Macbook Pro 16" 2019 suddenly crashing minutes after booting
Hello all,
The MBP is currently with an authorised dealer locally, so I can't post any logs or messages atm.
The machine just began crashing, without warning, two days ago. First I knew, I went to open the lid in the morning, as per usual, and the touch bar was lit up, showing what looked like static, but unmoving. Upon booting (which seemed normal, allowing me to enter the password etc), the touch bar remained in this condition then, after just a couple of minutes, the machine crashed and restarted. Then again. And so on.
I've booted in safe mode, tried NVRAM and PRAM resets and nothing is altering this unwelcome (!) development. Before crashing, the fan appears to give a little 'exhalation', then... gone. And repeat. Even with the lid closed a couple of times it attempted to boot and I heard the startup sound.
I've had no issues previously, there's been no water damage, maybe a couple of knocks in the 3.5 years I've owned it. It rarely leaves the house and is used more or less like a desktop, on a stand. The brushed-aluminium brick updated to Ventura a couple of weeks ago.
The local repair store has just written to let me know there's nothing they can do and, having spoken with someone at Apple, I'm looking at a potential (likely?) €1.100 bill for a new logic board. Looks like they haven't been able to rescue any data either. And apparently I need to send it to them in the original packaging!? Which, I'm fairly certain I don't have, having moved house in the interim.
This is abysmal for a high-end machine of such an age. And the whole right-to-repair issue... I'll stop here as everyone on these boards is likely fully aware. I switched to Apple machines just under a decade ago, but this is definitely the last. Next up will likely be a Framework.
In the meantime, if anyone has any advice, insight... anything, I'll be very grateful to hear it. I'll try and post logs/errors etc - if possible - when I collect it.
Thanks for reading,
Matthew
MacBook Pro 16″