Recently my Late 2011 MBP AMD graphics chip has died. It will not boot into macOS. It gets about half the Apple logo, then disappears and stays on a white screen. The fans also get really loud and the laptop itself gets really hot. Is there any other possible way to disable the graphics card outside of the OS? I have already tried the archlinux boot USB, which gives me an error saying "no Radeon GPU support" I really need help fixing this. The chip is the Radeon 6750M with 512mb of memory.
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Late 2011 MBP graphics died
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I had about the same symptoms (other than the fan and heating up) with my 2011 17" and decided to try a repair replacement of the GPU. The eBay seller gets good feedback. https://www.ebay.com/itm/Apple-MacB...aphics-Chip-Replacement-Service-/261749033541
It will be a few weeks before I get it back though. I'll try to remember to update with my experience here.
It will be a few weeks before I get it back though. I'll try to remember to update with my experience here.
Sorry to hear this. I just bough a 2011 15" Macbook Pro for a really good price. I put in the dual hard drive setup, with 500gb ssd and 1tb hdd and 16gb or ram.
I also took it to have the thermal paste replaced with mx4. I was kinda hoping that by now all these laptops had either already died, or were going to keep on going. Sounds like I'm wrong from your story
I also took it to have the thermal paste replaced with mx4. I was kinda hoping that by now all these laptops had either already died, or were going to keep on going. Sounds like I'm wrong from your story
My Late 2011 15 MBP has the same issue (again). The logicboard was replaced in April 2015 under free replacement by Apple. You can do one thing to keep it running.
1. Force restart the laptop until it boots. It will take around 30 minutes (varies).
2. Immediately download and install gfxCardStatus. (only Once)https://gfx.io/
3. Run the app and select i .It will enable the integrated Intel GPU.
4. Set the EnergySaver to "High Performace". Disable Sleep under Battery Power and Charging.
5. Never let it sleep. You are good now.
6. Do not QuickLook Videos. Computer will freeze and you have to restart the system.
1. Force restart the laptop until it boots. It will take around 30 minutes (varies).
2. Immediately download and install gfxCardStatus. (only Once)https://gfx.io/
3. Run the app and select i .It will enable the integrated Intel GPU.
4. Set the EnergySaver to "High Performace". Disable Sleep under Battery Power and Charging.
5. Never let it sleep. You are good now.
6. Do not QuickLook Videos. Computer will freeze and you have to restart the system.
I will have to give this a try. I will reply with an update as soon as I try this. After 30 minutes, you said it will eventually boot into the OS? I hope it does.
I'm not sure about the UK but the late 2011 15" is considered a legacy product in Canada and Apple will not accept any of these units for repair.
There is no way to really repair the failed GPU. You can either replace it with an updated revision of the chip and hope that it doesn't fail in the near future or find a replacement logic board; however, the replacement logic board will probably suffer the same fate.
Apple replaced my logic board FOUR times over the course of a year and eventually gave me a new laptop. If you can afford it, your best option is to get a new laptop. The 2011 laptops with a dGPU are a waste of time.
Sorry to hear this. I just bough a 2011 15" Macbook Pro for a really good price. I put in the dual hard drive setup, with 500gb ssd and 1tb hdd and 16gb or ram.
I also took it to have the thermal paste replaced with mx4. I was kinda hoping that by now all these laptops had either already died, or were going to keep on going. Sounds like I'm wrong from your story
My 2011 15" MBP is still kickin' - original logic board and all that. I did replace the thermal paste and take a can of computer duster to the inside last week as a precautionary measure though.
It still runs quite will with an SSD.