So after a week of stress testing my Macbook and not being able to replicate the failure that I had but noticing that it is still running hot I took my Macbook back to the Applestore and explained the situation to them. Since it was still under Applecare for a couple weeks they agreed to send it in to their depot to be repaired. I had it back in 3 days and so far it is running much cooler. At the depot they replace the logic board as well as both fans. I am hoping that this will last for sometime since my Applecare runs out in 11 days and I would really like to keep using this Macbook for at least a couple more years. For the most part it has run well for me and I don't want to spend money on a new one for at least another year minimum.
Sunday, February 15, 2015
Tuesday, February 3, 2015
2011 Macbook Pro Failure
This afternoon around lunch time I was checking Facebook on my Macbook Pro when I encountered something entirely new. As I was scrolling down the screen my screen froze and I could hear the fans on my Macbook Pro kicking into high gear. After a minute or two my Macbook Pro rebooted but it would not boot back up for me to use it. It would boot to a gray screen and then sit there with the Fans screaming. I then disconnected my Macbook Pro from my KVM and tried to boot it connected to nothing but power and it still would not boot beyond that gray screen. I tried everything I could think of and could not get the system to boot.
Through some patience and trial and error I was able to get my Macbook to boot for a short while but it failed again as soon as I plugged in my external monitor.
After this I decided to do some research and found that I was not alone. There were many reports of 2011 Macbook Pros failing with issues related to the Discrete Graphics Adapter in them. I went ahead and made an appointment at the Apple Store for the next time I could make it and did some reading to see how bad it really was.
Here is one of the more active sources of the information that I have found in relation to this issue.
Discussion in Apple Support Forums. There are over 11K responses in this thread.
https://discussions.apple.com/thread/4766577?start=0&tstart=0
Going to try more tonight to see what I can do.
Through some patience and trial and error I was able to get my Macbook to boot for a short while but it failed again as soon as I plugged in my external monitor.
After this I decided to do some research and found that I was not alone. There were many reports of 2011 Macbook Pros failing with issues related to the Discrete Graphics Adapter in them. I went ahead and made an appointment at the Apple Store for the next time I could make it and did some reading to see how bad it really was.
Here is one of the more active sources of the information that I have found in relation to this issue.
Discussion in Apple Support Forums. There are over 11K responses in this thread.
https://discussions.apple.com/thread/4766577?start=0&tstart=0
Going to try more tonight to see what I can do.
