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1. Macbook pro 2011 graphics card replacement mfg number mac os#
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3. Macbook pro 2011 graphics card replacement mfg number mac#

I do not know whether his MBP had all the Firmware updates.Īs I read your reaction, Apple does its best to circumvent hardware issues by means of Firmware updates, as far as firmware updates can go, or permit.īy itself not that special, many device manufacturer does so, well, at least tries to, with varying degrees of success.

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It had passed the four year date-of-purchase time span for a free MB replacement, but nevertheless got one for 50 Euros ex-VAT. All of a sudden, it developed the video malfunctions, within two days it went from fully serviceable to completely 'dead'. One of my friends owns a 2.4GHz MBP 17-inch late 2011 and that one functioned flawlessly until 15th Februari this year. Well, as you wrote: " Apple never revealed exactly what they were", sounds too familiar. They are NOT eligible for the free motherboard replacement, because they cannot run (and therefore cannot fail) the VST test.

There is very small subset of Users whose MacBook Pro from the appropriate time period have additional problems and will no longer boot.

Macbook pro 2011 graphics card replacement mfg number mac#

To be eligible for the recall, your Mac must strictly meet ALL the requirements. When you see a recall limited to a certain time period, you can usually be assured that if your Mac falls outside the stipulated time it is simply NOT subject to the issues being addressed in the recall. You should be certain that all appropriate firmware updates have been applied, (if any) as these may impact cooling fan control. Some users suggested they may have been problems with excessive heat generated, or manufacturing processes, such as the exact type of solder used, or the amount or technique with which it was applied, or all of the above and more. These were not the same latent defects in the chips, but Apple never revealed exactly what they were. In the process of continuing to explore these problems, other issues turned up in some 2011 models. In order to determine what was causing the growing pile of Bad motherboards replaced in the field, Apple developed the Video Switching Test (VST).

Macbook pro 2011 graphics card replacement mfg number mac os#

The problem was there from the moment they were built, but did not show itself until these Macs were stressed or installed later versions of Mac OS X. These were eventually found to have a LATENT DEFECT - a defect in the discrete graphics chip itself.

The original issues developed in certain 2010 models with integrated AND discrete graphics that used graphics switching. With sincere greetings from Continental Europe I am not the first buyer, I do not know who that was or when it was first bought.ĭo I have to worry, in other words is my MBP 'off-the-hook'? To me this is all quite confusing, via this link I found out my MBP 17-inch rolled off the assembly-line the 5-th week of 2012, factory C0, Quanta Computer China. Has something been changed or modified in an attempt to get rid of the graphics cards issues? Something like, say, updated motherboard or graphics cards, a redesigned heatsink, more powerfull fans? My question: how about the models manufactured between Januari and June 2012? The Apple repair program (for the non-retina models) speaks of models manufactured in 2011. I entered my MBP’s S/N, it turned out my MBP is no longer covered.įrom MacTracker 7.5.5 I learn that the MBP A1297 was introduced October 2011 and discontinued June 2012.

I happen to have one of those affected MBPs, a late 2011 model, 17-inch core i7, 2.5GHz, model identifier MacBookPro8,3, Model number A1297, EMC 2564. Sudden distorted video, random restarts, odd shaped and coloured artefarcts etc, in the end start-up stalls. There are and have been issues with the AMD Radeon HD 6750M and HD 6770M graphics cards.