Great news for you... fingers crossed it is the video card. I hope you get it soon, I will have to return mine early in the new year to get a full refund.
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Graphic card freaks out with brand new MBP 2016
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Great news for you... fingers crossed it is the video card. I hope you get it soon, I will have to return mine early in the new year to get a full refund.
Just a quick update. I've installed the latest 10.12.2 (official) which replaces 10.12.2 (beta) I've been running.
My graphics glitches are still there unfortunately. They are still intermittent but I can almost always force them to happen on demand by launching migration assistant, quitting migration assistant and then log in to any use profile. It's not the file vault on log in glitch, that normally shows for a split second. This is the same long lasting glitch I've always been getting.
It still doesn't matter whether I'm on Intel 530 or Radeon 460 GPU the issues spans switching between both.
I do have a video that I will post tomorrow ready to update Apple engineers.
As per my previous posts, a replacement is current in build but estimated for first/second week of January 2017 although they did say they would try and rush it through.
FYI - after all my testing I'm still torn between this being software and/or hardware. It certainly isn't down to one single GPU in my case as the issue is present on both. It could be drivers, it could be colour profile conflicts, it could be ram related (loading drivers or profile into bad sectors) who knows. I have never connected an external display. What I want to try next is Remote Desktop access to the machine during glitch and see what it looks like.
I am confident some people on here (JaninLa) have a different graphics issue though and we can't bundle all graphics issues into the same category just yet.
My graphics glitches are still there unfortunately. They are still intermittent but I can almost always force them to happen on demand by launching migration assistant, quitting migration assistant and then log in to any use profile. It's not the file vault on log in glitch, that normally shows for a split second. This is the same long lasting glitch I've always been getting.
It still doesn't matter whether I'm on Intel 530 or Radeon 460 GPU the issues spans switching between both.
I do have a video that I will post tomorrow ready to update Apple engineers.
As per my previous posts, a replacement is current in build but estimated for first/second week of January 2017 although they did say they would try and rush it through.
FYI - after all my testing I'm still torn between this being software and/or hardware. It certainly isn't down to one single GPU in my case as the issue is present on both. It could be drivers, it could be colour profile conflicts, it could be ram related (loading drivers or profile into bad sectors) who knows. I have never connected an external display. What I want to try next is Remote Desktop access to the machine during glitch and see what it looks like.
I am confident some people on here (JaninLa) have a different graphics issue though and we can't bundle all graphics issues into the same category just yet.
They captured mine as well and sent me a new one. I haven't done anything with it as I was waiting for 10.12.2 for the fixes. At least I got a free AC adapter and USB-C cable out of it. My case is still open with AppleCare in case GPU induced kernal panics still occur when I leave Aperture opening generating previews.
I think now it is mostly a driver/software thing that couse damage to hardware.
People with new units that are updated to the finall official release of macOS please update us!
People with new units that are updated to the finall official release of macOS please update us!
That's what I was thinking, some output caused by repeated resets on the radeon GPU causing damage to whatever chip muxes between Intel and Radeon display output. My display still flickered with a checkerboard pattern after rebooting from a kernal panic. Other people are seeing different issues though.
Well while I don't like what I'm hearing my fingers are crossed that it's a software issue & not hardware or software that causes hardware damage. I really like this machine & it's already been a huge help and improvement over my previous one. Just got back from a large 300+ person group photo where we had to process & upload in the field. It took no time at all & best of all no graphics glitches in the process. Like others have said though if it's not solved be the end of the return period it's sadly going back.
If my machine shows another graphics issue after this update, it's also going back. Don't know what to use after that, but I'm certainly not gonna take my chances.
Iphones failing en masse (battery), latest WatchOS Update bricking devices, MacBook graphics issues - I don't even know what this company is doing anymore.
Iphones failing en masse (battery), latest WatchOS Update bricking devices, MacBook graphics issues - I don't even know what this company is doing anymore.
Have a 13" TB 8/512.
10.2.2 has definitely helped with the :
- screen tearing when switching spaces
- artifacts on screen when switching spaces
- the dropped frames when going into mission control now make "more sense". It micro freezes and then jumps into Mission Control, which is at least predictable, instead of stuttering in in between states. This is an improvement, its not impressive for a machine that costs what it does, but its now not frustrating.
- the bug where you disconnect a monitor and mission control spaces previews just show blank outlines of apps is fixed
Good stuff.
10.2.2 has definitely helped with the :
- screen tearing when switching spaces
- artifacts on screen when switching spaces
- the dropped frames when going into mission control now make "more sense". It micro freezes and then jumps into Mission Control, which is at least predictable, instead of stuttering in in between states. This is an improvement, its not impressive for a machine that costs what it does, but its now not frustrating.
- the bug where you disconnect a monitor and mission control spaces previews just show blank outlines of apps is fixed
Good stuff.
