I'm aware of the details, the northbridge is still a chipset and is still refereed to as such even if its on the CPU die of Intel chips.
Quick question: have you tried making an appointment at a Genius Bar to see if they might fix this issue for you?
Apple are known to go outside the bounds of their stated policies every now and again to keep customers happy. You certainly have a legitimate case...
I would give Apple a call or go by a store if they are local.
I don't follow the logic, if most people didn't suffer the issue until 10.9 came out then how were even Apple to know that 10.9 would cause such an issue?
Yes, I went to the genius bar at my local Apple store and they confirmed my problem. They said there was nothing they could do for me and that I had to pay $310 to fix the laptop. They agreed that it was a known / documented defect with the 2010 MacBook Pro, that my upgrade to OS X 10.9 caused the problem to show up, that downgrading to OS X 10.8 wouldn't help and they acknowledged that I had Applecare (expired).
That's pretty disappointing, and I can't help but feel like you might have got a different answer from another Apple Store...
Might still be worth making a phone call or two before throwing in the towel. Just a matter of finding a rep who's sympathetic enough to help you and/or an Apple Store location in your vicinity which has a 2010 MBP logic board in stock. (I think a particular store might be willing to help if they don't have to go through the process of ordering the part.)
To be honest, I'd just look at buying a new laptop.
You can get the logic board replaced, and it will just likely do the same thing all over again.
This wasn't just a problem on Apple laptops, these incidents are pretty much happen on any laptop that shares the same GPUs. The Nvidia 8000 series had tons of problems that were very similar, again shared across PCs and Macs.
Fair point, but a 2010 MBP is still a valid machine, and a new logic board would at least extend its life to a point nearing 'true' obsolescence. It would also take it from being an "as-is" parts machine to something the OP could potentially get money for on the used market.
Just depends how much hassle a person is willing to put up with, I suppose.
What? Where did I say dGPUs were not needed at all? I was meerly making an oberservation. Someone is but-hurt about dGPUs much?
What? Where did I say dGPUs were not needed at all? I was meerly making an oberservation. Someone is but-hurt about dGPUs much?
You said that Apple was working to rid dGPU's as quickly as possible.
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Your original post:
"Originally Posted by TechZeke View Post
Apple seems to have a very poor track record with these dGPUs. No wonder Apple is trying to get rid of them from the 15" rMBPs as fast as possible."
This directly indicates that you mean Apple is trying to get rid of dGPU's from the 15" rMBPs as fast as possible.
Everyone knows that the 13" models do not have dGPU's.
With logic and reason one can conclude that what you said is Apple is trying to get rid of dGPU's.
What I'm saying is that you're wrong and that Apple will continue to make laptops with dGPU's as there is demand for it.
Reading comprehension 101 and understanding what you say has meaning is important. You clearly can't articulate well with what you mean to say. Instead of concluding that someone is butt hurt perhaps you can try and be a grown up and say "Well what I mean to say was" instead of insinuating and jumping to conclusions.
Words have meaning.
Apple did not give specifics on the problem other than it's a hardware issue and the only fix once you start getting the GPU panics is a logic board replacement. In this thread, some of the people indicated that they had the same issue but that it started with OS X 10.8. I'm not sure how Apple knew there was a problem but Apple has known and had a silent replacement program for three years (expired) where they would fix it for free with no questions asked.
I recently had the logic board replaced on my late 2011 MBP because of a bad GPU. The problem seems common enough that the Genius I worked with said all the test she was doing were basically a formality as 99/100, given my computer's symptoms, it's the known GPU problem and they have to replace the logic board.
I hadn't heard about this being an OS related issue (unless there's a family of related GPU problems) and my MBP is still running Lion.
It's not an OS issue except it seems that OS X 10.9 seems to be putting more stress on the GPU (causing the hardware problem to show).