Macbook Pro Retina 15 inch possible display/logic board issue?

Ive had this problem when opening up FaceTime windows or notification center windows. the screenshot is provided (http://imgur.com/1h6fip4). i have run an apple hardware test the normal one and the extended one and it said it has no problems to report. I'm not sure where to go because this behavior is clearly not normal. and if its a display problem it should not register on the screen shot. If any one has any idea what to do or what tests to run, please let me know. if you have any questions regarding the model of my mac, please let me know and i will respond. I honestly do not know whats going on and I would appreciate any help. Thanks!

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When three screens are plugged in, the third screen is on and knows something is there (so it doesn't go into standby mode or ask you to connect something...but it just stays off. It's not a black screen - it is definitely off .ie there is no signal...but the screen does know something is there!
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Anonymous UUID:       EC96E508-4FAE-2CD4-D89B-1D997A53A20F
Sat Sep 27 08:00:26 2014
panic(cpu 1 caller 0xffffff7f87a0ff7c): "GPU Panic: [<None>] 3 3 7f 0 0 0 0 3 : NVRM[0/1:0:0]: Read Error 0x00000100: CFG 0xffffffff 0xffffffff 0xffffffff, BAR0 0xd2000000 0xffffff8121565000 0x0a5480a2, D0, P2/4\n"@/SourceCache/AppleGraphicsControl/AppleGraphicsControl-3.6.22/src/Apple MuxControl/kext/GPUPanic.cpp:127
Backtrace (CPU 1), Frame : Return Address
0xffffff810f862a00 : 0xffffff8005622f79
0xffffff810f862a80 : 0xffffff7f87a0ff7c
0xffffff810f862b50 : 0xffffff7f86144f1b
0xffffff810f862c10 : 0xffffff7f8620e50a
0xffffff810f862c50 : 0xffffff7f8620e57a
0xffffff810f862cc0 : 0xffffff7f8648d056
0xffffff810f862df0 : 0xffffff7f86231ba9
0xffffff810f862e10 : 0xffffff7f8614b96d
0xffffff810f862ec0 : 0xffffff7f86149478
0xffffff810f8630c0 : 0xffffff7f8614b653
0xffffff810f8631b0 : 0xffffff7f870446ad
0xffffff810f863240 : 0xffffff7f8704497b
0xffffff810f863260 : 0xffffff7f87041b77
0xffffff810f8634a0 : 0xffffff7f8703b358
0xffffff810f863610 : 0xffffff7f8703ad26
0xffffff810f863640 : 0xffffff7f8703cedc
0xffffff810f863680 : 0xffffff7f8703c854
0xffffff810f863700 : 0xffffff7f8703c59c
0xffffff810f863780 : 0xffffff7f87024ae0
0xffffff810f8637e0 : 0xffffff7f870253da
0xffffff810f863830 : 0xffffff7f87025807
0xffffff810f8638a0 : 0xffffff7f87025fc8
0xffffff810f8638e0 : 0xffffff7f86ff2fea
0xffffff810f863a60 : 0xffffff7f87022940
0xffffff810f863b20 : 0xffffff7f86ff1ad9
0xffffff810f863b70 : 0xffffff8005acf146
0xffffff810f863b90 : 0xffffff8005ad0741
0xffffff810f863bf0 : 0xffffff8005ace1af
0xffffff810f863d40 : 0xffffff80056b6998
0xffffff810f863e50 : 0xffffff8005626bc1
0xffffff810f863e80 : 0xffffff80056139c5
0xffffff810f863ef0 : 0xffffff800561e013
0xffffff810f863f70 : 0xffffff80056c9b9d
0xffffff810f863fb0 : 0xffffff80056f4196
      Kernel Extensions in backtrace:
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            dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOPCIFamily(2.9)[2852ACFE-FD28-3C37-9B39-885201BB8D25]@0xffffff 7f85cbf000
            dependency: com.apple.iokit.IONDRVSupport(2.4.1)[D41125CE-69BD-32E7-9B1D-4E83431662DD]@0xff ffff7f860e5000
            dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOGraphicsFamily(2.4.1)[75D81741-64C1-3941-ADFA-9D6B6C434EE4]@0 xffffff7f860a2000
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            dependency: com.apple.nvidia.classic.NVDAResmanTesla(8.2.4)[D61B2BB9-4289-318D-9197-5E1E13B 1FF32]@0xffffff7f860f5000
            dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOPCIFamily(2.9)[2852ACFE-FD28-3C37-9B39-885201BB8D25]@0xffffff 7f85cbf000
         com.apple.GeForceTesla(8.2.4)[B0074750-2FC6-3E26-BEA0-5AD5469686CF]@0xffffff7f8 6fe0000->0xffffff7f870aafff
            dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOPCIFamily(2.9)[2852ACFE-FD28-3C37-9B39-885201BB8D25]@0xffffff 7f85cbf000
            dependency: com.apple.iokit.IONDRVSupport(2.4.1)[D41125CE-69BD-32E7-9B1D-4E83431662DD]@0xff ffff7f860e5000
            dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOGraphicsFamily(2.4.1)[75D81741-64C1-3941-ADFA-9D6B6C434EE4]@0 xffffff7f860a2000
            dependency: com.apple.nvidia.classic.NVDAResmanTesla(8.2.4)[D61B2BB9-4289-318D-9197-5E1E13B 1FF32]@0xffffff7f860f5000
         com.apple.driver.AppleMuxControl(3.6.22)[32862231-50BC-3AF6-87A2-703321AE4F90]@ 0xffffff7f87a01000->0xffffff7f87a14fff
            dependency: com.apple.driver.AppleGraphicsControl(3.6.22)[AA46D551-BE0F-33DA-93A3-8F46197BB 36F]@0xffffff7f879f9000
            dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOACPIFamily(1.4)[045D5D6F-AD1E-36DB-A249-A346E2B48E54]@0xfffff f7f85fac000
            dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOPCIFamily(2.9)[2852ACFE-FD28-3C37-9B39-885201BB8D25]@0xffffff 7f85cbf000
            dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOGraphicsFamily(2.4.1)[75D81741-64C1-3941-ADFA-9D6B6C434EE4]@0 xffffff7f860a2000
            dependency: com.apple.driver.AppleBacklightExpert(1.0.4)[80899285-3952-30DA-A0F9-357C51E104 CF]@0xffffff7f879fc000
BSD process name corresponding to current thread: com.apple.WebKit
Mac OS version:
13F34
Kernel version:
