Sell it, or fix it?

[TehFalcon]

I purchased a 17" MacBook Pro (Mid 2009) for $550 about 3 months ago.

It stopped working about 2 1/2 weeks ago, with graphical artifacts/black screens and it shuts down halfway through boot, and it will not go into the option menu.

Should I get it repairs for $250 or sell it as is?

I love the 17" screen.

 

[Apple_Robert]

Sell it and use the proceeds to help fund a newer model.

 

[Trebuin]

I purchased a 17" MacBook Pro (Mid 2009) for $550 about 3 months ago.

It stopped working about 2 1/2 weeks ago, with graphical artifacts/black screens and it shuts down halfway through boot, and it will not go into the option menu.

Should I get it repairs for $250 or sell it as is?

I love the 17" screen.

It may be recalled, but if it performed to what you wanted, get it fixed.

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Many of the nvidia cards during that generation were defective causing what you had. nVidia exceeded the old temperature safety buffer and decided to run them at 100-105C which in theory would give about six months of life. That became fact six months after they started doing that. I was a victim of that.