Display looks like there are spotlights shining down from the top. Screen is light then dark then light, etc.

My display screen looks like it has spotlights at the top that are shining down. The screen is light then dark, then light then dark, etc. How do I fix this? Any suggestions? Thanks for the help!

hello, I have this problem too but the spotlights come from the bottom. This started about 2 weeks ago. I took my Macbook Pro (early 2008) to Apple just a couple days ago and they said that my hardware is working just fine. Im not under warranty anymore so I didnt opt to buy a new display. They showed me a quick fix to the problem, press CONTROL + SHIFT + the EJECT button on top right and the screen goes to sleep, press any key to wake up screen and the spotlights are gone. Of course this is not a long term fix but its something. Here is a link to this problem from Apple, http://support.apple.com/kb/TS1258 , they've had this problem since 2008. Hope this helps.

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iCloud Help
http://help.apple.com/icloud/?lang=en
Go to Settings, then to iCloud and make sure contacts is checked...

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#Open the 5 most recent files with a text editor and copy the IDs.
#Paste each ID with '''bp-''' into the reply window on the forums.
Thanks in advance!
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http://developer.apple.com/mac/library/technotes/tn2002/tn2063.html
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Display looks like there are spotlights shining down from the top. Screen is light then dark then light, etc.

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