MacBook Pro Went Green

[BoxsterRS]

i have been using an early 2011 15.4" MacBook Pro i7 2.0ghz with sad and 8gb ram. Today it turned off after the screen got distorted and now boots to a green display. Did smc and pram resets. I don't know what to do, searching for the problem online gives me answers to other screen problems. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

 

[JohnDS]

You may be entitled to an extended warranty: https://www.apple.com/ca/support/macbookpro-videoissues/

 

[T5BRICK]

See above. Your GPU is probably failing.

 

[JTToft]

Nearly guaranteed to be the issues referenced above.

 

[ron1004]

"MacBook Pro Went Green" and switched to the use of lead free solder, and that caused a few issues, and others have said above, get it into the Apple Store for a warranty repair.

 

[maflynn]

Yup, the GPU failed on that bad boy, you'll get a refurbished logic board and at that point, I recommend you move to get a new laptop because those replacement parts are from previously failed logic boards and there's no guarantee it will last long (and the repair program expires at the end of 2016)

 

[Fishrrman]

Take it to a brick-n-mortar Apple store RIGHT AWAY.

You'll probably receive a new motherboard, free of charge.

 

[BoxsterRS]

Thanks for the info. I took the MacBook to an Apple Store and the tech told me it was probably a bad gpu. But on the diagnostics screen looks like all connections to the logic board failed also ssd ram and new recent battery. By tomorrow I will know for sure. They also believe it's a bad VST as its the first thing that was mentioned.

 

[BoxsterRS]

Thanks for the info. I took the MacBook to an Apple Store and the tech told me it was probably a bad gpu. But on the diagnostics screen looks like all connections to the logic board failed also ssd ram and new recent battery. By tomorrow I will know for sure. They also believe it's a bad VST as its the first thing that was mentioned.

Got my laptop back today. It was a bad logic board. Replaced at no cost.