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NVIDIA's GeForce 9600M causing issues in 17-inch MacBook Pro?
Engadget —
... It's hard to say at this point whether we should point the blame at NVIDIA, Apple or right in between the two corporate campuses, but it seems that an uncomfortable amount of 17-inch MacBook Pro owners are having some serious issues with their GeForce ...
Graphics Problems Surface With 17″ MacBook Pro
TheAppleBlog —
... Users are reporting in an Apple Support thread that the recently shipped 17-inch model is acting up, displaying green lines and ugly screen artifacts. The problem is apparently tied pretty clearly to the NVIDIA GeForce 9600M (the dedicated card), since the problem doesn’t arise while running the integrated 9400M, only appearing when you switch to the more powerful card. ...
NVIDIA Chip Instability Spreading to 17″ MacBook Pros?
Cult of Mac —
... So far, the major storm speculated about by the Inquirer in that report does not appear to have manifested. But new reports Friday regarding some threads in the Apple support forum indicate that some owners of the new MacBook Pro 17″ model are complaining about a persistent graphics issue related to the NVIDIA GeForce 9600 chip included in those machines. ...
Are the New 17-Inch MacBook Pros Plagued by Faulty Graphics Cards? [MacBook Pro]
Gizmodo —
This is all too familiar. The Apple support forums are lit up by complaints that the new 17-inch MacBook Pros are plagued by faulty Nvidia GeForce 9600 graphics cards. Complaints run something like this: When the more powerful Geforce 9600M is switched on, the display is ravaged by green lines and other weirdness, which gets worse as the card appears to heat up. Switching to the integrated 9400M cures the problem, as does restarting (at least temporarily). Another user notes that the problems flare up doing gaming, but calms down ...
Apple addresses MBP17 vertical lines with firmware update
The Apple Core —
... there are two parts to this process: Installing the firmware update application onto your hard drive. Using the firmware update application to update your graphics subsystem firmware. A long thread in the Apple Discussions forums implies that the vertical line issue may be a result of defective Nvidia GeForce 9600 graphics processor chips. The issue doesn’t manifest itself when running on the less-powerful Nvidia 9400 GPU. If you’ve experienced the issue, post your results after installing the firmware update in the TalkBack below. Image: ...
Apple Provides Firmware Fix for 17″ MBP Graphics Issues
Cult of Mac —
... Reports on March 6 described complaints related to the Nvidia GeForce 9600 graphics processor in new 17″ MacBook Pros that were causing lines to appear all over some users’ notebook displays, as reported in Apple support threads and in comments to Cult of Mac’s ...
