Comments on: 17-inch MacBook Pro NVIDIA 9600M graphics glitches?

By: used2b2020

used2b2020 — Sun, 22 Mar 2009 13:38:32 +0000

Have you read the post by “bophed” from “Louisianaa” on 3/7/09 at 8:23PM? (follow thread in “some owners” above) He says he forced the fans on to 5,000rpm all the time and still got the artifacts when he tortured the MBP with graphics apps. Could it be that heat is only PART of the problem, or a bigger problem than fan rpm not being controlled correctly? There is a hint here that a band-aid fix by Apple to merely turn up the fan rpm with software/firmware may NOT be enough to solve the problem.

By: Chris Davies

Chris Davies — Fri, 06 Mar 2009 11:32:57 +0000

Sad but true, Skycrapper. Though it’s possible that this could be NVIDIA’s issue, not so much Apple’s, if it’s something wrong with the GeForce 9600M chipset. Of course, that’s little comfort to those who have spent big bucks on a new MBP and find it faulty.

By: Skycrapper

Skycrapper — Fri, 06 Mar 2009 11:23:14 +0000

Previously it’s the Air’s hinge problem, now this? Whew, Apple . . . maybe your QC staff need a raise, eh?