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Faulty NVIDIA chips in newer MacBook Pros

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Computing | by C.K. Sample III | Fri Oct 10, 2008 2:23PM | 1 comment

If you own a newer MacBook Pro and you've recently been having problems with digital noise on the screen, recent reports indicate that a defective NVIDIA graphics card may be the culprit.

Contact Apple Support by either filing an online report of your problems or by calling 1-800-APL-CARE (1-800-275-2273) if you own Apple Care or have owned your MacBook Pro for less than 90 days.

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external link New MacBooks to be based on NVIDIA GeForce… [Engadget]
external link Apple Laptops May Be Affected by Nvidia Chip… [Google News - Sci/Tech]
external link Apple warns users about bad Nvidia graphics… [Google News - Sci/Tech]
external link Apple Will Fix MacBook Pros with Faulty… [Yahoo! News: Technology News]
external link Your Apple MacBook Pro might be affected by… [I4U News]
external link Apple Will Fix MacBook Pros with Faulty… [NewsFactor Network]
external link Apple notebooks have defective Nvidia chips [The Inquirer]
external link Apple Says MacBooks May Have Bad Nvidia Chips… [Google News - Sci/Tech]
external link Apple to fix Macbook Pro computers that have… [Ubergizmo]
external link Apple warns of faulty graphics processors in… [Google News - Sci/Tech]
external link PSA: MacBook Pro’s with Nvidia graphics… [CrunchGear]
external link Apple says some MacBook Pros hit by faulty… [Engadget]
external link Defective NVIDIA Chips Spell Sour Apples -… [Google News - Sci/Tech]
external link MacBook Pro: Distorted video or no video… [Techmeme]
external link MacBook Pros with GeForce 8600M GT Hit by GPU… [Laptoping.com]
external link Newer MBPs may contain faulty NVIDIA chips [The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW)]
external link NEWS: MacBooks Pros affected by faulty Nvidia… [Pocket-lint.co.uk]

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Judith Meskill external link (3:59 PM on Fri Oct 10, 2008)

i have one of these sick cards, and i have the wacky screen shots to prove it ...

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