: 'Earlier this year, Intel discovered problems in the chipset of Sandy Bridge processors that were shipping, but Apple vice president of worldwide Mac hardware marketing David Moody told Macworld that the company was using the latest updated versions, which corrected the flaw.'įrom. So I did some digging - the best assurance I can find is on. That link shows people have already fitted exiting OptiBay models.

they've emailed to say they will know within a few days their official opinions. I've an outstanding request with MCE Technologies asking them to verify. I suppose that shifting the SSD to the OptiBay and adding a HDD would necessitate changing a PRAM / NVRAM setting. The drive is considered user replaceable - such that users can swap either HDD for SSD or (less likely) SSD for HDD - meaning the motherboards must be identical and include the Sudden Motion Sensor. My conclusion / assumption on this is that the SSD models are all build-to-order vs, ready made for the HDDs. That said, I couldn't see a KXM chip on the teardown photos (but didn't find them on past models either.) , the MacBook Pro has in the past featured a Kionix three-axis accelerometer chip, (KXM52-1050), for protecting its HDD.

2) This computer is listed as vintage so they no longer work on it at all.According to.

1) They will just keep repairing the issue.

Their tip to have Apple repair the issue and stress test the GPU till it breaks again and doing so until Apple just gives you a new 15-inch MacBook Pro does not work because.

'The 2011 Macbook Pro GPU issue will never be permanently solved due to lack of good chipsets available.

Reballing the GPU, replacing the GPU, and swapping the logic board are not real fixes and on their website they say that they cannot repair 2011 MacBook Pros.

Just before the shutdown I noticed the fans get much louder.

Installed it again and same problem occurred. It rebooted during the process and brought me back to the flash drive's High Sierra main screen. They did a fresh installation of macOS 10.2 Sierra (which booted up fine) but did not include the password, so I attempted to do a fresh installation of macOS 10.3 High Sierra.

It originally was experiencing kernel panics and unexpected reboots.

PowerBook Medic says the computer was assembled on December 2010 - right on the cusp of 2011.Ĭustomer had the laptop worked on by another company.

Symptom: Computer Restarts Unexpectedly.

MacBook Pro Repair Extension Program for Video Issues (no longer available) Got an Apple MacBook Pro (17-Inch, Mid-2010) that reboots unexpectedly.

Early 2010 macbook pro gpu