Upgrade: Bad X Graphical Glitches

So I did a full system upgrade, and after I rebooted and tried running X, nothing on the screen renders properly except for the wallpaper set by Nitrogen. The cursor doesn't appear but sometimes flickers if I move the mouse around. Windows show up as black rectangles if anything at all.
I'm not sure which packages exactly to look for, but I tried downgrading libxcomposite, libxcb, libxdamage, and the kernel, but I still have the issue.
I am using Nouveau. I have a Mac Mini 2010. I'm using EFI. I've tried using the Nvidia drivers, but they do not work (they haven't in the past either) and I read that it probably has to do with using EFI. My X setup uses Compiz Fusion for the window manager, but the problem is still there when I try to use Openbox.
I remember seeing a message pop up briefly in the console at least one time that I tried saying something like it was changing to the fbdev drivers.
EDIT: Okay, so I uninstalled the Nouveau drivers, and using software rendering works perfectly. But of course... I don't want to settle for software rendering.
That means the Nouveau drivers are the problem, but I can't understand what about it is causing the problem. It can't be the Nouveau drivers themselves because they haven't been updated in a long time. So it has to be other package the the Nouveau drivers work with, right?
Does anyone else have this problem?
Last edited by MegaLoler (2013-01-06 13:04:10)

Comparing Xorg logs will help if you can find which package to roll back. Could it be libdrm, libxrender, xorg-server or cairo? Other than that, I would try switching between SWCursor / HWCursor and turning EXA on and off.

