Wake from Sleep - Screen

Has anyone seen this behavior when coming back from sleep that the screen is messed up?
I'm probably just going to take it in for repair but I'm curious if anyone's seen this before.

Yep... I got the same light grey blank screen with several little black vertical dashes on the top right. When this appear the computer is frozen and the only option is to force it to reboot!
Does anybody know about this weird bug? Does this could also come from the Logic Board?
Thanks guys for your help!!

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