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You'd get a new computer or GPU? Just not sure I want to put money into a 3+ year old computer.

^I've tried all those sort of fixes. I find went ahead and disabled all the ATI and AMD extension to force it to boot with integrated graphics with the following commands. --------- 1) Turn on pressing (cmd+s) this will boot in single user mode so no graphics you will see ":/ root#" 2) Type the next sentences in order: fsck -fy (to check the disk) mount -uw / (permision read/write) mkdir DisabledExtensions (Create a place to move the drives) cd /System/Library/Extensions (Go to where the drivers are located) sudo mv ATI* /DisabledExtensions (move all ATI stuff to the place made before) sudo mv AMD* /DisabledExtensions (move all AMD stuff to the place made before) sudo touch /System/Library/Extensions (updates the access and modification timestamps for the Extensions folder) reboot ---- When I did this the computer seemed to reboot. I then installed gfxCardStatus to force the computer into Integrated Mode (and remove back all the extensions). gxfCardStatus said that I was using an external monitor (which I wasn't) and was using the dedicated graphics card (which I probably wasn't) and wouldn't let me switch to the Integrated card. Sigh. I started back up in single user mode and moved back the ATI and AMD extensions and try rebooting the computer and got the blue screen of death again. The computer is kinda worthless if I can't use it with an external monitor. I guess the only fix at this point is to pay apple $500 to replace something (that may go bad in the future again) or just wait for the new mac minis to come out (hopefully in Nov) - I was just using the laptop as a desktop.

Thanks Dan. I may try that. Thanks for the thread Haj. in the last day or so I had the graphics shift as descibed in this thread so I am guessing the external graphics card may be the problem. Is there a way that I can turn off the graphics switching (force the computer to use the integrated graphics card) while in target mode or in single user mode? I havenmt been able to get the computer to boot. One thread said to move the ATIRadeonX*.kext file to another folder and then reboot. Do you see any problem doing this (this is possible in target or single user mode)?

Macbook Pro 15" from Feb 2011 just got the blue screen of death. I've tried the basic stuff and I can't get it to turn on correctly (safe mode, resetting PRAM). I can get my stuff off the disk by putting it in target mode so my stuff isn't the problem. So I could do an erase and install if that would help. I feel that it might be a hardware failure since I was having a few problems with the screen/external monitor yesterday. What should I try next? I'm not sure it's worth going to the Apple store since they will charge an arm and leg since it is out of warranty and I would rather just buy a new computer. For now, I also have a 3 year old 11" air (and an ancient Mac Mini) to use.

I've been thinking about getting an SVS SB-2000 sub.

There was black bread at a buffet dinner I went to in Korea, I didn't try any. I guess it is was made with squid ink?

I wonder how water resistant it will be; does rain mean rain in Cupertino or a sudden downpour in Houston? The latter is a bit more like a shower.

Great photo Peter.

Same as Haj. I would prefer the iPhone 5s to be slightly shorter but I'm happy with the current size. However, any wider (in the short direction) and I won't be able to use it with one hand (without dropping it all the time). I even had trouble using the Nexus S with one hand.

Are these going to be waterproof?

The new sizes are really annoying. Why couldn't they keep one the same size as the 5s and just make the Plus bigger.

Nearly tied at the end of Sunday night, the matchup came down to a battle of the Detroit running backs... and the Biscuit boy goes down! I guess my nearly all autopick (except for Matt Rysn) team didn't do too badly in league 2.

Great looking sous vide pasta.

Yeah, the bacon wasn't too bad either.

Breakfast at La Note. Lemon Gingerbread pancakes are tasty.

Autopick sucks. I need to go find me a QB.

Just finished Silicon Valley Season 1

My team royally sucks.

Yeah, I have found that one can get some decent B&W photos at night with high ISO.

Tapatalk double post

Unfortunately, I don't eat fish/seafood.

Not fun.

Here is one of the pictures I took with the Ricoh GR on my trip last week to Busan, Korea. It was taken handheld on a rocky boat and it was pretty dark. Gwangan Bridge The first is B&W jpg straight from the camera. The second pictures is RAW converted to jpg with minimal adjustments (since I don't know how to do much in LR still). I can't decide which one I like best (probably the B&W). Comments and criticisms are always appreciated.

That is not good to hear. . Sorry Doug.