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Released in July 2018, the 15" MacBook Pro, model A1990, features a 15.4 inch LED-Backlight display with True Tone technology, TouchID, and up to 6 Core i9 Processor.

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Black vertical lines on MacBook display

These lines appear at random, and this text also appears sometimes when restarting... Any ideas what the problem might be?

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So you want to get your MacBook Pro out of jail! Sadly, you’ll need to pay the jailer to get your system out.

Your issue is a scanning issue within the displays T-CON logic. This is likely not repairable as it will require deeper skills to locate the capacitor which is failing. I would just replace the display assembly as it’s quicker MacBook Pro 15" Retina (Touch Bar, 2018-2019) Display Assembly here’s the guide MacBook Pro 15" Touch Bar 2018 Screen Replacement

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@danj Thanks! So just to confirm, are you 100% sure that that is the problem? I just don't want to buy it if it's not the part I need lol

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@steury2004 - I’ve seen this before. But to prove it connect an external display which would show a clean image when the internal is messed up.

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@danj Good idea, thanks!

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