Q: 2011 MacBook Pro and Discrete Graphics Card

yes. genius tested it in front of me today, graphics card fail...

You can add me on the list of users with faulty GPU. It's really frustrating and disappointing with PRO computer with such low quality. Waiting for official answer from Appple for global GPU MacBook Pro problem.

D3us wrote:

 

lip5016 wrote:

***UPDATE***

 

 

LESSON:

 

ALWAYS GET THE EXTENDED WARRANTY W/APPLE PRODUCTS!

A laptop shouldn't fail like that within 3 years.

 

And what about the majority that did get apple care but had it fail after more then 3 years?

So many died after their apllecare only just ran out...

 

In Europe we have a 2 year legal warranty. Taking apple care only prolongues it with another year in fact.

Yes, a measly ONE year only, no matter how Apple sells it.

 

If they stand behind their products It should be the legal warranty PLUS 3 YEARS extra.

 

It's a hardware, most likely prodcution/soldering problem, epxlained enough by me and some others before.

They should take responsability for it.

Ther was a German consumer on telly, it was about another problem with his macbook, but at the end, the famale presenter said, and I quote:

 

"I can not understand how apple with such a service can be so successfull"

 

Apple still benefits from their reputation from the Jobs age. when Apple was synonymous with quality, service, creative professionals and thinking different. It will take a few more years for Cook's Apple to build a new reputation, based on shareholder value, for customers who are spending a premium on a new status symbol which will be replaced within three years, to match the newest cool...

I agree. Mostly because I've already had my logic board replaced twice! The problems keep coming back....

Look at this!

When I open the Apple website about the new 5K iMac with my Intel GPU, the website looks like crap. That's strange, because the AMD GPU is the problem! When selecting to only use the AMD GPU, the Apple website looks like it should.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7CVCo7IAc88&feature=youtu.be

EExcellent example, I love the inconsistency just like I love that the iPad/ios 7 & 8 spell checker adds capitals, as seen in this post, and misspells. Tried the spell checker in Mac OS 10.6 and it's missing and misspelling also. Nicely done Apple!

Same here too. My MBP late 2011 started having strange glitches on the screen. A day or two after, the glitches were more and more frequent. Now it simply doesn't stay glitch-free very long (about 2-3 minutes).

Hey Apple, any plans?

Hi Pedrodfa,

I will do the same thing its only 120 euros the rest of the money i will buy a tablet from another brand because i don't trust anymore in apple.

Today i discover the problem surge because apple atualize only OS X and don't actualize drivers and because of this the problem start up because old drivers can do miracles with new system and the problem start with warm, then brake the sold an then surge all issues we are all detects. what i will do for this situations don't affect me again:

i will repair only the card in that store i surge and the i will do a bootcamp with windows 7 update my drivers for windows 7 and set windows my priority system and then i don't  use anymore OS X from apple.

I Have a hp laptop without keys with 10 years running and I can still play fm 2014 while this only lasted 3 years. How i can trust on apple after this?

*** FRUSTRATED ***

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How can a company who was led by a visionary like Steve Jobs fail at this epic level.  Jobs cared not only only about the looks of the outside of Apple machines, but also the inside. Did you know he demanded the logic boards in some machines be black because he thought it looked better for anyone who opened them?

It is ironic that the clean, thin and iconic design of the MacBook Pro 2011 that he likely drove is likely the Achilles' Heel.  It is the lack of airflow and heat sync that equates to this design flaw.  Pretty, yes... but incapable of drawing heat away from the CPU/GPU combo that is the oven inside the MBP 2011.

I have been through three logic boards so far and see (on this discussion thread) 1.75M views and thousands of others with the same problem. I started working with a pleasant Executive Office staffer and now I can tell she is hog tied to not doing anything and is likely just as frustrated as I am.

Jobs would have owned up to this in a heartbeat. Anyone towing the company line now and refusing to honor the core of what Apple stands for should be ashamed.

I have owned 15 Macs and as a consultant was responsible for literally thousands of purchases. I am a shareholder. This just isn't right and Apple is forever tarnished in my mind and many others. Great job!

</rant>

It is true that this CPU-Problem is annoying – on the other hand, apple hardware, also the pro line, has gotten cheaper over the last decade: taken this into account it is no surprise to me that there are more glitches and problems than before. A little hint for instance: Intel Inside ;-). Remember how much you paid for a G3 PowerBook? Still – if the problem with the 2011 MacBook Pro is as wide spread as it seems – then apple should at least give the many troubled users a voucher.

Just wanted to add myself to the long line of FRUSTRATED, early 2011 MBP owners. I have the AMD Radeon HD 6490M in my machine. I've replaced the logic board twice in the last month and still having issues. I've never had as much trouble with any other of my apple products (And I have lots of them) as I have with this MBP.

My late 2011 15" Macbook Pro just failed yesterday.  Had taken to Best Buy...diagnostics said everything OK except needed a new battery...and the hard drive was no good.  Just happened to see the CNN Money article regarding this problem.  Went back to Best Buy and retrieved dead Macbook.  We had all the classic signs....leading up to the graphics defective screen and won't boot.

Will await Apple doing the right thing.  (Have been an Apple user since Apple II+ and still have an original 1984 Mac....)

my MBP 13in has an intel 3000. its definately made me consider a PC next time around. freezes up a lot....good old PC days all over again. it deserves a hard reset every day or so. thought macs were the bomb...

I am having the same problem, I kinda regret getting another Macbook, this will probably be my last apple product, phone, laptop, etc.