Glougloumouth Posted June 9, 2013 Share Posted June 9, 2013 Hi, I have a D630 Nvidia that worked wonderfully for the past year and as of last week, the screen turned all messed up. Tried an external screen, not better, so I would think my GPU is a bad one and just gave up. I am now wondering what to do. I see I can get a used motherboard off eBay but it will run in the 100$ with shipping & taxes and I have no warranty I won't face the issue again. Are you aware of motherboard revisions / versions that would provide defect free GPU? If so, I am interested, and I would start looking for such (albeit more expensive than the "working pull" I see on eBay). Otherwise, I really don't know what to do. I hesitate to just sell this one for parts (high res screen, RAM, HD, keyboard...) and look for something else. I am quite hesitant to go again with a D630 or any serie affected by the Nvidia bug... If not a D630, what else? I am looking for something that can handle ML (and what ever comes out next week and supports 8GB RAM at least. What would be your take on this? I will appreciate all constructive comment. Thank you, Gl. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators Hervé Posted June 9, 2013 Administrators Share Posted June 9, 2013 All nVidia D620 and D630 can suffer from the GPU defect. No motherboard can be defect-free. If you're certain it's the GPU, not your LCD wire, then you can try to bake your motherboard to reflow the GPU. https://osxlatitude.com/index.php?/topic/2054-my-d620-nvidia-based-laptop-has-gone-belly-up/?hl=bake&do=findComment&comment=15386 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glougloumouth Posted June 10, 2013 Author Share Posted June 10, 2013 Thank you, I will try to bake it and report. Will take a few weeks, I hardly have spare time these days. Otherwise, I stand by my question: what would be the best ML supporting hardware / decent price point once I exclude the D620/630/820/830 family? Thanks, Gl. Edit: reflow liquid ordered, I'll see how good I am at cooking... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators Hervé Posted June 10, 2013 Administrators Share Posted June 10, 2013 That's difficult to answer. Hackintoshing a laptop is a rather opportunistic method in the sense that, unlike a desktop, you don't usually buy (and can't build) a laptop to turn it to Mac OS X. One can only try and run Mac OS X on the basis of would-be compatible hardware specifications. As such, you'll find it hard to find a definitive "ideal" platform that act and run like a real MacBook. Browse our forum for Asus/Acer/HP/Latitude E Series models and see how that goes. There are other sites that provide good lists too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glougloumouth Posted June 10, 2013 Author Share Posted June 10, 2013 Will do. I have a Mac laptop, but I need a backup machine, and there are few options in the sub 400$ that run ML well (with 8GB RAM and a fast old fashion 500GB . The D630, with the incredible help of OS X Latitude, has proven very flexible and handy. I had a backup of my main machine ready to go with near sync data replication. Issue with a secondary laptop is that it is a plain waste of money 99% of the time, but pays for itself when things go wrong (and for me, it goes wrong about once every 2 to 3 years). Anyway, I'll work on cooking on one end, and lok from the EDP compatibility list & forum reports to see what comes next, provided I am as bad at cooking motherboard as I am with cakes. Thanks a lot for the feed back. Gl. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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