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So are all MBP owners with the 8600m GT cards screwed?
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any update on this? im taking my mbp ( got it in feb ) in this weekend b/c the isight stopped working, thinking of mentioning this and seeing what type of reaction i get. i stress my gpu alot from fcp to blu ray's in bootcamp. id hate to have a useless computer in a year or so. just seeing if anyone had any more thoughts or heard anything else about this.
nothing other than...
I did read where somebody official at Apple said their machines didn't have this problem but I don't believe that. The only solution when there is a problem is a motherboard replacement and Apple isn't going to do that unless your machine is fried. Without question I would get Applecare if you don't have it.
I did read where somebody official at Apple said their machines didn't have this problem but I don't believe that. The only solution when there is a problem is a motherboard replacement and Apple isn't going to do that unless your machine is fried. Without question I would get Applecare if you don't have it.
I've used the visa service on many occasions and I've always been reimbursed within ten days max, often a week. I also used the mastercard service once and it was slower and much less professional. Visa has always been fantastic and caused me to buy everything expensive with visa. Sure AppleCare is a one time payment, but it's not a no-hassle option and they don't cover batteries like visa, nor is there a stated no lemon policy.
You don't have to pay for the repair with the card. You can pay any way you want, but it is a reimbursement deal, albeit a hassle free one.
Ok guys,
I have spent the last hour reading through this thread
(Boss is on holiday!)
and so I ask a question:
1. Has Apple or Nvidia actually produced a official press release regarding the defective 8600M GT macbook pro specific cards?
My MBP, 50% of the time, when coming out of standby/disconnecting from EXT. monitor causes the screen to think its a confused rainbow, and forces me to do a reboot.
I have already been to the Apple Store once with the problem, and they did something, but the issue is still there. I want to know if its a GPU defect problem... so when I go this week I can tell them about an official press release, so they don't jerk me around.
I have spent the last hour reading through this thread
(Boss is on holiday!)and so I ask a question:
1. Has Apple or Nvidia actually produced a official press release regarding the defective 8600M GT macbook pro specific cards?
My MBP, 50% of the time, when coming out of standby/disconnecting from EXT. monitor causes the screen to think its a confused rainbow, and forces me to do a reboot.
I have already been to the Apple Store once with the problem, and they did something, but the issue is still there. I want to know if its a GPU defect problem... so when I go this week I can tell them about an official press release, so they don't jerk me around.
The closest thing we have to an official position is Steve Jobs telling me that they're fine.
Can I just check what people when when they describe a machine as 'fried'?
It suggests totally stop working, ie no functional display at all.
Or does it mean a display exhibiting serious enough symptoms? My machine isn't fried to the point where I can't use it, but does suffer from horrible screen break up when scrolling - particularly in things like the ITMS, or going over event previews in iPhoto.
And also suffers from nasty screen flicker when watching videos online, eg YouTube or the BBC's iPlayer.
Presumably these issues are serious enought to warrant a new board, if that was required?
It suggests totally stop working, ie no functional display at all.
Or does it mean a display exhibiting serious enough symptoms? My machine isn't fried to the point where I can't use it, but does suffer from horrible screen break up when scrolling - particularly in things like the ITMS, or going over event previews in iPhoto.
And also suffers from nasty screen flicker when watching videos online, eg YouTube or the BBC's iPlayer.
Presumably these issues are serious enought to warrant a new board, if that was required?
When I demonstrated those issues at the genius bar, mine was sent off and came back with a new logic board (which includes a new graphics card).
I this is one of the most meaningless statements by Apple/Jobs/whoever, especially the "at this point" part which basically means that who knows what will happen in a week or two. We just know that today, at this point, things look 'fine'. Total BS. There's also no reason to believe that Apple's chips are any different from those used by HP and Dell and those companies have already acknowledged the defect.
Don't read too much into it. When I can't get done what I need to get done in the time I need to get it done, it's worthless. The machine might be technically fine but something slows it to a crawl or suddenly it doesn't like the RAM. Maybe the display is so bad it's hard to look at for more than 15 minutes or it wigs out now and then which requires a reboot, blowing away something I was working on...whatever. If it interferes with work, it goes in for warranty repair, end of story.
