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November 23rd, 2008 by eyal | Filed under Techie. |
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MacBook Pro: Distorted video or no video issues
In July 2008, NVIDIA publicly acknowledged a higher than normal failure rate for some of their graphics processors due to a packaging defect. At that same time, NVIDIA assured Apple that Mac computers with these graphics processors were not affected. However, after an Apple-led investigation, Apple has determined that some MacBook Pro computers with the NVIDIA GeForce 8600M GT graphics processor may be affected. If the NVIDIA graphics processor in your MacBook Pro has failed, or fails within two years of the original date of purchase, a repair will be done free of charge, even if your MacBook Pro is out of warranty.
Ha! “Apple-led investigation”, yeah sure. How about thousands of people turning their machines in for repair, Sherlocks, did that kind of hinted that something might be wrong? And it took what, “only” 6 months for them to recognize this and issue a statement and a promise to repair the machines. I was lucky I got mine repaired under warranty as it failed just before its end so I don’t have to go through the process of claiming back anything.
The cost of the above for AAPL: $200 million charge to earnings. Can they claim this from NVDA maybe? :-)
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