

While replacement of the Main Logic Board will temporarily resolve the issue, replacement boards are not guaranteed to contain new graphics chips and can fail again after replacement.

Limitations of thermal management in this model causes premature failure of the AMD Radeon graphics chip with repeated thermal cycling. MacBook Pro (15-inch and 17-inch Early / Late 2011) Radeon Graphics Issue. Covered in some instances by a silent repair program. The computer performs slowly as read / write errors are encountered or the internal drive fails to be detected. Hard Drive cable electrically degrades over time, causing SATA data transfer signal to degrade. MacBook Pro (13-inch Mid 2012) Hard Drive Flex Cable Issue. Solder connections around U8900 IC responsible for GPU Vcore corrode and soften over time, resulting in high resistance and poor electrical conductivity. MacBook Pro (15-inch Retina Mid 2012 / Early 2013) GeForce Graphics Issue. The Anti-Reflective display coating wears resulting in a patchwork appearance. MacBook & MacBook Pro (Retina Models) Anti-Reflective Coating. Some USB-C devices cause the MacBook Pro to exhibit a loss of WiFi or poor wireless network performance when connected. MacBook Pro Poor WiFi Connectivity with Connected USB-C Devices.
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How to clean the keyboard of your MacBook or MacBook Pro – Apple Support Keys on 20 MacBook Pro keyboards with butterfly mechanisms may intermittently or permanently cease to function, become stuck or repeat keystrokes when presses. MacBook Pro (2016-2017) Stuck or Unresponsive Keys (Butterfly Mechanism). An internal component may fail, causing the battery cells to expand.

MacBook Pro (2016-2017) Non-Touch Bar Battery Expansion. These are the examples I’m aware of, limited to cases from 2006 onward to avoid making this post too long… There are numerous examples of Apple products failing simply due to engineering, design, manufacturing or component issues. I’d like to start making some inroads to busting this myth that for an Apple product to fail, someone has to be doing something to it outside of the ordinary to cause that failure.
