2011 MacBook Pros Crash Under Load

I had the same issue. Instantly cured it by disabling the "Automatic graphics switching" option. Hopefully there will be a better fix forthcoming, but for now it's pretty easy to solve. Even with that headache, this is by far the best laptop I've ever owned. Amazingly fast.

Re: 2011 MacBook Pros Crash Under Load

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Post by derefr » Sun, Mar 20, 2011, 10:17 AM UTC

Is this just the new MBPs (the ones with Thunderbolt) or does it also apply to the batches of the previous model that shipped in early 2011?

Re: 2011 MacBook Pros Crash Under Load

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Post by IanField90 » Sun, Mar 20, 2011, 10:24 AM UTC

modoc wrote: post #4

I had the same issue. Instantly cured it by disabling the "Automatic graphics switching" option. Hopefully there will be a better fix forthcoming, but for now it's pretty easy to solve. Even with that headache, this is by far the best laptop I've ever owned. Amazingly fast.

I guess that this doesn't occur on the 13" models then?

Re: 2011 MacBook Pros Crash Under Load

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Post by patrickod » Sun, Mar 20, 2011, 10:25 AM UTC

sipefree wrote: post #3

They're STILL replacing the old Macbook Pros with the dodgy Nvidia graphics cards from years ago, for free. I wouldn't be too worried about this.

What particular model of MacBook Pro are you referring to? Those with Nvidia GeForce 9400M ?

Re: 2011 MacBook Pros Crash Under Load

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Post by derefr » Sun, Mar 20, 2011, 10:29 AM UTC

patrickod wrote: post #7

sipefree wrote: post #3

They're STILL replacing the old Macbook Pros with the dodgy Nvidia graphics cards from years ago, for free. I wouldn't be too worried about this.

What particular model of MacBook Pro are you referring to? Those with Nvidia GeForce 9400M ?

The early-2008 models, with the NVIDIA GeForce 8600M GT. http://support.apple.com/kb/ts2377

Re: 2011 MacBook Pros Crash Under Load

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Post by kxs » Sun, Mar 20, 2011, 10:49 AM UTC

sipefree wrote: post #3

They're STILL replacing the old Macbook Pros with the dodgy Nvidia graphics cards from years ago, for free. I wouldn't be too worried about this.

Officially? (Edit: Obviously they do now, just checked the Apple link) My Macbook Pro "died" just 1 month out of warranty and I was lucky that I'd purchased my mac from a reseller who replaced it in goodwill, others weren't so lucky. They didn't acknowledge it officially, although NVIDIA did. IIRC they replaced it with the same faulty board (august/september '08).

Re: 2011 MacBook Pros Crash Under Load

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Post by CornishPasty » Sun, Mar 20, 2011, 11:06 AM UTC

derefr wrote: post #5

Is this just the new MBPs (the ones with Thunderbolt) or does it also apply to the batches of the previous model that shipped in early 2011?

I think the ones shipped early this year are referred to as 2010 models.