slashgear.com - 3/8/2009
—
Reports of 17-inch Apple MacBook Pro visual artifacts and display glitches continue, with the latest suspicion being that the notebook’s heat management system, not the NVIDIA GeForce 9600M GPU, could be at fault. After the cut, NVIDIA’s statement to SlashGear on the issue, and the ...
discussions.apple.com - 3/6/2009
—
discussions.apple.com —
Possibly but I had FOUR macbook pros of
the previous incarnation, and this is why they allowed...
me a replacement with the unibody.. now i have more problems that others seem to be having.. I wonder how long it will be before they determine if this is ...
(more)
Support - Discussions - Unobody 17" Macbook Pro 9600M ...
discussions.apple.com - 3/7/2009
—
discussions.apple.com —
Possibly but I had FOUR macbook pros of
the previous incarnation, and this is why they allowed...
me a replacement with the unibody.. now i have more problems that others seem to be having.. I wonder how long it will be before they determine if this is ...
(more)
Support - Discussions - Unobody 17" Macbook Pro 9600M ...
i.gizmodo.com - 3/6/2009
—
i.gizmodo.com —
This is all too familiar . The Apple
support forums are lit up by complaints that the...
new 17-inch MacBook Pros are plagued by faulty Nvidia GeForce 9600 graphics cards . Complaints run something like this: When the more powerful Geforce 9600M is ...
(more)
Are the New 17-Inch MacBook Pros Plagued by Faulty ...
Comments
Blog Reactions
Apple Drops the Ball On Heat Management… Again
The UberReview —
... With these kinds of faults occurring with Apple, you really have question their claim to hardware supremacy. There are plenty of cheaper machines that are not released with widespread defects. Make no mistake, a MacBook Pro working as it should is a great machine, but a MacBook Pro working as it shouldn’t is no different to any other piece of half-baked junk that could be had for a lot less money. [Slashgear] ...
MacBook Pro Graphics Issue Could Be Due to Faulty Fan Speed [MacBook Pro]
Gizmodo —
... until default conditions, and then spool up to 3,500 when high-temperature conditions kick in. You know, like what happens when you're using a GPU like the Nvidia 9600M. That said, the MacBook Pro is having a little trouble getting it up, so to speak, and remains at about 2,050rpm when the temps rise to the point where the screen begins to flake out. That's bad. What's good is this seems like a simple software fix, at least from the sound of this latest discussion. [Slashgear]
...
Problema na tela dos novos MacBooks Pro de 17″ pode ter a ver com superaquecimento
MacMagazine —
... dos laptops é de 2.000RPM em uma situação normal. Porém, em caso de temperatura elevada — o que pode ser resultado de um trabalho intenso da máquina ou do uso de uma GPU como a 9600M da NVIDIA — elas podem chegar a até 3.500RPM. E é exatamente isso que os MBPs não estão fazendo, causando o problema descrito anteriormente.
O melhor de tudo é que a correção deve ser bem simples — via software, evidentemente — e não deve demorar muito para pintar por aí.
[Via: SlashGear.] ...
17-inch MacBook Pro woes not Nvidia’s fault?
CrunchGear —
... what the issue is, so jumping to conclusions at this point is premature” NVIDIA spokesperson.
According to some Apple Support Forum users the MBP’s CPU and GPU temperatures can hover around 200 and 155 degrees F, respectively, which should trigger the fans to spool up to 3500 RPM from their default 2000 RPM setting but that doesn’t seem to be the case. There is a workaround, if only temporary, where you manually set the fans to 3000 RPM.
Apple via Slashgear
Related: macbook pro fault with screen, nvidia geforce 3d macbook, 17 macbook artifacts, 9600m issue
NVIDIA's GeForce 9600M causing issues in 17-inch MacBook Pro?
engadget.com 3/6/2009 —
It's hard to say at this point whether we should point the blame at NVIDIA, Apple or right in between the two corporate campuses, but it seems that an uncomfortable amount of 17-inch MacBook Pro owners are having some serious issues with their ...
IBuyPower trots out GeForce 3D Vision-equipped desktops
engadget.com 3/10/2009 —
IBuyPower's been on a pretty good roll of late with these new gaming desktops, and it's keeping things interesting with its latest two. Rather than just shoving the latest processors from AMD and Intel into the Gamer Fire 640 and Gamer Paladin F830 ...
Fan Overheating in 17-inch Apple Macbook Pro: GeForce 9600M Problem —
PR News:
We reported last week about the NVIDIA (NVDA) GeForce 9600M problems on the 17-inch Apple (AAPL) MacBook Pro, owner’s said that they were experiencing a number of glitches with the graphics card. It was no secret that the GPU was taking all the blame, but upon further investigation, it seems ...
Problemas con la tarjeta gráfica de la MacBook Pro —
Gizmología
A las nuevas MacBooks unibody se les han encontrado unos cuantos problemas ya y esta vez les tocó a la tarjeta gráfica NVIDIA de la MacBook Pro de 17 pulgadas. Un usuario muestra cómo su pantalla se vuelve verde y púrpura cuando utiliza la NVIDIA GeForce 9600M .
Un simple reboot ...
Apple 17-inch MacBook Pro problems from NVIDIA’s GeForce 9600M —
PR News:
If you have taken possession of an Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL) 17-inch MacBook Pro with the new NVIDIA (NASDAQ:NVDA) GeForce 9600M, then you will not be very happy to learn of some disturbing news. It seems that there are some problems with the graphics.
It is hard to know who to blame, is it a ...
Follow GadgetBlips on Twitter
![Are the New 17-Inch MacBook Pros Plagued by Faulty Graphics Cards? [MacBook Pro]](http://images.dailyradar.com/media/uploads/gizmo/story_story/2009/03/06/are_the_new_17_inch_macbook_pros_plagued_by_faulty.jpg)
