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  • jagara9

    My MacBook Pro (2011) stopped working, weird graphical errors.

    Took it to an Apple authorized service provider. Ther verdict: fried GPU, not possible to repair.

    Took it to the dodgiest looking shop ever on Nørrebro in Copenhagen for a second opinion:

    "No problem - i have fixed this issue many times before in Syria". Is what the guy said.

    They fixed it. Appearently by reflowing (look it up!) the GPU. Price: 700 kr (100 $).

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    • looking up 'reflowing'
      awestruck.      Gnash
    • Apparently, all early 2011 MBP's have this issue. Apple even publicly apologised for it.jagara
    • apple even issued a recall and fixed them all free of chargemonospaced
    • @gnash Yup!jagara
    • Haha nice
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    • +1dBennn
    • @monospaced Yes, but that ship has sailed by now :/jagara
    • Oh, and he even gave me a 2 month guarantee - it it failed again in that timeframe, he would repair it again for free!jagara
    • check louis rossman links above, makes me happy that you didn't want to get screwed by appleGeorgesII
    • NEAT
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    • I had a macbook with this problem before. Weird visual artifacts on the screen. Looked like data/circuit bending.sublocked
    • this fix is not always guaranteeddrgs
    • So many things are like this in modern life. When a fan at my house stops, my wife says 'buy a new one!' but I think it could be fixed easily
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    • Apple replaced my board last year free of charge.. But as I hadn't used the machine in like 2 years, a few weeks later the battery expanded..autoflavour
    • YUP! Gotta have an elevated cooling fan.teh
    • I have this problem too!
      and came across this guy's video: https://www.youtube.…      lajj
    • Steve jobs dad was from Syria too. Coincident? I think not!pango
    • Isn't that how all the shops in Nørrebro look?jonny_quest_lives
    • Huh. I wonder if this would work on mine (if I replace the exploded battery first). It was having really bad heating and graphical issues.i_monk
    • autoflavour. For free?!!?!? i tried it last yead those fuckers wants to charge me 600.pango
    • what year model was it? mine was 2010.pango
    • @pango Early 2011jagara
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