I'm pretty sure I'm a victim of the 2011 MacBook Pro 6750m GPU failure epidemic, and not two months outside of my 3 year Apple Care warranty. I have (had) an early 2011 MBP with 6750m gpu running 10.9.5. The closest Apple authorized shop, over an hour away, will be doing a diagnostic in a couple of days to determine if the GPU is to blame. I haven't seen visual artifacts, just instant blank screen with only hard reboot as an option, hang upon restarts, long restarts.
1. Is there a way for me to conclusively determine if it's the GPU on my own?
2. What will the shop be doing exactly? Stress tests then checking logs?
I have run AHT with no negative results, zapped pram, repair perms, booted in safe mode and forced usage of the integrated gpu with gfxCardStatus, some apps seem to force using the discreet chip regardless so eventually (couple of hours) the blank screen and hard reboot. This is my work/personal machine and gets used for everything from coding to final cut so reliability is important.
When I called Apple to ask how they were willing to help they told me to beat it. If it ends up being the gpu it's your repair bill, hey pal 25,000 names on a petition doesn't mean design flaw/ manufacturers defect. Awesome. $3500 "professional" flagship laptop 3 years old and only worth repairing to sell, or part out. Sheesh. Apple no longer has a special place in my heart. It doesn't matter if it turns out to be another problem affecting my computer or not, I now know Apple won't stand by their product.
What to do? Dump money into a machine not guaranteed to last even with a new gpu? Silly. Put this 2006 MacPro1,1 to work? Too slow! Feels like regression, need mobility. Buy another laptop, a windows box perhaps at half the price? Hmmm, maybe. It all seems like junk, sure maybe decent parts under the hood but plastic feeling all the same. I still feel like Apple makes the best hardware for some masochistic reason.
In order to get back to work I've just ingested a cup of Jonestown pu.... ah, Cupertino Lemonade shall we say. By the end of the month I should have a new 15" MBP maxed out... with extended warranty of course.
15-inch MacBook Pro with Retina display
2.8GHz Quad-core Intel Core i7, Turbo Boost up to 4.0GHz
16GB 1600MHz DDR3L SDRAM
1TB PCIe-based Flash Storage
Intel Iris Pro Graphics and NVIDIA GeForce GT 750M with 2GB of GDDR5 memory
All for only $4,232.70 CDN. Ouch. The only thing that soothes a sore ass is having a pimp machine at the end of the day. =]
Thanks for reading my first post/rant. If anyone has feedback on my two questions above please lemme know!
Cheers
1. Is there a way for me to conclusively determine if it's the GPU on my own?
2. What will the shop be doing exactly? Stress tests then checking logs?
I have run AHT with no negative results, zapped pram, repair perms, booted in safe mode and forced usage of the integrated gpu with gfxCardStatus, some apps seem to force using the discreet chip regardless so eventually (couple of hours) the blank screen and hard reboot. This is my work/personal machine and gets used for everything from coding to final cut so reliability is important.
When I called Apple to ask how they were willing to help they told me to beat it. If it ends up being the gpu it's your repair bill, hey pal 25,000 names on a petition doesn't mean design flaw/ manufacturers defect. Awesome. $3500 "professional" flagship laptop 3 years old and only worth repairing to sell, or part out. Sheesh. Apple no longer has a special place in my heart. It doesn't matter if it turns out to be another problem affecting my computer or not, I now know Apple won't stand by their product.
What to do? Dump money into a machine not guaranteed to last even with a new gpu? Silly. Put this 2006 MacPro1,1 to work? Too slow! Feels like regression, need mobility. Buy another laptop, a windows box perhaps at half the price? Hmmm, maybe. It all seems like junk, sure maybe decent parts under the hood but plastic feeling all the same. I still feel like Apple makes the best hardware for some masochistic reason.
In order to get back to work I've just ingested a cup of Jonestown pu.... ah, Cupertino Lemonade shall we say. By the end of the month I should have a new 15" MBP maxed out... with extended warranty of course.
15-inch MacBook Pro with Retina display
2.8GHz Quad-core Intel Core i7, Turbo Boost up to 4.0GHz
16GB 1600MHz DDR3L SDRAM
1TB PCIe-based Flash Storage
Intel Iris Pro Graphics and NVIDIA GeForce GT 750M with 2GB of GDDR5 memory
All for only $4,232.70 CDN. Ouch. The only thing that soothes a sore ass is having a pimp machine at the end of the day. =]
Thanks for reading my first post/rant. If anyone has feedback on my two questions above please lemme know!
Cheers