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Q: MacBook Pro Running Yosemite Having Intermittent Black Screen Issue

My MacBook Pro (15-inch, Mid 2010 – MacBookPro6,2) has the intermittent black screen/restart issue. It's only been occurring for the past year or so, likely since I upgraded to Yosemite. I only recently noticed this was recognized by Apple a while back, when the problem got worse and really started to annoy me. Has anyone experienced this running Yosemite, and if so, found a solution?

 

I have a 2.66 Ghz Intel Core i7, 8 GB of memory and a NVIDIA GeForce GT 330M GPU. I've turned off automatic graphic switching (this made Office 2016 unusable).

 

Other than this issue, the computer runs like a charm and I'd love for it to last longer than five years.

Posted on Sep 24, 2015 7:53 PM

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  • by Linc Davis,

    Linc Davis Linc Davis Sep 25, 2015 8:58 AM in response to PSUTyler
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    Sep 25, 2015 8:58 AM in response to PSUTyler

    The solution is to replace the logic board. You may be quoted a price of about $350 (in the U.S.) for a "depot repair," which involves shipping the unit to a central repair facility and takes about two weeks. For that flat fee, anything found wrong with it should be fixed, not just the logic board.

    Sometimes the replacement part is also defective, so be prepared for that possibility. If you decide to pay for a new logic board, test thoroughly during the 90-day warranty period on the repair. Some owners have reported that they went through as many as three replacement boards before getting one that worked.

  • by SumbodysNobody,

    SumbodysNobody SumbodysNobody Sep 25, 2015 9:50 AM in response to PSUTyler
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    Sep 25, 2015 9:50 AM in response to PSUTyler

    I just started having this issue last night. I was browsing a site when the screen just went black. Did not reset and was still running just a black screen. I had to hold down the power button to turn it off. I then restarted it and got the start up noise but no screen still. Restarted again doing a ComOptPR reset and that didn't help. So I thought maybe I wasn't paying attention and the battery just died. Plugged it in and tried restarting and nothing. Left it charging all night. Woke up and tried starting it again and this time it turned on. But after about 7 minutes it went black again but this time restarting the computer.  I took it to my work to kind of mess with different options through out the day. Just turned it on and it's working again. Using it now to type this. I turned the brightness way down as a precaution. I guess this seems to be a problem a lot of people are having.

     

    I'm on my Macbook Pro 15" Retina Display (Mid 2012) Model. Running Yosemite 10.10.5, Processor: 2.3 GHz Intel Core i7, Memory: 8 GB 1600 MHz DDR3, Graphics: Intel HD Graphics 4000 1024 MB.

     

    Would this also be the logic board problem? Or a battery problem? I haven't tried removing the battery or anything else. Any advice?

  • by SumbodysNobody,

    SumbodysNobody SumbodysNobody Sep 26, 2015 4:13 PM in response to PSUTyler
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    Sep 26, 2015 4:13 PM in response to PSUTyler

    Well I took my macbook to a apple authorized dealer and they luckily had an extension on macbooks suffering from this problem. So they are replacing the logic board for free and I pay nothing. But I looked and your mid 2010 model wasn't a qualifying model. But they did have a pay $130 flat fee that covers all parts and labor for everything on out of warranty models. So maybe another dealer might have something like that for you.