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Replacing MacBook Pro Graphic Card

Passenger · 2019-04-09 13:26:18

I have a late 2011 MBP and the graphics card is acting up (a common issue for that model/year). Has anybody any experience with replacing the Graphic Card themselves or know of somebody reputable who could do it for them? The MBP is out of warranty and CompuB say they can't do anything as it's considered a vintage machine…

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09-04-2019 2:26pm

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Passenger

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I have a late 2011 MBP and the graphics card is acting up (a common issue for that model/year).

Has anybody any experience with replacing the Graphic Card themselves or know of somebody reputable who could do it for them?

The MBP is out of warranty and CompuB say they can't do anything as it's considered a vintage machine by Apple and they don't provide parts anymore.

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#2 23-04-2019 1:33pm
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I've implemented a short-term fix by using gfxCardStatus. What it does is manually switch to Integrated Only Mode or Discrete Only Mode to force the MacBook to use one GPU over the other (faulty one).

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#3 23-04-2019 11:19pm
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There's a thread on the MacRumours forum about that, that might help you:

https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/force-2011-macbook-pro-8-2-with-failed-amd-gpu-to-always-use-intel-integrated-gpu-efi-variable-fix.2037591/page-98#post-27234494

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