Macbook screen pixelates and fades to white and freezes

Over the past week I have had a problem while watching movies online or playing games... The screen starts to pixelate then fades to white and freezes. At this point I can still hear whats going on but the screen is almost all white and frozen... Is anyone else having this problem or do you know what to do?

jamiebuk2 wrote:
I have this exact same problem. If I squeeze or 'manipulate' the screen housing, the screen comes good again. Does anyone know where the connector to the screen from the motherboard lives?
Perhaps its just a bad connection??
Any help would be appreciated.
J
Have you tried AppleCare?
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