Not "re-balling", not "reflowing", not "baking". The only real way to fix this problem is to replace the AMD chip alone. The Apple Repair Extension program is not available anymore. Only with a threatened class-action law suit Apple was finally pressured into offering a so called "Repair Extension Program". This scandal took on the name of RadeonGate. Apple knew this and acted like a typical Soapy Smith, only reacting to this after an outrage. The thermal management and the generated heat together with the robustness of the discrete AMD graphics chips do not match up very well. its been almos two months since I tried this) It saves you a lot of frustration!!!Īll MacBook Pros from 2011 have a serious design defect. Please Spread this fix to all users you know with this issue. This MBP was repaired under the Apple Extension Repair plan in 2015 and failed again in 2018. This Article I found made mi MBP2011 boot again using only the i7 Intel HD3000!!! No Safe Mode 256 colors and slow graphic issues. I had to try a couple of times and clean it before I got the screen to work again. It worked for me, but its an awkward cable to reconnect. Some people had issue with re-connecting the LCD cable. I put in a mid 2012 board-with the heat sinks still attached and that solved the problem. BUT the mid2012 motherboard corrected the issue and can directly replace the 2011 one (not the late2012 board, that's when Apple upgraded to the retina display). Controlling the temperature might help or postpone the problem. Apparently its a solder joint somewhere on the GPU getting thermally stressed and cracks. I took it to Apple in 2015 and they explained it was a known logic board issue and repaired it even though it was out of warranty. Gets worse over time and leads to a frozen computer. To use a display, stay on Dynamic Switching.I had the problem on my mid-2011 15" powerbook pro-blocks of pixels flashing in random places around the screen, both on the LCD and the connected monitor. You cannot use external displays (including projectors) while using gfxCardStatus in Integrated Only mode. d - you’re using the higher-powered discreteGPU.However, the developer notes that the switching functionality may “cause a few minor temporary issues.” Requirements GfxCardStatus solves this problem by allowing the user to switch between graphics subsystems at will. Discrete Only: Forces the more power-hungry graphics on and disallows automatic switching.Integrated Only: Forces the more battery-friendly graphics on and disallows automatic switching.Dynamic Switching: An alias for the built-in automatic graphics switching feature in OS X.graphics switching modes: three modes of operation This has resulted in significant reduction of battery life for some users, whose MacBook Pros engage the higher-power-usage NVIDIA graphics during seemingly non-GPU-intensive applications. Unfortunately, although there is a built-in option to keep the higher-power NVIDIA card on at all times, there is no option to keep it off at all times. MacBook Pro (Mid-2010), Core i5 or Corei7, 15″ and 17″ models automatically switch between integrated Intel (lower power) and NVIDIA (higher power) graphics. Manually switch to Integrated Only or Discrete Only mode to force one GPU on or the other.The Dependencies list: open the gfxCardStatus menu when your discrete GPU is active to see what is turning it on.Growl or Notification Center notifications when the GPU changes.It also is a menubar app for OS X helping MacBook Pro users to see which apps are impacting their battery life by using the more power-hungry graphics.
GfxCardStatus, a tool initially designed to display which graphics subsystem is active in MacBook Pro (Mid-2010) models via ”i” and “n” icons that signify Intel HD Graphics, and NVIDIA GeForce GT 330M graphics, respectively, has now been updated to allow on-the-fly switching between the cards.
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