I suspect the Nvida is buit into the logic board, I think I would try again for a better resolve. I hope this issue is fixed in future products. I do like Apple products and considered them a producer of good quality products but after discussing this with a number of people I'm starting to see alot of flaws.
I've read alot of forums with people running into similar problems. If I was to fork that sort of money on another Macbook am I likely to run into this issue again? Possibly. I've noticed this laptop would get quite hot sometimes during usage, I want my laptop back as its something I use alot but its alot of money. I cannot believe that a laptop from Apple that costs €2,500 can only last 4 years. Unfortunately I got a phone call today to say the logic board needs to be replaced and the issue is nothing to do with nVidia. On bringing it to an apple dealer in Dublin I hope that this might be the nVidia issue and I'll get it fixed for free. After many reboots to a black screen with no chimes I realised something could be very wrong. I bought my 17' Macbook Pro about 4 years ago and while sitting idle for about ten minutes it the screen went completely blank.
