Having distortion and graphic errors on my macbook pro in first year.

It's now February 2017. I had this happen with my early 2011 MBP. Reinstalled OS X, installed new SSD, tried resetting PRAM and SMC. Got it working for about two days then it just shut down. After reading about the faulty GPU on the logic board, I took it to the Genius Bar. It's been two months since the end of the free logic board replacement program but they took mine! Fixed it within 24 hours. And now with the SSD and 8GB of RAM, I pretty much have a new computer. My advice to anyone still having this problem is to take it in and hope they're still honoring the logic board recall

I'm in Berkeley, California- San Francisco Area. Bummer if they don't have the parts in Germany. I watched YouTube tutorials about how to replace the logic board myself. You can't old donut if you have patience and are good with little dress and plugs

It's too bad that you waited until the warranty had expired before you decided to do something about this obvious hardware defect. All you can do now is take the machine to an Apple Store and hope that they give you a break.

I'm with Linc on this one, as I usually am.

Just why did you conveniently wait for months after showing the problem until your warranty ran out before you thought about doing something.

Now you are going to bash Appple for your mistake.

I also have a mid 2010 macbook pro 13 inch purchased in August of 2010. I have seen graphical errors and distortions after my warranty expired. Mine initially occured while using garage band as well. Now, they are occuring more frequently while using internet browsers and word processing applications.

I agree with the orginal poster that we should not be punished for faulty graphics cards or bad heat managment on Apple's part.

Okay so is everyone finished bashing each other? Can someone answer the question? Does the graphics card need replacing? If yes, is that something that can be done at home or only with Apple service?

MacBook 13-inch, Mid 2010 2.4 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo, NVIDIA GeForce 320M 256 MB, Mac OS X 10.7.4

wvicensjr wrote:

Okay so is everyone finished bashing each other? Can someone answer the question? Does the graphics card need replacing?

Maybe, only Apple can confirm that

wvicensjr wrote:

If yes, is that something that can be done at home or only with Apple service?

Only Apple can replace internal components (other than HDD or RAM)

1) yes it does.

2) No it can not.

The graphic chip, along with the CPU, are soldered onto the motherboard (Apple world wording Logic board). So to replace either of those components the Complete Logic board must be replaced. It is very expensive.

But if you take the system to an Apple Genius Bar they can test it and give you an estimate on the cost of repair. Then you can buy a New computer because it may cost almost as much to fix your Mac.

I have exactly the same problem, I went to an apple store to get it fix, and they said it was the hard Drive, so they replace it and charged me. At first everithing was ok, but just a couple of week pass and the same problem happened again. Im really mad at the people at Apple for not fixing it and charging me. I will go again this week to get this fix.

If anyone can help me here.

You should check MacBook Pro Repair Extension Program for Video Issues. Certain models are eligible for replacement of video boards.

Where are you located? Here in Germany they told me they don't have any parts anymore and they can't do anything for me 😠