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Apple extends old MacBook Pro graphics warranty to three years
AppleInsider — ... Published: 11:45 AM EST Illustrating the scope of a flaw in older NVIDIA graphics chipsets, Apple has extended its special warranty on the GeForce 8600M GT in certain MacBook Pros from two to three years. Those visiting Apple's support page for the video corruption and failure issues suffered by this portable generation have noticed that Apple has quietly added an extra year to its coverage, giving owners of the affected MacBook Pros free replacements as late as September 2011 depending on the date of purchase. Apple hasn't explained why it's granting the extra time but ...

Apple Extends Warranty of GeForce 8600 GT MacBook Pro to Three Years
HardMac.com — ... When the problem with NVidia GeForce 8600 GT has been identified and made public, Apple announced that it will extend its warranty for the tow years following the purchase date. It has been extended by one additional year according to a message published in the knowledge base : http://support.apple.com/kb/TS2377?viewlocale=en_US ...

Apple Extends MacBook Pro NVIDIA GeForce Service Policy to Three Years
TheAppleBlog — ... Addressing what evidently is a common defect in the NVIDIA GeForce 8600GT graphics processor units used in the May 2007 and Early 2008 revisions of the original MacBook Pro, remediation of which involves replacing the entire logic board, Apple has announced that it will lengthen coverage of its extended service program for this defect for at least another year. A revised announcement on the Apple Support web site reads: In July 2008, NVIDIA publicly acknowledged a higher than normal failure rate for some of their graphics ...

Apple Extends Free Graphics-Related Repair Offer For Older MacBook Pros [Apple]
Gizmodo — Before we had the great unibody fail-off of 2009, another batch of MacBooks began to falter on account of shoddy Nvidia hardware. Apple has extended their free repair offer on those laptops from two to three years after the date of purchase. From the support article: In July 2008, NVIDIA publicly acknowledged a higher than normal failure rate for some of their graphics processors due to a packaging defect. At that same time, NVIDIA assured Apple that Mac computers with these graphics processors were not affected. However, after an ...

Apple extends coverage for MacBook Pro Nvidia repairs
Macworld — ... Apple recently extended the repair program for its notebook computers featuring certain faulty graphics processors from Nvidia. Originally acknowledged by Apple ...

NVIDIA GPU failure fallout continues, Apple extends warranty
Infinite Loop — ... by AppleInsider, Apple has recently updated the support page that explains the problem to reflect the extended coverage. When Apple ...

Apple Service Extended for NVIDIA Powered MacBook Pros
Mac|Life — ... to recover some of the money spent on service. Kudos to Apple for at least addressing the issue instead of shirking responsibility. The complete support document can be found here .