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Graphic Card Issue? New 2016 15" BTO
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You know there was an old show called Happy Days where this guy would wack that era's version of a giant mp3 player to make it work. This is roughly equivalent to what you are suggesting. That's not a general troubleshooting tactic. It solves certain things. If your machine's volume is screwed up or it's looking for your boot drive in the wrong folder, this might help. I guess it might cause kernel panics if it becomes corrupt, but there aren't any ties to graphical problems. Even if it appears to be working afterward, you haven't solved anything. It may not reappear immediately, because you just rebooted. That is however a false sense of hope, and it's likely to lead someone to even greater frustration when they realize the problem is back.
Well I spoke too soon! i've had lockups and graphical glitches twice today while syncing Photos app. More details here:
Graphic card freaks out with brand new MBP 2016
Graphic card freaks out with brand new MBP 2016
Okay this is a common thing now.
I put my new MBP to work right away and edited a project in Premiere Pro.
When I used the Adobe Media Encoder the graphics card freaked out and computer crashed.
I went to the Apple Store and they said it's probably a hardware problem.
So I ordered a new one.
I kept the MPB I have now because when I switched over to FCPX everything seems to be working fine.
But the technician said I shouldn't trust it after I showed him the video of it freaking out. I have the Radeon Pro 460 with 4GB memory
I put my new MBP to work right away and edited a project in Premiere Pro.
When I used the Adobe Media Encoder the graphics card freaked out and computer crashed.
I went to the Apple Store and they said it's probably a hardware problem.
So I ordered a new one.
I kept the MPB I have now because when I switched over to FCPX everything seems to be working fine.
But the technician said I shouldn't trust it after I showed him the video of it freaking out. I have the Radeon Pro 460 with 4GB memory
No. I was just being silly. I have a weird sense of humor.
Soldering itself is/was not the problem. The method by which it was done however did result in some computers having issues.
Cool dude, it takes seconds to run through the gamut of common troubleshooting steps. Restart, reset PRAM/NVRAM, command line permissions repair, whatever.
Are you suggesting that I am making the situation worse by asking to go through less than five minutes of basic troubleshooting? Absolutely insane.
Please return the computer. Don't be like me thinking that it would resolve. Get the money and spend elsewhere
No. You could read what I actually said. Sometimes hardware that's on its way out will briefly appear to work when it's reinitialized, like after a reboot. It won't hurt anything, but it may give someone a false sense of hope yet it can't solve graphics problems.
The 750m didn't come up a lot. I don't know about last year's model. It may be too soon to tell. I won't touch another Apple laptop with discrete graphics.
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Makes me want to take AppleCare. I've got a year to make up my mind (and the money to pay for it).
You should not be paying extra to protect yourself from a faulty product.....
Is there anybody here, that doesnt experience these issues and can just use the gpu without issue, even under heavy load?
Wonder if the driver flipping between igpu and dgpu is buggy. Are you on battery when this happens.
The whole soldering everything and prices increases and irrepairability point to Apple trying to get you used to a subscription contract model. You pay monthly and if your system fails they replace the whole machine if you are still under contract. $1200 = one year. $3600 = three years.
Oh for gods sake do any of you think critically any more
Would need to be a widespread issue for that to happen, right now it`s an issue with a few models of the initial batch. If possible it`s always prudent to hold off from the initial launch for many reasons.
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I would agree with such a plan as long as they don't ship faulty computers. It's better than buying something outright and then finding out that your soldered SSD has gone faulty just after the warranty ran out. With a subscription plan your machine gets replaced for as long as your remain on the plan. Every time the contract runs out you start a new one with a new computer and you can sell the old one or they give your trade in value.
Anyone else find it slightly perturbing that the only new mac apple have introduced in ages under timmy's tenure seems to be a bit of an under engineered poorly designed lemon ?
WTF have they been doing the last few years ??
First that crappy black lg monitor , now this...
Has Jony Ive left the building ?!? Have Apple lost all their creatives and engineers ??
WTF have they been doing the last few years ??
First that crappy black lg monitor , now this...
Has Jony Ive left the building ?!? Have Apple lost all their creatives and engineers ??