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So are all MBP owners with the 8600m GT cards screwed?
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My 07 manufactured MBP decided to fail yesterday. The day I got back to India from being at home in California. Symptoms are that it boots but not into OSX, no chime, and the screen is all scrambled. does the repair policy apply worldwide, even though i purchased my Mac back home?
I've had four faulty 8600GTs. I have an early 2008 17" MBP which had a replacement MLB that year because the machine was freezing. I experienced the same problems and brought it back in, which is when they replaced the unit.
That new MBP (with identical specs) was going strong until a couple of months ago, when it completely died. I got the MLB replaced again and now this replacement has failed. I'm trying to push for a replacement machine but customer relations on the phone said that a machine that has had only one major repair done on it would not qualify for a replacement machine, only another repair (my fifth logic board).
That new MBP (with identical specs) was going strong until a couple of months ago, when it completely died. I got the MLB replaced again and now this replacement has failed. I'm trying to push for a replacement machine but customer relations on the phone said that a machine that has had only one major repair done on it would not qualify for a replacement machine, only another repair (my fifth logic board).
Same here (although I don't know about the gaming hours), but these repair stories are pretty scary. It sounds like the replacements are a roll of the dice in terms of when they'll fail. It's not reassuring at all. I'm just hoping that my card holds out for another 2-3 years... I don't worry about this issue much, but if my card failed and I got it replaced, I think I'd be paranoid about it failing soon after.Just wanna say that I bought my Macbook Pro 35 months ago, clocked over 4000 hours of gaming on it, and the graphics card is stil going strong.
The idea of going through five repairs of the same issue before they give you a permanent fix (new system) is not appealing, either.
It'd be a great excuse to get a new laptop though. The new Macbook Pros look awesome spec-wise.
I probably won't be getting it though unless this MBP fails, as I told myself I'd stick with this MBP for 5 years, or till it dies.
My 2.2ghz MPB went a few days ago and I'm about 99% certain it related to this.
Here's what happened. My computer was working great as I was getting ready for work. I shut it down to take it to work with me. Later that day I pulled it out and turned it on, only to have it sit at a black screen and do nothing. The power light comes on and I can feel the HDD spinning (and hear the fans), but the display does nothing. I also don't hear the Apple chime when the computer starts. It just sits there and does nothing. Does that sound similar to what's been happening with the Nvidia cards. If its something else and I have to pay to fix it, I'm done with Apple (2 different MBPs I've had to send in for repair).
Of course I live in Montana, so I don't have an Apple store anywhere around me.
Here's what happened. My computer was working great as I was getting ready for work. I shut it down to take it to work with me. Later that day I pulled it out and turned it on, only to have it sit at a black screen and do nothing. The power light comes on and I can feel the HDD spinning (and hear the fans), but the display does nothing. I also don't hear the Apple chime when the computer starts. It just sits there and does nothing. Does that sound similar to what's been happening with the Nvidia cards. If its something else and I have to pay to fix it, I'm done with Apple (2 different MBPs I've had to send in for repair).
Of course I live in Montana, so I don't have an Apple store anywhere around me.
I completely agree with you - I wanted my current MBP to hold out at least until they were putting quad-core processors into the newer systems, so I'd be thrilled if my system failed and Apple handed me one of those machines. Any down time would be a major stress for me at this point in my life, though, as well as in the foreseeable future. So if it was a case of having one failure and getting a replacement, I wouldn't necessarily mind... but making five trips to the Apple Store and having to wait on the repairs each time? That's a lot of time away from your computer if you add it all up!It'd be a great excuse to get a new laptop though. The new Macbook Pros look awesome spec-wise.
Luckily (and somewhat unluckily) that does sound like the graphics card issue.
Mine does this sometimes, but in my case it's just some sort of sleep issue. I hold the power button down for 8 seconds, and let it reboot and it works fine. Once I had to pull the battery out and unplug it. I just chalked it up to some incompatibility with SL and the older macs (2007).
Not just 2007 Macs. It does that on my Early 2008 MacBook Pro (which I like to call PowerBook C2D).
I don't think its that. My did it after it was shut down. It was working fine, I shut it down, put it in my backpack, took it out and turned it back on and it done this (and its done it ever since). No matter what I do, I can't get it to respond. I've tried resetting the SMC, I've tried resetting the PRAM, heck I've even trying talking to it nicely and nothing is working. Its just plain dead. Now the only computer I have is a Dell laptop with a Pentium M, and a max resolution of 1024x768 running Ubuntu because its the only OS I have that I managed to get installed on it (of course I know nothing about Linux and I'm totally lost).
