Strange squares and stripes

Hi,
I just got my new mbp and it doesn't work properly.
When I'm browsing or doing other stuff, these strange blocks appear.
http://i52.tinypic.com/2cibbyw.png
When I switch between windows, or something onscreen changes, I see stripes.
Sometimes, when I try to take a screenshot of those blocks, the screenshot appears to be all black.
What's wrong with it? DOA?
It's up to date, restarted, and I've reset the pram.
Thanks.
Message was edited by: Jasperf

AHT can't test the video cable or the LCD panel, but it does test the GPU. I would conclude, at least tentatively, from what you report that there's a problem with your LCD or its video cable.
I would test that hypothesis by connecting an external display to the MBP. If the external display image is fine while the built-in display image acts up, the hypothesis will be confirmed.

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