Comments on: Apple Officially Admits to Faulty NVIDIA GPUs http://gigaom.com/apple/apple-officially-admits-to-faulty-nvidia-gpus/ Fri, 10 Feb 2012 16:22:19 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Vincent http://gigaom.com/apple/apple-officially-admits-to-faulty-nvidia-gpus/#comment-584070 Mon, 31 Jan 2011 22:32:25 +0000 http://theappleblog.com/?p=6325#comment-584070 I have a MacBook pro 2.2 with the nvidia 8600m gt card. I had it fixed by apple in august of 2009 and everything was fine until December of 2010 so on Jan 3 of 2011 it was fixed at an apple store and was fine until Jan 30th of 2011 just 28 days later the video card has gone bad for a 3rd time and they want to replace the logic board again. Well enough is enough I now am asking apple to replace this mac with a brand new one. I doubt I will get it but I’m sure I will be taking myac in for a 4th repair of the video card soon

]]> By: Leo Hermano http://gigaom.com/apple/apple-officially-admits-to-faulty-nvidia-gpus/#comment-333197 Tue, 18 May 2010 13:47:49 +0000 http://theappleblog.com/?p=6325#comment-333197 I had the described problem with my MBP and took it to a local ASP (Planeta Virtual – Rio de Janeiro). They’ve recognized the problem almost immediattely and are taking care of it without any cost to me. Congrats to Planeta Vitual and Apple, the damage is controlled.

]]> By: Dirk Segerius http://gigaom.com/apple/apple-officially-admits-to-faulty-nvidia-gpus/#comment-333196 Sun, 28 Feb 2010 16:03:51 +0000 http://theappleblog.com/?p=6325#comment-333196 2008 24 inch iMac with a 3.06 intel processor and the Nvidia Geforce 8800 GS Graphics Card , burnt out, replaced jan 2010, burnt out march 2010

]]> By: Martin http://gigaom.com/apple/apple-officially-admits-to-faulty-nvidia-gpus/#comment-333195 Wed, 04 Nov 2009 09:55:28 +0000 http://theappleblog.com/?p=6325#comment-333195 I’ve got the same experience as in Singapore. I’ve now spent over $200 at authorized Apple service on diagnosis, claiming it not to be the aknowledged nVidia-problem. One service-center want me to pay $1.600 for a new logic-board, the other wants me to pay around $1.000 for a new display.

I have af 15″ MBP from 2007 with a NVIDIA GeForce 8600M GT graphics card. Symptoms come and go, but gets more and more constant.
The symptoms are: horisontal distorted flickering lines in several colours. Symptoms are present as soon, as the light in the display is on.
Spoke to Apple on the phone and did several test on the computer. They said that it most likely was this nVidia-problem covered by Apple.

Servicecenters though denied it. They did all the tests:
different RAM
external display
Resetting VRAM and PRAM
Apples hardware-test (said no problems)
Problem still present

They say, they used Apple’s dedicated test-tool, used to confirm this nVidia-error, and that they could not confirm it.
I’m not quite convinced yet, but don’t know what to do.

]]> By: za.IT http://gigaom.com/apple/apple-officially-admits-to-faulty-nvidia-gpus/#comment-333194 Wed, 12 Aug 2009 15:18:49 +0000 http://theappleblog.com/?p=6325#comment-333194 My experience with Apple Service Centre in Singapore is that these people always claim that the problem is due to the logic board so that we have to pay for repair. I know of 3 friends who experience this rubbish from Apple Singapore even though symptoms are similar to what stated in Apple’s website.

]]> By: Bad Service (1) | Stop Core http://gigaom.com/apple/apple-officially-admits-to-faulty-nvidia-gpus/#comment-333193 Tue, 14 Jul 2009 18:35:04 +0000 http://theappleblog.com/?p=6325#comment-333193 [...] that I do indeed have a graphics card issue. I then found out that this is a common problem with Macbook Pros that have NVIDIA graphics cards like my one and that Apple extend the standard one year warranty to two years for this fault. Given [...]

]]> By: Apple News » Apple/NVIDIA Rift to Spark Major Component Changes? http://gigaom.com/apple/apple-officially-admits-to-faulty-nvidia-gpus/#comment-333192 Thu, 02 Jul 2009 19:22:40 +0000 http://theappleblog.com/?p=6325#comment-333192 [...] 2007 and September 2008, you might be painfully aware of NVIDIA’s major screw-up in providing fundamentally faulty 8600M GT graphics processors for Apple computers, as well as others. Apple no doubt still remembers that, too, since the [...]