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[2014-08-20 12:33] [PACMAN] starting full system upgrade
[2014-08-20 12:44] [PACMAN] upgraded xorg-xrandr (1.4.2-1 -> 1.4.3-1)
[2014-08-20 12:44] [PACMAN] upgraded arandr (0.1.7.1-2 -> 0.1.7.1-3)
[2014-08-20 12:44] [PACMAN] upgraded attica-qt5 (5.0.0-1 -> 5.1.0-1)
[2014-08-20 12:44] [PACMAN] upgraded bash (4.3.018-3 -> 4.3.022-1)
[2014-08-20 12:44] [PACMAN] upgraded cabextract (1.4-2 -> 1.4-3)
[2014-08-20 12:44] [PACMAN] installed pyqt5-common (5.3.1-1)
[2014-08-20 12:44] [PACMAN] installed python2-pyqt5 (5.3.1-1)
[2014-08-20 12:44] [PACMAN] installed python2-html5lib (0.999-4)
[2014-08-20 12:44] [PACMAN] upgraded calibre (1.40.0-1 -> 1.206.1-1)
[2014-08-20 12:44] [PACMAN] upgraded chromium (36.0.1985.125-1 -> 36.0.1985.143-1)
[2014-08-20 12:44] [PACMAN] upgraded cmake (3.0.0-3 -> 3.0.1-1)
[2014-08-20 12:44] [PACMAN] upgraded convertlit (1.8-6 -> 1.8-7)
[2014-08-20 12:44] [PACMAN] upgraded cpupower (3.15-1 -> 3.16-1)
[2014-08-20 12:44] [PACMAN] upgraded cracklib (2.9.0-2 -> 2.9.1-1)
[2014-08-20 12:44] [PACMAN] upgraded cups-filters (1.0.55-1 -> 1.0.57-1)
[2014-08-20 12:44] [PACMAN] upgraded deadbeef (0.6.1-2 -> 0.6.2-1)
[2014-08-20 12:44] [PACMAN] upgraded device-mapper (2.02.106-2 -> 2.02.109-1)
[2014-08-20 12:44] [PACMAN] upgraded dhcpcd (6.4.2-1 -> 6.4.3-1)
[2014-08-20 12:44] [PACMAN] upgraded libutil-linux (2.24.2-1 -> 2.25-3)
[2014-08-20 12:44] [PACMAN] upgraded e2fsprogs (1.42.10-1 -> 1.42.11-1)
[2014-08-20 12:44] [PACMAN] upgraded util-linux (2.24.2-1 -> 2.25-3)
[2014-08-20 12:44] [PACMAN] upgraded fakeroot (1.20-1 -> 1.20.1-1)
[2014-08-20 12:44] [PACMAN] upgraded gsm (1.0.13-7 -> 1.0.13-8)
[2014-08-20 12:44] [PACMAN] upgraded libx264 (1:142.20140311-4 -> 1:142.20140311-6)
[2014-08-20 12:44] [PACMAN] upgraded ffmpeg (1:2.3.1-1 -> 1:2.3.3-1)
[2014-08-20 12:44] [PACMAN] installed wxgtk (3.0.1-2)
[2014-08-20 12:44] [PACMAN] upgraded libidn (1.28-2 -> 1.29-1)
[2014-08-20 12:44] [PACMAN] upgraded sqlite (3.8.5-1 -> 3.8.6-1)
[2014-08-20 12:44] [PACMAN] upgraded filezilla (3.8.1-1 -> 3.9.0.3-1)
[2014-08-20 12:44] [PACMAN] upgraded flashplugin (11.2.202.394-1 -> 11.2.202.400-1)
[2014-08-20 12:44] [PACMAN] upgraded geoip-database (20140702-1 -> 20140806-1)
[2014-08-20 12:44] [PACMAN] upgraded openssl (1.0.1.h-1 -> 1.0.1.i-1)
[2014-08-20 12:44] [PACMAN] upgraded git (2.0.3-1 -> 2.1.0-1)
[2014-08-20 12:44] [PACMAN] upgraded gnupg (2.0.25-1 -> 2.0.26-1)
[2014-08-20 12:44] [PACMAN] upgraded gperf (3.0.4-4 -> 3.0.4-5)
[2014-08-20 12:44] [PACMAN] upgraded gpgme (1.5.0-1 -> 1.5.1-1)
[2014-08-20 12:44] [PACMAN] upgraded gstreamer0.10-ugly (0.10.19-11 -> 0.10.19-12)
[2014-08-20 12:44] [PACMAN] upgraded gstreamer0.10-ugly-plugins (0.10.19-11 -> 0.10.19-12)
[2014-08-20 12:44] [PACMAN] upgraded vim-runtime (7.4.383-1 -> 7.4.404-1)
[2014-08-20 12:44] [PACMAN] upgraded gvim (7.4.383-1 -> 7.4.404-1)
[2014-08-20 12:44] [PACMAN] upgraded handbrake (0.9.9-6 -> 0.9.9-7)
[2014-08-20 12:44] [PACMAN] upgraded handbrake-cli (0.9.9-6 -> 0.9.9-7)
[2014-08-20 12:44] [PACMAN] upgraded mesa (10.2.4-1 -> 10.2.5-1)
[2014-08-20 12:44] [PACMAN] upgraded mesa-libgl (10.2.4-1 -> 10.2.5-1)
[2014-08-20 12:44] [PACMAN] upgraded intel-dri (10.2.4-1 -> 10.2.5-1)
[2014-08-20 12:44] [PACMAN] upgraded inxi (2.1.28-1 -> 2.1.29-1)
[2014-08-20 12:44] [PACMAN] upgraded solid (5.0.0-1 -> 5.1.0-1)
[2014-08-20 12:44] [PACMAN] upgraded karchive (5.0.0-1 -> 5.1.0-1)
[2014-08-20 12:44] [PACMAN] upgraded kcoreaddons (5.0.0-1 -> 5.1.0-1)
[2014-08-20 12:44] [PACMAN] upgraded kwidgetsaddons (5.0.0-1 -> 5.1.0-1)
[2014-08-20 12:44] [PACMAN] upgraded kjobwidgets (5.0.0-1 -> 5.1.0-1)
[2014-08-20 12:44] [PACMAN] upgraded kglobalaccel (5.0.0-1 -> 5.1.0-1)
[2014-08-20 12:44] [PACMAN] upgraded kconfig (5.0.0-1 -> 5.1.0-1)
[2014-08-20 12:44] [PACMAN] upgraded kcompletion (5.0.0-1 -> 5.1.0-1)
[2014-08-20 12:44] [PACMAN] upgraded ki18n (5.0.0-1 -> 5.1.0-1)
[2014-08-20 12:44] [PACMAN] upgraded kwindowsystem (5.0.0-1 -> 5.1.0-1)
[2014-08-20 12:44] [PACMAN] upgraded kcrash (5.0.0-1 -> 5.1.0-1)
[2014-08-20 12:44] [PACMAN] upgraded kdbusaddons (5.0.0-1 -> 5.1.0-1)
[2014-08-20 12:44] [PACMAN] upgraded kservice (5.0.0-1 -> 5.1.0-1)
[2014-08-20 12:44] [PACMAN] upgraded kauth (5.0.0-2 -> 5.1.0-1)
[2014-08-20 12:44] [PACMAN] upgraded kcodecs (5.0.0-1 -> 5.1.0-1)
[2014-08-20 12:44] [PACMAN] upgraded kguiaddons (5.0.0-1 -> 5.1.0-1)
[2014-08-20 12:44] [PACMAN] upgraded kconfigwidgets (5.0.0-1 -> 5.1.0-1)
[2014-08-20 12:44] [PACMAN] upgraded kitemviews (5.0.0-1 -> 5.1.0-1)
[2014-08-20 12:44] [PACMAN] upgraded kiconthemes (5.0.0-1 -> 5.1.0-1)
[2014-08-20 12:44] [PACMAN] upgraded sonnet (5.0.0-1 -> 5.1.0-1)
[2014-08-20 12:44] [PACMAN] upgraded ktextwidgets (5.0.0-1 -> 5.1.0-1)
[2014-08-20 12:44] [PACMAN] upgraded kxmlgui (5.0.0-1 -> 5.1.0-1)
[2014-08-20 12:44] [PACMAN] upgraded kbookmarks (5.0.0-1 -> 5.1.0-1)
[2014-08-20 12:44] [PACMAN] upgraded knotifications (5.0.0-1 -> 5.1.0-1)
[2014-08-20 12:44] [PACMAN] upgraded kwallet (5.0.0-1 -> 5.1.0-1)
[2014-08-20 12:44] [PACMAN] upgraded kio (5.0.0-1 -> 5.1.0-1)
