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Watching the keynote I was almost thinking that Nvidia missed the boat when they chose not to sign whatever they had to to make OSX drivers. Thank you for reca

Watching the keynote I was almost thinking that Nvidia missed the boat when they chose not to sign whatever they had to to make OSX drivers. Thank you for recalibrating me to actual reality and not Apple Reality (tm)

zdw 5y ago
nVidia missed the boat in releasing a bunch of "replace the whole laptop logic board" chips that died in the 2008-2012 timeframe and annoyed a whole host of OEMs: https://www.techpowerup.com/64683/nvidia-admits-to-selling-faulty-mobile-gpus-shares-plummet https://www.techpowerup.com/64683/nvidia-admits-to-selling-f... Apple specifically: https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT203254 https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT203254
- wil421 5y ago
  My 2011 MPB 15” suffered from the Nvidia GPU issue. It was so bad my computer wouldn’t boot properly and the Apple Geniuses kept denying the claim because it couldn’t finish a test. Anyway, it was still my longest lived Laptop. My Sony VAIOs were great but I liked that Mac better.
  - ja27 5y ago
    By 2011 it was AMD(ATI) not Nvidia. I had one that failed but Apple did the replacement for free.
    - JiNCMG 5y ago
      I am certain AMD like most responsible vendors (Seagate) also worked with Apple to correct the issue. Nvidia's issue was that it told all of the laptop vendors to just deal with it. It's why they are hated by other vendors and AMD/Intel worked hard to keep them from creating x86 cpus.
  - fouc 5y ago
    I pulled the logic board out and baked it in the oven and it lasted another 7 months before needing another bake. By then I moved onto a newer macbook.
- Symmetry 5y ago
  Nvidia switched to lead free solder while retaining the same potting material. This led to a mismatch in thermal expansion coefficients which caused strain with repeated thermal cycles and eventually some of the solder bumps just broke. You could use a toaster to melt the solder again and reconnect them but that didn't fix the underlying problem.

zdw 5y ago

nVidia missed the boat in releasing a bunch of "replace the whole laptop logic board" chips that died in the 2008-2012 timeframe and annoyed a whole host of OEMs: https://www.techpowerup.com/64683/nvidia-admits-to-selling-faulty-mobile-gpus-shares-plummet https://www.techpowerup.com/64683/nvidia-admits-to-selling-f... Apple specifically: https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT203254 https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT203254

wil421 5y ago
My 2011 MPB 15” suffered from the Nvidia GPU issue. It was so bad my computer wouldn’t boot properly and the Apple Geniuses kept denying the claim because it couldn’t finish a test. Anyway, it was still my longest lived Laptop. My Sony VAIOs were great but I liked that Mac better.
- ja27 5y ago
  By 2011 it was AMD(ATI) not Nvidia. I had one that failed but Apple did the replacement for free.
  - JiNCMG 5y ago
    I am certain AMD like most responsible vendors (Seagate) also worked with Apple to correct the issue. Nvidia's issue was that it told all of the laptop vendors to just deal with it. It's why they are hated by other vendors and AMD/Intel worked hard to keep them from creating x86 cpus.
- fouc 5y ago
  I pulled the logic board out and baked it in the oven and it lasted another 7 months before needing another bake. By then I moved onto a newer macbook.
Symmetry 5y ago
Nvidia switched to lead free solder while retaining the same potting material. This led to a mismatch in thermal expansion coefficients which caused strain with repeated thermal cycles and eventually some of the solder bumps just broke. You could use a toaster to melt the solder again and reconnect them but that didn't fix the underlying problem.