MacBook – Display Distortion on Retina Macbook Pro 2014: Is it always the LCD

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I have a 15" MBP Retina from mid' 2014. Out of the blue the bottom 2/3 of the display turned a dim grey. Randomly this part of the screen will ghost images, flash white, and return to translucent grey. I have ruled out a software issue by resetting PRAM, SMC, and booting it into Windows.

My question is this: What possible parts could be causing this?
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(On a possibly related note… I noticed under About This Mac > Serial Number: Unavailible)

Best Answer

Combined with the lack of a serial number I'm thinking hardware damage. Possibly liquid spill or drop damage. Any pictures of the logic board?