Comments on: Apple Officially Admits to Faulty NVIDIA GPUs

By: Yasser Khan

Yasser Khan — Mon, 29 Dec 2008 22:12:34 +0000

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

NVIDIA Killed My 2007 MacBook Pro | TheAppleBlog — Mon, 29 Dec 2008 15:22:52 +0000

[...] 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

MacBook Air Acting Up, Just in Time for Holidays | TheAppleBlog — Mon, 08 Dec 2008 17:50:30 +0000

[...] 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

Why Apple’s New Laptops Get Their Own GPUs - GigaOM — Tue, 14 Oct 2008 19:27:05 +0000

[...] 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. [...]

By: LArry Vaughn

LArry Vaughn — Mon, 13 Oct 2008 05:21:24 +0000

I have an 07 model Imac 2.4 with an ATI Radeon HD 2600 pro graphics card. My whole desktop has strange black and white patterns, except near the icons. I can drag a rectangle over the whole ldc and the problem disappears.

Now that is strange and it’s ATI, not Nvidia.

By: zazaza

zazaza — Sat, 11 Oct 2008 19:24:56 +0000

Does it include THIS:

http://digg.com/apple/Apple_ignoring_display_problems_on_latest_MacBook_Pro_2008

??????????

Check out the Apple Forums Thread to discover the extent of the issue

By: n[ate]vw

n[ate]vw — Sat, 11 Oct 2008 04:57:25 +0000

@Gideon Yeah, I paid a bunch of money to get the GeForce 7300 in my 24″ plastic iMac fixed earlier this year. It was getting really bad. I’m still hoping Apple will eventually fess up and reimburse me, but not holding my breath.

By: Nick

Nick — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 22:14:40 +0000

Is there a way to replicate the problem to see if we have the issue? I have a late 07 MBP and would like to get it fixed if need be, but haven’t experienced the issue yet.

By: Gideon

Gideon — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 19:51:12 +0000

They REALLY need to own up to the problem with vid cards in the late 2006 iMacs. People are having strange graphics artifiacts all over, and Apple won’t own up to it. I have to run all my fans twice as fast just to keep it from happening.

By: Juan Nin

Juan Nin — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 19:44:16 +0000

My 15″ 2.4Ghz Macbook Pro bought on june 2007 experienced this problem around 3 weeks ago.

One day I came to the office and when turning it on, I could hear it boot, but no display, and no display on external monitor either.

Sent it to Apple authorized service provider and a couple of days after they told me there was something broken on the Logic Controller (motherboard), very possibly the video card.

Despite of the fact that my MBP was already out of guarantee, Apple took care of the repair.

The new motherboard left USA on the 26th September, it’s still at customs, they take a lot in there here (between 15 and 20 days) so I hope it’s ready for next week.

Another guy from the local MUG here had the same exact problem some days after me.