2010 MacBook Pro Apple can't seem to fix... Need AST! Please help!

Ok so Apple has replaced everything in my MacBook Pro (Logic Board twice) and the latest fix they replaced the RAM (for some odd reason). I have had Kernel Panics that all point to the graphics and at this point I do not feel my laptop is salvageable so I want Apple to just replace the laptop.

The last phone call I had with AppleCare the lady stated the only test I failed was memory, I believe this to be a lie but without the AST (Apple Service Toolkit) I cannot run the same MRI (Mac Resource Inspector) they initially used to test my particular issue (that is being referred to online as "The Black Screen of Death"). The first time I took it into the Apple store they ran this particular MRI and my laptop instantly failed, this proved that it was defective and Apple would repair it free even though it was out of warranty. With some further research I found that people with my same problem were 90% of the time only finding resolution when Apple finally replaced the computer so I want to get there as soon as possible and skip all these pointless steps they are running me through.

I know if I had the AST I could set it up with an OS X server and run the same test, I am almost positive that my laptop will fail this test again. When I go to the Apple store now they just decline running any tests on my laptop in front of me, they state that I am at a superior service level and Apple will not let them run tests on my machine, this just all seems like a big way to avoid getting caught in a lie because I would swear to my laptop failing this test if I could only get access to run it on my machine!

This is what I need:

AST: Apple Service Toolkit
Or
GSX login permission. I have the link to download the toolkit if I could log into GSX or get someone to do it for me.

Thank you and I hope I have not broken any forum rules with my first post, you couldn't believe what I've been going through to get my computer back in working shape!

This was my latest Kernel Panic, if you know how to read them then you will notice that it all points to the nVidia GPU and other graphic processing families.

Sun Jan 1 20:44:20 2012
panic(cpu 1 caller 0xffffff7f8091500b): NVRM[0/1:0:0]: Read Error 0x00000100: CFG 0xffffffff 0xffffffff 0xffffffff, BAR0 0xc0000000 0xffffff80a0339000 0x0a5480a2, D0, P2/4
Backtrace (CPU 1), Frame : Return Address
0xffffff80a35c3430 : 0xffffff8000220702
0xffffff80a35c34b0 : 0xffffff7f8091500b
0xffffff80a35c3540 : 0xffffff7f80a05120
0xffffff80a35c3590 : 0xffffff7f80a051e0
0xffffff80a35c35f0 : 0xffffff7f80cb1749
0xffffff80a35c3730 : 0xffffff7f80a24269
0xffffff80a35c3760 : 0xffffff7f8091e96e
0xffffff80a35c3810 : 0xffffff7f8091a270
0xffffff80a35c3a00 : 0xffffff7f8091bd25
0xffffff80a35c3ae0 : 0xffffff7f80af1888
0xffffff80a35c3b10 : 0xffffff7f80af1901
0xffffff80a35c3b20 : 0xffffff7f80ae6ac5
0xffffff80a35c3cb0 : 0xffffff7f808b7ec5
0xffffff80a35c3d20 : 0xffffff7f808a43c8
0xffffff80a35c3d90 : 0xffffff7f808a5c8c
0xffffff80a35c3dd0 : 0xffffff7f808a6ced
0xffffff80a35c3e30 : 0xffffff7f80879bd7
0xffffff80a35c3e70 : 0xffffff7f80879c38
0xffffff80a35c3ea0 : 0xffffff7f8087d3bd
0xffffff80a35c3ef0 : 0xffffff8000639966
0xffffff80a35c3f30 : 0xffffff80006386e0
0xffffff80a35c3f70 : 0xffffff8000638584
0xffffff80a35c3fb0 : 0xffffff8000820057
Kernel Extensions in backtrace:
com.apple.iokit.IOGraphicsFamily(2.3.2)[55FF26D3-292D-3B4B-8AB7-1D25C8B4313B]@0xffffff7f8086a000->0xffffff7f808a1fff
dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOPCIFamily(2.6.7)[6D54F06A-46B7-37FC-AF22-DE68DC18A1A3]@0xffffff7f8083f000
com.apple.iokit.IONDRVSupport(2.3.2)[6517D9A6-58F5-3CFC-B021-C882306150D5]@0xffffff7f808a2000->0xffffff7f808b3fff
dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOGraphicsFamily(2.3.2)[55FF26D3-292D-3B4B-8AB7-1D25C8B4313B]@0xffffff7f8086a000
dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOPCIFamily(2.6.7)[6D54F06A-46B7-37FC-AF22-DE68DC18A1A3]@0xffffff7f8083f000
com.apple.NVDAResman(7.1.4)[71EBC846-807C-386D-8D01-E144A87FAC0F]@0xffffff7f808b4000->0xffffff7f80b8dfff
dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOPCIFamily(2.6.7)[6D54F06A-46B7-37FC-AF22-DE68DC18A1A3]@0xffffff7f8083f000
dependency: com.apple.iokit.IONDRVSupport(2.3.2)[6517D9A6-58F5-3CFC-B021-C882306150D5]@0xffffff7f808a2000
dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOGraphicsFamily(2.3.2)[55FF26D3-292D-3B4B-8AB7-1D25C8B4313B]@0xffffff7f8086a000
com.apple.nvidia.nv50hal(7.1.4)[A44D0B74-5A18-34D5-842C-4E280365F55F]@0xffffff7f80b8e000->0xffffff7f80eaffff
dependency: com.apple.NVDAResman(7.1.4)[71EBC846-807C-386D-8D01-E144A87FAC0F]@0xffffff7f808b4000

