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So are all MBP owners with the 8600m GT cards screwed?
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As long as there are 8600M GT failures, which will happen in perpetuity, this thread will do likewise.
This thread will be active until all the faulty 8600GT cards have stopped working and either are replaced with working cards or new MBPs.
A turd that hasn't failed yet is still a turd. I hope ATI supplies the video in the next MBP.
I had an issue with this video card. No video whatsoever. Looked up apple support and found out that apple will replace the video card under warranty. Had the service done at the local apple store last September. It took over two weeks to complete because of the lack of video cards and motherboards. Works well.
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Add me to the list of victims. They estimated 3-5 business days. Is that inline with how long it took you guys to get it fixed? I'm expecting it to be longer since I have a mid 2007 model and the 128mb card.
Add me to the list of victims. They estimated 3-5 business days. Is that inline with how long it took you guys to get it fixed? I'm expecting it to be longer since I have a mid 2007 model and the 128mb card.
It really depends on the inventory of the parts at both the local store and the total supply in US. I had to wait 3 weeks for my other mbp that had defective dust screen issue after quoting 1-3 days to me. So the estimation can be way off.
Just keep up to date at the Apple's repair status site, they really do keep up to date in my opinion.
I saw another post from a couple of iMac owners whose nvidia 8800GS based systems experienced the same problems, however, no warranty extension for them. Luckly they had Applecare.
Makes me nervous that these iMacs might have the problem as well.
Cheers,
well relief for me...
got the call back yesterday from Nextbyte (Apple Service centre) and thankfully it was the same logic board problem, so im covered
BUT he estimates 1-2 weeks until they get more logic boards in... bumber
Worst timing as i need my MBP for finishing up me resume for a particular job.
Hoping this time it wont let me down
cheerio then
got the call back yesterday from Nextbyte (Apple Service centre) and thankfully it was the same logic board problem, so im covered
BUT he estimates 1-2 weeks until they get more logic boards in... bumber
Worst timing as i need my MBP for finishing up me resume for a particular job.
Hoping this time it wont let me down
cheerio then
My second card (first replacement card) which Apple told me was mark 2 card that would not fail has just started to exhibit the same symptoms as the first one after four months. Weird artifacts, crashing and weirdnesses of 3D programs and those with a heavy graphics requirements.
So far, in the two years I've had this top of the range laptop, I've had a whole four months of trouble free computing. Yippee.
So far, in the two years I've had this top of the range laptop, I've had a whole four months of trouble free computing. Yippee.
I got my MBP back in 6 days from the NYC SOHO store, including the new logic board and superdrive. Everything seems to be the same in terms of GPU hardware id and so on, so nothing really changed (regardless of the "rev2" crap).
Hopefully it'll last me a year or so like the previous GPU. In case anybody was wondering, the price without AppleCare (or technically without the Apple's promise of free GPU replacements) would be around 950$ for the Early '08 MBP 17" Model. I would never pay that much for this, I would just buy a brand new 13" MBP instead.
Hopefully it'll last me a year or so like the previous GPU. In case anybody was wondering, the price without AppleCare (or technically without the Apple's promise of free GPU replacements) would be around 950$ for the Early '08 MBP 17" Model. I would never pay that much for this, I would just buy a brand new 13" MBP instead.
Man that's just ridiculous. Its kind of like when you get in a car accident and the repairs end up costing almost as much as the devalued worth of the car...
Are you talking about AppleCare over the phone or Apple stores? Apple stores aren't always 3-4 days turnaround and they don't always have parts in stock even for the most stocked store in the country. I was initially quoted 1-3 days turnaround when I took mine to SOHO store, but they ran out of the parts and had to wait for the shipment to come in which was hampered by new year's activity. So it doesn't matter where you send it in, there's always something.
You can't do that in central London in the UK. No, we get told we have to take it to the Apple Store. The Apple Store in central London is so busy that the waiting list to see anyone is never open and if it is you are looking at two weeks or so, but Apple still won't let us send in our unfit for purpose MacBook Pros with failing Nvidia 8600 cards. So I end up have to wait a few days to get an appointment with an Apple store miles away, then wait while they order the parts and get round to doing it, then go miles back again to collect it. Total turn around a bit over two weeks. What a good thing I don't need it to earn a living. Oh wait, I do. I'm seriously thinking about building a cheap PC.
I sent my '07 MBP into the Apple Store for repair last week after the Genius performed the "NVIDIA Test" (orange box) and confirmed that mine failed.
It took about 4 days... $1,187.50!
I just got mine back in about the same amount of time from my local Apple Store. Not bad considering my repair period overlapped with New Years. I didn't ask for a quote since it was covered. I know they replaced my logic board with a "REV 2" according to the work order though.
I don't know about the other guys but I have Apple Care. No way would I authorize the repair if it was going to cost me the price of a new unibody 13inch mbp.
I don't know about the other guys but I have Apple Care. No way would I authorize the repair if it was going to cost me the price of a new unibody 13inch mbp.
My point is that he doesn't have applecare! Never would it realistically cost you that much to repair your machine if you did. Capeesh?
Applecare doesn't matter in this case as Apple has clearly stated in its technote that the GPU failures are covered regardless of any Applecare status.
He probably just quoted the price the Apple Geniuses love to give to their ApplecCare members to show off how much awesome Applecare is and how expensive it can be to fix Macs. I didn't ask for any price and yet the Genius told me the price anyway.
I wouldn't put it past Apple to quote these ridiculous prices to try and get people to buy new Macs instead of pushing for a repair out of warranty. And like the person who just posted stated, you don't need Applecare to get this particular issue serviced for free.