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What does it mean if your screen does this?
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Ingrid Pitt
Furious Curious Mammals
#1 - 2014-02-01 02:35:47 UTC
First my laptop, and now my MacPro is doing this:

Picture of video problem

It happens randomly and forces me to reboot - I can't seem to find a way out of it. I've tried changing various settings but can't isolate anything. I'm running everything on very low quality settings. Only eve does this, and it started with Rubicon.
Pak Narhoo
Splinter Foundation
#2 - 2014-02-01 13:18:58 UTC
Only seen this happen on a laptop which had hardware trouble.
Is it a laptop? If so try connecting another screen to it, if that works its hardware

May not work but try zapping pram -> shut down computer -> start it up and hold the following keys on the keyboard: Command (⌘), Option, P, and R. You will need to hold these keys down simultaneously before the startup screen appears.

Other then that, EVE is notorious for overheating some systems, check your temps before and while playing EVE.
Open the case (if it's a MacPro desktop although I never would put mine on my desk) and see if there's lots of dust in it which can cause overheating as well, you need a can with compressed air to blow it out if so. Can be found at any good pc store.

My "gut" says it may be your video card that's dying. :/
If so see if you can run a'hardware test/diagnostic: http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1509?viewlocale=en_US&locale=en_US

GL!
Ingrid Pitt
Furious Curious Mammals
#3 - 2014-02-03 03:09:28 UTC  |  Edited by: Ingrid Pitt
Hey Pak Narhoo

thanks for the info. You were 100% right. I opened up the machine and it was chock full of dust - on the RAM and on the GPU, it was terrible. Took as much of it to bits as I dared, cleaned it up and everything is all AOK again :)

It also happened on the laptop because that was in the energy saving mode using the inbuilt GPU - the dedicated GPU doesn't do it. Odd I should get two such similar incidents with different causes!

Once more, thankyou thankyou!