I have an early 2011 MBP with "hi-res" screen but I've so far not had this issue. Should I still be worried about it??
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Some 2011 MacBook Pros Experiencing GPU Glitches, System Crashes
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I am (still) the happy owner of a early 2011 bought in April 2011, but I am starting to become scared about this issue as I don't have the money to replace it if it will break. I've ordered Arctic Silver 5 and I will replace the paste on the cpu and GPU just to be on the safe side. I really wished that Apple took a stand on this issue as it is obviously their fault.
Hey MagicBoy, I'm in the UK too, same issue. How did you go about getting your replaced? I use mine every day for work, so I don't really fancy dropping it off at the store, leaving it for repairs and having the revisit if it doesn't stick. I still have a couple of weeks left of Applecare.
Thanks!
You'll have to jump through the hoops of the repair failing in the same way, and losing the machine for a few days for each repair.
I understand how inconvenient it is - I'm using a 5 year old Mac mini which is no speed demon. That and the numerous thirty mile round trips...
I have an early 2011 17-inch MBP which I had repaired for this problem free of charge last December. Now it's starting to exhibit the same symptoms again and since my extended warranty has run out a logic board replacement would cost me around 800 bucks. I can't afford to plonk down 3k on a new MBP; I was assuming this one would last me at least five years. This is a disaster 
I have an early 2011 17-inch MBP which I had repaired for this problem free of charge last December. Now it's starting to exhibit the same symptoms again and since my extended warranty has run out a logic board replacement would cost me around 800 bucks. I can't afford to plonk down 3k on a new MBP; I was assuming this one would last me at least five years. This is a disaster
How long is the extended warranty?
Get it reballed by PS3Specialist. He is located in California and he is recommended on all the forums. I just had mine done and its up and running again.
www.ps3specialist.com
Only thing that worries me about his service is that he uses a lead free solder.
I sent mine to repair At Chinna to some ALIEXPRESS merchant, he offered full repair and worldwide shipment for 179$, TOTAL ERROR, seems I'm a scam victim, Aliexpress site not very cooperative, only assumes chargueack on my payment (179$) my board seems stealed, first the merchant eluded know he/she received, then sent me a fake tracking, then lie about why DHL not procesing, finally asked for more money, all this a 15 day of consuming time (one inquire a day).
I hope having good look and recover my board.
I hope having good look and recover my board.
need informations
Hello Guys,
i've been reading alot about MBP 2011 issue here.
Somethin i didnt understand . what kind of stuffs the MBP have been through, that makes the MBP has so many issue ?, especially about the dGPU
is it because of too much work for rendering, gaming, or what?
Im asking this question because i have a Plan to Buy 2nd 15" MBP 2011 from my friend.. i think i will use it for produces video and animation, it means it'll rendering, compositing and etc.
thank you.
Hello Guys,
i've been reading alot about MBP 2011 issue here.
Somethin i didnt understand . what kind of stuffs the MBP have been through, that makes the MBP has so many issue ?, especially about the dGPU
is it because of too much work for rendering, gaming, or what?
Im asking this question because i have a Plan to Buy 2nd 15" MBP 2011 from my friend.. i think i will use it for produces video and animation, it means it'll rendering, compositing and etc.
thank you.
I'm on my third mainboard. Never did a lot of gaming or rendering or anything. Occasional game of Civilization and some handbrake jobs.
Knock on wood, mine has been OK. I have a late 2011 17-inch MBP with AppleCare until next February. I'm seriously considering if I should just sell it next month after I finish with my last class.
It's a real shame because I was able to easily and inexpensively upgrade my machine to 16 GB of RAM, add a second drive to it (remove DVD), upgrade the 1st drive to SSD, put in a SD card reader in it, etc. You just can't do those kinds of upgrades to MacBook Pro's anymore (unless you sacrifice retina) nor get anti glare screens.
It's a real shame because I was able to easily and inexpensively upgrade my machine to 16 GB of RAM, add a second drive to it (remove DVD), upgrade the 1st drive to SSD, put in a SD card reader in it, etc. You just can't do those kinds of upgrades to MacBook Pro's anymore (unless you sacrifice retina) nor get anti glare screens.
Just got my 15in 2011 MBP back from repair - needed new logic board.
A few weeks ago the computer totally died - the charger light wouldn't even turn on. Then the next day it came back to life and the apple 'genius' couldn't find anything wrong with it. Then last week the screen got all jumbled and went to grey screen with lines all over it and the computer was useless.
Cost $310 from Apple - which I thought was reasonable. Didn't realize this was a widespread problem.
A few weeks ago the computer totally died - the charger light wouldn't even turn on. Then the next day it came back to life and the apple 'genius' couldn't find anything wrong with it. Then last week the screen got all jumbled and went to grey screen with lines all over it and the computer was useless.
Cost $310 from Apple - which I thought was reasonable. Didn't realize this was a widespread problem.
Did you pay for all the replacements or just the first one?
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Be careful, might fail again.
13" 2011
How about the 13" 2011 which is didnt installed discrete GPU?
is it still affected or failed too?
How about the 13" 2011 which is didnt installed discrete GPU?
is it still affected or failed too?
Applecare paid for the first one, and Apple paid for the second. (The second occurred just 30 days after applecare expired, so they didn't make me pay). Failures averaged 1.5 years apart, more or less. I figure I'm due again second half of next year.
It's essentially the same machine. Low end model swapped the AMD 6490 for a 6750, and all models got a speed bump on the CPU.
I'm hearing reports of people having the issue on late 2011s too. I'm lucky so far, although this problem seems to happen right after AppleCare runs out.