Displays and Macbook

Can I use an old Cinema HD Display with a MacBook Pro? If so how?

I've posted replies to several others with the same exact issue. It's a hardware issue that Apple won't cover (they say the logic board is faulty). My screen looks the same as yours on my PBG4 and is intermittent. There should be a recall for this as there are 100's of PowerBooks (same year and model) with the same problem. Apple will replace the logic board for around $350, but it's only warrantied for 90 days. Pretty bad, considering we spend a lot of money on these notebooks/machines and expect them to last longer than 2 years.
This is my 3rd "lemon" from apple in a row. I had an ibook too. I highly doubt it has anything to do with whatever else is around your system.
However, if you'd like to test your PB on your own try these tips:
Restart the computer while holding these key combinations: Appleoption+OF keys at start up, this will allow you to enter the firmware (software built in the hardware).
Once you are there you see white text on a grey background. Type in "reset-nvram" and press enter, type in "reset-all" and press enter (don't type the quotes), the computer will restart normally. This process will reset the video ram chip and that will usually should fix some video related distortions. If after this step the system still shows the same distortions then it should be hardware related.
Another option is simply starting from a Mac start up CD. If the system boots normally from the disk without video distortion then it's software problem.
Best of luck....

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