Updated to 10.12.2
mbp (460) still hangs sometimes, have following entries in the log :
(com.apple.DumpGPURestart): Service only ran for 0 seconds. Pushing respawn out by 10 seconds
mbp (460) still hangs sometimes, have following entries in the log :
(com.apple.DumpGPURestart): Service only ran for 0 seconds. Pushing respawn out by 10 seconds
I still have all of those even though I did a clean install of 10.12.2
but on 15 inch so its the intel 530 ogpu which is slower than your 13 inch gpuNo, not while processing.
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Mine was custom built and maxed out with every option they offered. They sent me a new one and once I received it, I returned the old one.
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I officially gave up today after working with Apple and Adobe for countless hours. Apple claims it is not a hardware issue even through it happens every time after processing video and the case heats up. It gets so hot while using Premiere Pro processing 4k video that I cannot keep it on my lap. Once it gets hot, the freezing starts. A hard restart and return to Adobe Premiere results in much faster freezing after a minute or so, obviously related to the overheating of the unit. This happened on two separate fully upgraded custom built MacBook Pro's, 2016 model with the 460 graphics card. The second one was just given to FedEx and I am washing my hands of Apple for awhile. Very sad day since I waited over a year for this MacBook to come out. Good luck all and thanks for the advice and recommendations.
So why aren't you seeing this as an Adobe issue? I've testing Premiere on Mac Pros for some years and it has always been **** compared to the Windows version.No, not while processing.
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Mine was custom built and maxed out with every option they offered. They sent me a new one and once I received it, I returned the old one.
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I officially gave up today after working with Apple and Adobe for countless hours. Apple claims it is not a hardware issue even through it happens every time after processing video and the case heats up. It gets so hot while using Premiere Pro processing 4k video that I cannot keep it on my lap. Once it gets hot, the freezing starts. A hard restart and return to Adobe Premiere results in much faster freezing after a minute or so, obviously related to the overheating of the unit. This happened on two separate fully upgraded custom built MacBook Pro's, 2016 model with the 460 graphics card. The second one was just given to FedEx and I am washing my hands of Apple for awhile. Very sad day since I waited over a year for this MacBook to come out. Good luck all and thanks for the advice and recommendations.
I spoke too soon. There is a new graphic bug now where if you use 2 apps in full screen mode, so they are beside each other, the one on the left keeps taking over the one on the right. The right one disappears. These are bugs though, not something that feels inherently wrong with the machine.
Just to cunfirm. You guys got new units With the 10.2.2 "official release"? and you still have graphics glitchs?
Yes there are still some like the Siri window. I still need to check Aperture though, but I won't be able to confirm if 10.2.2 or the replacement machine I got fixed it.
Here's Keynote and Pages in split screen view. Smooth, no glitches. I tried with other apps too. Not seeing your issue.
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Hey all, had many graphics issues on mine. They are replacing it with a brand new one. The lady said it should take no longer then a week becsuse they put you to the front of the line. How long did it take some of guy guys to get your replacements? I really need my computer for work. Any info is appreciated and good luck everyone.
https://forums.macrumors.com/thread...hipping-thread.2009747/page-421#post-24070029
I'm confused now. this guy just got a new units today and have 10.12.3 beta (16D12b) installed.
What is the latest update? is this beta newer than the official one just released?
Edit: just checked. it just released. check this link
https://9to5mac.com/2016/12/14/macos-sierra-10-12-3-developer-beta-1/
https://9to5mac.com/2016/12/14/macos-sierra-10-12-3-developer-beta-1/
I guess you can give it a try guys and see if any change.
I'm confused now. this guy just got a new units today and have 10.12.3 beta (16D12b) installed.
What is the latest update? is this beta newer than the official one just released?
Edit: just checked. it just released. check this link
https://9to5mac.com/2016/12/14/macos-sierra-10-12-3-developer-beta-1/
https://9to5mac.com/2016/12/14/macos-sierra-10-12-3-developer-beta-1/
I guess you can give it a try guys and see if any change.
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I still have the same problem, even with the latest version (10.12.2) ... I mainly work in video editing when it happens. I haven't replaced it yet or went in store because even with people changing them out seem to have the problem. So I guess it might really be a software problem. So please keep us updated after you got your new machine, if it solved the problem.
Just upgraded to 10.12.2, and now I can reproduce this problem 100% of the time when using an external display
Update to 10.12.2, which is supposed to have some graphics card fixes
You can also try resetting the NVRAM on your Mac. I called Apple Support about 3 issues with a 2016 MacBook Pro with Touchbar (battery capacity, graphics, wifi not connecting) and doing this solved all three at a stroke
You can also try resetting the NVRAM on your Mac. I called Apple Support about 3 issues with a 2016 MacBook Pro with Touchbar (battery capacity, graphics, wifi not connecting) and doing this solved all three at a stroke