Macbook Pro Nvidia chip problem: solved
Once upon a time my faithful macbook pro computer decided to bite the bullet. Just after the 2008 Drupalcon conference held in Szeged (Hungary). I have bought it from the USA sometime around August, 2007. It “died” around the first days of September. Right on time, after the one year warranty has expired. Of course I was very upset because
- I had work to do (even if I tend to be a bit lazy)
- I had an other laptop, but it is quite old, and very slow (1.5ghz 1gb ram, ibm t40) with windows on it
So after looking into the issue over the internet, I have found that there are lots of people with such problems. See this google search for more information, and…
See these threads on apple’s own support forums:
There is also a google document with very detailed information from various people having the same issue. The list is quite long, at the moment more than 250 entries are there.
Before I go into my short adventure, please be assured that if you are having the same problem, then Apple now has officially admitted that the problem exists, and they are doing a repair (replacing the logic board, a USD 1000 priced heart of the laptop) free of charge, if you have bought your computer in the last 2 years (since laptops affected are made between 2007 may - 2008 sep? this is fine). This is great news, but it was only posted on the 10th of October.

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