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MBP 1,1-10,2 GPU Kernel Panic in mid-2010; what's the best fix?

Pricca said:
Dear all,
where I can buy on eBay the Aluminum - Polymer Capacitors > Panasonic Electronic Components EEF-SX0E331ER PCE4827TR-ND?
Do you could give me some advices on the matter?
Ciao
Daniele Crippa
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Hi Daniele,

I've got a few left from my own repair. They work just perfect. I'd be glad helping and sent you one for free. I'm new to this Forum, but a personal Mail should be possible.

Just drop me a personal Mail with your address.

Regards
Volker
 
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I'm planning to replace the cap soon, now.

But I do find the suggestions confusing, which is the best for replacement?

Panasonic:
EEF-LT 0D331R (double negative contacts)
EEF-SX0E331ER (2.5V), or
EEF-CX0D331R (2.0V)
 
sidneyk said:
I'm planning to replace the cap soon, now.

But I do find the suggestions confusing, which is the best for replacement?

Panasonic:
EEF-LT 0D331R (double negative contacts)
EEF-SX0E331ER (2.5V), or
EEF-CX0D331R (2.0V)
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The PP1V framebuffer circuit is 1.05v ~ 1.86v, so any one will work fine.
With the EEF-LT 0D331R model will not be necessary to scraping the board.
 
fabioroberto said:
The PP1V framebuffer circuit is 1.05v ~ 1.86v, so any one will work fine.
With the EEF-LT 0D331R model will not be necessary to scraping the board.
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Hi there!

Does they mean, you use just two of the three contacts?
How do you solder _under_ the cap?
I ordered the ceramic Taiyo Yuden caps and I'm wondering if I should switch to the Alu-caps.
As far as I can see, there were 8 people using the ceramic caps, where 3 of them reported problems.

Any good advice?

Thank you very much for this thread!
 
BerndM66 said:
Hi there!

Does they mean, you use just two of the three contacts?
How do you solder _under_ the cap?
I ordered the ceramic Taiyo Yuden caps and I'm wondering if I should switch to the Alu-caps.
As far as I can see, there were 8 people using the ceramic caps, where 3 of them reported problems.

Any good advice?

Thank you very much for this thread!
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Yes, the LT series has 3 terminals (2 negatives), reducing the distance between positive and negative.
Heat the side point contact (or using the hot air). Before, clean the soldering points and apply a good flux.
The Aluminium smd is the right choice.
 
fabioroberto said:
Yes, the LT series has 3 terminals (2 negatives), reducing the distance between positive and negative.
Heat the side point contact (or using the hot air). Before, clean the soldering points and apply a good flux.
The Aluminium smd is the right choice.
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Fabio :)

Theoretically, both negative points could be soldered couldn't they? As the negative terminal closer to the positive may be difficult for some to solder. So by creating a line of solder that extends to both points- it may be easier?

Just a thought :)
 
AndromedaM31 said:
Fabio :)

Theoretically, both negative points could be soldered couldn't they? As the negative terminal closer to the positive may be difficult for some to solder. So by creating a line of solder that extends to both points- it may be easier?

Just a thought :)
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Yes, this is a good idea ;). And, a good flux is important for both cases.
 
Just wanted to say thank you for this - after all these years, I finally decided to google once again to find a solution to really FORCE just the intel GFX... but this worked! Well, it's only been about 12 hours... but still! I'm hopeful.

I disabled SIP and then used the MBP_GPU_Fix app - I started FCPX and it immediately crashed/restarted. I then restarted again and haven't had a restart/kernel panic yet.

Amazing that I even get to use the nVidia, even if it's not 'full speed' - it's still enough to play back HD video, use aperture and light FCPX, and it's way better than the 'Intel only' solution that I was looking for.

Thanks again!

Ed

Edit: It's been a few days, and no crash!
 
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Sharky II said:
Just wanted to say thank you for this - after all these years, I finally decided to google once again to find a solution to really FORCE just the intel GFX... but this worked! Well, it's only been about 12 hours... but still! I'm hopefully.

I disabled SIP and then used the MBP_GPU_Fix app - I started FCPX and it immediately crashed/restarted. I then restarted again and haven't had a restart/kernel panic yet.

Amazing that I even get to use the nVidia, even if it's not 'full speed' - it's still enough to play back HD video, use aperture and light FCPX, and it's way better than the 'Intel only' solution that I was looking for.

