Trade-In Program with 'random shutdown' 15" MBP 2014

[ryanmillercg]

Hey all. I have a 15" MacBook Pro 2014 that suffers from the "random shutdown issue" explained here https://discussions.apple.com/thread/7697352?page=8 and here https://www.ifixit.com/Answers/View/433516/MacBook+Pro+Shuts+down+randomly.

Basically, newer versions of MacOS dropped the Intel CPU into lower c-states than the laptop was designed for, and at idle it will become unstable and power off suddenly. Some people have fixed it by disabling a thunderbolt-ethernet kext file. Other use a headless HDMI dongle to keep the dGPU active. I got myself a copy of this https://realmacmods.com/product/macbook-pro-nocrash-utility/ which runs a script in the background preventing the crash, which works very well.

Like many of you, I'm eagerly awaiting the new Macbook Pro's coming this fall. I'm wondering if I should bother trading in my 2014 macbook for a few hundred dollars, or if the place receiving them will have a problem with my 'random shutdown issue" that's so common in these years. I could certainly argue that this is a bug in the newer OS (high sierra didn't have this problem) but really I'm at the mercy of the trade-in authority.

Has anyone traded in a Macbook with this problem? How did it go?

 

[jav6454]

Have you checked locally how much you can get? Selling the Mac with that issue will be hard due to the fact that not many would like to have a "new" computer with such handicap. It might ding you on the final value.

 

[0128672]

Wherever you trade or sell it, I think it's best to disclose the issue upfront.

 

[ryanmillercg]

Have you checked locally how much you can get? Selling the Mac with that issue will be hard due to the fact that not many would like to have a "new" computer with such handicap. It might ding you on the final value.

Yeah, that is an option! Selling through the typical venues is a lot of hassle compared to a trade in service.

Wherever you trade or sell it, I think it's best to disclose the issue upfront.

Agreed! I don’t mean to keep it a secret, that would be pretty crappy of me, I’m just curious if anyone has done the trade in with an affected unit and how much it affects the value.