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Report: Apple’s new MacBook Pros’ Nvidia chips contain ‘bad bumps,’ Nvidia denies
MacDailyNews —
... parts are defective, and what computers they were sold in," Demerjian reports. "In a statement just before publication, Nvidia's Mike Hara had the following comment on the situation. 'The GeForce 9600 GPU in the MacBook Pro does not have bad bumps. The material set (combination of underfill and bump) that is being used is similar to the material set that has been shipped in 100s of millions of chipsets by the world's largest semiconductor company,'" Demerjian reports. Full article here .
Unibody Macbook Issues, Ram Lockups and NVIDIA ‘Bad Bumps’
MacBlogz - One Stop Apple News —
... Additionally, TheInquirer was able to confirm that the NVIDIA chips used in Apple’s new notebooks contain “bad bumps.” Although NVIDIA denies such claims, TheInquirer insists that their investigation is credible. ...
Inquirer claims MacBook Pros may use problematic NVIDIA chips
AppleInsider —
... Published: 01:00 PM EST The Inquirer, which has been sticking it to NVIDIA for some time, is again taking the chip maker to task this week, claiming that it's supplying Apple with graphics chips for the new MacBook Pro that use materials that have caused problems in the past. Following its own investigation into the matter , the British technology tabloid concluded that the dedicated NVIDIA 9600M GT graphics chips in the unibody MacBook Pros use the same non-eutectic solder contact bumps as the GeForce 8400M and 8600M family of chips . Those chips were proven prone to ...
MacBooks having a bad week with 3rd party memory issues and NVIDIA Bumps
9 to 5 Mac - Apple Intelligence —
Computerworld covers the bad 3rd party memory, the iNquirer does the science on the bad bumps.
Accroding to some posters on the Apple forums, Apple is going to release an update shortly that fixes issues with third party memory. Apple, hasn't made a statement on the matter...
...the engineer said that Apple is "very aware" of the problem and that it was not the result of using non-Apple memory, but because users were bumping up the machines to 4GB.
"They are about to release a ...
New MacBooks said to have issues with maxed out RAM, faulty NVIDIA GPU
Engadget —
... from the same so-called "bad bump" problem that has plagued previous generation MacBook Pros (and provided plenty of fodder for The Inq) which can, in some cases, lead to blank screens and other video errors. It's not clear, however, if the problem affects all MacBook Pros or just a bad batch, although there does appear to be a somewhat sizable number of complaints cropping up. Read - jkOnTheRun, "MacBook fussy memory situation- maybe 4 GBs is too much" Read - the Inquirer, "Inquirer confirms Apple Macbook Pros have Nvidia bad bump material" ...
‘Macsimum Recommended Reading’ for Dec. 9
Macsimum News —
... “Inquirer confirms Apple Macbook Pros have Nvidia bad bump material: Macbooks came out a few weeks ago, Nvidia stated that the chips they provided to Apple did not contain the proverbial ‘bad bumps’. Unfortunately for them, an investigation lead by The Inquirer proves that not to be the case.”— Inquirer “Apple: Trading on the Cheap: At Valuecruncher we have looked at Apple (AAPL) twice over the last six-months. In June, with the $AAPL share price at US$186.10, we produced a valuation of US$146.70. Then in September with the $AAPL share price at US$131.05 we had a valuation of ...
Is Your New MacBook Pro Going to Die an Early Death?
Cult of Mac —
... Apple and Nvidia may be sitting on a potential landmine of defective chipsets in new 15″ MacBook Pros, according to a report Tuesday at the Inquirier. ...
Bad NVidia GPU in New MacBook Pro? Issues with Video Reported.
HardMac.com —
... In order to check NVidias claims concerning this new manufacturing process, The Inquirer decided to purchase a new MacBook Pro unibody and to submit it to deep analysis in laboratories. ...
Bad NVidia GPU in New MacBook Pro? Issues with Video Reported.
MacBytes.com —
... did not communicate about it, as still looking for a complete investigation. In addition to this news about video artifacts, another information is again affecting NVidias image. Officially, the new chips are using a new manufacturing process in order to avoid the defective production series faced by NVidia with the previous 8x00 GPU (well known by owners of the MBP whose video is powered by the GF 8600) In order to check NVidias claims concerning this new manufacturing process, The Inquirer decided to purchase a new MacBook Pro unibody and to submit it to deep analysis ...
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