Q: 2011 MacBook Pro and Discrete Graphics Card
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Jul 18, 2014 10:42 AMby GavMackem,Csound1 wrote:
GavMackem wrote:
To the person who just edited my post
Your post was edited by the site moderators.
I realised that - but thought it might be helpful for them to know its something I've said on here many, many times before and also in an email to the person's name we must not mention for fear of censorship. I reckon they're getting a bit over zealous over certain spats on here methinks. Me - I just want to help and give what I deem is the best fix for these MBP's of ours but unfortunately Apple aren't offering that solution!
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Jul 18, 2014 11:25 AMby Denisism,Csound1 wrote:
Whereas when people act adversarially to a company I get suspicious that they may be in the pay of said company's competitors.
And, your welcome to that opinion. But, how about we get real here and put your obvious passive-aggressiveness aside for a moment. You just tried to needle me personally, yet again, because you don't agree with my opinions.
You've repeatedly launched personal insults against an Apple customer (and not a sekrit competitor) as you're about to find out when Apple corporate contacts you about your behavior here. Keep it up.
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Jul 18, 2014 12:30 PMby paigoomein,Quick update. My machine went back to Apple for repairs. After 2.5 days under the "Diagnosing Product" status, it is now showing as "Repair In Progress". Will update again once I get the machine back and report on what they did this time.
If anyone has any insight as to what tests they are performing for "Diagnosing Product", please do share.
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Jul 18, 2014 12:36 PMby kgm1976,I am in the same boat as well. Barely used this laptop over the last 2 years and when I needed it most, it fails on me. I bet I have less than 100 hours on this laptop and now it's a boat anchor. My 11 year old dell that my kids use some how manages to still work. Go figure... I am pretty upset as this was a replacement due to Apple's in ability to fix my 2008 graphics card issue after 5 repairs. I'm not sure I can buy another Apple product after this.
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Jul 18, 2014 12:59 PMby UNIX4ALL,Me too, this is horrible! My early 15inch MBP2011 is dead, it get a blue screen with black vertical línes when the Apple dissapears from screen... I can only work with Linux enabling the intel HD3000 only. Its a shame, I own a 2002 dual USB iBook working flawlessly and one black 2006 macbook too. Please Apple make a recall or I will never will buy another Apple laptop, I spend a lot of money on it with the hope it will last many years, not only three!
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Jul 18, 2014 1:43 PMby paigoomein,Nope, this is the third time my machine is getting repaired. First time was in April, had the Main Logic Board replaced (had to pay for the flat-rate repair since I did not buy Applecare). Second time was in June, they replaced the Main Logic Board, both memory modules, and both fans.
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Jul 18, 2014 1:51 PMby GavMackem,paigoomein wrote:
Nope, this is the third time my machine is getting repaired. First time was in April, had the Main Logic Board replaced (had to pay for the flat-rate repair since I did not buy Applecare). Second time was in June, they replaced the Main Logic Board, both memory modules, and both fans.
Having read this thread from the start and been posting since last year I was going to say you've posted here quite a while lol. hopefully repair in progress is third time lucky and you'll get a new retina which unlike ours does have a proper thermal layout to dissipate all that heat away from the CPU and GPU and can cope with the usual shoddy pasting. Unless you are a fan like me of the 17 inch and like your own upgraded SSD, and memory inside with a burner too and just want the macbook pro they love to last long enough - which means far longer than 3 years!
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Jul 18, 2014 3:02 PMby paigoomein,Nothing out of the ordinary. Using Office apps, watching movies, surfing web, etc. Using Adobe CS4 products is probably the most taxing on the system that I can think of. No gaming. I do also use Bootcamp to run Windows 7 which will always utilize the discrete GPU and not the integrated GPU.
My MBP does have the hi-res matte display.
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Jul 18, 2014 3:58 PMby paigoomein,If a replacement machine is going to be reliable, then sure. Had this been an isolated incident where my Apple laptop was a lemon, then I might have more confidence in the repair process. However, with the large number of people who have reported the same issue, the reports of MBP's that have had to go through multiple repairs, as well as my own experience of having my MBP go through multiple repairs, let's just say that my confidence in the reliability of this machine is pretty much none.
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Jul 18, 2014 5:20 PMby CindyBruce,How many times have we heard this story about multiple repairs and same issue returns?
Yet, it seems most/all of you want to believe this is the solution and you guys even chase down the soldering rabbit (and soldering whisker) holes to prove this is the solution, even when it does not work. You guys speak almost as if Apple assembly line workers have never soldered before the early 2011 MBP's.
I just don't get it.
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Jul 18, 2014 5:37 PMby destinationpsp,I don't get you...
You are speaking of two different "solutions" in your post and then combine them into one saying "to prove this is the solution." Paigoomein didn't have anything re-soldered, his/her logic boards was replaced three times now by Apple. Did you mean to say "to prove this is the issue"?
