Comments on: PSA: MacBook Pros with Nvidia graphics chips may be faulty [Update]

By: SONICast

SONICast — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 01:55:25 +0000

oh yeah this definitely just happened to me.i had the scrambled video and everything.my macbook pro wouldn’t even start up.it would just freeze at the gray apple screen.but i went to an apple store and luckly apple was great about it and i sent it in.it came back in 7 days and it seems fine now.i got my macbook pro about a year and a half ago btw.

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By: Suraj Singh's slave

Suraj Singh's slave — Wed, 15 Oct 2008 02:16:59 +0000

The way I see it, they should be offering us a huge rebate, if not a complementary i-mac?!!! Any mac genius out there that can tell us how to approach the store without moaning, and actually get some compensation?

By: Suraj Singh

Suraj Singh — Wed, 15 Oct 2008 02:13:58 +0000

I wandered what was the matter with all my videos since my MacBook was replaced for overheating. I am on my fourth MacBook Pro now (replacements), and ironically the last included a graphics card upgrade. Absolutely gutted. Nevertheless – I wouldn’t want any other notebook. This is a pain, because I now have to moan to the Store, and hope the next machine isn’t faulty!!!!

Grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr. Still love Apple. The way we see it, when you are trying to raise standards, things won’t always go smoothly.

By: RiO

RiO — Mon, 13 Oct 2008 15:03:18 +0000

I guess it was only a matter of time before Macbooks were affected. XPS M1330 users have been having trouble with 8400M equipped notebooks for 10 months now, I’m one of them. It’s called the vertical line issue, but I can see how it’s connected with the corrupt display of the Macbook Pro.

By: george

george — Mon, 13 Oct 2008 10:20:16 +0000

finally, this issue is killing me and Im outside of warranty and couldnt afford to fix it…..

By: rt

rt — Mon, 13 Oct 2008 07:37:03 +0000

I had a vertical green line in the middle of my screen. Was under Apple care and they changed the screen.

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Sun, 12 Oct 2008 05:34:23 +0000

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By: Keegy United States - MacBook Pro’s Riddled with Faulty Nvidia Graphics Cards?

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By: ginswizzle

ginswizzle — Sat, 11 Oct 2008 00:14:43 +0000

Here’s a photo I took of my 15″ MBP (early 2008) having display problems…

http://jonprice.posterous.com/cupertino-i-think-we-have-a-pr

Only happened a couple of times, usually when waking from sleep with VMware Fusion running Win XP or Vista. At the time I always think, “I still haven’t learned… Windows will get me one way or the other.”

I guess the headline on my photo should read “Santa Clara, I think we have a problem.”

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Mundo Mac » MacBook Pro con problemas a causa de chipsets Nvida — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 23:04:34 +0000

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By: Benjamin

Benjamin — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 22:26:23 +0000

Mine has been doing this too. Just when the MBP is warming up.
The screen goes into a weird purple and black flickering mode.

But once it has warmed up it seems to stop….

I’ve also found that if I press hard on the back, down where the screen attaches to the body it goes away faster.

By: Daniel Jones

Daniel Jones — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 22:07:29 +0000

I have had some video issues like this when an running XP Pro instance in Parallels.

By: Daniel Jones

Daniel Jones — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 22:07:29 +0000

I have had some video issues like this when an running XP Pro instance in Parallels.

By: cee

cee — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 22:01:34 +0000

This happened to mine a week ago, but hasn’t happened since. I imagine it will get progressively worse?

By: cee

cee — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 22:01:33 +0000

This happened to mine a week ago, but hasn’t happened since. I imagine it will get progressively worse?

By: moni

moni — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 21:47:47 +0000

If anyone’s curious as to what this actually looks like when it happens… here’s a picture I snapped:

http://flickr.com/photos/musicamang/2506988747/

It happened to me a couple of times early in the life of the machine, but hasn’t done so recently. Often times happened when it was waking up from sleep.

Glad to hear it’s being resolved.

By: Johnny A

Johnny A — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 20:51:34 +0000

They aren’t called MacBook Pro‘s….

…it should just be MacBook Pros (no apostrophe)

Where did you learn grammar from??

By: Tostada-man

Tostada-man — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 20:49:00 +0000

Translation of NVIDIA statement ( yes, it does requires one, dude!)

Attention MacBook Customers:

Yes, we screwed it up. Big time. OMDG, we really screwed it up.

Apple will fix it, and charge us 45% over the costs of the video cards.

But not to worry. We will laid-off some people to make up for it. They had nothing to do with the big “oops”, but we can’t fire the PM’s, nor any other Manager. You know, accountability only applies to the lower casts. If you drive a BMW, Mercedes, Audi or more expensive, you’re cool. Hondas, Toyotas, Ford and Chevy’s….well, the poor bastards will not know what hit them.

Let’s meet at Santana Row to discuss…

By: RBLent

RBLent — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 20:43:07 +0000

Hmmm. What are the symptoms of 8600GT issues?

My MB Pro 15″ is a June/July 2007 build with LED backlighting. The system has been solid (use it for traveling) but the matte screen has VERY washed-out colors as compared to my Samsung desktop 19″ LCD screen. Resetting and tweaking all the display controls does nothing for the 15″ display.

Come to think of it, the 19″ external display is far more saturated when used with the Mac than the Mac’s own screen. Ok, so it’s not the graphics chipset. Still … anyone got any ideas about how to increase color saturation on a mid-2007 15″ MBP with LED backlighting?

Thanks!