http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/10/apple-says-some-macbook-pros-hit-by-faulty-nvidia-chips/ Engadget Comments for Apple says some MacBook Pros hit by faulty NVIDIA chips http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/10/apple-says-some-macbook-pros-hit-by-faulty-nvidia-chips/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/10/apple-says-some-macbook-pros-hit-by-faulty-nvidia-chips/..

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I've also had scrambled video intermittently.. Anyone know if that's covered?]]>Oct 10th 2008 12:58PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/10/apple-says-some-macbook-pros-hit-by-faulty-nvidia-chips/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/10/apple-says-some-macbook-pros-hit-by-faulty-nvidia-chips/Oct 10th 2008 1:07PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/10/apple-says-some-macbook-pros-hit-by-faulty-nvidia-chips/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/10/apple-says-some-macbook-pros-hit-by-faulty-nvidia-chips/
(I bought applecare just to fix this......)]]>Oct 10th 2008 2:31PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/10/apple-says-some-macbook-pros-hit-by-faulty-nvidia-chips/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/10/apple-says-some-macbook-pros-hit-by-faulty-nvidia-chips/Oct 10th 2008 2:34PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/10/apple-says-some-macbook-pros-hit-by-faulty-nvidia-chips/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/10/apple-says-some-macbook-pros-hit-by-faulty-nvidia-chips/]]>Oct 10th 2008 2:34PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/10/apple-says-some-macbook-pros-hit-by-faulty-nvidia-chips/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/10/apple-says-some-macbook-pros-hit-by-faulty-nvidia-chips/Oct 10th 2008 12:58PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/10/apple-says-some-macbook-pros-hit-by-faulty-nvidia-chips/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/10/apple-says-some-macbook-pros-hit-by-faulty-nvidia-chips/Oct 10th 2008 1:01PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/10/apple-says-some-macbook-pros-hit-by-faulty-nvidia-chips/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/10/apple-says-some-macbook-pros-hit-by-faulty-nvidia-chips/Oct 10th 2008 1:04PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/10/apple-says-some-macbook-pros-hit-by-faulty-nvidia-chips/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/10/apple-says-some-macbook-pros-hit-by-faulty-nvidia-chips/Oct 10th 2008 1:04PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/10/apple-says-some-macbook-pros-hit-by-faulty-nvidia-chips/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/10/apple-says-some-macbook-pros-hit-by-faulty-nvidia-chips/Oct 10th 2008 1:10PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/10/apple-says-some-macbook-pros-hit-by-faulty-nvidia-chips/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/10/apple-says-some-macbook-pros-hit-by-faulty-nvidia-chips/Oct 10th 2008 1:36PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/10/apple-says-some-macbook-pros-hit-by-faulty-nvidia-chips/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/10/apple-says-some-macbook-pros-hit-by-faulty-nvidia-chips/Oct 10th 2008 1:42PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/10/apple-says-some-macbook-pros-hit-by-faulty-nvidia-chips/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/10/apple-says-some-macbook-pros-hit-by-faulty-nvidia-chips/
Turned out the LCD was just hosed. But they replaced it for free anyway and shipped it back to me, overnight, the day they received it.