If its not the 8600GT failing, then I'm just going to pop the stupid thing up for sales as parts and put what little I get for it towards a new laptop (which probably won't be much at all). I've owned two MBPs and I've had issues with both of this (first one was a Core Duo model and it needed a fan replaced within a year).
Hi guys,
A week ago my MBP screen was replaced under apple care (Apple service repairer done all test and told me that logic board is in good condition). now, I am experiencing dark band problems (http://support.apple.com/kb/TS1258?viewlocale=en_US) so,I rang apple and lodged a complaint.
The Guy from apple tech asked me to do couple of trouble shooting things and after doing it, those bands are gone. He asked me to monitor the issue for next 30 days. I experienced the same issue yesterday and done the same trouble shooting things and is gone.
still got apple care upto sept 2011.
is it ok to contact apple and ask them to replace the faulty part? as this issue is like hit & miss. may come or may not come when you restart the system.
Thanks.
A week ago my MBP screen was replaced under apple care (Apple service repairer done all test and told me that logic board is in good condition). now, I am experiencing dark band problems (http://support.apple.com/kb/TS1258?viewlocale=en_US) so,I rang apple and lodged a complaint.
The Guy from apple tech asked me to do couple of trouble shooting things and after doing it, those bands are gone. He asked me to monitor the issue for next 30 days. I experienced the same issue yesterday and done the same trouble shooting things and is gone.
still got apple care upto sept 2011.
is it ok to contact apple and ask them to replace the faulty part? as this issue is like hit & miss. may come or may not come when you restart the system.
Thanks.
Nvidia Recall Process
Has anyone done the direct to Nvidia recall process (from the web form)?
My machine experienced some of these failure symptoms but didn't explicity pass "the test" a few years ago. Because it was still under Applecare they replaced the logic board anyway as it wasn't working properly.
Now a few years later (and out of Warranty) my machine has been a bit glitchy but I feel like it is a ticking time bomb...
What does Nvidia replace the 15" MacBook pros with that had an 8600m GT with? Another 8600m GT? Aren't all 8600m GT's prone to failure or is there a newer variant / logic board combination that is now stable.
My main concern is sending in this laptop to Nvidia's depot and getting stuck with some refurbished board that could be potentially worse from a lifespan perspective than the one I currently have which is OK most of the time but runs hot and is prone to glitching (banding, artifacts, crashing)...
Any feedback would be greatly appreciated.
Has anyone done the direct to Nvidia recall process (from the web form)?
My machine experienced some of these failure symptoms but didn't explicity pass "the test" a few years ago. Because it was still under Applecare they replaced the logic board anyway as it wasn't working properly.
Now a few years later (and out of Warranty) my machine has been a bit glitchy but I feel like it is a ticking time bomb...
What does Nvidia replace the 15" MacBook pros with that had an 8600m GT with? Another 8600m GT? Aren't all 8600m GT's prone to failure or is there a newer variant / logic board combination that is now stable.
My main concern is sending in this laptop to Nvidia's depot and getting stuck with some refurbished board that could be potentially worse from a lifespan perspective than the one I currently have which is OK most of the time but runs hot and is prone to glitching (banding, artifacts, crashing)...
Any feedback would be greatly appreciated.
I personally would not have anyone but Apple touch my computer... but that's just me.
Looks like my third logic board is about to go out. My computer keeps freezing then the screen flashes a bunch. Good thing my computer is 5 months out of warranty? Awesome.
Good luck with that. I;ve had 3 fail, Apple's stance is that they are doing us a favor by fixing it, these machines are way out of warranty, not a chance they will give you a new one.
I had the 3-yr applecare, so my warranty just ended in January.
Well this didn't take long. I've had my second replacement for all of three weeks and tonight the machine started displaying the distorted video and froze up. This sucks that we have to continue to deal with this problem until we get rid of the machine.
Well, my MBP died today. Thought I was going to be lucky, but its dead. Apple is covering this issue 4 years out from date of purchase. However, for me this will end on 11/2/2011.
What are we to do after that? Apple will have a crap storm on their hands once these start to fail out of this period.
I did read that there was a different revision of the 8600 made with better materials to fix this issue. After reading this thread, it does not seem to make a difference.
What are we to do after that? Apple will have a crap storm on their hands once these start to fail out of this period.
I did read that there was a different revision of the 8600 made with better materials to fix this issue. After reading this thread, it does not seem to make a difference.
Your talking about the magical rev 2 board. The only change is the number on the board. They still fail If you look hard enough you will find people with multiple rev 2 failures. I think it is even worse than the 1st revision i had one last less than a week.
After 4 years it's not really their problem. You can't guarantee a laptop to work after that long. I don't think any company offers more than a 4 year warranty.