Darwin Kernel Version 13.4.0: Sun Aug 17 19:50:11 PDT 2014; root:xnu-2422.115.4~1/RELEASE_X86_64
Kernel UUID: 9477416E-7BCA-3679-AF97-E1EAAD3DD5A0
Kernel slide:     0x0000000005400000
Kernel text base: 0xffffff8005600000
System model name: MacBookPro6,2 (Mac-F22586C8)
System uptime in nanoseconds: 1273008348208
last loaded kext at 983525783575: com.apple.filesystems.smbfs 2.0.3 (addr 0xffffff7f87b19000, size 335872)
last unloaded kext at 441142611658: com.apple.driver.AppleUSBUHCI 656.4.1 (addr 0xffffff7f86879000, size 65536)
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Unable to gather system configuration information.Model: MacBookPro6,2, BootROM MBP61.0057.B0F, 2 processors, Intel Core i7, 2.66 GHz, 8 GB, SMC 1.58f17
Graphics: Intel HD Graphics, Intel HD Graphics, Built-In, 288 MB
Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GT 330M, NVIDIA GeForce GT 330M, PCIe, 512 MB
Memory Module: BANK 0/DIMM0, 4 GB, DDR3, 1067 MHz, 0x0198, 0x393930353432382D3030352E4130314C4620
Memory Module: BANK 1/DIMM0, 4 GB, DDR3, 1067 MHz, 0x0198, 0x393930353432382D3030352E4130314C4620
AirPort: spairport_wireless_card_type_airport_extreme (0x14E4, 0x93), Broadcom BCM43xx 1.0 (5.106.98.100.22)
Bluetooth: Version 4.2.7f3 14616, 3 services, 23 devices, 1 incoming serial ports
Network Service: AirPort, AirPort, en1
Serial ATA Device: Hitachi HTS545050B9SA02, 500.11 GB
Serial ATA Device: MATSHITADVD-R   UJ-898
USB Device: Hub
USB Device: Internal Memory Card Reader
USB Device: Apple Internal Keyboard / Trackpad
USB Device: BRCM2070 Hub
USB Device: Bluetooth USB Host Controller
USB Device: Hub
USB Device: Built-in iSight
USB Device: IR Receiver
Thunderbolt Bus:
EtreCheck version: 1.9.15 (52)
Report generated October 2, 2014 at 9:32:06 PM PDT
Hardware Information: ?
MacBook Pro (15-inch, Mid 2010) (Verified)
MacBook Pro - model: MacBookPro6,2
1 2.66 GHz Intel Core i7 CPU: 2 cores
8 GB RAM
Video Information: ?
Intel HD Graphics - VRAM: 288 MB
NVIDIA GeForce GT 330M - VRAM: 512 MB
Color LCD 1440 x 900
System Software: ?
OS X 10.9.5 (13F34) - Uptime: 1 day 14:38:43
Disk Information: ?
Hitachi HTS545050B9SA02 disk0 : (500.11 GB)
S.M.A.R.T. Status: Verified
EFI (disk0s1) <not mounted>: 209.7 MB
Macintosh HD (disk0s2) / [Startup]: 499.25 GB (116.04 GB free)
Recovery HD (disk0s3) <not mounted>: 650 MB
MATSHITADVD-R   UJ-898
USB Information: ?
Apple Internal Memory Card Reader
Apple Inc. Apple Internal Keyboard / Trackpad
Apple Inc. BRCM2070 Hub
Apple Inc. Bluetooth USB Host Controller
Apple Computer, Inc. IR Receiver
Apple Inc. Built-in iSight
Gatekeeper: ?
Mac App Store and identified developers
Kernel Extensions: ?
[loaded] com.silex.driver.sxuptp (1.5.1) Support
Launch Daemons: ?
[loaded] com.adobe.fpsaud.plist Support
[loaded] com.microsoft.office.licensing.helper.plist Support
[loaded] com.oracle.java.JavaUpdateHelper.plist Support
Launch Agents: ?
[running] com.Affinegy.InstaLANa.plist Support
User Launch Agents: ?
[failed] com.adobe.ARM.[...].plist Support
[failed] com.apple.CSConfigDotMacCert-[...]@me.com-SharedServices.Agent.plist
[running] com.genieo.completer.download.plist Support
[loaded] com.genieo.completer.update.plist Support
[loaded] com.google.keystone.agent.plist Support
User Login Items: ?
iTunesHelper
SpeechSynthesisServer
Belkin Router Monitor
OpenDNS Updater
Canon IJ Network Scanner Selector2
Internet Plug-ins: ?
Flip4Mac WMV Plugin: Version: 3.0.0.126   - SDK 10.8 Support
FlashPlayer-10.6: Version: 15.0.0.152 - SDK 10.6 Support
QuickTime Plugin: Version: 7.7.3
Flash Player: Version: 15.0.0.152 - SDK 10.6 Support
JavaAppletPlugin: Version: 14.9.0 - SDK 10.7 Check version
Default Browser: Version: 537 - SDK 10.9
SharePointBrowserPlugin: Version: 14.4.4 - SDK 10.6 Support
Silverlight: Version: 5.1.10411.0 - SDK 10.6 Support
iPhotoPhotocast: Version: 7.0
Safari Extensions: ?
Omnibar
AdBlock
ClickToFlash
OpenIE
Audio Plug-ins: ?
BluetoothAudioPlugIn: Version: 1.0 - SDK 10.9
AirPlay: Version: 2.0 - SDK 10.9
AppleAVBAudio: Version: 203.2 - SDK 10.9
iSightAudio: Version: 7.7.3 - SDK 10.9
iTunes Plug-ins: ?
Quartz Composer Visualizer: Version: 1.4 - SDK 10.9
User Internet Plug-ins ?
CitrixOnlineWebDeploymentPlugin: Version: 1.0.105 Support
RealPlayer Plugin: Version: (null) Support
WebEx64: Version: 1.0 - SDK 10.6 Support
3rd Party Preference Panes: ?
Flash Player Support
Flip4Mac WMV Support
Growl Support
MacFUSE Support
Time Machine: ?
Skip System Files: NO
Mobile backups: ON
Auto backup: YES
Volumes being backed up:
Macintosh HD: Disk size: 464.96 GB Disk used: 356.89 GB
Destinations:
OWC Mercury Elite AL Pro [Local] (Last used)
Total size: 931.19 GB
Total number of backups: 166
Oldest backup: 2011-03-28 16:06:14 +0000
Last backup: 2014-09-16 01:28:20 +0000
Size of backup disk: Too small
Backup size 931.19 GB < (Disk used 356.89 GB X 3)
Time Machine details may not be accurate.
All volumes being backed up may not be listed.
Top Processes by CPU: ?
      4% WindowServer
      1% hidd
      0% fontd
      0% com.apple.WebKit.Networking
      0% System Events
Top Processes by Memory: ?
213 MB Safari
188 MB softwareupdated
164 MB com.apple.WebKit.WebContent
139 MB WindowServer
131 MB com.apple.IconServicesAgent
Virtual Memory Information: ?
1.01 GB Free RAM
3.43 GB Active RAM
2.43 GB Inactive RAM
1.13 GB Wired RAM
1.19 GB Page-ins
0 B Page-outs