Thanks again!

Ed
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Always warms my heart to see another user fix their mbp :) congrats
 
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Quick follow-up on my case: 2 weeks after the kext fix, ZERO crash!

My MBP 2010 runs smoothly, even when using quite intense software such as Premiere Elements. I kept it on "automatically switch gpu" all the time. Garageband, Premiere Elements and Google Chrome switch to Nvidia chip, no crash.

THANKS again
 
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Firstly, thanks for this thread. I replaced my capacitor with Murata Electronics North America GRM32EC80E337ME05L from digikey. My MBP has worked flawlessly since then (about 2 months ago) with absolutely 0 crashes until this evening. All of a sudden it started crashing with an external monitor when activating or disabling f.lux (a common cause of the crash previously)

Has anyone else had the crash re-occur after successfully replacing the cap?

Thanks!
 
fabioroberto said:
Olá, legal falar com um brasileiro! Vou dar uma dica, peça para algum vendedor de capacitor de tântalo do ML se ele tem para vender desse outro modelo, ou ainda, em algum estabelecimento que faz conserto de placa mãe, especialmente as de notebooks.
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Fábio por favor me dê uma luz. Já procurei pelo dito capacitor em todos os lugares, ML, lojas de materiais eletrônicos, e nada.
No mesmo no eBay vindo do reino unido por um valor de R$ 50,00 fora frete é um risco de taxas alfandegárias. Eu usava o método de kext mas minha tela quebrou é uma nova sai mais caro então prefiro trocar o capacitor e usar uma tela externa. Vc pode me ajudar, onde encontro este capacitor de 330uF 2v de alumínio?
 
Petreg said:
Fábio por favor me dê uma luz. Já procurei pelo dito capacitor em todos os lugares, ML, lojas de materiais eletrônicos, e nada.
No mesmo no eBay vindo do reino unido por um valor de R$ 50,00 fora frete é um risco de taxas alfandegárias. Eu usava o método de kext mas minha tela quebrou é uma nova sai mais caro então prefiro trocar o capacitor e usar uma tela externa. Vc pode me ajudar, onde encontro este capacitor de 330uF 2v de alumínio?
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Vou te enviar uma mensagem pessoal.
 
jlpmghrs said:
Firstly, thanks for this thread. I replaced my capacitor with Murata Electronics North America GRM32EC80E337ME05L from digikey. My MBP has worked flawlessly since then (about 2 months ago) with absolutely 0 crashes until this evening. All of a sudden it started crashing with an external monitor when activating or disabling f.lux (a common cause of the crash previously)

Has anyone else had the crash re-occur after successfully replacing the cap?

Thanks!
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Yes, I did twice... after using the same type (not exact part number) of ceramic capacitor. After that I ordered an aluminum cap and haven't had any issues since. After my experience I don't think the ceramic capacitor is a good replacement.
 
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stewy said:
Yes, I did twice... after using the same type (not exact part number) of ceramic capacitor. After that I ordered an aluminum cap and haven't had any issues since. After my experience I don't think the ceramic capacitor is a good replacement.
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As fabioroberto and some others said before, I think it is related to the speed of the capacitor. The ceramic ones are slower in the transition of the voltage and it crashes when the GPU demands a lot of power quickly. Not a faulty capacitor, but just slow.
 
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I installed the software fix (Macbook pro 6,2 running 10.12.5) and used chrome for about 20 minutes with no crash. Without the fix, chrome would cause a reboot after being used for only a few minutes.

I tried the latest cinebench open gl great and it caused a reboot. Does this mean I need to install the hardware fix?

Any help information would be appreciated.

Thanks.
 
Audit13 said:
I installed the software fix (Macbook pro 6,2 running 10.12.5) and used chrome for about 20 minutes with no crash. Without the fix, chrome would cause a reboot after being used for only a few minutes.

I tried the latest cinebench open gl great and it caused a reboot. Does this mean I need to install the hardware fix?

Any help information would be appreciated.

Thanks.
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If cinebench gpu test did not successful, try to rebuild the cache, open terminal and type: sudo touch /System/Library/Extensions
Reboot..
Otherwise, apply the fix again.
 
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Just tried using MBPMid2010_GPUFix on my MacBook Pro mid 2010 and I still get reboots and kernel panics? I did this on a clean MacOS install and MBPMid2010_GPUFix said it was successful? Was there anything I missed?
 
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