[2014-08-20 12:44] [PACMAN] upgraded kactivities-frameworks (5.0.0-1 -> 5.1.0-1)
[2014-08-20 12:44] [PACMAN] upgraded kbd (2.0.1-1 -> 2.0.2-1)
[2014-08-20 12:44] [PACMAN] upgraded kdeclarative (5.0.0-1 -> 5.1.0-1)
[2014-08-20 12:44] [PACMAN] upgraded krb5 (1.12.1-1 -> 1.12.2-1)
[2014-08-20 12:44] [PACMAN] upgraded kdelibs (4.13.3-2 -> 4.13.3-3)
[2014-08-20 12:44] [PACMAN] upgraded plasma-framework (5.0.0-1 -> 5.1.0-1)
[2014-08-20 12:44] [PACMAN] upgraded threadweaver (5.0.0-1 -> 5.1.0-1)
[2014-08-20 12:44] [PACMAN] upgraded krunner (5.0.0-1 -> 5.1.0-1)
[2014-08-20 12:44] [PACMAN] upgraded lib32-flashplugin (11.2.202.394-1 -> 11.2.202.400-1)
[2014-08-20 12:44] [PACMAN] upgraded lib32-gettext (0.19.1-1 -> 0.19.2-1)
[2014-08-20 12:44] [PACMAN] upgraded lib32-mesa (10.2.4-1 -> 10.2.5-1)
[2014-08-20 12:44] [PACMAN] upgraded lib32-mesa-libgl (10.2.4-1 -> 10.2.5-1)
[2014-08-20 12:44] [PACMAN] upgraded lib32-intel-dri (10.2.4-1 -> 10.2.5-1)
[2014-08-20 12:44] [PACMAN] upgraded lib32-krb5 (1.12.1-1 -> 1.12.2-1)
[2014-08-20 12:44] [PACMAN] upgraded lib32-libcups (1.7.4-1 -> 1.7.5-1)
[2014-08-20 12:44] [PACMAN] upgraded xcb-proto (1.10-2 -> 1.11-1)
[2014-08-20 12:44] [PACMAN] upgraded libxcb (1.10-3 -> 1.11-1)
[2014-08-20 12:44] [PACMAN] upgraded lib32-libxcb (1.10-3 -> 1.11-1)
[2014-08-20 12:44] [PACMAN] upgraded lib32-openssl (1.0.1.h-1 -> 1.0.1.i-1)
[2014-08-20 12:44] [PACMAN] upgraded tdb (1.3.0-1 -> 1.3.0-2)
[2014-08-20 12:44] [PACMAN] upgraded lib32-tdb (1.2.12-1 -> 1.3.0-1)
[2014-08-20 12:44] [PACMAN] upgraded lib32-util-linux (2.24.2-1 -> 2.25-1)
[2014-08-20 12:44] [PACMAN] upgraded libbsd (0.6.0-2 -> 0.7.0-1)
[2014-08-20 12:44] [PACMAN] upgraded libedit (20140213_3.1-1 -> 20140620_3.1-1)
[2014-08-20 12:44] [PACMAN] upgraded libmariadbclient (10.0.12-2 -> 10.0.13-1)
[2014-08-20 12:44] [PACMAN] upgraded libunrar (1:5.1.6-1 -> 1:5.1.7-1)
[2014-08-20 12:44] [PACMAN] upgraded libva-vdpau-driver (0.7.4-1 -> 0.7.4-2)
[2014-08-20 12:44] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] >>> Updating module dependencies. Please wait ...
[2014-08-20 12:44] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] >>> Generating initial ramdisk, using mkinitcpio. Please wait...
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[2014-08-20 12:44] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] -> -k /boot/vmlinuz-linux -c /etc/mkinitcpio.conf -g /boot/initramfs-linux.img
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[2014-08-20 12:44] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] -> Running build hook: [base]
[2014-08-20 12:44] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] -> Running build hook: [udev]
[2014-08-20 12:44] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] -> Running build hook: [autodetect]
[2014-08-20 12:44] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] -> Running build hook: [modconf]
[2014-08-20 12:44] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] -> Running build hook: [block]
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[2014-08-20 12:44] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] -> Running build hook: [keyboard]
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[2014-08-20 12:44] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] ==> Creating gzip-compressed initcpio image: /boot/initramfs-linux.img
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[2014-08-20 12:44] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] -> Running build hook: [udev]
[2014-08-20 12:44] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] -> Running build hook: [modconf]
[2014-08-20 12:44] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] -> Running build hook: [block]
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[2014-08-20 12:44] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] -> Running build hook: [keyboard]
[2014-08-20 12:44] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] -> Running build hook: [fsck]
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[2014-08-20 12:45] [PACMAN] upgraded linux-headers (3.15.7-1 -> 3.16.1-1)
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[2014-08-20 12:45] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] lircmd.service.
[2014-08-20 12:45] [PACMAN] upgraded lirc-utils (1:0.9.0-75 -> 1:0.9.1.a-3)
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[2014-08-20 12:45] [PACMAN] upgraded lirc (1:0.9.0-75 -> 1:0.9.1.a-3)
[2014-08-20 12:45] [PACMAN] upgraded lvm2 (2.02.106-2 -> 2.02.109-1)
[2014-08-20 12:45] [PACMAN] upgraded mariadb-clients (10.0.12-2 -> 10.0.13-1)
[2014-08-20 12:45] [PACMAN] upgraded mariadb (10.0.12-2 -> 10.0.13-1)
[2014-08-20 12:45] [PACMAN] upgraded menu-cache (0.5.1-2 -> 0.6.0-1)
[2014-08-20 12:45] [PACMAN] upgraded mirage (0.9.5.2-1 -> 0.9.5.2-2)
[2014-08-20 12:45] [PACMAN] upgraded mplayer (37224-1 -> 37224-2)
[2014-08-20 12:45] [PACMAN] upgraded mpv (0.4.2-1 -> 0.5.0-1)
[2014-08-20 12:45] [PACMAN] upgraded openresolv (3.5.6-1 -> 3.5.7-1)
