Hi friends. Well it seems again that my graphics card is failing. I cannot express my level of dissappointment with apple on this issue. My third computer that has this issue. I would like to know if there is a way to make sure its the GC this time. is there any way to test the computer to check?
I thank everyone in advanced for answer. All the best
MacBook Pro 15″, macOS 10.13
Possibly. Hard to say. Look for Panics in the logs. Finder->Applications->Utilities->Console->Crash Reports
I would try a PRAM reset and see how that fares before anything else: Link-> Reset NVRAM or PRAM on your Mac - Apple Support
Possibly. Hard to say. Look for Panics in the logs. Finder->Applications->Utilities->Console->Crash Reports
I would try a PRAM reset and see how that fares before anything else: Link-> Reset NVRAM or PRAM on your Mac - Apple Support
Phillip Maturano wrote:
15" early 2013 mbp
Hi friends. Well it seems again that my graphics card is failing. I cannot express my level of dissappointment with apple on this issue. My third computer that has this issue. I would like to know if there is a way to make sure its the GC this time. is there any way to test the computer to check?
I thank everyone in advanced for answer. All the best
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Obtaining service for your Apple product after an expired warranty - Apple Support
Obtaining service for your Apple product after an expired ...
You can see if the work around is compatible with your 2013...
See options—
gSwitch (macOS 10.12 or newer) https://codyschrank.github.io/gSwitch
gfxCardStatus https://gfx.io
https://github.com/steveschow/gfxCardStatus/releases
http://dosdude1.com/gpudisable/
reference discussion: Macbook Panic CPU NVRM - Apple Community
If you install a Discrete GPU-disabler, you lose the ability for Mac sleep. however the Display sleeps fine.
What makes you think it's the graphics card? What is happening exactly?
The 15" models had a thermal issue with the discreet Nvidia GPU. Some claim to have solved it by re-appluying thermal compound to the graphics card between the GPU and the heatsink
Apple no longer offers a repair program for these models however.
If it were the GPU, you would be getting black screens and GPU panics in the error logs.
GPU panic Report (error) - Apple Community
Phillip Maturano wrote:
... am not sure what i should be looking for in raw crash reports :-(
Anything related to the GPU at the time FCP crashes out or you are having image issues.
For instance: panic(cpu 4 caller 0xffffff7f8aa5380b): "GPU Panic...
I suggest you run Etrecheck. Its a tool designed to scan your Mac and identify any issues developed by a respected member of this community.
You can post the report here for someone to take a look at it.
Link-> Using EtreCheck - Apple Community
Phillip Maturano wrote:
Could it be that my external TB 2 drive is going bad or something? Yikes
All comments highly appreciated :-)
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Try a different external drive and compare your results...
Well when I am editing in FCP the computer crashes a lot. And small green strips are appearing in the browser when i play the videos. Also in Lightroom many of the thumbnails of the photos get corrupted. Does it sound like GC failure? I wish i weren't. I am not in the US right now and its looking very difficult for repairs here in Brazil. :-(
So now my apps like lightroom and FCP are running like molasses. Crashing and dragging. Strangely everything else seems to be working fine. Any idea?
I thank everyone in advanced for the kind attention with this
Hi folks. just wanted to follow up on this in case anyone else has these problems.
So it seems like the computer is working fine in general. Its when I use Lightroom and FCP that the programs crash. All the programs work fine. Which is why i thought the graphics card was going. I decided to change the external disk I was running the programs off of...and well....it seems to have solved the issue some how. But I am always afraid it will happen again. Could it be that my external TB 2 drive is going bad or something? Yikes
All comments highly appreciated :-)
Phillip Maturano wrote:
Yes as I said on the post above I changed the drive I was using. :-) I guess TB 2 externals are just as likely to go bad as USB drives :-(
Drives can fail at anytime, even new straight out of the box—yes
not a matter of if they can fail but when they fail— the resolve would be replace the drive
thank you friend I will look into this
Thank you kindly! Will do this. I am not sure what i should be looking for in raw crash reports :-(
Its a sea of numbers and sign LOL yikes.
Yes as I said on the post above I changed the drive I was using. :-) I guess TB 2 externals are just as likely to go bad as USB drives :-(
Yes. It's entirely possible the external drive for at least the enclosure it's in may be failing.
If it works with a different one, then I would suspect the hard drive.
Graphics card 15" early 2013 mbp
