2011 Mac mini GPU failed (Radeon 6630M) - repair options?
Recently my mac mini failed critically while streaming videos. The screen started garbling, then went a weird pink colour. Now it wont fully boot, after showing the apple logo with the boot progress bar for a few seconds it flashes to a white screen with some faint vertical banding.
I managed to disabled the discrete GPU (Radeon 6630M) and now it boots to desktop but the graphics are pretty awful using the integrated GPU.
My options seem to be:
1. Try to 'reflow' the chip. However, it seems this would only be a temporary fix. Or can anyone recommend a high quality repair service that could fix it in a more permanent way? (reball the chip?)
2. Replace logic board. Second hand logic board $150 to $200 on ebay. Some risk that it would fail again.
3. Buy a new system (most expensive, $800ish for comparable specs).
Anyone else faced this? Any other options to consider?
If you reflow/reballed, how long did it last?
crwdns2894050:0crwdne2894050:0
crwdns2917036:02crwdne2917036:0
I had mine reflowed and it is starting to have issues again 6 months out.
IOS doesn't throttle back video resolutions as it should even though it knows your system. That's what I was told anyway. If so it's another more devious way apple gets you to upgrade.
crwdns2893770:0crwdnd2893770:0 JB Brighton crwdne2893770:0
Hi Ben,
I am facing similar issue on 2011 Mac mini where I get green apple logo with progress bar and then get stuck in white screen without the login window. how did you switch to integrated graphics and be able to connect to an external monitor and login?
crwdns2893770:0crwdnd2893770:0 Imran B crwdne2893770:0