Strange colored lines on Macbook pro screen and Mac blocked :((((

I new Macbbok pro bought 3 weeks ago got strange probleme sometime with it screen. Colored line appear in the header of the screen and I need to power it off to make it live again....
Any idea of what wrong ? ? ? ?
3 week old and troubles appear it NOT NORMAL ! ! ! !
PEM92 a new macbook user

Hi, Presuming it's a New MBP, take it back and get it repaired under warranty.
If by some strange turn of fate you have an older first gen. MBP with the ATI graphics chip then may be read through and join this Topic: http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=1697470 You might also want to get on to bennettvonbennett mailing list (subject MBP ATI issues).
If it is a MBP with the ATI X1600 GPU I can recommend "Fan Control" to help with (but not cure) the issue/defect.
For all older MBP1,1 owners... keep talking to Apple... send feed back, join the petition, email Apple PR, if we all go quiet, nothing will happen!

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