[2014-08-20 12:45] [PACMAN] upgraded netctl (1.8-1 -> 1.9-1)
[2014-08-20 12:45] [PACMAN] upgraded openconnect (1:5.03-1 -> 1:6.00-1)
[2014-08-20 12:45] [PACMAN] upgraded networkmanager-openconnect (0.9.8.6-2 -> 0.9.10.0-1)
[2014-08-20 12:45] [PACMAN] upgraded nitrogen (1.5.2-1 -> 1.5.2-2)
[2014-08-20 12:45] [PACMAN] upgraded numix-themes (2.2.3-1 -> 2.3-1)
[2014-08-20 12:45] [PACMAN] upgraded opencv (2.4.9-1 -> 2.4.9-3)
[2014-08-20 12:45] [PACMAN] upgraded parted (3.1-4 -> 3.2-1)
[2014-08-20 12:45] [PACMAN] installed perl-xml-namespacesupport (1.11-3)
[2014-08-20 12:45] [PACMAN] installed perl-xml-sax-base (1.08-3)
[2014-08-20 12:45] [PACMAN] installed perl-xml-sax (0.99-4)
[2014-08-20 12:45] [PACMAN] installed perl-xml-sax-expat (0.51-2)
[2014-08-20 12:45] [PACMAN] upgraded perl-xml-simple (2.20-2 -> 2.20-3)
[2014-08-20 12:45] [PACMAN] upgraded ponymix (2-2 -> 3-1)
[2014-08-20 12:45] [PACMAN] upgraded python-setuptools (1:5.4.1-1 -> 1:5.7-1)
[2014-08-20 12:45] [PACMAN] upgraded python2-cryptography (0.5.2-1 -> 0.5.3-1)
[2014-08-20 12:45] [PACMAN] upgraded python2-setuptools (1:5.4.1-1 -> 1:5.7-1)
[2014-08-20 12:45] [PACMAN] upgraded python2-tornado (4.0.0-1 -> 4.0.1-1)
[2014-08-20 12:45] [PACMAN] upgraded qscintilla (2.8.3-3 -> 2.8.3-4)
[2014-08-20 12:45] [PACMAN] upgraded reflector (2014-4 -> 2014.8-1)
[2014-08-20 12:45] [PACMAN] upgraded s-nail (14.7.4-1 -> 14.7.6-1)
[2014-08-20 12:45] [PACMAN] upgraded screenfetch (3.2.2-1 -> 3.6.0-1)
[2014-08-20 12:45] [PACMAN] upgraded zenity (3.12.1-1 -> 3.12.1-2)
[2014-08-20 12:45] [PACMAN] upgraded steam (1.0.0.47-2 -> 1.0.0.48-1)
[2014-08-20 12:45] [PACMAN] upgraded taglib-extras (1.0.1-2 -> 1.0.1-3)
[2014-08-20 12:45] [PACMAN] upgraded transcode (1.1.7-14 -> 1.1.7-15)
[2014-08-20 12:45] [PACMAN] upgraded unrar (1:5.1.6-1 -> 1:5.1.7-1)
[2014-08-20 12:45] [PACMAN] upgraded vimpager (1.8.9-1 -> 1.8.9-2)
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[2014-08-20 12:45] [PACMAN] upgraded virtualbox-host-dkms (4.3.14-2 -> 4.3.14-3)
[2014-08-20 12:45] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] In order to use the new version, reload all virtualbox modules manually.
[2014-08-20 12:45] [PACMAN] upgraded virtualbox-host-modules (4.3.14-3 -> 4.3.14-5)
[2014-08-20 12:45] [PACMAN] upgraded virtualbox (4.3.14-2 -> 4.3.14-3)
[2014-08-20 12:45] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] 0%...10%...20%...30%...40%...50%...60%...70%...80%...90%...100%
[2014-08-20 12:45] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] 0%...10%...20%...30%...40%...50%...60%...70%...80%...90%...100%
[2014-08-20 12:45] [PACMAN] upgraded virtualbox-ext-vnc (4.3.14-2 -> 4.3.14-3)
[2014-08-20 12:45] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET]
[2014-08-20 12:45] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] Creating symlink /var/lib/dkms/vboxguest/4.3.14/source ->
[2014-08-20 12:45] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] /usr/src/vboxguest-4.3.14
[2014-08-20 12:45] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET]
[2014-08-20 12:45] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] DKMS: add completed.
[2014-08-20 12:45] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] ==> To build and install your modules run: dkms install vboxguest/4.3.14
[2014-08-20 12:45] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] ==> To do this automatically at startup run: systemctl enable dkms.service
[2014-08-20 12:45] [PACMAN] upgraded virtualbox-guest-dkms (4.3.14-2 -> 4.3.14-3)
[2014-08-20 12:45] [PACMAN] upgraded weechat (0.4.3-2 -> 1.0-1)
[2014-08-20 12:45] [PACMAN] upgraded wildmidi (0.3.6-1 -> 0.3.7-1)
[2014-08-20 12:45] [PACMAN] upgraded wine (1.7.23-1 -> 1.7.24-1)
[2014-08-20 12:45] [PACMAN] upgraded wxgtk2.8 (2.8.12.1-1 -> 2.8.12.1-2)
[2014-08-20 12:45] [PACMAN] upgraded x264 (1:142.20140311-4 -> 1:142.20140311-6)
[2014-08-20 12:45] [PACMAN] upgraded xf86-video-intel (2.99.914-3 -> 2.99.914-4)
[2014-08-20 12:45] [PACMAN] upgraded xfce4-mixer (4.10.0-2 -> 4.10.0-3)
[2014-08-20 12:45] [PACMAN] upgraded xfsprogs (3.2.0-1 -> 3.2.1-1)
[2014-08-21 17:49] [PACMAN] Running 'pacman -U intel-dri-10.2.4-1-x86_64.pkg.tar.xz mesa-10.2.4-1-x86_64.pkg.tar.xz mesa-libgl-10.2.4-1-x86_64.pkg.tar.xz'
[2014-08-21 17:49] [PACMAN] downgraded mesa (10.2.5-1 -> 10.2.4-1)
[2014-08-21 17:49] [PACMAN] downgraded mesa-libgl (10.2.5-1 -> 10.2.4-1)
[2014-08-21 17:49] [PACMAN] downgraded intel-dri (10.2.5-1 -> 10.2.4-1)
[2014-08-21 17:53] [PACMAN] Running 'pacman -U libxcb-1.10-3-x86_64.pkg.tar.xz xcb-proto-1.10-2-any.pkg.tar.xz'
[2014-08-21 17:53] [PACMAN] downgraded xcb-proto (1.11-1 -> 1.10-2)
[2014-08-21 17:53] [PACMAN] downgraded libxcb (1.11-1 -> 1.10-3)
[2014-08-21 17:53] [PACMAN] Running 'pacman -U libva-vdpau-driver-0.7.4-1-x86_64.pkg.tar.xz'
[2014-08-21 17:53] [PACMAN] downgraded libva-vdpau-driver (0.7.4-2 -> 0.7.4-1)
[2014-08-21 17:54] [PACMAN] Running 'pacman -U xf86-video-intel-2.99.914-3-x86_64.pkg.tar.xz'
[2014-08-21 17:54] [PACMAN] downgraded xf86-video-intel (2.99.914-4 -> 2.99.914-3)
Any ideas?

