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meteoreos

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Hi,

So, I have a MBP with an AMD R9 M370X and it seems to be dying as I get weird artefacts and sudden restarts whenever it is being used. Is there anyway I could disable it and just use the integrated graphics instead?
 
Use some tool named: gfx I think. Type in search bar on google: gfx + 2011 radeon - I am curious as I too have a 2015 like you.. but yet the radeon chip is far better than the 2011 MacBook pro's AMD chip.
 
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Use some tool named: gfx I think. Type in search bar on google: gfx + 2011 radeon - I am curious as I too have a 2015 like you.. but yet the radeon chip is far better than the 2011 MacBook pro's AMD chip.

I would like to think it's as simple as downloading software to disable the dGPU, but I don't think it is.
Might just have to bite the bullet and pay for a repair.
 
Downloaded gSwitch which seems to have effectively disabled the dGPU as I’m no longer having any issues.
I take it back. My MacBook Pro glitched out and now whenever I try to login, it restarts. Safe mode doesn’t even boot either. What do??
 
Far as I'm aware you can't limit the use of the dGPU with software as the OS will ultimately override. The developer of gfxCardStatus openly stated this many years ago before ceasing work on the project, disabling power switching of the dGPU in the app at Rev 2.3. gSwitch suffers the same issues as far as I'm aware with gSwitch not being effective on post 2011 MBP's, not that It matters much as the GPU's will still switch.

If the dGPU is done then the options are limited. It may be possible to replace the dGPU, although this is very specialist work. There is a post here on MR MBP how to disable the dGPU on some models, equally it not so straight forward, nor for the faint of heart.

One of my old 15" MBP's came back into my hands around 18 months ago and sat dead & idle until recently, with time on my hands. It's one of the infamous 2011's, equally this one to all intents and purposes is a trooper. After close to nine years of abuse with both the software & hardware cleaned up it's running well.

TBH I don't think it's ever run better, previously it would hit 103C (217F) with the CPU dialling back to 24GHz, now it holds a solid 3.1GHz and sub 100C (212F). Likely the benefits firmware and OS X updates (10.12) and still remains to be totally stock spinning HD and all.

Unsure what I'll do with it, equally it's seen off a good few MBA's and newer MBP's that have either failed completely or are very close to being junked, even the keys remain to be matt...

With this one I'll remain to run gfxCardStatus which will lessen the GPU switching to a point and avoid applications that needlessly call for the dGPU.

Q-6
 
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2015s are cheap enough that I'd just pick up another one if I needed one. I would like to replace my 2014 at some point as it can get hot with the applications I'm running but I use a couple of big fans on it which keeps it under 70 degrees under load. I would like to upgrade to a 16 but I'd have to reoutfit adapters. A 2.8 Ghz 2015 would work well.
 
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