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    Prevent GPU 8600M GT failure in 2007/2008 MacBook Pro 15 and 17 inch with unrevised 601 and 602 chips.

    I went through two 2007s, one 15 and other 17, now im on a 2008 17, all had unrevised NVIDIA GeForce 8600M GT chips, each with diferrent variants, and diferrent VRAM. What Ive learned to temporarily prevent failure of these unrevised variants, if it hasnt failed yet, or has been "repaired" by...
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    • 8600m 8600m gt 8600mgt geforce 8600m gt macbook pro 2007 macbook pro 2008 macbookpro2007 macbookpro2008 macbookpro3.1 macbookpro4.1
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    • Forum: Early Intel Macs
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    MBP 1,1-10,2 MacBookPro4,1 neofetch GPU reporting, uh, confusion?

    I’m sure there’s probably a simple technical explanation behind this which I haven’t yet found on MR or elsewhere. Maybe the resident GPU experts on here — ahem, @Amethyst1 — might have some insight. Why would neofetch report a MacBookPro4,1’s GPU not as a GeForce 8600M GT, but as… an Intel HD...
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