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Hi!
What can i do?
I have a macbook pro 13" from 2009.
The fans are always on 1999 RPM, they never go faster, not even when the computer reaches a temperature of 80° Celcius.
As soon as I go to youtube to watch a video, the temperature goes up alot, but the fans stays at 1999 RPM and they refuse to go up. So the computer just gets warmer and warmer.
So I downloaded a program called smcFanControl, and when i watch usually any video on youtube, the temperature goes up to around 64° Celcius with the fans running at around 3500 RPM.
I can forget about watching ANY HD 720p video on youtube, because then the computers temperature reaches at least 70° Celcius even with the fans running at 4000RPM.
I am SO sick of this heat issue.
What can i do?
The room I am in, isnt even warm. My sisters Sony Vaio is at 40° Celcius when watching the same HD 720p video.
And this problem doesnt only occur when I watch HD videos, i get it no matter what video I watch on youtube. Highly annoying.
Why cant my macbook pro control the fans automaticly? Is there any program that i can use so it controls the fans automaticly? Because I am SO tired of controlling the fans all the time, i need to control them when I go to youtube, when i go to expressen.se (Swedish news online), I need to control them when using videocall via skype, yeah almost all the time!
Does anyone have the same problem? Or any idea what to do? It doesnt even matter if I'm downstairs in the livingroom where its really cold, I cant watch videos on youtube without the temperature reaching sickingly 80°celcius, or 64°Celcius with the fan running faster, which I have to do manually by the way.
I would just love for my macbook to control them automaticly, I hate that i have to do it.
Please help.
I run Mac Os X 10.6.3 (Snow leopard), I have a 2,26 Ghz Macbook Pro 13 inch from mid 2009.
SMC-version 1.47f2
Please help,
Kind regards

