HT203254 My MacBook Pro 15-inch with NVIDIA GeForce 8600M GT graphics processors just failed. Do you guys know if apple still fixes them?

My MacBook Pro 15-inch with NVIDIA GeForce 8600M GT graphics processors just failed. Do you guys know if apple still fixes them?

I tried last week. The best I could get was a discount on the repair, but the damage to my logic board by the GPU caused it to no longer boot. The program ended in December last year, but it has been extended in the past.
If you have no other damage you might be able to get a flat rate tier 1 repair if you are in the USA.

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    Hi,
    I just want to know if my mac book pro 2008 15" with NVIDIA GeForce 8600M GT graphics processor can be changed or repaired?My Mac doesnt have display on it...Sometimes it shows up...but after a while its black screen again..tnx

    It's a little late for me to jump into your discussion, I only read it when I posted an issue with the same model.
    Well, I hope you got it fixed soon enough in 2012, because as I learned in the past few days after purchasing that model and reading up on the issues, Apple stopped the care for this fault on December 7th or so in 2012.
    Seeing that people still get problems due to that graphics card, I should try to return the used one I just bought. I might run well now, but who knows how long.

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    Hello,
    I booted my MBP 2.5Ghz Core 2 Duo this morning and was greeted with a startup chime and then a pink 'chequer board' effect on screen while the apple logo appears faintly in the background. The OS doesn't ever load because the startup sequence seems to freeze shortly after this.
    I think this sounds like the infamous NVIDIA GeForce 8600M GT graphics processor failure
    If so, am I correct in thinking Apple may still be addressing the failure, free of charge. I think it's supposed to be up to 4 years from date of purchase, but given that this macbook was discontinued in Oct 2008, and it's now sept 2012 it would make it very tight, perhaps even exceeding the cutoff, becuase I can't remember the purchase date.
    Does anyone know the restrictions to this offer? Do you need the original receipt/invoice? Does the MBP need to be standard, or can it have been upgraded with SSD or 2nd Hard Drive, or anything? Are they even strict on the cutoff date? Anyone have any experience on what to expect? I'm fearing the loss of time and projects while this is being sorted out
    Thanks all.

    It's a little late for me to jump into your discussion, I only read it when I posted an issue with the same model.
    Well, I hope you got it fixed soon enough in 2012, because as I learned in the past few days after purchasing that model and reading up on the issues, Apple stopped the care for this fault on December 7th or so in 2012.
    Seeing that people still get problems due to that graphics card, I should try to return the used one I just bought. I might run well now, but who knows how long.

  • NVIDIA GeForce 8600M GT graphics processor Macbook Pro 15 in model June 2007

    Screen black out with power on, read on the web that this is due to manufacturing defect of NVIDIA GeForce 8600M GT graphics processor, will i still get the free replacement from Apple service centre?

    Hi
    Are you getting the MacBook Pro repaired ?

  • HT203254 Can you find a NVIDIA GeForce 8600M GT graphics processors

    Where Can you find a NVIDIA GeForce 8600M GT graphics processors. I need one for my MacBook Pro 15" A1260.

    the GPU is soldered on the logic board. you would need to buy a new logic board.