BSD process name corresponding to current thread: kernel_task

Mac OS version:
11C74

Kernel version:
Darwin Kernel Version 11.2.0: Tue Aug 9 20:54:00 PDT 2011; root:xnu-1699.24.8~1/RELEASE_X86_64
Kernel UUID: 59275DFA-10C0-30B3-9E26-F7B5DFB1A432
System model name: MacBookPro6,2 (Mac-F22586C8)

System uptime in nanoseconds: 827104333620
last loaded kext at 746157993152: com.apple.iokit.IOAVBFamily 1.0.0d22 (addr 0xffffff7f8078d000, size 36864)
last unloaded kext at 519986011517: com.apple.iokit.IOAVBFamily 1.0.0d22 (addr 0xffffff7f8078d000, size 36864)
loaded kexts:
com.apple.driver.AppleHWSensor 1.9.4d0
com.apple.filesystems.autofs 3.0
com.apple.driver.AppleMikeyHIDDriver 122
com.apple.driver.AppleUpstreamUserClient 3.5.9
com.apple.driver.AppleMCCSControl 1.0.26
com.apple.driver.AppleHDA 2.1.3f7
com.apple.driver.AppleMikeyDriver 2.1.3f7
com.apple.driver.AudioAUUC 1.59
com.apple.driver.AGPM 100.12.42
com.apple.driver.AppleIntelHDGraphics 7.1.4
com.apple.driver.AppleIntelHDGraphicsFB 7.1.4
com.apple.driver.AppleSMCLMU 2.0.1d2
com.apple.iokit.IOUserEthernet 1.0.0d1
com.apple.Dont_Steal_Mac_OS_X 7.0.0
com.apple.driver.AudioIPCDriver 1.2.1
com.apple.GeForce 7.1.4
com.apple.driver.AppleLPC 1.5.3
com.apple.driver.AppleMuxControl 3.0.16
com.apple.driver.ACPI_SMC_PlatformPlugin 4.7.5d4
com.apple.driver.SMCMotionSensor 3.0.1d2
com.apple.driver.AppleUSBTCButtons 225.2
com.apple.driver.AppleIRController 312
com.apple.driver.AppleUSBCardReader 3.0.1
com.apple.driver.AppleUSBTCKeyboard 225.2
com.apple.iokit.SCSITaskUserClient 3.0.1
com.apple.AppleFSCompression.AppleFSCompressionTypeDataless 1.0.0d1
com.apple.AppleFSCompression.AppleFSCompressionTypeZlib 1.0.0d1
com.apple.BootCache 33
com.apple.iokit.IOAHCIBlockStorage 2.0.1
com.apple.driver.AppleFWOHCI 4.8.9
com.apple.driver.AirPort.Brcm4331 512.20.18
com.apple.iokit.AppleBCM5701Ethernet 3.0.8b2
com.apple.driver.AppleEFINVRAM 1.5.0
com.apple.driver.AppleUSBHub 4.5.0
com.apple.driver.AppleSmartBatteryManager 161.0.0
com.apple.driver.AppleAHCIPort 2.2.0
com.apple.driver.AppleACPIButtons 1.4
com.apple.driver.AppleUSBEHCI 4.5.0
com.apple.driver.AppleRTC 1.4
com.apple.driver.AppleHPET 1.6
com.apple.driver.AppleSMBIOS 1.7
com.apple.driver.AppleACPIEC 1.4
com.apple.driver.AppleAPIC 1.5
com.apple.driver.AppleIntelCPUPowerManagementClient 167.0.0
com.apple.nke.applicationfirewall 3.2.30
com.apple.security.quarantine 1
com.apple.driver.AppleIntelCPUPowerManagement 167.0.0
com.apple.iokit.IOAVBFamily 1.0.0d22
com.apple.kext.triggers 1.0
com.apple.driver.DspFuncLib 2.1.3f7
com.apple.driver.AppleSMBusController 1.0.10d0
com.apple.iokit.IOFireWireIP 2.2.4
com.apple.driver.AppleHDAController 2.1.3f7
com.apple.iokit.IOHDAFamily 2.1.3f7
com.apple.iokit.IOSurface 80.0
