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Late 2011 model, A1278 / 2.4 GHz i5 or 2.8 GHz i7 processor.

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How can I fix video recall

Hi,

My macbook pro 2011 was recalled last year 2016 for video card repair

1 year and 1 month later- feb 2017 it broken again , this time not under warranty .

So apple told me told me my mac was a write off because they dont make that part anymore ; it cant replaced.

I have an older model that still works fine... I found it a bit dodgy ...

any ideas , solutions what should i do .

Thank you

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Well, I do have some good news! Most likely you don't need a new logic board. as it turns out there are a few tantalum capacitors which wear-out from high heat as they are near the GPU logic which can get quite hot.

You'll need to send your logic board out to someone who knows about the issue and have them replaced with a better capacitor. Otherwise you can still find the logic boards on the open market.

As to the reason the caps went you maybe pushing your system a bit hard. Laptops are not desktops and are not designed to run heavy graphical gaming which is often the reason why they fail. The age of the technology the system was designed with also plays a role here newer systems can handle more.

I would recommend running a good thermal monitoring app like: TG Pro as it can help monitor your system so you know when you're pushing it a bit too hard.

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@danj can you be more specific on those caps as I'm going to run into this and need to know how to fix.

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Did you see this? Problem with NVIDIA GeForce GT 330M 256 MB?

My logic board repair guy tells me many of the GPU issues are related to poor component choices and location.

Give gfxCardStatus 2.4.3 app a try. It allows you to force the OS to use the intergraded GPU within the Haswell chip.

Here's a bit more on its use: gfxCardStatus for Mac If you can run the system off of the intergraded GPU without any problems you've isolated it down to the external GPU logic.

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Thank you Dan

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