Thanks for the help, but neither switching to uxa nor to glamor did help. Downgrading the kernel, intel-dri, mesa and xf86-video-intel didn't do anything, either... not sure what else to do.

Freezing Macbook Pro. Graphical glitches and occasional 3 tones on start up. Hardware test shows no errors. Is it RAM or a graphics card on the way out, or software?

Recently my MacBook Pro has been freezing and showing bad graphical glitches. Multiple restarts eventually fix it and a couple of times the three tones break, three tones break warning has occurred on start up. From what I can find this is usually a RAM error but after doing a hardware check I get the response all is OK. This still happens after the check and I am unsure what the problem could be. Can anyone help? Could it be a memory issue, a hard drive issue, Graphics card issue (drivers are up to date) or is something up with the software. I also have a Bootcamp partition running Windows 7 too and this is a problem that presents itself there too.

Most likely to be RAM:
Beeps on startup:
1 beep = no RAM installed
2 beeps = incompatible RAM types
3 beeps = no good banks
4 beeps = no good boot images.
5 beeps = processor is not usable
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT2538
I would suggest you take it to an Apple Store for a free diagnostic.

Crashes, graphics glitches, and more crashes when editing video clips

Can't for the life of me figure out why PE keeps crashing on me, so I'm here for help.
My system consists of a i7-970 hexacore, 6GB ram, 1x 500GB os drive, 3x500gb raid 0 drives (this is where my video clips are stored), 2x GeForce GTX460 video cards.
OS is Windows 7 Profressional 64 bit.
The video files I work with are generally in the 50-200GB size.
A little background - the videos that I am working with are recordings from Battlefield Bad Company 2 that I have recorded with some capture software called Dxtory.
I record at 1920x1080 at 60 FPS to avi files. The avi files are using the "xtor" codec (Dxtory's own codec)
[ISFT] DxtoryCore ver2.0.0.101
[ISRC] Video:YUV420 Audio:Speakers (Realtek High Definition Audio)
Audio is PCM 192000Hz recorded in stereo.
Let me start by saying I have not had trouble with this before until I started recording the videos at 60 FPS. 30 FPS worked ok (some crashes here and there, but they were bearable), but the frequent crashes started happening when I started working with the 60 FPS videos, done mainly so I could play around with slowing the clips down, etc.
Sometimes I can open and edit clips just fine.
Recently, a project that I'm working on is crashing when I try putting two different clips from different files together on the time line. I managed to get it to work once, and saved the project after that. Then, PE crashed randomly and when trying to reopen the project, it just crashes and won't let me get any further.
I should mention the graphics glitches as well - occasionally (especially when previewing video clips before adding them to the timeline) after I close the preview window, the graphics in PE will glitch out, causing random lines to appear in certain areas, graphics to stack on top of eachother and freeze up, and sometimes I can click on the "play" button in the main project window and hear everything start playing, but the graphics are completely screwed up to the point where I can't view the video or hit the pause button.
All of my computer hardware is fine, all drivers, and PE, are up to date.
Can someone please help me figure out what is going on? I'll be happy to provide any more information that might help out.

The most likely issue is the codec that your program is using the create your video. It's apparently not compatible with Premiere Elements.
This often happens also when people try to record their on-screen video with FRAPS.
You'll see lots of discussions on this issue in the Premiere Pro forum. However, it's even more pronounced in Premiere Elements, which is designed to work almost exclusively with camcorder video.
Some video programs are a little more versatile with this type of video. Some people have found Corell's Video Studio better at handling these non-traditonal formats.
But I did a Google search on Dxtory editing and couldn't find any information on it.
Sorry I can't offer a solution. But I can pretty much assure you that Premiere Elements isn't it. sorry.

Macbook pro retina graphic glitch

Hello,
I'd like to share with you my story with the problems I've had with my macbook pro retina 15' 2012 (with both intel and nvidia graphics) and ask for some help.
First of all, back when it still had Mountain Lion as its OS I already detected some graphic glitches. When I started the mbpr, 1 out of 5 times it would load buggy. The dock would shake whenever I move the mouse over it, exposé would lag a lot and eventually scrolling in Safari was terrible, incredibly shaky. Basically every animation on the OS went laggy or just at 10 fps.
However the performance in terms of speed and results was still OK. If I played a game I would detect no error whatsoever.
So after some months of ignoring it because I had work and couldn't take the mac to the store I decided to take it. It was getting worse as it started to happen more often than usual. By then I had already upgraded to Mavericks (no clean install, just updated) and the problem still persisted.
Visit #1:
After explaning the problem and being able to show it to the genius they took my mac. They called a couple of days after telling me it was a OS issue and they did a clean install of Mavericks.
So I took it home, reinstall everything from scratch, they told me it may be an account/user issue so I better not use time machine to recover anything.
After a month it started to happen again. I have to say that it happen after I had already installed everything quite some time before, not right after installing any particular app or while running any.
It would load buggy again 1 out of 2/3 times and it wouldn't stop until I restarted and if I was lucky enough it would load OK.
Visit #2:
I returned to the genius and explained again the problem. They decided that it had to be some graphic issue related to the intel or nvidia systems so they replaced the logic board.
Again a couple of weeks later I detected the problem again.
Visit #3:
Once more to the store, they were quite puzzled that even after replacing the motherboard it would still show the issue.
After doing some tests they decided to reinstall Mavericks. Once installed they found no issue so they decided it was solved.
After this I had to return once again because it turn out that they forgot to connect the keyboard backlight system and it wouldn't light.
Anyway, this time I decided to install only the absolutely necesary apps for my work. I even downloaded the newest versions of all of them (if they had newer). Most of those apps are from the Mac App Store and the ones that are not are absolutely famous and used by thounsands of people, not that I use alphas or betas of any app.
One important detail is that the problem was getting worse. Now every time I started the mac it would be buggy and it was extremely shaky, it was impossible to read while scrolling in Safari now. Sometimes when using exposé/mission control it would even show weird pixels on screen. Every time I had this problem it was worse, more shaky and more often.
Visit #4:
Being already a VIP visitor of the genius bar I went decided to solve the problem once and for all. I told them every detail, they saw the problem and I insisted on the software I had was completely "normal". They told me they would replace the screen, the logic board again and the IO just in case.
So imagine my surprise when I receive a call from the genius who was repairing my machien saying that after reinstalling Mavericks it showed no issue! I was furious. They insisted that it was some app I had installed and that I needed to install one app at a time, wait ONE WEEK and if nothing happens install the next.
They were not kidding aparently. After complaining I had no choice but to take my mac back and....here I am.
So my question (after the diary I've written, sorry) is:
Is this really being caused by an app I have installed? Is really an app capable of crash the entire animation system and only while in the OS UI and not in games? I've never had any app running on the background besides Fantastical (from Appstore) and Dropbox (updated).
I am listing the apps I had last time I resintalled everything:
1. 2Do (appstore)
2. Indesign CC
3. Appcleaner
4. Autocad 2014
5. World of warcraft
6. Dropbox
7. Evernote (appstore)
8. Fantastical (appstore)
9. Keynote, Pages & Numbers (appstore)
10. Pixelmator (appstore)
11. Sketchup 2014
12. Skype
13. Steam
14. The unarchiver
15. Transmission
16. VLC
17. iPhoto
So, 17 apps, which I believe are just a few. Is there any of those apps you think may cause any issue? I haven't installed anything yet. I am using my old macbook pro (which btw have every app I had in the buggy retina with no problem whatsoever) while I try to see if the problem persist while installing nothing.
I still don't believe it is a software problem. Since it appears every time sooner and with more "intensity" I suspect it might be hardware but I am no expert.
Thanks for any help or info you can share!

