![]() ![]() I think I also remember that this forcing on of the GPU prevented me from rebooting into the Recovery Partition until the Mac was fixed. When my GPU first went bad a couple years ago, I had successfully run for a while with gfxCardStatus, but then an Apple update came out and when I tried to run it, it would get part way through and then BAM, the same graphics glitches and forced shutdown that indicated I was seeing the bad GPU activated. Some Apple installers force the discrete GPU on, and since the Finder is inaccessible in the middle of installing, gfxCardStatus cannot run at that time and there is nothing you can do about it. Some programs might not work as well or as fast if the discrete GPU can't be switched on.īut a really big thing I ran into is that since gfxCardStatus only works in the current session, you can't do some system updates or diagnostics that require a restart. If you run an external monitor like I do a lot, the MBP requires the external GPU for that so external monitor use won't be possible. But there are some major limitations that you should be aware of, since I went through that the first time my GPU failed. And I'm really trying to wait until the next generation.Īs for the workaround to use gfxCardStatus, it will work. I felt extremely lucky (strong understatement there), because the actual service quote was so high I might have had to give up and buy a new laptop. My MBP is still at the Apple Store getting fixed now. Maybe it came up that way for me because mine had gone in for the repair program before, I don't know and I didn't ask. So make sure your Genius Bar rep tries that too, although of course no one can guarantee you will get the same result. ![]() After running hardware diagnostics that showed a failing GPU, the Genius Bar rep I saw this week checked it against the MBP Graphics Repair Program (which as we all know is expired) on his terminal.and somehow, it came up No Charge. If you must pay, try to get that.īut I am hoping you have luck at the Apple Store. For a previous repair a while ago, a Genius Bar rep once set up my MBP on a "depot repair" because the flat fee was much less money than the itemized estimate. In that case, Courcoul's excellent recommendation of the utilities to turn off the bad gfx component may be the only way to continue using that lovely big screen.Īllan Jones' "depot repair" advice is good. As a lot of 2011 models are also affected, you might run into the same thing. So many had been repaired that, at that point, there were no more known-good logic boards to fix any more affected computers, even in the repair depot. Regarding point 2, I had a 2007 MBP that suffered the Nvidea Curse about eight months after the REP expired. With an in-store repair you could have it back the next day. Those cost extra if you ask for those repairs.Ĥ) Your computer is away ± a week. Your computer is now over six years old and Apple usually does not stock parts for computers over five years old.ģ) The $315 flat fee does not fix cosmetic damage to the case or damage to the display. All at the flat price.ġ) I do not know if this is availble outside the United States.Ģ) Parts must be available. People using it and posting follow-ups here have said that some units come back with, in addition to the new logic board, new batteries and one showed up with an new optical drive because the refurb facility found the original was failing yet it had not shown the user symptoms at that point. It takes about a working week but the cost of the board replacement is hugely less, arounds US$315 before shipping last I heard. While at the Apple Store, inquire about a "Depot Repair." If available, instead of replacing the logic board in the store, they ship the computer to a central Apple refurbishment facility. Even if Apple says they cannot extend the service for you, there is a lower cost Apple option. ![]()
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