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This is an 820-2915 board from 2011. No we do NOT pay to replace the board in this machine! This is a waste of money! You run GPUtest and prime95 all day long until the GPU dies, then you take it to Apple for them to replace this $@$* board for free. https://www.apple.com/support/macbookpro… Then the moment you get it back fixed, at no cost to you, you sell it and put that money towards a new machine. You spend $2000 or $3000 for a top of the line product, you do not deserve to be stuck with a lemon piece of trash board just because Apple wants you to buy a new machine. Get your money back from this one. You can fit an 820-3330 board in there, which comes with a next generation ivy bridge processor(upgrade from sandy bridge processor), a superior GPU that doesn’t die for no reason, and a much cooler system with better battery life. The only jerry rigging required here is trying to get the older LVDS cable to fit into the newer connector properly, this is a nightmare. In this case you are spending $700 of your own money for a minor upgrade, which I do not think is a good idea at all. I strongly suggest going the route of properly murdering your malfunctioning machine, then giving it to Apple to fix for free, then reselling it and using that money to buy a Retina. You have to murder it because they will sell you a GTFO and use ANY EXCUSE AT THEIR DISPOSAL to not cover you under the extended warranty program. This is how Apple works, the focus is on their wallet and bottom line not what is fair to the user that gave them three thousand dollars. So that GPU has to be dead and proper &&^&@@ before you go o the store.
The water damage negates Apple being at fault here. Did you check your serial number at the link Louis gave you.
Hey guys, i have this Macbook Pro 15 model 2011, i read much about it & i know they have a GPU problem which i have, & that it is a free logicboad replacable, so any idea whom to contact & how. it is a manufacturer malfunction
Hello I had this problem, I had my mbp atended for it, and the Logic Board replaced . After the 90 day warranty period expired … it started failing, and I am just cruising forums to see if I find solutions or similar problems. It seems pretty bad, because now I took the laptop to an authorized dealer and service… And the test doesn’t show the problem..they see it happening, but the test…. I have a sad theory that Apple just made some $@$*!& replacement and made it so the test wouldn’t make it in the programme again…I hope I can find something, or some way to get some money for this one to get the ridicusly expensive Mbps from last year…. Hate this.
