How much will this cost to repair?

[ghostchild]

So for no apparent reason my screen all of a sudden turned to this...

It should be the ribbon cable that connects to the screen since the screenshots turn out fine and if I let the mbp cool all the way down and opening it again it's fine for a while....

Can anyone tell me what I should do?? New MBP or get it fixed for who knows how much...🙁🙁

Thanks.

 

[dukebound85]

why you think its the ribbon cable?

id venture its the gpu crapping out

do you have the 8600 version? if so, its under warranty still

 

[Diseal3]

Free assuming its the 8600 failure and apple extended the warrenty of their computers who have this card for 2 years.

 

[ghostchild]

why you think its the ribbon cable?

id venture its the gpu crapping out

do you have the 8600 version? if so, its under warranty still

But if it was the gpu then wouldn't my external monitor and screenshot be messed up too?

And can genius bar fix it or do i have to send it back to apple??

 

[Vulcan]

But if it was the gpu then wouldn't my external monitor and screenshot be messed up too?

And can genius bar fix it or do i have to send it back to apple??

Bring it to the Genius Bar. They'll be able to tell you if it was a GPU or display issue. If it's GPU and you have a NVIDIA card, it's free. From there, they will send it back to Apple.

 

[ghostchild]

Bring it to the Genius Bar. They'll be able to tell you if it was a GPU or display issue. If it's GPU and you have a NVIDIA card, it's free. From there, they will send it back to Apple.

man this really blows.... this is my main workhorse too... so no ideas for an immediate fix?

 

[dukebound85]

man this really blows.... this is my main workhorse too... so no ideas for an immediate fix?

immediate? not really unless you can diagnose/fix yourself

you could just work from your external and not worry about it if you dont want to part with the machine?

 

[MacModMachine]

man this really blows.... this is my main workhorse too... so no ideas for an immediate fix?

i know, same problem...my 8600GT crapped out too...really sucked. it to was my main work machine.

luckily your covered under the 3 year nvidia extension.

make sure you reference this kb article. KB - TS2377

http://support.apple.com/kb/TS2377

 

[ghostchild]

immediate? not really unless you can diagnose/fix yourself

you could just work from your external and not worry about it if you dont want to part with the machine?

problem is that im a photographer and the external is no calibrated, but i guess that's my only solution, but the thought of the shipping process is killing me.... and the thought that they might need to reformat....

 

[dukebound85]

problem is that im a photographer and the external is no calibrated, but i guess that's my only solution, but the thought of the shipping process is killing me.... and the thought that they might need to reformat....

id take it to the store if you can

back up your stuff before you take it

just to clarify, you do have the 8600 right?

 

[ghostchild]

id take it to the store if you can

back up your stuff before you take it

what can i use to back up EVERYTHING on my hd? including my OS and apps and everything else basically?

 

[dukebound85]

what can i use to back up EVERYTHING on my hd? including my OS and apps and everything else basically?

i would use carbon copy cloner. its free and is fantastic
http://www.bombich.com/software/ccc.html

time machine would work too except you would have to reinstall the os first and then restore from your time machine backup

 

[aethelbert]

what can i use to back up EVERYTHING on my hd? including my OS and apps and everything else basically?

Time Machine will work as will Carbon Copy Cloner.

 

[ghostchild]

Ok so Carbon Copy Cloner basically clones every single thing on the hd?

 

[dukebound85]

Ok so Carbon Copy Cloner basically clones every single thing on the hd?

you got it. if you want, you can leave certain things off as well. but yea, the default is to back up everything

it will make the disc you copy too bootable and will be the exact same as as your current hdd

superduper also works. same thing as ccc
http://www.shirt-pocket.com/SuperDuper/SuperDuperDescription.html

its a toss up between ccc and superduper imo. i use ccc as its free

 

[ghostchild]

Ok, then I guess that's what has to be done... Scheduled a monday appointment and backing up now..... Totally sucks and sudden but what can you really do about.....🙁

 

[dukebound85]

Ok, then I guess that's what has to be done... Scheduled a monday appointment and backing up now..... Totally sucks and sudden but what can you really do about.....🙁

have a backup computer!

thats what i do, desktop and laptop

best of luck though

 

[ghostchild]

have a backup computer!

thats what i do, desktop and laptop

best of luck though

thanks for your help! really appreciate it during this "crisis" that I'm having... ill report back if anything...

 

[iBookG4user]

Yeah, the best thing is to have a backup computer. I'm a photographer as well and I have two laptops incase an issue like this arrises where I have to send one to Apple. That way while I am never without a computer since it is unlikely that both will need repairing/replacing at the same time. Apple is pretty timely about the repairs though, the last time I sent a laptop in they finished the repair the day they got it. You'll want to emphasize to the Genius that this is your work computer and you need it to be a timely repair, you may want to ask for overnight shipping both ways.