Issues with the AMD Radeon HD 6750M graphics card on MBP 15" Early 2011

Comprato ottobre 2011 mai Segni di Rottura o spegnimento, L'Altro Ieri immagine sdoppiata e poi righe Verticali. Contattato chiamata il centro (bravissimi) ma non ho risolto il Problema con le Varie Combinazioni di Tasti. Bar Portato al genio all'Apple Store (bravi e competenti also Loro) Mi e Stato prospettato la sostituzione della scheda Logica colomba insistono le schede video di causa il Che probabilmente Hanno causato il Blocco Costo superiore a 400,00 euri. L'ho ritirato e non credo di ripararlo (mi sembra di averlo Pagato € 1,700 nell'ottobre del 2011 e DOPO causa di unmacbook nni e sette Mesi POSSO Salutare il mio Naturalmente Molto deluso, persino il vecchio Toshiba e durato Molto Di Più. Il Problema E conosciuto annuncio di Apple ma Naturalmente la Riparazione E una SPESE del Acquirente, Una vera e propria della ingiustizia, speravo almeno in UNA Estensione della Garanzia ormai scaduta. Macchè!

Exactly the same with me. It seems that mavericks could not deal with the overload correctly and let the chip meltdown... Doing a Reflow doesn't work since the the solder is a league of metals, a low temperature melting creates a very heterogenic crystalline reticulat reducing the capacity of eletronic conductivity due to anomalies in the electronic flow.

Apple's position? Complete DENIAL OF SERVICE.

add me to the many list of complaints! My early 2011 17" MacBook Pro Which has been looked after very well and has developed the classic graphics card issue everyone has been talking about recently. When is apple going to admit this is a failure with components they used to make the laptop? I think it is discussing that a computer that cost me £2300 under three years ago has failed in this way and apple refuse to take responsibility for their failures. I am considering legal advise to see what rights they and us have regarding this issue.

If anyone starts up a dedicated website for this complaint I would be a willing participant!

Although a really love MacBook Pros overall this experience has left me seriously considering other companies and not apple laptops.

The complaints are building apple!

Tanks for all advice in this forum.

I took out the logicboard and asked the lokal datashop to do a propper reflow.

They did, and I´v just mounted it back in. Now everyting seems to work perfekt !

I cross my fingers that it will last.

WOW APPLE - As much as I love u....... Im very mad at you for acting the 4 year old when asked if you made a mistake on my Macbook Pro 2011 😝....

$2200 worth of junk sitting here staring me in the face along side my wife. A asked to go buy another one and she soiled herself when she screamed at me. 😠

Shame, Shame, Shame..... on me for spending $2200.

SO upset! Same exact problems as listed here, on same machine, after Mavericks upgrade. Hadn't heard back after 9 days, after sending it off for $310 plus tax service agreement. Took 3 different transfers and 17 minutes on hold to be told they are requoting $610 plus tax because of liquid damage. There is NO WAY! When I finally got the email that they "said" they sent 6 days ago, you can't see the pics of "said damage" because the link is broken. Rep sends an email with all her personal contact info, then doesn't pick up or return the call from my husband 5 minutes later. I don't lie, and there was no liquid damage. She said it looked like coffee or coke. I don't drink soda and we don't even have a coffee pot. My kids are 15 and have their own PC laptops. No one uses this machine but me. So disappointed and angry. I feel like the dumbest person ever for being such an Apple cheerleader. Terrible customer service! I don't feel like I can trust them, now. So do I pay over $600 on what will be considered an old machine or enjoy my $2000+ paperweight?

Another one here! 2 days ago, GPU seems to have busted. I was told it needed a 645$ board replacement...

sandyfromnorth sydney,

There's probably nothing wrong with the GPU - more than likely you're suffering that which most of here are suffering as well: a defectively soldered GPU.

If you can find a BGA reball in Sydney, go to one that will reball the GPU and give you at leasta one-year warranty. DON'T pay to have the logic board replaced - many users find that a logic board replacement may not last more than 3-4 days. Get your machine FIXED with a reball - cost should be under $200AU.

Good luck,

Clinton

Same problem, same “solution” for my 15' Late 2011, bought in Italy in January 2012. I didn't change the Logic Board and I'm working with the Intel integrated GPU only, with all the limits of this solution as I manually removed all AMD drivers and this affects other aspects of the computer.

