Q: problems with amd gpu on early 2011 macbook pro

Well, had this issue in 2013, replaced logic board for $750. It took 3 months in Russia.

And today I have the same issue again.

Feeling that Apple cheated on me, by selling hardware they know has issues.

P.S. Tried to disable ATI kexts, but graphics become low quality and gfxcardstatus show that discrete card is in use.

This is better paste than most:

http://www.frozencpu.com/products/13343/thr-109/Phobya_HeGrease_Extreme_Thermal_ Paste_-_35g.html

I have same problem here. MBP 15" early 2011 model. Tried to fixed it on a 3rd party but failed. If I bring it to apple they will replace the logic board but it costs very expensive. Does the lawsuit only apply to US customer? I hope if apple take action on this issue, they will cover all mbp 2011 consumer around the world

http://youtu.be/gRTd4awy17s

OS X crashed and couldn't restarted. Tried bootcamp then saw this.

Welcome to our club.

Well, it's no that bad in your case. You can forget about Windows, but still can use OS X if you will remove AMD drivers from console.

I was not able to boot up with OS X so I tried bootcamp instead. I need to go through the discussion to figure out how to remove the AMD driver.

Thanks Kafe

**** it, I having a same problem with 2011 early macbook pro 15".

And i had pay to repair my macbookpro in past year.

However, my macbook get this problem again.

Apple just introduced an extended warranty for MacBook Pros and refunds for those of us that paid for a new board!

http://www.apple.com/support/macbookpro-videoissues/

I'm on the phone now to get a refund and the support person didn't know about it yet.

Apple is offering to fix some MacBooks with this problem. See:

http://www.apple.com/support/macbookpro-videoissues/

Do you know if Apple changed the "repair" method with its new program?

Are they still changing the logic boards the same way as before or do they do sth. else?

A reply from anyone who knows what they're talking about is greatly appreciated!!

Good luck folks!

argg....why they did not include mbp 13" as well?? i own mbp 13" any advise??

olachan wrote:

 

argg....why they did not include mbp 13" as well?? i own mbp 13" any advise??

Because the 13" does not have an AMD GPU.

i see..

just my luck as my mbp 13" also showing similar symptom just after 3.5 years of usage

I had an email sent to me by Apple for warranty extension program (March 2015) and I'd took my MBP17" to Apple Care to have it repaired.

When it came back from repair, I now have a vertical red line on the left hand side of the screen.

Has anyone encountered this? Apple Care says it's not covered by warranty now.

Just have them take it back. Not sure about the recall, but usually after a repair, you have a 90 day warranty. If that red line isn't covered, that's messed up