Go for a few day (2-3) without installing any apps. Then install AutoCAD 2014 first and run only that for another couple of days. See if the problems resurface. If not, go ahead and reinstall all software, making sure that you create a clone after everything's installed (try Carbon Copy Cloner - they have a few 30-day evaluation period, I believe).
If problems resurface, you'll know that it's hardware.
Good luck,
Clinton

MSI N560GTX-Ti Twin Frozr II/OC: Graphical Glitches/Corruption

Hello, I bought and installed an MSI N560GTX-Ti Twin Frozr II/OC video card one week ago. For the last week, it has been running perfectly, but today when I started up a game the 3D graphics began glitching and showing random stretched triangles and distorted models. While the 3D graphics are running, the monitor randomly loses signal from the video card and occasionally the program will crash with a popup bubble stating that the NVIDIA driver has recovered from a problem.
After reading through some posts here, I downloaded the MSI Afterburner program, enabled voltage monitoring, and set everything to defaults.
The defaults are:
Core Voltage: 1000 mV
Core Clock : 880 MHz
Shader Clock : 1760 MHz
Memory Clock : 2100 MHz
When I click the button to run a Kombuster stability test, the 3D has the same graphical glitches that I saw in my games. Here is a screenshot:
http://i733.photobucket.com/albums/ww333/MP64x2/corrupted_880.jpg
I tried lowering the Core Clock speed and retrying the test. It appears that the level of corruption is proportional to the clock speed. At the minimum clock speed of 440 MHz, the graphics are almost perfect, however a glitch or two will still occasionally show up.
Here is the test at Core Clock = 705 MHz: http://i733.photobucket.com/albums/ww333/MP64x2/corrupted_705.jpg
and at 440 MHz: http://i733.photobucket.com/albums/ww333/MP64x2/corrupted_440.jpg
- I've tried bumping up the Core Voltage a little to around 1020 mV, but it doesn't seem to have any effect.
- Lowering the Memory Clock also reduces glitches, but they never go away completely.
- Even at the absolute minimum clock settings, my games still glitch and crash.
- I do not have access to another system that I can try the video card in.
System Info
CPU: Intel Core 2 Quad Q9450 2.66GHz
MoBo: Abit IP35 Pro - LGA775, Intel P35, FSB1333
RAM: G.Skill 4x2GB DDR2 800 (PC2 6400) Dual Channel (Total: 8GB)
Video Card: MSI N560GTX-Ti Twin Frozr II/OC
Video S/N: 602-V238-130B1103126135
Video BIOS: 70.24.11.00.00
NVIDIA Driver: 266.66
Hard Disks: 2x 640GB Western Digital WD6401AALS
OS: Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit
Power Supply:
OCZ GameXStream OCZ700GXSSLI 700W
+3.3@36A,+5V@30A,+12V1@18A,+12V2@18A,+12V3@18A,+12V4@18A,[email protected],[email protected]
As I type this I'm starting to get corruption right on my desktop too, with random pixels changing color and black rectangles appearing on applications.
From what I've read in other threads, it seems like my power supply may not be sufficient since it has multiple 12V rails, but before I spend ~$100 on a new one I thought I'd see if anyone had any other thoughts.

Quote from: MP64 on 22-April-11, 03:46:20
I have an interesting update on my original problem.
A week after I reseated the card, the graphical glitches returned. I turned the computer off, reseated the card again, turned it on, and it began working fine.
Another week goes by with no problems, and then a couple days ago the glitches came back. Thinking it strange that the card could somehow take approximately the same amount of time to cause the same kind of bad connection, I wondered if there was something else that was causing the glitches to temporarily disappear.
I tried rebooting my computer, but the glitches remained.
I then completely turned off my computer and pulled out the power cord and left it for a couple minutes. I didn't open the case at all and made sure not to do anything that would bump any components. I turned the computer back on - glitches are gone once again.
So, it would seem that it may in fact have something to do with the power supply and not any bad connections with the card itself - at least, that's the best guess I have at the moment. I leave my computer on 24/7 so it seems like it doesn't like being left on for an entire week with this new video card installed.
Does this sound sensible? Is it possible for a power supply to slowly fail over several days, only to start working again after being powered down for a couple minutes?
Did you ever figure your issue out? I have the exact same issue. My system runs fine for almost a week...and then my desktop starts artifacting. The only way it goes away is to unplug my pc (or flip the switch on PSU). Then it runs again perfectly for nearly a week again and I start getting artifacts and the message stating that the graphics driver has stopped working and then recovered.
I also run my pc 24/7 and this problem is getting very annoying! My PSU shouldn't be a problem as I have the PC & Cooling 750W...
Oh...almost forgot. I've seen the same issue on 2 video cards now. RMA'd the first one and the second one does the exact same thing...

Yosemite 10.10.1 major graphic glitches

Macbook Pro retina 15
Just upgraded to 10.10.1 this morning. Shortly after upgrading in the middle of workflow, I had a bright pink momentary flash on the screen and afterward, I am troubled with major graphical glitches system wide.
These are most apparent in iPhoto and finder.
iPhoto does not display anything within the display frame. The entire frame outside of menus is black.
in Finder cover flow view, all images are 4x their normal size, so I only see the bottom left corner of the images. Seems like a retina display issue.
Thanks for any help.

Somewhat similar graphic problem with Yosemite 10.10.2. My problem is that the screen gradually goes mosaic with small tiles, often of the background image. Seems to happen most often when iPhoto is open and running. One sample is attached. Been to the Apple Store twice. They replaced the graphic card to no avail. They ran it through the usual suspects. Apple reinstalled the OS, twice, and I gradually put most apps and files back that I need. Didn't do anything. Any thoughts will be greatly appreciated.

Mulitple monitor graphics glitch

I'm experiencing a graphics glitch on my 2nd monitor which I'm using firefox 4 in. My dropdown live bookmarks are whiting out when my mouse pointer floats over them and becomes visible when they're not. only on the 2nd monitor. Also for radio / check mark buttons selections in the browser, I have to click above the radio button to select.

Have you tried installing the oldbar module?
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/oldbar/
I had a slightly different problem to you - my site suggestion list flickered badly on my second monitor, which is to the left of my main monitor. It may be caused by the [https://wiki.mozilla.org/XUL:Richlistbox RichListBox] widget not working on the second monitor, but that's just a guess. The option to disable the RichListBox was [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=407836 removed] in an earlier version of FF, but the oldbar module fixed the issue for me.
I haven't noticed the issue you have when selecting radio buttons or checkboxes.

