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Originally Posted by rusnak
^ Same thing happened to my MBP with 17" retina display. Apple changed the logic board for free. It works, but still gives me the occasional beach ball of death. I started using a smaller MBP Air and so far, it's far more stable and a touch quicker.
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That was the GPU. There was a crop of Pros, 17's and 15' between 2011 to 2013 that would fail.
The ball solder issue that plagues a lot of hardware from that time that runs hot, Xbox Red Ring of Death, Playstation 3 Yellow Light of Death etc...
The problem was so pervasive they issued an extended repair program.
It ended Dec 2016 or four years from date of purchase, whichever was longer.
I had 2 of my others repaired under that program for free.
My 17 went tits up March 9th. 8 days past the 4 year mark of original purchase date.
They won't honor the warranty because the box is designated a 2011 model, even though it was sold new in 2013.
That puts it in what they call their vintage category.
Apple does not fix them anymore, you need to go to a third party.
I'm a little annoyed at myself because I started noticing odd behavior occasionally but shrugged it off. Had I caught it then they would have had to warranty it.
Have a friend who has the same box, asked me for RAM / HD upgrade recommendations. Told him not to spend a penny on it because it could go south at any time and he'd be SOL.