Apple can sometimes be slow to acknowledge issues but they tend to be damn good about service.]]>Oct 10th 2008 2:05PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/10/apple-says-some-macbook-pros-hit-by-faulty-nvidia-chips/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/10/apple-says-some-macbook-pros-hit-by-faulty-nvidia-chips/Oct 10th 2008 1:08PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/10/apple-says-some-macbook-pros-hit-by-faulty-nvidia-chips/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/10/apple-says-some-macbook-pros-hit-by-faulty-nvidia-chips/
Sorry, I don't buy that. If that's true it's not the whole story.]]>Oct 10th 2008 3:43PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/10/apple-says-some-macbook-pros-hit-by-faulty-nvidia-chips/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/10/apple-says-some-macbook-pros-hit-by-faulty-nvidia-chips/Oct 13th 2008 12:47PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/10/apple-says-some-macbook-pros-hit-by-faulty-nvidia-chips/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/10/apple-says-some-macbook-pros-hit-by-faulty-nvidia-chips/Oct 10th 2008 1:09PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/10/apple-says-some-macbook-pros-hit-by-faulty-nvidia-chips/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/10/apple-says-some-macbook-pros-hit-by-faulty-nvidia-chips/Oct 10th 2008 2:13PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/10/apple-says-some-macbook-pros-hit-by-faulty-nvidia-chips/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/10/apple-says-some-macbook-pros-hit-by-faulty-nvidia-chips/
1. close the lid...put it to sleep
2. attach your external display to the DVI out port
3. plug in a usb...whatever USB...and it will display the output to the external display and leave the internal display off...
4. after it wakes up to the external display, you can open and close the macbook lid to access the trackpad and keyboard...]]>Oct 10th 2008 3:04PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/10/apple-says-some-macbook-pros-hit-by-faulty-nvidia-chips/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/10/apple-says-some-macbook-pros-hit-by-faulty-nvidia-chips/Oct 10th 2008 1:14PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/10/apple-says-some-macbook-pros-hit-by-faulty-nvidia-chips/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/10/apple-says-some-macbook-pros-hit-by-faulty-nvidia-chips/you need to simmer down]]>Oct 10th 2008 1:18PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/10/apple-says-some-macbook-pros-hit-by-faulty-nvidia-chips/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/10/apple-says-some-macbook-pros-hit-by-faulty-nvidia-chips/
They need straighten up their shit.]]>Oct 10th 2008 1:15PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/10/apple-says-some-macbook-pros-hit-by-faulty-nvidia-chips/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/10/apple-says-some-macbook-pros-hit-by-faulty-nvidia-chips/Oct 10th 2008 2:05PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/10/apple-says-some-macbook-pros-hit-by-faulty-nvidia-chips/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/10/apple-says-some-macbook-pros-hit-by-faulty-nvidia-chips/Oct 10th 2008 4:13PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/10/apple-says-some-macbook-pros-hit-by-faulty-nvidia-chips/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/10/apple-says-some-macbook-pros-hit-by-faulty-nvidia-chips/
If i were Apple, i would be ditching NVIDIA for good. Their bad products are now reflecting onto the likes of Apple, Dell etc which arent really at fault.

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Go read the original tech note... somehow this part has been missing from the engadget article. IF Nvidia is LYING to apple then the only thing apple can do is to investigate on that issue on its own, and they won't be able to say anything until they have found some hard evidence.]]>Oct 10th 2008 2:30PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/10/apple-says-some-macbook-pros-hit-by-faulty-nvidia-chips/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/10/apple-says-some-macbook-pros-hit-by-faulty-nvidia-chips/
Although I have noticed that the GPU temperatures are REALLY high! I mean, they're always 55-60+ degree celcius and it's not possible to keep it on my lap after a while....]]>Oct 10th 2008 1:33PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/10/apple-says-some-macbook-pros-hit-by-faulty-nvidia-chips/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/10/apple-says-some-macbook-pros-hit-by-faulty-nvidia-chips/Oct 10th 2008 1:44PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/10/apple-says-some-macbook-pros-hit-by-faulty-nvidia-chips/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/10/apple-says-some-macbook-pros-hit-by-faulty-nvidia-chips/Oct 11th 2008 2:15PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/10/apple-says-some-macbook-pros-hit-by-faulty-nvidia-chips/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/10/apple-says-some-macbook-pros-hit-by-faulty-nvidia-chips/In that case, Steve will have to repeat the Lets Rock event statement "They should start shipping early next week...."]]>Oct 10th 2008 1:51PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/10/apple-says-some-macbook-pros-hit-by-faulty-nvidia-chips/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/10/apple-says-some-macbook-pros-hit-by-faulty-nvidia-chips/Oct 10th 2008 3:45PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/10/apple-says-some-macbook-pros-hit-by-faulty-nvidia-chips/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/10/apple-says-some-macbook-pros-hit-by-faulty-nvidia-chips/Oct 10th 2008 1:59PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/10/apple-says-some-macbook-pros-hit-by-faulty-nvidia-chips/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/10/apple-says-some-macbook-pros-hit-by-faulty-nvidia-chips/
i am a college student and cant afford laptop failure since its my main computer and it sounds like this is a problem waiting to happen.]]>Oct 10th 2008 2:07PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/10/apple-says-some-macbook-pros-hit-by-faulty-nvidia-chips/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/10/apple-says-some-macbook-pros-hit-by-faulty-nvidia-chips/Oct 10th 2008 2:12PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/10/apple-says-some-macbook-pros-hit-by-faulty-nvidia-chips/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/10/apple-says-some-macbook-pros-hit-by-faulty-nvidia-chips/Oct 10th 2008 2:18PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/10/apple-says-some-macbook-pros-hit-by-faulty-nvidia-chips/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/10/apple-says-some-macbook-pros-hit-by-faulty-nvidia-chips/
http://www.pcper.com/article.php?aid=626
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When I used a g4 and a g5 in school for a few years, I found them to be no more stable or speedy than any system I had built. Sure they had their little benefits like a glowing button here, and a GUI that rendered fonts and vector art beautifully. But all the arguments telling me I should get one of these never actually justified giving up PC Gaming, custom rigs, and true Power user flexibility.