IMac (24" Aluminium, Mid 2008) Freezing and Graphical Glitches

Hi all,
I'm having to write this on my MacBook as my iMac developed serious problems yesterday evening. Nothing new has been installed recently, and I was just listening to music on iTunes when I noticed that my iMac seemed to have frozen, although music was still playing. After the song finished it switched to the next track, but I could not control anything. The screen developed graphical glitches in the form of a lot of speckles. All I could do was hold in the button on the back and turn it off.
I've tried turning it on a few times today and the problem still persists. I've tried resetting the PRAM but that hasn't fixed it. Myself and my housemate seem to think it's a graphics card issue (NVidia GeForce 8800GS), but the problem doesn't occur when booted in Safe Mode and also doesn't occur when in Windows XP under boot camp. My iMac is running Snow Leopard 10.6.8, and I have no idea why this has suddenly happened. I swear this has happened once before, but I think the PRAM reset was what I did back then and it worked.
A few weeks ago I upgraded the iMac from 2GB RAM to 4GB RAM but it's been absolutly fine until now. Could a RAM issue be to blame for this, and could it take so long to suddenly emerge?
Thanks in advance for and help or insight anyone could offer. I know there are a lot of posts about this but I know some symptoms are slightly different so I wanted this post to be specific to my case.

+I guess the big question is whether the iMac dvi port is output and input.+
Output only on that model iMac. You'd best borrow a real monitor for initial configuration of the Mini. Once it is configured and you've turned on Screen Sharing, you can access the Mini remotely from the iMac.

Graphic Glitch - MacBook Pro, 15-inch, mid 2010

Hey everyone,
I have a MBP 15" mid 2010
Processor 2.4 GHz Intel Core i5
Memory 8 GB 1067 MHz DDR3
Graphics NVIDIA GeForce GT 330M 256 MB
HDD1 OCZ-VERTEX2 SSD 120GB
HHD2 (replacing optical drive) Seagate Momentus 2.5 inch XT ST95005620AS 500GB
I have a graphical glitch quite often, which consists of some on screen corruption that lasts for a few milliseconds - enough for me to see it, but rarely enough for me to actually take a screenshot of it. Last week I managed to finally take a screenshot of it, which is great, as I can finally show that I'm not crazy. Please see below.
I pretty much assume it will be a problem with the NVIDIA GeForce GT 330M (which is usually in use all the time, since I use an external screen in addition to my mbp 15" one).
Now, because this is not a crash event I doubt there'll be any log about it (but I'm all ears).
Regarding it's consistency and frequency it's very hard to say... it does happen a lot throughout the day. I have tried not running programmes that I feel interact with graphics a lot (F.lux and gfxCardStatus) but to no avail.
Anyone has any experience with this or some advice for me?
Thanks!

Mid-2010 15" MacBook Pros - the bad NVIDIA GPU
If you're having frequent kernel panics with your 15" mid-2010, or intermittent screen problems, the problem is, more than likely, the faulty NVIDIA GPU found in a number of those machines.
Here's just a sample of a kernel panic log that points to the faulty NVIDIA card:
Kernel Extensions in backtrace (with dependencies):
                 com.apple.nvidia.classic.NVDAResmanTesla(8.2.4)[80472F2E-D31D-32C4-88BA-2EB3D63 C159F]@0xffffff7f93c70000->0xffffff7f93ed8fff
            dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOPCIFamily(2.9)[EDA75271-4E9D-34E7-A2C5-14F0C8817D37]@0xffffff 7f938ba000
            dependency: com.apple.iokit.IONDRVSupport(2.4.1)[999E29DA-D513-3544-89D1-9885B728A098]@0xff ffff7f93c60000
            dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOGraphicsFamily(2.4.1)[4421462D-2B1F-3540-8EEA-9DFCB0565E39]@0 xffffff7f93c1d000
         com.apple.nvidia.classic.NVDANV50HalTesla(8.2.4)[B0E6AAA7-E970-3D81-8B43-145D56 A3A4AC]@0xffffff7f93ee3000->0xffffff7f9418cfff
            dependency: com.apple.nvidia.classic.NVDAResmanTesla(8.2.4)[80472F2E-D31D-32C4-88BA-2EB3D63 C159F]@0xffffff7f93c70000
            dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOPCIFamily(2.9)[EDA75271-4E9D-34E7-A2C5-14F0C8817D37]@0xffffff 7f938ba000
         com.apple.GeForceTesla(8.2.4)[B6C71E9A-E304-354B-80AD-C69C9032D367]@0xffffff7f9 4bd4000->0xffffff7f94c9efff
            dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOPCIFamily(2.9)[EDA75271-4E9D-34E7-A2C5-14F0C8817D37]@0xffffff 7f938ba000
            dependency: com.apple.iokit.IONDRVSupport(2.4.1)[999E29DA-D513-3544-89D1-9885B728A098]@0xff ffff7f93c60000
            dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOGraphicsFamily(2.4.1)[4421462D-2B1F-3540-8EEA-9DFCB0565E39]@0 xffffff7f93c1d000
            dependency: com.apple.nvidia.classic.NVDAResmanTesla(8.2.4)[80472F2E-D31D-32C4-88BA-2EB3D63 C159F]@0xffffff7f93c70000
         com.apple.driver.AppleMuxControl(3.4.35)[1BFF66C1-65E4-3BB3-9DEE-B61C3137019B]@ 0xffffff7f955d9000->0xffffff7f955ebfff
            dependency: com.apple.driver.AppleGraphicsControl(3.4.35)[09897896-ACBD-36B5-B1D4-0CCC4000E 3B3]@0xffffff7f955d1000
            dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOACPIFamily(1.4)[045D5D6F-AD1E-36DB-A249-A346E2B48E54]@0xfffff f7f93b27000
            dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOPCIFamily(2.9)[EDA75271-4E9D-34E7-A2C5-14F0C8817D37]@0xffffff 7f938ba000
            dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOGraphicsFamily(2.4.1)[4421462D-2B1F-3540-8EEA-9DFCB0565E39]@0 xffffff7f93c1d000
            dependency: com.apple.driver.AppleBacklightExpert(1.0.4)[E04639C5-D734-3AB3-A682-FE66694C66 53]@0xffffff7f955d4000
Here's the "official" Apple take on the issue - but the very real kernel panics need not be preceded by 'Intermittent black screen or loss of video'... in fact, you might not experience any video problems at all. Although video problems can certainly be a portent of things to come…
So what can you do? Print out a copy of your kernel panic and a copy of the Knowledge Base article and take them, along with your machine, to your local Apple Store or an Apple Authorized Service Provider. The unfortunate thing is that many people have passed the “three years from date of purchase” now and Apple is not honoring the free logic board replacement for many users. Some dealers seem to be making some exceptions for those past the three year mark, but don’t count on it…
Good luck,
Clinton

