Wow ... I have the exact same issue (battery, lines, no visual, lag, etc) as renato.gama! My 15" Macbook Pro is also early 2011. I purchased it on July 2011 for close to SGD2700 from Apple online store (Singapore).
Something that's slightly different is that I did bring my mbp to apple authorized service center (as Singapore doesn't have apple center) to fix the battery issue in December 2012.
So just about two weeks ago I was in Australia and I managed to bring it to Genius Bar and have it checked. The on-site staff hooked the mbp with some network cable to run diagnostic. A few minutes in, blue screen appeared and he told me that he's never seen it before. He then told me that it could be RAM or HDD issue. The diagnostic was running longer than he had expected so he asked if I wouldn't mind to check it in so that they can do a more thorough check and I agreed.
A few days later I received a phone call asking if they can delete everything and re-install things and I gave the permission to go ahead with it. Then about a couple days later I received a horrifying news. Logic board needs to be replaced they said. I totally didn't expect that ... at all ... Upon hearing that I just went silent for a while. I then asked how much would it cost to have it replaced and they quoted me around AUD600 ish .. close to 700 if I remember it right.
The guy told me that it's costly and it's almost the same value of my MBP and so he gave me time to think about it first. A few hours later I called him back and asked what was it exactly that's causing the issue and mentioned to him that all the signs seemed to have been pointing to graphic card issue. He didn't give anything specific and just told me that even if it's graphic card issue, it's still part of the logic board as one piece and so it's still need to be replaced.
I had wanted to keep on questioning him for stuff but I ended up just letting it go and told him that I won't pay for it.
It's really aggravating and dissapointing to think that Apple's product would fail in less than 2 years. To my knowledge, I didn't even abuse my mbp as it was at home, placed on top of a laptop pad on a desk and I hardly move it around for 90% of the time (especially when it's on). I don't play games (have my PC for that) or do heavy rendering stuff (designer+developer here).
Had I not trusted the brand, I would have purchased that apple care protection plan ($498) with an eye closed -_-"
Now ... if there are some suggestions on what I should do with my mbp, whether to sell it or fix it on my own, please share. Thanks!
renato.gama wrote:
Anybody here knows whether this problem that I'm facing is due to a Logic Board problem?
I have a Macbook Pro early 2011.
ANY ADVICE, please??
I have been having this same problem, and it started a couple of days ago out of nowhere.
My Macbook Pro 15" (purchased Sept. 2011 in the US) was connected to my external monitor at home and it suddenly crashed.
After restarting it, I had all kinds of screen problems...
red lines on the screen, split screen, blue screen on startup..
I reinstalled from scratch but that didn't solve it.
Now, when I turn it on it takes a while to startup and the screen flickers, the red lines appear and if I, eventually, get to login, the smallest stuff I do will trigger all the screen problems and it eventually locks and needs to be restarted by holding the power button.
Besides that, a couple of months ago my battery simply died.
It started losing power out of the blue as well and after 5 days it wouldn't hold any charge at all and simply would say on the System Report that I had no battery on my Macbook Pro.
I'm seriously disappointed at APPLE because this Macbook Pro is not even 2 years old...
And I need it to work!!! I'm a PhD Student... so I don't have enough money to just go and get a new one, as I have been suggested...
And it seems that there is no cheap way out of it...
Any suggestions?



