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    Prevent GPU 8600M GT failure in 2007/2008 MacBook Pro 15 and 17 inch with unrevised 601 and 602 chips.

    I went through two 2007s, one 15 and other 17, now im on a 2008 17, all had unrevised NVIDIA GeForce 8600M GT chips, each with diferrent variants, and diferrent VRAM. What Ive learned to temporarily prevent failure of these unrevised variants, if it hasnt failed yet, or has been "repaired" by...
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    Resolved (Mis)adventures with a MacBookPro4,1 [A1261] and a faulty… G84-603-A2

    (This was supposed to be a thread for sharing some good news. That good news will probably have to wait a while longer.) Anyhow, if you’ve read this far, I’m thinking this board will have to come right back out and be returned to the seller. I hope I can share much better news sooner than...
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    Weird problem with MBP A1261

    Hi! I'd been having a few troubles with a MBP 17 inches A1261. It turns on just fine, and it works OK, but when you try to resume it from sleep, if you try to open some app or even just the apple menu inmediately after, it turns off and then turns on but like dead (No chime, no picture, fans at...