated!

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Some liquid has just spilled into your Mac. What should you do?
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Immediately shut down the computer and unplug the power cord.
Remove the computer's battery (if you can)
Disconnect any peripherals (printers, iPods, scanners, cameras, etc.)
Lay the computer upside down on paper towels to get as much liquid as possible to drip out.
Note what was spilled on your Mac.
Bring the computer into an Apple store or AASP as soon as possible.
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Don't try to turn it back on. Liquids can help electrical current move about the components of your Mac in destructive ways.
Don't shake the computer (this will only spread the liquid around).
Don't use a hair dryer on it (even at a low setting a hair dryer will damage sensitive components).

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2010 Macbook Pro (Mac OSX 10.6.8)
Processor: 2.66 GHz Intel Core i7
Memory: 8 GB 1067 MHz DDR3
Graphics Cards: Intel HD Graphics (288 VRAM) and a NVIDIA GeForce GT 330M (512 VRAM)
(if you want more info, just ask)
To start things off, my computer hard crashes at random points playing basically any game. StarCraft 2 (when I could play the game prior to Blizzard patching my OS out of the minimum requirements), League of Legends, MineCraft and others all crash while in use. My computer screen suddenly flashes white and then to black and whatever audio may have been playing in the past second of gameplay is thrown into a constant loop. The screen is solid black with no mouse and there is no keyboard functionality. The only thing I can do is hold down the power button. I first started noticing this problem back when StarCraft 2 Heart of the Swarm came out. I would crash every 4 or 5 games in this way. Since that was happening I resorted to playing other games such as League of Legends. I wasn't having any trouble at all, but gradually it started to have the hard crashing issues. Initially every handful of games, now it crashes in roughly 50% of the games I play. This happens while I have NO other applications open and this has happened even after a complete restart with only 2 things opening at startup. League started crashing in this way after I brought my computer in to have a fan replaced.
Another thing which has started happening since I had my fan replaced at the apple store: My computer has become very sluggish at times and my computer freezes in another way. Many times a day, I will find I click on something in an application and the entire computer locks up. There's no spinning beachball. There's no movement of any sort on the screen and there is no button functionality, but I can move the mouse. Clicking does nothing. This sort of freeze lasts for about 30 seconds up to 5 or 6 minutes or so. After that, it suddenly just decides to work again. I can tell when it unfreezes because the clock in the corner jumps to the correct time. This has happened frequently while using Google Chrome, Firefox and Safari. It also happened while trying to use Skype. It was freezing the most when facebook or youtube has been open, but it happens without that happening as well. One of the first times I noticed it, earlier this year, I was searching for work and tried to go to this website: http://www.nhab.org/ (looking for a job). It froze my computer as I described above (and I didn't know it would unfreeze after several minutes, so I thought my computer was completely frozen). I restarted, went to the same website and it froze again. I did this a third time and it froze again, so I restarted again. On the fourth try, it loaded. The frequency of this problem is ridiculous. I actually decided to delete Google Chrome from my computer (and its support files) since my computer would freeze the most often with Chrome (though I used Chrome mostly for youtube and watching tv shows online). Almost instantly after deleting Chrome, my computer was running significantly faster. things loaded quicker in other browsers and aplications loaded smoother. My text no longer lagged when typing in facebook... It hasn't solved the freezing, though the freezing tends to last less time now.
Another thing that happens, which I am not sure is normal: When my computer is booting, after the grey screen, it changes to light blue. During this light blue time, often times white horizontal centimeter to inch wide bars will flash across the screen near the top. This also happens on shutting down. I also noticed that when it shuts down the screen doesn't just shut off. The screen flickers quick for up to a second and then it is off. It doesn't just turn off.
My computer has also occassionally flashed for a brief fraction of a second, to the blue start up color and back to whatever I am doing.
Those are all issues I am having right now and I am beginning to wonder if this several thousand dollar computer is capable of doing much more than just writing text..
Prior issues I have had:
Right from the start, I have had major graphical issues which I showed to the people at the apple store and they reinstalled flash, but they really didn't know what was going on. These glitches would tiles previous graphical things I had done in an artistic mozaic across my desktop, replacing my background image with broken mozaics. It's hard to explain without showing, so here are 2 screenshots from it:
The people at the store thought it was just flash... but I don't understand how that could be flash. I would have to flip through different desktop backgrounds I used to make it go away. After it doing this for 2 years, it has only happened once since then and not very badly..
Another issue I had: The battery on my laptop just about exploded... I woke up one morning with my laptop sitting on my night stand as usual, but there was a small crack across part of my trackpad. I was scared because I thought I must have done something... I went to the bathroom, took a shower and when I came back the crack was farther across the trackpad. I had breakfast, came upstairs and my trackpad had 1 crack across the whole thing with multiple mini cracks going in every direction from it. After telling my brother what was going on, he quickly said that it was the battery and to take it to a store. I took it to the store and showed them what was happening and they very quickly took it out back and I quote "threw the battery in a firesafe immediately" because when they opened the laptop it started to quickly expand. This ended up cracking my trackpad as well as bending the bottom of the body on the laptop. All had to be replaced...
Then I had the fan sounding like a weedwacker, so I had it replaced a couple months ago and a couple months ago is when the freezing began, the computer started running slowly and all games crash the computer.
I have had a lot of things go wrong, not a lot of things go right and I'm really frustrated. Can anyone tell me how to get my computer to stop freezing or how to make it stop hard crashing during any of the games I play?
Basically, what I have done so far is reset the PRAM I think? I held command + option + P + R on start up and had it chime 3 or 4 times. Other than that, I don't know what to do.... suggestions?

I just wanted to follow this up by saying that you were entirely correct in your diagnosis of the situation. My computer did have the faulty part you linked to. I brought my laptop in and specifically told them to run that test, had it fail and then argued with the person at the genius bar and the manager. Eventually they offered to have it sent out and have everything replaced for free of charge. They did so mainly because I had complained about graphical issues almost every other time I had come in with problems and no one ran the test. They should have caught this problem during my warranty, but they didn't, even though I mentioned the problem.
Anyhow, after having the part replaced, I haven't had my computer crash a single time since, or had many of the issues mentioned above. I've never had this experience before. Even brand new, I got occasional crashes. Hopefully this new trend continues.
I do find that web browsing is still incredibly slow. Web browsers just chug along at a slow pace, even though I have great internet speed. Maybe I'll try just deleting my web browsers and reinstalling them...
Anyhow, thank you for your help and knowledge Clinton.

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I have a problem with my motherboard and my battery of my 2010 macbook pro 13". It was just serviced with a new screen, keyboard, and logic board. How much will a new battery and motherboard cost and would it be worth it or should I just get a new computer. It was about 300 dollars to get it serviced last week. if it adds up to much past 600 dollars I will just get a new one. THANKS FOR ANY HELP!
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Depends on what options your Apple store offers - if they can do a depot repair (where they send it out), that's around $300 for all parts & labor.
If the store doesn't have that option, a logicboard is around $600, battery $80-$100, from what I've seen.
If they JUST replaced the logicboard, you absolutely should NOT have to pay for another replacement - the replacement is covered by a warranty. If they want you to pay for it, make sure you have a copy of the receipt for the work that was recently completed so you can show it to them. They have no reason to charge you for another logicboard.
~Lyssa

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