]]> By: Apple/NVIDIA Rift to Spark Major Component Changes? http://gigaom.com/apple/apple-officially-admits-to-faulty-nvidia-gpus/#comment-333191 Thu, 02 Jul 2009 17:03:41 +0000 http://theappleblog.com/?p=6325#comment-333191 [...] 2007 and September 2008, you might be painfully aware of NVIDIA’s major screw-up in providing fundamentally faulty 8600M GT graphics processors for Apple computers, as well as others. Apple no doubt still remembers that, too, since the [...]

]]> By: Bad Apples « charlesleaver.com http://gigaom.com/apple/apple-officially-admits-to-faulty-nvidia-gpus/#comment-333190 Mon, 08 Jun 2009 03:13:57 +0000 http://theappleblog.com/?p=6325#comment-333190 [...] that I do indeed have a graphics card issue. I then found out that this is a common problem with Macbook Pros that have NVIDIA graphics cards like my one and that Apple extend the standard one year warranty to two years for this fault. Given [...]

]]> By: Apple Extends MacBook Pro NVIDIA GeForce Service Policy to Three Years http://gigaom.com/apple/apple-officially-admits-to-faulty-nvidia-gpus/#comment-333189 Mon, 01 Jun 2009 13:45:03 +0000 http://theappleblog.com/?p=6325#comment-333189 [...] what evidently is a common defect in the NVIDIA GeForce 8600GT graphics processor units used in the May 2007 and [...]

]]> By: Miguel http://gigaom.com/apple/apple-officially-admits-to-faulty-nvidia-gpus/#comment-333188 Thu, 19 Feb 2009 16:26:07 +0000 http://theappleblog.com/?p=6325#comment-333188 I have the same problem and left my MBP 17″ in the Apple repair center on February 10. Today February 19 still waiting for the NVIDIA Logic board to be shipped from California Apple center. The problem was diagnosed the same day I left the computer but the part has not being yet shipped!! I love my computer but start hating Apple response time on this knoun issue. Should’n they have in stock these parts to rapidly replace their customers? I paid almost 3K for the machine but waithing the same time an PC owner for a part! Not good.

]]> By: Miguel http://gigaom.com/apple/apple-officially-admits-to-faulty-nvidia-gpus/#comment-333187 Thu, 19 Feb 2009 16:24:09 +0000 http://theappleblog.com/?p=6325#comment-333187 I have the same problem and left my MBP 17″ in the Apple repair center on February 10. Today February 19 still waiting for the NVIDIA Logic board to be shipped from California Apple center. The problem was diagnosed the same day I left the computer but the part has not being yet sipped!! I love my computer but start hating Apple response time on this knoun issue. Should’n they have in stock these parts to rapidly replace thei customers? I paid almost 3K for the machine but waithing the same time an PC owner for a part! Not good.

]]> By: Yasser Khan http://gigaom.com/apple/apple-officially-admits-to-faulty-nvidia-gpus/#comment-333186 Mon, 29 Dec 2008 22:12:34 +0000 http://theappleblog.com/?p=6325#comment-333186 I had the same problem and took it to the service centre. They immediately found the root cause to be the 8600Gt and immediately dispatched a new logic board from the US. Took time and I felt crippled without my mac but now its back in my hands.

]]> By: NVIDIA Killed My 2007 MacBook Pro | TheAppleBlog http://gigaom.com/apple/apple-officially-admits-to-faulty-nvidia-gpus/#comment-333185 Mon, 29 Dec 2008 15:22:52 +0000 http://theappleblog.com/?p=6325#comment-333185 [...] are failing at higher-than-normal rates. For readers who are not aware of this story, TheAppleBlog covered this piece of news back in [...]

]]> By: MacBook Air Acting Up, Just in Time for Holidays | TheAppleBlog http://gigaom.com/apple/apple-officially-admits-to-faulty-nvidia-gpus/#comment-333184 Mon, 08 Dec 2008 17:50:30 +0000 http://theappleblog.com/?p=6325#comment-333184 [...] of video problems begin to take on ominous connotations. Nvidia chips, after all, are behind video problems on older model MacBook Pros, a problem which was acknowledged to be the fault of the chip maker [...]

]]> By: Why Apple’s New Laptops Get Their Own GPUs - GigaOM http://gigaom.com/apple/apple-officially-admits-to-faulty-nvidia-gpus/#comment-333183 Tue, 14 Oct 2008 19:27:05 +0000 http://theappleblog.com/?p=6325#comment-333183 [...] It’s also a nice jab at its rival Intel, whose integrated graphics chips are what Nvidia is replacing. However, Intel plans to launch its own standalone graphics processor in 2009, which means Nvidia’s success could be short-lived. Especially if computer makers continue to see problems related to Nvidia’s chips in their desktops and laptops. [...]

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