Trouble with 9400 chip...again??
Hi everybody,
I bought this Macbook Pro in November 2008. As soon as I got it I noticed the screen blinking every once in a while if I was using the 9400 Nvidia chip (the better battery life setting in the energy saver preferences). I encountered no such issue with the 9600 chip (high performance setting).
Eventually I sent it in and I had the logic board replaced (and the display was also replaced though I didn't ask them to, for "horizontal/vertical lines" though I never noticed any problems).
That was fine and I noticed no more blinking. But when the day I got it back I also discovered the sound port was jammed for some reason. I couldn't fit in a headphone jack and the first time I tried it immediately switched to external speakers, meaning I had no audio...
Finally I took it back and they put in a new logic board once again, this time they did it in store. They left one screw a bit out so that the bottom battery bay casing isn't flush with the rest of the chassis, but that isn't bothering me so much.
What is bothering me:
Now I get weird lines flash across the screen, or sometimes, what looks like a ghosting image for a few milliseconds. It is all very intermittent and brief but it happens often enough for me to definitely notice. It's the 9400 since I've been on that setting ever since. I will change to the 9600 and follow up with that.
So, I guess I'm taking it in for repairs again (I've got Apple care for a while longer, so they're still obliged to fix this mess). Has anybody else had this much trouble with these kinds of issues? Taking my computer in for repairs is a humongous hassle for me...I need it for work...
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