  • Early 2008 MBP w/ NVIDIA GeForce 8600M GT graphics processor fail

    My beautiful Macbook Pro 17" (early 2008) just started getting stripes on the screen and randomly shutting down; research and a call to a local Mac repair person say this is the known problem with the NVIDIA GeForce 8600M GT graphics processor.
    What do I do now considering the class action suit in the States, and it being 2014? Do I take it to my nearest Apple store and request a fix/replacement?
    I've been a Mac user since the early 6100, moved to my beautiful G4 ('Albert', as he was lovingly known), then on to the eMac 800. Bought the Macbook Pro 17" in May 2008 because I needed it to travel with but now it's presenting with vertical stripes and will suddenly shut down for no reason.
    Have a Mac Mini which is my main machine, but I really need the MPB for when I travel abroad.
    I don't think it's fair that the machine I bought, which I now I find out has a known issue with the graphics card, won't get dealt with because Apple closed the replacement programme in December 2012 (according to this page on Apple MacBook Pro: Distorted video or no video issues). And if it's a known faulty piece of hardware that was installed in their machines, how can there be a time limit on the replacement? If I only use my machine once in a blue moon that means it will, logically, fail much later that a person who uses a machine every day, so why do I lose out. I spent just the same amount of money to buy the new machine as everyone else so where are my consumer rights?
    If there's an Apple representative that would like to respond and resolve my issue, I would be grateful. I can take my machine to the nearest Apple 'genius' bar tomorrow for the diagnostic to prove it's a faulty Nvidia graphics processor.
    I'm hoping my dad with his Dell PC, which he bought in 2005 and is still running, is not right to scoff at my Mac love!
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    Tracy Shorrock
    @Freelancealot

    Hi Kappy,
    I found my nearest UK store in Solihull, but it tells me there's no availability for appointments with people with Macs until Friday at 4pm!!! I'll be leaving the country on Thursday and need this sorted out before then.
    I don't want to delay my flight, drive all the way to Solihull to be told my MBP is out of the time perioid available for the replacement programme. What exactly do you mean by 'take it in for a service'? If it's the Nvidia card as everything points to, what will they do?
    Thanks for your time, and suggestions.
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  • NVIDIA GeForce 8600M GT graphics processors issue

    Hello.
    i have this problem:
    http://support.apple.com/kb/ts2377
    Just wondering how much would it cost to fix it? would it be worth it? or should i just get a new computer..
    thnks!

    " fails within four years of the original date of purchase, a repair will be done free of charge, even if your MacBook Pro is out of warranty."
    I would take it to an Apple Retail Store or an Apple Authorized Service Provider  (AASP) for evaluation, or call your nearest Apple Contact Center. Visit the Genius Bar at the Apple Retail Store,  make a reservation.

  • MacBook Pro 15" Display Failure- Nvidia GeForce 8600M GT

    some people are getting positive tests and some are not. what is the deal? clearly the problem is all the same. i think apple needs to step up and realize that any computer shipped out with this gpu is a failure. quite frankly i've read tons of people sending it back for a 3rd and 4th time because the "logic board" has failed again. no apple its clearly the graphics card.
    i hope i get some decent service tomorrow at the apple store. apple is really beginning to make me question whether it was worth paying over 2k for a laptop which didn't even last 2 years

    Purchased my MA896LL in Jun 07, the original video card failed in Aug 08, before Apple offered the 'xtended Nvidia warranty program' ... w/ no applecare, I told the apple store and their phone support of this known issue being reported, after alot of negotiating they repaired for free ... was satisfied with response at the time ... until almost exactly a year later in June 09 the same problem started again, distorted video etc ... went to 2 differant apple stores, they both ran the infamous Nvidia test, both said it was not the GPU ... I told them it was a matter of time until it failed completely and in Aug 09 it did ... verified failure @ apple store, computer is out for repair under the xtended warranty ... 2nd failure !!! to me its very clear this is not a issue of a bad lot of graphics cards but a design issue, and I'm confident it will fail again in another year ... to their credit Apple has been helpful but replacing the logic board is just a bandaid ... in my opinion the only proper solution is to replace failed MBP's with a new model w/o this design issue, and bill Nvidia for it ...

  • HT203254 NVIDIA GeForce 8600M GT graphics processors

    How much does this repair cost now that Apple is no longer covering the expense?

    the GPU is soldered on the logic board. you would need to buy a new logic board.

