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BullyMan May 21, 2011

So as I was working on my music ( I use Logic pro and Reason 4 ), these crazy 16 bit diagonal lines came across the screen. I think I've given up any hope on retrieving any of the data that was left on the laptop. I'm sad that I didn't back anything up but I'd be just fine with a functioning laptop.
What's the hardest reset I can get?
☠GAMEOVER☠ May 21, 2011

So lines across the screen? So what else happen, need a little more detail. Doesnt work no more?
BullyMan May 21, 2011

There's nothing happening. It's a blue screen with blue green 16 bit lines. No arrow no anything.
__Don_Line__ May 21, 2011

BullyMan wrote:
There's nothing happening. It's a blue screen with blue green 16 bit lines. No arrow no anything.

So you can't do anything? Can you see the mouse? Have you tried turning it off? Something that might have happened was that the screen is broken, inside. You'll have to take it to the nearest Apple center, and see what they can do.
__Don_Line__ May 21, 2011

Oh, and BTW, did Logic pro and Reason 4 work before?
BullyMan May 21, 2011

Reason and logic worked fine. I'm gonna take it to a Mac genius today and see what they say.
nick May 21, 2011

BullyMan wrote:
So as I was working on my music ( I use Logic pro and Reason 4 ), these crazy 16 bit diagonal lines came across the screen. I think I've given up any hope on retrieving any of the data that was left on the laptop. I'm sad that I didn't back anything up but I'd be just fine with a functioning laptop.
What's the hardest reset I can get?

If you're lucky it's just your video card, so you'll be able to fix the laptop and/or retrieve the data on it. This happened to my old laptop the month before releasing Turf Wars – the timing is always impeccable!
ᏚᴡᴀᴍᴘᎠᴏɴᴋᴇʏ May 21, 2011

There was a known issue with nvidia chips in some MacBook Pros overheating. Call apple with your serial number, even if out of warranty, that may be covered.
Add YouTube May 21, 2011

nick wrote:
BullyMan wrote:
So as I was working on my music ( I use Logic pro and Reason 4 ), these crazy 16 bit diagonal lines came across the screen. I think I've given up any hope on retrieving any of the data that was left on the laptop. I'm sad that I didn't back anything up but I'd be just fine with a functioning laptop.
What's the hardest reset I can get?

If you're lucky it's just your video card, so you'll be able to fix the laptop and/or retrieve the data on it. This happened to my old laptop the month before releasing Turf Wars – the timing is always impeccable!
Lol. And ppl say apples the way.
Ʈℍㅌ ʘㄕㅌℝ₳₮ミℝ May 21, 2011

Add ⭕YouTube⭕ wrote:
nick wrote:
BullyMan wrote:
So as I was working on my music ( I use Logic pro and Reason 4 ), these crazy 16 bit diagonal lines came across the screen. I think I've given up any hope on retrieving any of the data that was left on the laptop. I'm sad that I didn't back anything up but I'd be just fine with a functioning laptop.
What's the hardest reset I can get?

If you're lucky it's just your video card, so you'll be able to fix the laptop and/or retrieve the data on it. This happened to my old laptop the month before releasing Turf Wars – the timing is always impeccable!
Lol. And ppl say apples the way.
Anything can fail, no not a fanboi just saying
BullyMan May 22, 2011

Yeah. I'm hoping it's the video card because I have a ton of music projects to get done. I would hate to think of all that hard work flying out the window.
slugboy May 22, 2011

BullyMan wrote:
Yeah. I'm hoping it's the video card because I have a ton of music projects to get done. I would hate to think of all that hard work flying out the window.

Just had a nerd giggle at 'window'
BullyMan May 22, 2011

slugboy wrote:
BullyMan wrote:
Yeah. I'm hoping it's the video card because I have a ton of music projects to get done. I would hate to think of all that hard work flying out the window.

Just had a nerd giggle at 'window'
Just had a nerd giggle at "nerd giggle".
TheBoss™ May 22, 2011

If you have access to another mac get yourself a FireWire cable and plug it in to both mac's. Turn the broken mac on nd as soon as it comes on press T. Then turn the other mac on and go to finder and you should see the hard drive for the broken mac. Take everything off and then fix ya broken mac.
BullyMan May 22, 2011

👊TheBoss👊™ wrote:
If you have access to another mac get yourself a FireWire cable and plug it in to both mac's. Turn the broken mac on nd as soon as it comes on press T. Then turn the other mac on and go to finder and you should see the hard drive for the broken mac. Take everything off and then fix ya broken mac.

Nice. I'll give that a try.