I play Team Fortress 2 on my MBP a lot, am I screwed? Should I try to get as much money for my MBP as I can right now?
I play games a lot in Windows on my MBP, and if I don't set the fan speeds higher in OS X before I switch to Windows, I get frequent slow-downs within about 30 mins. This may be to do with the airport card, however, since it seems that it loses the connection after about 5 slowdowns (they usually last about 10 seconds each, and the WHOLE laptop seems to slow down, even audio gets deeper etc, as you would expect if you slowed it down in a program).
Could this be related to this GPU problem?
(I would take it apple for repairs, but it takes some time of gaming to get the result, so would be hard to demonstrate to them)
Could this be related to this GPU problem?
(I would take it apple for repairs, but it takes some time of gaming to get the result, so would be hard to demonstrate to them)
this is the first ive heard of this, so i dont know what the problem is (though strangely i must of seen the news on dailytech and then not have my brain twig on to fact i actually have a 8600 card in my own MBP! lol)
anyway, bout 4 weeks ago i had to send my mac in for repairs.... something in the video system was screwed up big time, whether it be the screen, GPU or connecting wires i do not know yet, but 2/3 of my screen was just solid grey.
i did ring up and ask for progress, and apparently thats been rectified, though they did not say how or what was wrong. im still waiting for it to come back to me though as they are waiting on a new KB back light system also.
seems like the best idea imo
manufacturers are gonna wanna band aid the problem to carry as much of their product outside of the warranty period as possible so that they need'nt deal with the problem.
if thats the case, then stressing the parts out to make them fail sooner, will get you a replacement or repair for free instead of being stuck with having to fork out for a completely new machine. (because lets face it, who is gonna repair a major component on a 3 year old + machine)
another little trick i use is taking out the battery, and just running on straight power. That helps it stay a lot cooler.
btw this is what my macbook pro was doing before i shopped it in for repair
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HH46ZHF4JMM
this is 7 months ago, but at the time i had to put up with it because i absolutely had to have my machine for uni purposes....it was sent for repair just over a month ago.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HH46ZHF4JMM
this is 7 months ago, but at the time i had to put up with it because i absolutely had to have my machine for uni purposes....it was sent for repair just over a month ago.
That is like having your Mac castrated..
What's the point of that anyway? You're better off getting a MacBook then..That's what I thought. It is getting really annoying now.
I'm up in London on Sep 6 - would be good if the new ones were out by then, as I'm hoping by then Apple will see it as potentially futile, and so best all round goodwill wise just to replace it with a new machine without the 8600.
Same
Same happened to me. Last Week
Black sreen. No ext. monitor reaction. X3100 in sys. profiler. No trick working.
Now MBP is getting new LogicBoard.
But after recent forum activity. Here over 300 post
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=1478474&tstart=0
Over 300 post on apple.com
... this must be global. Before this, there weren´t so many reports. Not in this short period of time
Maybe all 8600s won´t die. But there is good change that many of them will.
Only thing i can say.... FRAK!
Same happened to me. Last Week
Black sreen. No ext. monitor reaction. X3100 in sys. profiler. No trick working.
Now MBP is getting new LogicBoard.
But after recent forum activity. Here over 300 post
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=1478474&tstart=0
Over 300 post on apple.com
... this must be global. Before this, there weren´t so many reports. Not in this short period of time
Maybe all 8600s won´t die. But there is good change that many of them will.
Only thing i can say.... FRAK!
This is really starting to get out there now. However, one article says it only pertains to MBPs purchased a year ago around June.
http://www.macnn.com/articles/08/06/27/macbook.pro.video.glitches/
http://www.electronista.com/articles/08/07/09/nvidia.g84.g86.faulty/
http://www.macnn.com/articles/08/06/27/macbook.pro.video.glitches/
http://www.electronista.com/articles/08/07/09/nvidia.g84.g86.faulty/
Well, I know that myself and several other early Penryn owners have had strange display problems. Mine now has a new logic board because of it..