Apple Offers Support for MacBooks with Failing Nvidia GPUs
The same mobile GPU problem that is affecting other manufacturers is being acknowledged by Apple as affecting several models of the MacBook. Apple will repair a faulty MacBook free of charge if the Nvidia GPU is failing or has failed and will refund users who already had the repairs done.
The same mobile GPU problem that is affecting other manufacturers is being acknowledged by Apple as affecting several models of the MacBook. Apple will repair a faulty MacBook free of charge if the Nvidia GPU is failing or has failed and will refund users who already had the repairs done.
The affected notebooks include several MacBook Pro models: the 17-inch notebook, with a 2.4-GHz CPU; the 15-inch model, with either a 2.2-GHz or 2.4-GHz CPU; and MacBook Pros shipped in early 2008. All told, the affected MacBook Pros were manufactured between May 2007 and Sept. 2008, and all contain an Nvidia GeForce 8600M GT graphics chip.
