Ask TUAW: What the heck is up with my MacBook's graphics

I'm having a similar problem with my Macbook Pro, though it is not these stripes as you have depicted, it's more like random cubes of horizontal static. They appear about every 7-8 time I open the Macbook Pro after it has gone to sleep, and to make it go away I have to close the lid, wait until it goes back into sleepmode and then open the display again. Sometimes the garbage (or a variation of it) is still on screen but disappears after about a second.

Take a look:

http://img191.imageshack.us/img191/6140/macbookproscreengarpageaftersleepmodeov5.jpg
(the whites are blown out due to a bad mobile phone camera - the squares are in reality not all white)

If anyone else has experienced this problem, AND has a solution or a link to a relevant thread at the Apple forums, please post it here. :)

I had the same problem, and repairing permissions, etc., did not help. I reinstalled the OS, and everything has been fine for a week.

I have the same problem with the macbook. I don't think it is a memory problem though, I've got 2GB ram and usually ~ 1gb free.

Despite having many other problems with my MacBook, the display artifacts have not plagued my machine.

A possible solution is turning off "Secure Virtual Memory" in the Security preferences panel. I haven't confirmed this, but several users on our site as well as Apple's boards suggest it has remedied the situation.

Read more here:
http://www.appledefects.com/wiki/index.php?title=MacBook#Display_Artifacts

Had the "static" problem with graphics as described above. Here's what resolved it for me. Update the Radeon video drivers to the omega drivers. It worked for me.

http://omegadrivers.net/

I have an early production MacBook Pro. In Firefox (Universal), I sometimes get fuzzy text that goes away if I highlight it (eg, cursor over the text). I've taken screenshots and showed an Apple Genius. Her recommendation was to try another user or do an archive/re-install. Not sure if it's a problem with the graphics card or with Firefox. (I have 2 GB RAM; lots of space on HD.)

There's lots of discussion on Apple's site about this. I was have the same problem on my MacBook (1.83ghz, 1gb ram) until I turned OFF secure virtual memory. Haven't seen it since.

I also have the same problem with my Powermac G5 Dual 2 Ghz. Seemed to occur aroung the upgrade to 10.4.6. Garbage mainly at right side of menus and pop up tip windows.

I have a problem with the cursor dissapearing in safari when i go to click anywhere around the "Back" or "Foward" buttons......it just dissapears. I have 1GB Of RAM and I Have The 2GHz Proccessor. Anyone Know What's Up With That?

Thanks for the feedback!

I think the problem has come to a resolution, which I posted about here: