I'm curious to know why is this a hardware fix. The problems on my mid-2012 mbp only started after the upgrade to Yosemite, and this seems to be the case from many reports on forums out there.
Apparently the MBP runs super hot, weakening the solder links to the discrete GPU.
The problem is that there seems to be a design defect either in the chassis, logic board or both. Replacing the logic board basically just resets you to day one. If you're a heavy user, you'll soon encounter the same issue, which is why a lot of people -- myself included -- have had the problem recur.
While I'll be taking advantage of the fix (I can't even boot my Macbook Pro, even the post screen is messed up), I'm hoping they've actually made a fix to the logic board design as opposed to giving me a replacement logic board with the same problematic design.
Ah, that would explain why it happened twice to me! To be fair, the replaced logic board lasted about a year.
This is doubly good news for me, because it makes it sound like my early 2011 MBP is likely to be covered, and I can reasonably hope the fix will last longer than a year, as my main development work has been moved to a mid-2014 MBPR.
Strange, the problem occurred on my rMBP 2012 right after I upgraded to Yosemite (literally the same day). I also thought it was more of a software bug, so I downgraded to Mavericks. I still had the issue on Mavericks, so I thought it was a just a coincidence. Also, at that time, Apple wasn't aware of the problem and I wasn't on Apple Care, so they didn't want to test more my laptop. The only option was a straight 600 bucks repair... I still find it really strange that a lot of us had this problem after a software upgrade...
Had the same experience on updating to Mavericks.
Ended up having to replace the logic board while abroad and didn't want to update to Mavericks for a long time (although I recently did)
There might be something related to the update or not, difficult to say, but most likely it is just a coincidence.
slantyyz|11 years ago
The problem is that there seems to be a design defect either in the chassis, logic board or both. Replacing the logic board basically just resets you to day one. If you're a heavy user, you'll soon encounter the same issue, which is why a lot of people -- myself included -- have had the problem recur.
While I'll be taking advantage of the fix (I can't even boot my Macbook Pro, even the post screen is messed up), I'm hoping they've actually made a fix to the logic board design as opposed to giving me a replacement logic board with the same problematic design.
colomon|11 years ago
This is doubly good news for me, because it makes it sound like my early 2011 MBP is likely to be covered, and I can reasonably hope the fix will last longer than a year, as my main development work has been moved to a mid-2014 MBPR.
jpgauthier|11 years ago
wila|11 years ago
There might be something related to the update or not, difficult to say, but most likely it is just a coincidence.