Apple is responding in a very unprofessional way for this issue.

Processor 2.4 GHz Intel Core i7

Memory 8 GB 1333 MHz DDR3

Graphics Intel HD Graphics 3000 512 MB /AMD Radeon HD 6770M

Serial Number C02GP2K1DV7M

Software OS X 10.9.3 (13D65)

Yeah, shame on them. I must say, this was just an awsome machine, I was planning on changing it at the end of this year. Now, this forced obsolescence leave me with a bitter feeling :-(

My mb pros video card died 14 months after purchase and was replaced by apple free of charge, the tech at the time said this was a common problem. Now for the last 3 weeks since 10.9.3 combo update my mb pro has gone to **** once again, something has definitely been done by apple to the graphics drivers or the way in which the OS handles video now. I am currently on 10.9.4 and things are slightly better, though once something graphic intensive is being done, the screen will distort, go black (keyboard still lit), or simply freeze (no mouse movement), the only fix is for the mac to be turned off for 15 minutes or more, and press the power button with your fingers crossed.

Tried SMC reset (screen goes black after apple logo)

Tried PRAM reset (screen goes black after apple logo)

Tried Safe Mode (screen goes black after apple logo)

Tried booting of external HD (10.9.2) (screen goes black after apple logo)

Tried Recovery mode (screen goes black after apple logo)

Hardware Information:

MacBook Pro Intel Core i7, 15" (Early 2011)

MacBook Pro - model: MacBookPro8,2

1 2.3 GHz Intel Core i7 CPU: 4 cores

8 GB RAM

Video Information:

Intel HD Graphics 3000 - VRAM: 512 MB

Color LCD 1680 x 1050

AMD Radeon HD 6750M - VRAM: 1024 MB

System Software:

OS X 10.9.4 (13E19) - Uptime: 0 days 1:33:47

Thought I'd share my find after countless forums and message boards with the same problem only to have apple genius tell all the same thing - that it's a logic board issue and that the graphics chip or processor is possibly damaged.

Well I found through other such cases that the logic board doesn't necessarily have to be replaced as the apple geniuses would have us all believing. Apparently pc users get the same problem too, and according to techs that fix pc's all the time, this screen problem and inability to boot is an easy and fast fix, it's generally related to a graphics chip problem where the soder that binds the chip to the logic board has softened due to overheating. If you take your mbp to a pc tech who also deals in fixing Macs, he will be able to do what's called a reflow, which is a process of rebinding or resodering any loose pins back to the logic board. According to them this is a simple fix. Only takes two hours max to complete! Do as I did, find yourselves a Computer tech in your neighborhood using yelp, mine quoted me only $80, and only need to pay if he's able to fix it and if thats the only issue! Of course, for some people, your chip may be cracked or fried, therefore only a new board would be advised, but please try this first before letting apple genius convince you to turn yours in for some rediculous fees and dollar amounts of up to $1200 in some cases I've read.

The logic board is repairable folks if it's only loose soder...just as long as there's nothing else wrong with the graphics chip and nothing else is cracked or damaged like the board itself, connectors, the drive, etc...there may be hope yet! So find yourself a pc tech who knows about doing a reflow...this may solve your problem!

Sounds right and I just watched a video of guy doing it with a heat blower ⚠ on Youtube. 6 months later and it still works, he says.

My only question is wont it just re-soften the sodering by time and then you will have to do it all again or...?

Copy and paste......Same problem, same “solution” for my 15' early 2011, bought in Italy in May 2011. I didn't change the Logic Board and I'm working with the Intel integrated GPU only, with all the limits of this solution as I manually removed all AMD drivers and this affects other aspects of the computer.

Apple is responding in a very unprofessional way for this issue.

Processor 2.2 GHz Intel Core i7

Memory 8 GB 1333 MHz DDR3

Graphics Intel HD Graphics 3000 512 MB /AMD Radeon HD 6750M

Software OS X 10.9.3 (13D65)

Thank you for the heads up. I am suffering my second failed GPU on an early 2011 mb pro. Prior to that I had a 2008 which suffered a GPU failure.

I am on my third macbook pro motherboard. So far apple is 0:3 with GPU's on these things.

Apple, your bga soldering job is terrible.

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