Getting snow leopard original dvd
Hey there.
I have an old mid-2010 Macbook Pro 15" (Model MacBookPro6,2), that came with Snow Leopard preinstalled. Thing is that this particular machine is affected by the infamous Nvidia crash (example thread) leading to a really unstable system.
This computer used Snow Leopard with no problems at all until it got upgraded to Mountain Lion (Lion was skipped), and then the crashes started and stuff. Since more than a couple years had passed from the adquisition of the computer, it was not eligible for a free repair.
Now using anything like Lion or above makes the computer unstable, and the repair is a bit too expensive, note that if it wasn't repaired earlier it's because we finally got a brand new MacBook Pro, leaving this one to rust, but we want to "recycle" it and give him a new life.
And now comes the real question: Where to get the original DVD that came with the computer? I cannot install from the standard SL Retail DVD, since it lacks the drivers for this specific model. Lost the DVD years ago, and cannot find it anywhere. It supposeddly came with Snow Leopard 10.6.3, I guess that anything from that version not belonging to another Mac/iMac model should be fine, but in the Apple Store there is just a Retail SL DVD (which I already do have) and there aren't the specific DVDs.
I may or may not repair this in some time, but I hope that by reinstalling Snow Leopard the crashes go away.
PD: I've tried several Snow Leopard installs, starting from the retail, and none of those has ever succeeded. It won't even start installing it, saying that the version is not appropiate for the computer.
For duplicate installation disks you will have to contact Apple Customer Service. You will have to provide them with the MBP serial number (on the bottom) and there is a charge.
You might also download this software which will allow you to select the integrated GPU and make your MBP a bit more user friendly. There will be a graphics performance decrease.
https://gfx.io/
Ciao.
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