Well, I blame an overwhelming love for apple on ignorance. Most people I know that absolutely hate their pc's and have "switched" have had their PC's bombarded with virii, trojans, and malware to the point where it beggs for mercy every time the power is on. Whereas I haven't had anything close to a hiccup in the last 4 years since I upgraded to SLI in my last rig and my PSU wasn't up to the task.]]>Oct 10th 2008 2:44PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/10/apple-says-some-macbook-pros-hit-by-faulty-nvidia-chips/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/10/apple-says-some-macbook-pros-hit-by-faulty-nvidia-chips/Oct 10th 2008 3:39PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/10/apple-says-some-macbook-pros-hit-by-faulty-nvidia-chips/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/10/apple-says-some-macbook-pros-hit-by-faulty-nvidia-chips/
"In July 2008, NVIDIA publicly acknowledged a higher than normal failure rate for some of their graphics processors due to a packaging defect. At that same time, NVIDIA assured Apple that Mac computers with these graphics processors were not affected."

Go read the original tech note... somehow this part has been missing from the engadget article. IF Nvidia is LYING to apple then the only thing apple can do is to investigate on that issue on its own, and they won't be able to say anything until they have found some hard evidence.

Courtesy eoy]]>Oct 10th 2008 6:54PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/10/apple-says-some-macbook-pros-hit-by-faulty-nvidia-chips/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/10/apple-says-some-macbook-pros-hit-by-faulty-nvidia-chips/
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7dH3S3yhElM

... say what again?]]>Oct 10th 2008 4:34PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/10/apple-says-some-macbook-pros-hit-by-faulty-nvidia-chips/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/10/apple-says-some-macbook-pros-hit-by-faulty-nvidia-chips/Oct 10th 2008 6:58PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/10/apple-says-some-macbook-pros-hit-by-faulty-nvidia-chips/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/10/apple-says-some-macbook-pros-hit-by-faulty-nvidia-chips/Oct 10th 2008 5:36PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/10/apple-says-some-macbook-pros-hit-by-faulty-nvidia-chips/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/10/apple-says-some-macbook-pros-hit-by-faulty-nvidia-chips/Oct 11th 2008 3:30AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/10/apple-says-some-macbook-pros-hit-by-faulty-nvidia-chips/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/10/apple-says-some-macbook-pros-hit-by-faulty-nvidia-chips/Oct 12th 2008 9:40PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/10/apple-says-some-macbook-pros-hit-by-faulty-nvidia-chips/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/10/apple-says-some-macbook-pros-hit-by-faulty-nvidia-chips/http://www.flickr.com/photos/henrikmoltke/3316719348/?editedcomment=1#comment72157614808549641
While I do understand that Apple cannot control quality on every component delivered by third parties, I find it really annoying having to spend 1-3 weeks every year moving around between different systems; waiting for repairs etc etc. For a computer this expensive, I would expect better. Then again, Apple do their best]]>Mar 8th 2009 3:17PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/10/apple-says-some-macbook-pros-hit-by-faulty-nvidia-chips/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/10/apple-says-some-macbook-pros-hit-by-faulty-nvidia-chips/]]>Jun 18th 2010 10:08AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/10/apple-says-some-macbook-pros-hit-by-faulty-nvidia-chips/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/10/apple-says-some-macbook-pros-hit-by-faulty-nvidia-chips/Jun 21st 2010 7:38AM