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gpu failure

  1. beth.null

    Reseting PRAM. Mission: impossible.

    Hi! I have a early 2011 macbook pro with a failed AMD GPU and I'm trying to fix it following the instructions of that MacRumors thread. However I'm in a dead end trying to resetting the PRAM. I need it in order to reset the startup disk and make the laptop boot from OSX which has been...
  2. Nessdufrat

    MacBook Pro 17" late 2011 not booting, GPU failure?

    hi guys, you're kind of my last hope... I was just kindly kicked out of the Genius Bar with my MacBook Pro because it's now "vintage" status and they can't do any repairs on it. Anyway, here's the story... First, the configuration. It's a MacBook Pro late 2011, 17", quad core 2.5ghz, with the...
  3. AppleMacFinder

    MBP 1,1-10,2 Force 2011 MacBook Pro 8,2 with failed AMD GPU to ALWAYS use Intel integrated GPU (EFI variable fix)

    If you don't have time to read my story (which also describes some interesting technical approaches) just scroll down this thread until a "100% WORKING SOLUTION" text Discrete AMD GPU of my 2011 MacBook Pro 8,2 has finally failed because of the reasons mentioned here (...
  4. Z

    Macbook Pro 13" nTB Display/GPU Faiure

    hi there, i got my 13" nTB about a month ago and was (relatively) happy with it. now since some days, i think after the 10.12.2 upgrade, I got gpu problems! when i wake from sleep, specially after the mb has been down for 1 or 2 hours... i get display errors, streaks on the top part where the...
  5. bowlerae

    iMac 2011 El Capitan wont Boot after GPU Replacement

    Hello, A few weeks ago my computer froze while I was using it so i performed a hard reset, after which the computer would not boot. I performed every troubleshoot I found online and got it to boot once successfully in single user mode but after about 20 minutes, my screen did a weird thing...