short circuit

Run the hardware test from your original system disks.

6 hours of Sims? Really? ;p

What year model is it? If it is from 2008 the issue is likely from overheating of the graphics chip. MBP's cooling system is not very well designed for gaming, especially not 6-8 hour stints. In addition, the unit you own is likely from a known period when the nvidia chips have been acknowledged as extremely succeptable to overheating and FAILURE due to not enough cooling/bad "bump"material. I therefore will assure that you will likely need a whole logic board replacement. Hopefully you have Apple Care and they don't find a way to deny you warranty, as they have denied some owners if does not pass their little "bogus" nvidia graphics failure test....

Good Luck

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osxstasy: You really need to stop posting ill-informed, off-base, inaccurate replies to people's questions here. Your post above is pure nonsense from start to finish.

No, I meant he was flat-out wrong on several counts. He made an incorrect and groundless assumption about what model MBP you had, assured you on that basis that you would need your logic board replaced, made unsupported assertions about the unsuitability of MBPs for gaming and their inability to cool themselves effectively, and wrapped up with a gratuitous and unsupported characterization of Apple's nVidia 8600 testing-and-replacement program (which is not relevant to your post or your machine) as "bogus". From start to finish, he was spouting misinformation that could be of no possible value to you with the machine you actually own. His post would have been premature, presumptuous and overly self-important even if you had had the machine he assumed you did.

Apple Hardware Test is on one of the DVDs that were shipped with your MacBook Pro; you'll find it mentioned in small print on the label. Brief instructions for running it are also there. Run it in its Extended mode (it will take a while). Post back with results.

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eww, I want to do you a favor, as you asked. I will completely STOP posting ANYTHING in ANY of these forums IF it's not that his video card/logicboard needs to be replaced.

On the OTHER hand, if I'm right, you have to quit talking so much about how "ill-informed and off-base/inaccurate" people are when they post something YOU dont like.

This is not the FIRST time you have attacked my character, so you know what I'm talking about.Personally I could care less what YOU think, but I'm am trying to help just like you are you arrogant S*B!


To the OP "melindalim"
Good luck on your logic board repair request. Hopefully they will repair it without delay.

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You still don't get it. Melindalim has an entirely different machine from the one you assumed she had. It doesn't have a GPU that is known to fail commonly due to heat or any other cause. There is no established program, "bogus" or otherwise, for testing and replacing logic boards equipped with the GPU that is in her machine. There is no question of denying her free service or of her having to "request" a logic board replacement; her machine is still under warranty and will be repaired as needed. Everything in your post was predicated on your having jumped to the baseless conclusion that she had an early-2008 MBP with an NVidia 8600 in it. None of what you said was on target. She has a brand new machine.

As usual you could be wrong as well:

http://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?t=602386

or

http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/05/nvidias-geforce-9600m-causing-issues-in-17-in ch-macbook-pro/

or

http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=11571532&#11571532
(you even posted on that one eww)


Some 9400's and 9600's have been found to be defective as well. Do your research first eww, then come back and insult me some more

In addition, my mention of warranty "denial" is also here on the forums, where some Apple Certified centers will NOT fix a graphics issue if it passes their Nvidia failure test in some cases, where it is easily seen that it's defective...

http://discussions.info.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=1995151&tstart=195&start= 60

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Good luck melindalim! Please advise us of their findings once the issue has been properly diagnosed and repaired. I know how frustrating it can be to be without your machine for a few days, so hopefully they can get it resolved rather quickly for you.

Thanks 🙂

In Addition:

eww, thank YOU for showing your maturity level, you've proved my point FOR ME!

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