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New Graphics Update just killed my early 08 MBP
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On another note. Anyone with the faulty GPU's have the following problem?
When I put my computer to sleep, and then I wake it up, sometimes, the screen remains off, or very dim (as if the light is at the lowest). It doesn't return until I manually press the screen brightness buttons to increase the brightness.
What's the chance that Apple will fix this or replace the motherboard?
Thank you.
When I put my computer to sleep, and then I wake it up, sometimes, the screen remains off, or very dim (as if the light is at the lowest). It doesn't return until I manually press the screen brightness buttons to increase the brightness.
What's the chance that Apple will fix this or replace the motherboard?
Thank you.
Agreed. Software updates just make it so that people finally notice their hardware that was already bad.
Two very obvious reasons computers die during OS updates: bad RAM causes garbage to be written instead of the expected kernel and kernel extensions; bad hard drive causes massive changes to the directory structure to get completely borked.
Per the OP, the actual updated software wasn't even running yet, as it failed in the shutdown phase. If the machine doesn't chime, it's DEFINITELY not a software problem.
So, for you that successfully updated your early 2008 Penryn Macbook, any expressive performance boost was noticed?
Yeah, HL2 runs a whole lot smoother. Granted, it's an old game, but whatever lol. I fortunately didn't have any update problems.
At first I didn't notice any performance gains, but in the past few days, especially this weekend, I've felt my mbp a lot cooler when playing games, fans don't kick up at all most of the time, no need for smcFanControl in these past days, overall seems like the update did actually do something to my machine. I thought early 08s were not going to see any difference, but apparently yeah, there is some.
I had the same pre-uniobody version of macbook pro that had the same flickering symptoms. Applecare replaced the logic board (because of perceived graphics failure) twice. Turns out it was the wiring to the monitor. On the third repair I insisted the screen be replaced. This fixed it. I was actually hoping the software update would fry it as that would have meant a free unibody replacement. They came close last time but wanted me to give it one more try.
Don't jump to conclusions just yet. I've not seen anything on this myself, but I'd hazard a guess that it's more likely to be a power saving feature than an actual fault. Is your system crashing? Any visual artifacts? Does this info change if you open something that does 3D rendering?
My computer is plugged in to the charger most of the time (my battery has a problem), and that even happens when its plugged in (the energy saver level is high, or whatever it is when it favors high performance. When the graphics goes to x1, the system gets slow and transitions don't get smooth. Also pages 97, 98, and 99 of https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/515067/ should have information about it jumping from x16 to x8 and x1.
I already called
and I will pass by them soon for repairs.
I already called
and I will pass by them soon for repairs.
Of course they do, or rather "can." Back in the days when we were using SE 30s and floppy disks, a friend of mine had all the fuses in the house blow immediately after doing an MS Word update, and to this very day he is certain that was a direct cause and result relationship. I am sure many other people have had similar experiences.
