so i decided to upgrade and add an m.2 drive to my system. install was simple, but upon bootup, Win7 recognized a new device and failed at installing the driver. my system is as such:
Asus Z170-E
i5-6600k (not overclocked)
16GB (2x8GB) 19200
Radeon RX480 4GB
SSD
1TB spinny
m.2 2280 NVMe -...
looks like the vidcard might indeed be the problem. ugh. another trip to the genius bar..... anybody have any success w/ Linux or Win7 on a MacBook pro as the only OS on there? Ubuntu 16.04 seemed to run fine on the live disc last night. I'm not going to pay a tone to have the logic board...
i just watched a vid on youtube that basically said to suck it up and pay the $300 to get it fixed. when they fix it with the same faulty board to stress-test it until it breaks again. after a few times of this they will replace it with a new machine. in some of the comments, i saw that the...
sigh. i was hoping that it wasn't the GPU as i had thought that there may have been an issue with it a while ago. if they identified an issue with the GPU, one would think that they shouldn't put a time limit on it to die. kinda like a vehicle recall....granted it's a different situation...
hey all. I have run into this issue lately and have tried many, many solutions to this problem, but still nothing.
when I say many, I have attempted to do the following:
i have reset the PRAM & SMC
i have disconnected all peripherals
i have removed the hard drive and done a fresh install on...