Hi again PatrikK,
The temperature that SMCFanControl reports itself is the CPU A temperature diode one from what I can see. As a test I ran SMCFanControl alongside Marcel Bresink's excellent shareware program "Hardware Monitor" , which provides much more detailed information about temperatures , speeds, power demand, etc etc, than SMC is able to do, to test this and the CPU A temp diode was certainly the closest to the Hardware Monitor readings. On the video pages of the Swedish newspaper site it was generally about 10ºC hotter than the CPU core temperatures, which were generally in the 60'sC, while the CPU A diode was in the 70'sC.
So, with your CPU Diode temp at 80ºC the CPU core temps were probably only at about 70C, which, as I said, is about where the fan speeds actually usually start to increase under normal MacOSX control. (The algorithms used to determine fan speed in Macs aren't actually based on CPU temperature alone, but depend on the readings from various temperature sensors, together with measurement of electrical current draw etc, so no single CPU temperature is responsible)
All in all, when I look back at your earlier post as well, I think your MBP is probably simply operating normally in the situations you mention. It certainly won't be doing it any harm (the maximum CPU core temperatures allowable for the 13" model are either 90ºC or 100ºC, depending on the actual procesor fitted, and this equates to a CPU A temperature diode - the one your software is measuring - of over 100ºC.) At 80º CPU A temperature the fans should only just be starting to increase, and you will find that they cut in quite aggressively from then on in, making sure that the core temperatures are not exceeded.
So I don't think you need to worry about this situation in terms of the computer itself, though you should certainly be able to reduce the temperatures somewhat if you follow the approaches I mentioned with respect to Flash etc in my earlier post.
If your concern is mainly comfort when using the computer, all I can suggest is that you follow Apple's own instructions about these computers being "notebooks", not "laptops", and when using it in a comparatively "high demand" situation such as watching flash videos use it on a desk, or do what I do and simply stick it on a thin plastic or wooden board when it is resting on my knees. There are all sorts of fancy "laptop cooler" devices out there that you can spend money on if you wish, with everything from powered fans to chemically based cooling processes, but I've always found that a light weight $2 plastic chopping board from Ikea does the job perfectly well in such situations!
Cheers
Rod

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I do a weekly time machine backup and I will be really sad when this computer finally gives up the ghost, but since I've gotten a lot of good information from these forums, I wanted to pass this information along in the hope that it might help someone in the community. The two Steves have my undying admiration and respect.

I'm posting this to put it out there just in case someone else has had similar experiences. My MBP is a 2007 with the Intel Core 2 Duo 2.15 GHz processor running 10.6.8. I've had it since 2009, and it has been a flawless machine for me until recently.
In the last two weeks, the mouse would no longer respond to touch - it felt mushy instead of clicking. The machine also was extremely sensitive to any touch on the top of the computer. Lastly, and most frustratingly, the USB ports would randomly stop working upon waking the computer up. I use it in clamshell mode a lot, with a mac keyboard and a kensington turbo mouse. Often, the mouse would not work upon waking the computer up. Rebooting was the only solution and I was doing a lot of rebooting. This is my everything computer - work and personal - so I wanted someone to look at it.
I took it into a local business that specializes in Mac repair since it was vintage. After a day, the tech called me and said that the battery was split and that my other issues were probably logic board problems, and the logic board would be hard to find and expensive to replace. He said I might be able to use it without the battery, but that obviously would be a pain. The tech felt such pity for me that he did not even charge me the diagnostic fee.
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I do a weekly time machine backup and I will be really sad when this computer finally gives up the ghost, but since I've gotten a lot of good information from these forums, I wanted to pass this information along in the hope that it might help someone in the community. The two Steves have my undying admiration and respect.

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http://www.macupdate.com/info.php/id/23049
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