com.apple.iokit.IOBluetoothSerialManager 4.0.1f4
com.apple.iokit.IOSerialFamily 10.0.5
com.apple.iokit.IOAudioFamily 1.8.3fc11
com.apple.kext.OSvKernDSPLib 1.3
com.apple.driver.ApplePolicyControl 3.0.16
com.apple.driver.AppleGraphicsControl 3.0.16
com.apple.driver.AppleSMBusPCI 1.0.10d0
com.apple.driver.IOPlatformPluginFamily 4.7.5d4
com.apple.nvidia.nv50hal 7.1.4
com.apple.NVDAResman 7.1.4
com.apple.driver.AppleBacklightExpert 1.0.3
com.apple.iokit.IONDRVSupport 2.3.2
com.apple.iokit.IOGraphicsFamily 2.3.2
com.apple.driver.AppleSMC 3.1.1d8
com.apple.driver.BroadcomUSBBluetoothHCIController 4.0.1f4
com.apple.driver.AppleUSBBluetoothHCIController 4.0.1f4
com.apple.iokit.IOBluetoothFamily 4.0.1f4
com.apple.iokit.IOSCSIBlockCommandsDevice 3.0.1
com.apple.iokit.IOUSBMassStorageClass 3.0.0
com.apple.driver.AppleUSBMultitouch 227.1
com.apple.iokit.IOUSBHIDDriver 4.4.5
com.apple.driver.AppleUSBMergeNub 4.5.3
com.apple.driver.AppleUSBComposite 3.9.0
com.apple.iokit.IOSCSIMultimediaCommandsDevice 3.0.1
com.apple.iokit.IOBDStorageFamily 1.6
com.apple.iokit.IODVDStorageFamily 1.7
com.apple.iokit.IOCDStorageFamily 1.7
com.apple.driver.XsanFilter 403
com.apple.iokit.IOAHCISerialATAPI 2.0.1
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com.apple.iokit.IOFireWireFamily 4.4.5
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com.apple.iokit.IONetworkingFamily 2.0
com.apple.iokit.IOUSBUserClient 4.5.3
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com.apple.iokit.IOHIDFamily 1.7.1
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com.apple.iokit.IOSMBusFamily 1.1
com.apple.security.sandbox 165.3
com.apple.kext.AppleMatch 1.0.0d1
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com.apple.iokit.IOACPIFamily 1.4

I took my mid-2010 15" MBP into a Genius Bar after reading this technical service bulletin from Apple. They have a specific test for the mid-2010 MBP that identified the VSI system on my laptop as bad. According to my "Genius", this affects 15" MBPs built from April through June of 2010. The good news is I'm getting a replacement motherboard for free, even though my Applecare ran out 6 weeks ago. It is apparently covered for the first 3 years from purchase, but is at Apple's option thereafter. It is a $390 if you have to pay for it yourself. Unfortunately, they don't stock the motherboard so it has to go to an Apple depot to be fixed and will take from 3-5 days.

If you're experiencing intermittent kernel panics to read TS4088 and to take their laptop and a copy of the article to a Genius Bar so that it can be propertly identified and repaired. There is a test specifically for this model that can identify whether the video chip subsystem is at fault.