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Well I just purchased a 15.4" MBP 2.4 GHz SR with 8600m GT 256mb graphics card on eBay. Got a good deal on it and when I received it it is showing some symptoms of the GPU going bad.......go figure. It is under the original Apple warranty until June 2009.
I havent had any full graphics failure or anything like that but the screen lightly goes dim and flashes back on the bottom, I get lines that jump across the middle of the screen horizontally pretty often, and am noticing a decent bit of lag on some games occasionally.
Should I go ahead and file a AppleCare claim and send it in now or wait until the GPU goes out completely like I have been reading about. The question really is, will Apple fix the card even if it hasnt FAILED?
For anybody that has had theirs replaced......did it fix the problem with no problems later and how long did it take for the service center to repair your MBP.
Thanks a lot,
Bob
I havent had any full graphics failure or anything like that but the screen lightly goes dim and flashes back on the bottom, I get lines that jump across the middle of the screen horizontally pretty often, and am noticing a decent bit of lag on some games occasionally.
Should I go ahead and file a AppleCare claim and send it in now or wait until the GPU goes out completely like I have been reading about. The question really is, will Apple fix the card even if it hasnt FAILED?
For anybody that has had theirs replaced......did it fix the problem with no problems later and how long did it take for the service center to repair your MBP.
Thanks a lot,
Bob
