Q: 2011 MacBook Pro and Discrete Graphics Card
-
Mar 1, 2015 4:57 PMby XLT77,I used to use the external monitor every day for 2 years before the chip started acting up.. I just ran several graphics intensive programs....no impact... it feels like a new computer... don't know how long it will last but it seems to be working like when I bought it in 2012.....
-
Mar 2, 2015 3:27 AMby laest,Hi everybody,
I handed in my 2011 15" MBP last wednesday, Since in Germany the replacement program started on friday I'm still waiting the repair to be competed.
I had no Problem with the 16GB Ram or the "not original" harddrive.
According to the technican the replacement logicboard is different to the old one and the GPU has a lower TDP. So there should not be a problem with the gpu anymore.
As long as my mbp works another couple of years im am satisfied with this solution, but we will see if it does so
Have a nice day without graphic issues
-
Mar 2, 2015 3:29 AMby The G-man,Talking about stress tests ... my mbp is anaesthetised as we speak. I just learned to know that my ASP uses the Heaven Benchmark method for stress testing:
https://unigine.com/products/heaven/
I suppose you get a troubled mbp GPU on its knees in minutes with this.
-
Mar 2, 2015 3:33 AMby briantho,Hi - I've been waiting for Apple to take care of things and I believe that today is the day here in Europe.
In the autumn of last year I stopped using my 17" Early 2011 MBP after it displayed the massive pixels and stripes, packed up completely, wouldn't restart at all and my local dealer confirmed I had the logic board problem. However, I said I'd wait this out and not opt for Euros 800 of repairs etc as I thought I'd wait to see if/when Apple came clean on this.
Anyway, two days ago I dusted the machine off, pressed the on switch and it's been working perfectly ever since! I've had full screen Youtube going continuously and simultaneously with a long Encore DVD authoring project and a long FCPX HD 'Share' and OK, the fans are running and it's warm to the touch, but nothing serious.
My question is, might there be a more intense/demanding routine/program combination that I can run to push the machine even more? I don't believe these machines can simple heal themselves.
Many thanks for any advice.
-
Mar 2, 2015 3:37 AMby rennyz27,briantho wrote:
My question is, might there be a more intense/demanding routine/program combination that I can run to push the machine even more? I don't believe these machines can simple heal themselves.
If you have one at your disposal, connect your MBP to an external display and run all those programs again.
-
Mar 2, 2015 3:38 AMby rennyz27,XLT77 wrote:
I used to use the external monitor every day for 2 years before the chip started acting up.. I just ran several graphics intensive programs....no impact... it feels like a new computer... don't know how long it will last but it seems to be working like when I bought it in 2012.....
Ok, that's good news then. Can't wait to get my MBP back!
-
Mar 2, 2015 3:46 AMby Richard Liu,Take it in. Apple has its own diagnostics suite that is supposed to detect the problem. Sometimes, the machine fails the tests immediately; in some cases, it takes a little longer. Just don't let anybody convince you that half a year of sleep and a thick layer of dust sometimes solve the problem.
-
Mar 2, 2015 3:47 AMby rennyz27,Richard Liu wrote:
Take it in. Apple has its own diagnostics suite that is supposed to detect the problem. Sometimes, the machine fails the tests immediately; in some cases, it takes a little longer. Just don't let anybody convince you that half a year of sleep and a thick layer of dust sometimes solve the problem.
+1
-
Mar 2, 2015 4:28 AMby Speida,I took it in saturday night and this morning they called me that it was ready and the new logic board passed all the tests. However the guy told me there were still some glitches due to the software and he asked permissions to restore the OS. I asked him not to do this because most probably this was due to the fact that I moved the AMD drivers! Now once I get it back tonight I will try move them back to their place and see if everything works normally! Hopefully it will! Afterwards I will run the Heaven stress test!
-
Mar 2, 2015 4:55 AMby Charles Houghton-Webb,briantho wrote:
Anyway, two days ago I dusted the machine off, pressed the on switch and it's been working perfectly ever since! I've had full screen Youtube going continuously and simultaneously with a long Encore DVD authoring project and a long FCPX HD 'Share' and OK, the fans are running and it's warm to the touch, but nothing serious.
Same happened with mine, but a few re-boots soon brought back the pyjama stripes
If not, BEFORE repair would seem a good time to stress it. I don't understand all these people who get their freshly repaired machine back, and then do all they can to try and kill it
It's like getting your car back from repair and leaving it running overnight with the accelerator jammed down to the floor, just to see if the engine will hold out
You wouldn't do it with a new computer either, would you ? Perhaps some people do, and it's just me who finds this behavior weird
Mine's due out of repair this week (I'm in Europe)… I shall just be using it normally, even if it does take another 3 years for it to give up the ghost
-
Mar 2, 2015 5:16 AMby XLT77,I also ran the Heaven benchmark test, handled it like a champ, the temps go up the fans go up but there were no problems noted, once the test completed the gpu goes down to a normal level. So far I am pleased. Was told when I brought it in that this is a new board not refurbished and I have to say it is acting like it....all the best to your computer coming back like new
-
Mar 2, 2015 5:20 AMby MGSH,Given a lot of people have had previous repairs fail within 90 days, the reason users are burn testing their machines could be to see whether or not repairs under this new program will fail before February 27 2016. Then there are those users that bought a MBP for heavy duty work and expect a certain level of performance.
Personally, when mine is returned, I shall be using it to power an external display for both work and entertainment; I think that is perfectly reasonable (although it is what killed the 2 previous logic boards/GPUs).