1st gen Mac Pro graphics glitches and unresponsive

I'm not sure if this is related to
a) Snow Leopard
b) Safari 5
c) something else
but after recent updates I get graphics glitches, such as in Safari, lines across the browser window, not on particular content, it might be pure HTML (the old kind) and can be flash, or multimedia...
When using Final Cut (6) I get some weird graphics related errors from time to time, and after hours of editing suddenly my computer stops, becomes "frozen" (I have the clock in the menu bar set to show seconds and they stop) I have to do a hard-reboot to get anything back.
And the thing that happened now, which makes me post this thread is I was doing some web development, while watching some iTunes U movies, suddenly I had green graphical artifacts over the screen(s) and the computer froze.
Is anyone else out there experiencing this, perhaps found the source of the problem ?
My console reports 2 things that doesn't seem too "serious" TimeMachine finished doing a backup successfully and mDNSresponder got a "Bad DDNS browsing domain: (unknown)" just before the latest break down.

Sorry you're having this issue. It is a common issue and I have it as well. I ended up replacing my card which fixed the problem but, after 6 months, the problem is back.
There is something nasty with the Mac Pro's and graphic cards it seems. My first card was a NVIDIA GeForce 7300 GT and now I'm having trouble with the ATI Radeon HD 2600.
I'm trying to get to the bottom of the problem... no luck so far... I'm not interested in replacing the card if it's going to happen again 6 months down the road and I'm not interested in buying a new computer either.
Any luck with your problem?
Saki

Weird graphical glitch - Aperture 2.1.1l

First, my system configuration is as follows:
Mac Pro (original 2006), OS X 10.5.4
ATI Radeon X1900XT with two monitors (24" 1920x1200 flat panel, 17" 1280x1024 flat panel)
Nvidia 7300GT with one monitor (17" 1280x1024 flat panel)
4GB of RAM
2x 250GB SATA hard drives.
Here's the problem. When I use Aperture, I frequently get a black screen in the photo area when I start editing a photo, particularly the levels control. I cannot see the photo once I start editing it, and when I switch to other photos it either randomly goes black or displays the photo with really bad color distortion.
If I export the photos and open them in Preview they look fine. It's only while being edited in Aperture that they look messed up. Also, if I use the fast preview feature (P to toggle it when browsing) the problem goes away. But of course this keeps me from adjusting photos which is the primary purpose of Aperture!
Has anyone else seen this problem? It's maddening that I spent $200 on this software and it has such obvious graphical glitches.
Thanks for any insight anyone can provide.
-John "Zorin" Flynn

Your post got me to thinking, and I started fiddling with the displays.
When I unplug the 17" flat panel from the Nvidia 7300GT card, the problem goes away. It only seems to happen when that display is active.
It doesn't seem to matter how I connect the displays, if the head on the Nvidia card is activate the problem manifests.
So there's some sort of conflict between the video cards. This is odd, because *everything else* on the system works great. Heck, I like to drag playing videos off onto that head and it works beautifully.
Oh well, guess I'll have to unplug the monitor whenever I use Aperture until the bug is fixed. Still very annoyed, as it's all Apple hardware and shouldn't have these problems. What happened to "It just works"?

IMac crashes on startup or freezes with graphical glitches

Hi,
My early 2009 24" iMac suddenly crashed a few days ago, while browsing on the internet with no major app running. It did so with graphical glitches, like coloured dots. Since then, it would always shut down suddenly every time I restart. It shuts down right after the Apple logo and the wheel, once even reaching the user selection screen for a second, then shutting down before I could even move.
I started it in safe mode and ran all the checks, it says the volume is fine. When checking disk permissions, it did give me a few error messages but let me do the repairs. Weird thing is when I ran the disk permission verification again it showed me the same permission, as if they hadn't been repaired.
Now I backup everything and tried to reinstall OS X but to no avail, it kept doing the same thing.
So I formatted the disk, zeroed it out and reinstalled Mavericks. Same thing keeps happening, which seem to indicate some kind of hardware failure, right?
On one occasion it did start up but after a few seconds it froze, with heavy glitches (see picture attached - sorry it's upside down but it doesn't make a huge difference anyway!).
I upgraded the iMac with new RAM a year ago or so, and 2 years ago it had a hard drive failure, so I replaced the HD. Never had any problems in general, apart from when I had to replace the HD of course. It's always been very stable and well behaved.
Any idea what the problem could be? I'm not looking forward to having to fork out £1500 for a new one...

http://www.apple.com/uk/legal/statutory-warranty/ may be worth reading before you visit Apple. I don't thibk you'd be the first to argue that an expensive, quality computer ought to last more than 5 years, albeit that say, mechanical hard drives inside might need replacing.

NMP - Graphics glitches, Logic UI slowdown

So I've been having weird graphics glitches with my new Mac Pro (Late 2013). That, along with Logic X having MAJOR UI lag problems. I've asked around a lot on the Apple Logic forums and third party forums too, no dice.
My computer is the 8-core, with dual D300 GPU's. I took the computer in to the Genius Bar and they had it for a whole week, then told me they couldn't reproduce the issue but that my memory showed up bad after they tested that. I switched out the memory... same thing still happening.
I thought it might be to do with my 27 inch cinema display, so I switched that out for an HP display, no change.
What can I do here????

The warranty entitles you to complimentary phone support for the first 90 days of ownership.
If you bought the product in the U.S. directly from Apple (not from a reseller), you have 14 days from the date of delivery in which to exchange or return it for a refund. In other countries, the return policy may be different. If you bought from a reseller, its return policy applies.

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