[xuki]

That particular MBP model had a high rate of GPU failure because it ran too hot.

I imagined the convo between Steve Jobs and Jensen Huang went like this:

S: your GPU is shit

J: your thermal design is shit

S: f u

J: f u too

Apple is the kind of company that hold a grudge for a very long time, their relationships with suppliers are very one way, their way or the highway.

[narism]

The MBPs didn’t run too hot, the Nvidia GPUs used an underfill that stopped providing structural support at a relatively normal temperature for GPUs (60-80 degrees C).

GPU failures due to this also happened on Dell/HP/Sony laptops, some desktop models, as well as early models of the PS3.

Some reading: https://www.badcaps.net/forum/troubleshooting-hardware-devic...

[sciencesama]

And so is the same with nvidea too

[sciencesama]

Are you watching the bear ?

[rcruzeiro]

I think the ones that failed were the AMD ones, specifically the old 17 inches MacBook Pro.

[spectre3d]

They were Nvidia failures due to a manufacturing defect. My 15” 2008 Nvidia 8600-equipped MBP was repaired out of warranty (for free) for this issue.

All MacBook Pros from late 2007 to 2010 used Nvidia GPUs, not AMD.

Search “nvidia 8600 fail” to read more.

[MBCook]

I had 15” MBP, maybe a 2010, that was dual GPU with an Nvidia that was definitely a problem.

[roboror]

D700s dying in the trash can Mac Pros cost me (and many others) a lot of time and money.

[bobmcnamara]

S: omg so thin!!1!1!!l!