Early 2011 Macbook Pro 15' - Logic Board Failure

That's only for the 15" mid-2010 models with a known defect with the NVIDIA card. I'm sorry that you had to have the logic board replaced, but I'll parrot again what the Apple folks told you... if inly you'd purchased AppleCare, the repair would have been free. There are no known 'issues' with the 15" Early 2011 models.

Clinton

I had the same problem last week. My Mac is being repaired at the moment I am writing and it's going to cost me 600,00$. I've had this Mac since august 2011 (almost 2 years ago). It is ridiculous that we must pay 1/4 of the original price although we are out of warranty. Apple's product should last longer.

I have the same make and model and my MacBook is currently at the Apple Store getting a new logic board.

It was in at the Apple Store four days previously and the hardware diagnostics showed no problems across the board. There was some hard drive cruft which may or may not have been related to the logic board.

For the past couple of months I've had the screen turn off and nothing aside from a reboot would get it back. I've has the screen fritz out and pixellate twice too. I was ignoring the issue up until rebooting failed last week. I could hear the fans whir and then nothing. It resurrected itself 24 hours later and then behaved during its trip to the Apple Store, but it pulled the same stunt and refused to boot yesterday.

Intermittent issues suck. Nice to get an answer and a fix sorted.

Yes, I have Apple Care, however, it's quite possible that local consumer protection laws would have seen the repair covered even if it was out of warranty, as they override any business warranty.

And less than two weeks after getting a replacement logic board it needed to be replaced again. This time the USB ports were flaky. One was mostly working and one was mostly not working.

Mine is doing the same thing. It just started a couple a weeks ago. My fans are clean and its on a cooling pad.
The computer locks up when it tres to change from the non discreet to discreet graphics. I sure due have a very pretty $2400 paperweight. Envy of all my friends 😟

Same thing here. Same model same problem. $900.... Does not feel great when the repair guy says that I've done nothing to cause this but apple will never pay for it. Like saying these are just meant to hold for 2years so buy the AppleCare.

Add my Mac to the list. I was writing some code in Xcode, horizontal lines on a blue screen.tried a few things and nothing worked so I took it to the Genius Bar. The hardware tests passed but their other test wouldn't boot. The technician can only assume the problem is with the logic board and the cost is $310 to ship my Mac to their repair facility. I was hoping to hold off on a new Max until the 2nd gen MBPr, that looks less likely.

Add me to this list as well, I have always had issues with my Macbook Pro (late 2011).

First after 3 months of owning my Macbook Pro my display went out so I took it in and they put in a new monitor, then the next issue: Everyday I pack my Macbook in my backpack before I go home, there were times when I would get home I would find that it was very hot and the fans would be running hard (loud). When I would open it up, the display would not turn on but the keyboard lights would be on. Only way around it was a force reboot.

Now, today, I came to work and turned on my Macbook Pro, after about 20 minutes I had a blue screen with vertical black lines in it. I restarted it and found a gray screen, it seems to be heat related because if I let it sit for a while it will start up, I can login but after a while it will go back to blue screen.

I went to see an "Apple genious" and they told me it seems to be the logic board, $300 for service center or $500 for internal repair, so even if I had AppleCare it would cost me the same. But at the end of the day I feel that I bought a lemon. I thought I bought an strong dependable Apple product but I feel as though I bought an overpriced Windows machine. It would be cheaper for me to buy a new Windows machine each year then maintain a working Macbook Pro.

You should have asked about Apple's "Fixed Rate" repair plan. It would have saved you a lot of money.

HaveOneofEach7 > It seems like we are suffering from the same issues. Any updates on your situation?

Mine is late 2011, had to replace the logic board. Applecare said it was not the same problem.

it's not the same problem as what?

I am honestly disappointed in Apple. This is my first Macbook and it has lasted less than two years whereas my Dell is 7 years and still running (I am currently typing this using this computer).