  • MacBook Pro met NVIDIA GeForce 8600M GT-grafische processors: vervormd beeld of geen beeld (2007-2008)

    Re: Artikel: TS2377, Apple website (MacBook Pro: Distorted video or no video issues)
    Specifieke producten waarop dit van invloed is:
    MacBook Pro 15-inch en 17-inch-modellen met NVIDIA GeForce 8600M GT-grafische processors
    MacBook Pro gebuikers opgelet!
    Letterlijke tekst op de Apple website: "In juli 2008 heeft NVIDIA openlijk toegegeven dat er een hoger percentage defecten bij de grafische processors is dan normaal, vanwege een verpakkingsfout. Tegelijkertijd verzekerde NVIDIA Apple ervan dat het probleem niet gold voor Mac-computers met deze grafische processors. Na het uitvoeren van een onderzoek constateerde Apple echter dat het probleem mogelijk gold voor enkele MacBook Pro-computers met de grafische processor NVIDIA GeForce 8600M GT. Als de grafische processor van NVIDIA in uw MacBook Pro defect is of binnen vier jaar na de datum van aankoop defect raakt, wordt er kosteloos een reparatie uitgevoerd, zelfs als de garantieperiode van uw MacBook Pro is verstreken."
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    "Een vervormd of een verdraaid beeld op het computerscherm. Geen beeld op het computerscherm (of extern beeldscherm), zelfs wanneer de computer is ingeschakeld"
    Mijn ervaring met de Apple helpdesk:
    Ik kocht mijn MacBook Pro 17-inch-model in de week voor Kerst 2007. In december 2011 was de MacBook nog geen 4 jaar oud toen de kuren begonnen.
    Ik had net een upgrade gedaan van OSX Snow Leopard naar Lion, en ik verweet Lion dat het meer gebruik maakt van geheugen en video: de laptop werd heet en de fan blies bij het minste of geringste.  Met als gevolg dat de laptop hing (in jargon op internet fora: 'freeze of the screen').
    Op enig moment ontstond dit verschijnsel al tijdens het opstarten.  Soms moest ik wel 20 keer rebooten om de MacBook aan de praat te krijgen. Ik wisselde Memory chips op aanraden van iemand op een forum, batterij er uit start knop indrukken en battarij er weer in, maar niets hielp. Dit gebeurde steeds vaker en ik zocht op internet naar vergelijkbare kenmerken.
    Alles wat er op internet over dit onderwerp te lezen valt heb ik gelezen.Die waren er in overvloed maar de relatie met de videokaart vond ik pas rond de Kerst 2011 toe iemand verwees naar bovenstaan artikel TS2377 op de Apple Website. De relatie werd mij duidelijk omdat de computer niet hangt: de harde schijf reutelde door maar de muis was onbewegelijk.
    Begin januari ging ik twee weken op vakantie, maar bij thuiskomst kreeg ik de MacBook pro helemaal niet meer aan de praat. Ik baalde stevig omdat ik de MacBook pro voor mijn werk nodig heb zodat ik de laptop naar een door Apple erkende serviceprovider (AASP)  bracht.
    Wat blijkt? Had ik de MacBook pro een maand eerder gebracht dan wilde Apple de kosten van vervanging van het moederbord (waar de grafische processor op is gemonteerd) vergoeden. Sterker nog, de Apple helpdesk verklaart dat de computer geen dag later dan 4 jaar oud mag zijn om voor de regeling in aanmerking te komen.
    Dus mensen die twijfelen: DIRECT contact opnemen met een door Apple erkende serviceprovider en die datum schriftelijk laten bastleggen als BEWIJS voor later! (advies van de Apple helpdesk)
    Ik heb sterk het vermoeden dat door de hitte als gevolg van het gebruik van Lion, het soldeerwerk van de processor slechte verbinding is gaan maken. Dat de MacBook Pro 27 inch heet wordt is een algemeen bekend verschijnsel. Nog geen jaar geleden moest ik de bartterij vernieuwen (drie jaar na aaschaf), omdat deze deze zo bol ging staan dat het trackpad niet meer functioneerde. Maar Apple geeft helaas ook geen garantie op batterijen!
    Ik betreur dat Apple geen coulance betracht met mijn - verder nog prima functionerende - MacBook Pro 17-inch met NVIDIA GeForce 8600M GT-grafische processor.  De eneige oplossing die ik nog zie is aanspraak maken op het 'consumentenrecht'. Ik adviseer iedereen dan ook contact op te nemen met de rechtsbijstandverzekering als Apple in deze casus niet meewerkt.
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    Bart Lensink

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