Macbook Pro No Screen?

[jfox43]

A few days ago, the screen on my macbook pro went out. It was working fine, and I put it in sleep mode and came back to it a few hours later and the screen stayed blank. I restarted it, took out the battery, and every time I turned it on the macbook sounded like it was working fine but the screen stayed blank.

I came upon this article (http://support.apple.com/kb/TS2377) and thought maybe it applied to my macbook. I bought my macbook pro in the summer of 08' and checked if i had the NVIDIA graphics processor, which it did.

I took my laptop, along with a printed copy of the link above, to a Apple store and the genius didn't look at the paper and ran a test and said my logicboard needed replacing.

Is there a way I can test to see if the problem is in fact the graphics processor and the genius was simply ********tin me?

Thanks!

 

[GuitarG20]

sounds like you just have a mac pro now

my guess is he was... take it back again.

 

[burtjr]

I had a Macbook Pro I bought in Feb 08. I had the same issue as you and was diagnosed the same. They replaced my logic board for free and that fixed my issue. The Apple tech is more than likely correct. They should replace your board for free if yours is one of the defected ones. Take it back to apple and see.

 

[azxr]

Same symptoms with my early 2008. They told me it wasn't the Nvidia problem even though I expected it was. They offered to repair it for the flat $300 fee. When it came back the manager did not charge me for the logic board replacement.

 

[Nermal]

I took my laptop, along with a printed copy of the link above, to a Apple store and the genius didn't look at the paper and ran a test and said my logicboard needed replacing.

Is there a way I can test to see if the problem is in fact the graphics processor and the genius was simply ********tin me?

The graphics chipset is on the logic board. You need to replace the logic board to fix the graphics issue.

 

[snaky69]

The graphics chipset is on the logic board. You need to replace the logic board to fix the graphics issue.

This.

The computer has to fail a specific nVidia test to fall under the extended warranty, if it doesn't you're screwed.

If it does fail the test, you will get a brand new logicboard installed for free.

 

[bobcan]

This.

The computer has to fail a specific nVidia test to fall under the extended warranty, if it doesn't you're screwed.

If it does fail the test, you will get a brand new logicboard installed for free.

Correct.. happened to me w/ my 2007 2.4GHz.. twice.. last one was 3 1/2 years old, the 1st Replacement was The Same logic board apparently so they 'fixed it' again, for free!!

 

[gorskiegangsta]

...the genius didn't look at the paper and ran a test and said my logicboard needed replacing.

Is there a way I can test to see if the problem is in fact the graphics processor and the genius was simply ********tin me?

There's no way to replace the graphics chip without replacing the logic board. It is soldered on. The store genius was right in suggesting logic board replacement. Now the question remains if they're willing to replace it for free.

 

[aaronw1986]

Does it have the GeForce 8600M graphics card? These were manufactured in spring/summer 2007. The issue is covered for 4 years, so if you bought it new, you should be covered.